How do you not do it all??

[brooke.jax.gia]

Thanks yall, I'm getting this stuff more & more everyday. LOL

So, really, now I just need to wait for park schedules to come out. After that, we will choose dining near the parks that we want to visit for that day. We will most likely do a big breakfast every morning and hit the parks for opening. From there we will do rides and score fastpasses for the afternoon. Have QS lunch, then prob back to the hotel for some down time. Back to the parks for more playing & dinner ressies.

 

[Colleen27]

(2) the per-credit value of the Signature restaurants and 2-credit dinner shows is pretty low.

Actually, on the deluxe plan the two credit meals aren't a bad use of meal credits for two reasons.

First, the per-credit value based on deluxe plan pricing is fairly low. Ignoring the value of the mugs, once you subtract out two snacks (using an average value of $3), the meal credits are each worth just a hair over $24 including tax. Compare that to the basic plan, where if you assume the same average snack value and $15 for an average counter service meal, each table service credit has a value of $28.

The fixed-price two credit meals, with the exception of CRT, are all priced at a point where even the worst seating category is a value on the DxDDP - $53 for tier 3 seating for the luau and Hoop-dee-do, $51 for Mickey's BBQ.

Second, the deluxe plan includes appetizers which greatly increases the average value of a credit at both one and two-credit restaurants. For example, at Flying Fish - chosen for the sake of discussion because it is more moderately priced than Narcoosees where we order lobster or California Grill where the sushi menu makes for very pricey appetizers - I'd likely order a $16 appetizer and $37 entree. That alone, before adding in a drink (which I do usually order) or dessert (which I often skip) or tax, is $26.50 per credit - easily above the per-credit cost for the DxDDP. The appetizer inclusion also pushes the value of many one credit dinners way above the $24 mark, which compensates for some lower value meals like breakfasts and CRT.

I do all the math every time we're planning a trip to decide which plan (if any) works best for us, and every time the deluxe plan comes out way ahead eating two meals per day with most of the dinners at signature restaurants.

 

[brooke.jax.gia]

Actually, on the deluxe plan the two credit meals aren't a bad use of meal credits for two reasons.

First, the per-credit value based on deluxe plan pricing is fairly low. Ignoring the value of the mugs, once you subtract out two snacks (using an average value of $3), the meal credits are each worth just a hair over $24 including tax. Compare that to the basic plan, where if you assume the same average snack value and $15 for an average counter service meal, each table service credit has a value of $28.

The fixed-price two credit meals, with the exception of CRT, are all priced at a point where even the worst seating category is a value on the DxDDP - $53 for tier 3 seating for the luau and Hoop-dee-do, $51 for Mickey's BBQ.

Second, the deluxe plan includes appetizers which greatly increases the average value of a credit at both one and two-credit restaurants. For example, at Flying Fish - chosen for the sake of discussion because it is more moderately priced than Narcoosees where we order lobster or California Grill where the sushi menu makes for very pricey appetizers - I'd likely order a $16 appetizer and $37 entree. That alone, before adding in a drink (which I do usually order) or dessert (which I often skip) or tax, is $26.50 per credit - easily above the per-credit cost for the DxDDP. The appetizer inclusion also pushes the value of many one credit dinners way above the $24 mark, which compensates for some lower value meals like breakfasts and CRT.

I do all the math every time we're planning a trip to decide which plan (if any) works best for us, and every time the deluxe plan comes out way ahead eating two meals per day with most of the dinners at signature restaurants.

I feel much better after reading this! We too like apps, and like the more expensive kinds of food, so I think this plan will suit us best.

My original concern is that there are just soooo many restaurants to choose from!!

 

[Colleen27]

I feel much better after reading this! We too like apps, and like the more expensive kinds of food, so I think this plan will suit us best.

My original concern is that there are just soooo many restaurants to choose from!!

That's always my biggest difficulty too! We've been to 31 table service restaurants over 4 trips and I still have a hard time narrowing down the list when it is time to make ADRs.

 

[robinsegg]

Thanks yall, I'm getting this stuff more & more everyday. LOL

So, really, now I just need to wait for park schedules to come out. After that, we will choose dining near the parks that we want to visit for that day. We will most likely do a big breakfast every morning and hit the parks for opening. From there we will do rides and score fastpasses for the afternoon. Have QS lunch, then prob back to the hotel for some down time. Back to the parks for more playing & dinner ressies.

What we did was figure out where we wanted to eat at/near each park early on. Then, when the schedules came out, we figured out where we would be each day and made our ADRs.