How Exactly Works?...

[edgarjcs]

Hello, Its me again with more questions...

Free Disney Quick Service Dining Plan
I understand that my 2.5 years old wont get the refillable mug, right?
I have been reviewing the menus in another website and I can't see on them a line saying this meal is inside of the Quick Service Dining Plan or so... how to know?
If my party is going to spend a day at Universal and IOA, it means that I could use the meals assigned for that day, two or three days before?

Characters Dining
The character involved has a special attention to your table or its simply him/her jumping from table to table to grab the smiles from the kids?
When they advertises that a buffet meal with Goofy, could be from $15 to $40, what it means? why the difference in the prices? Its not the same buffet for everyone?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Regards,
Edgar

 

[merbobear]

Characters give a bit of attention to each table. It's not going to be several minutes of hanging out, more like a couple minutes..long enough for autographs and photos. I have never felt rushed, however, with character interactions.

The price range includes both child pricing and adult pricing. A buffet will be priced lower for children than adults, which explains the wide range of prices.

You can find the restaurants included in this year's dining plan at this link: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/media/wdw_nextgen/CoreCatalog/WaltDisneyWorld/en_us/PDF/2011Dining.pdf

Hope that helped!

 

[rlovew]

Character meals are not part of the quick service dining plan. You can use the entitlements of the plan any day you want- they are not assigned to days so if you are going to be away a few dyas you can use those meals on other days or plan an early breakfast or late dinner.

You 2.5 child will not get a refillable mug or anything to eat on their own except at all you can eat/buffet restuarants- anyhwhere else they share with you or if you order for them you pay seperately for it.

 

[Hootch]

credits start on your check-in day and expire midnight on your check out day. You may spread them out over these days anyway you want.

Almost all items offered at a QS location on the list linked above are covered under the QS credits including the rib and chicken combo meals.

I ran across one site that had them marked but forgot to bookmark it. Several of the locations have changed menus since this then though. They will be marked at the restaurant.

 

[edgarjcs]

Great feedback.

Thank you very much!

Later!

 

[Quin]

Hello, Its me again with more questions...

Free Disney Quick Service Dining Plan
I understand that my 2.5 years old wont get the refillable mug, right?Right, no mug.
I have been reviewing the menus in another website and I can't see on them a line saying this meal is inside of the Quick Service Dining Plan or so... how to know? At a QS location, a meal is any entree plus any non-alcoholic beverage plus any dessert. If the menu lists a basket or combo meal such as "burger and fries" for a single price, then that counts as an entree. If the menu only lists "burger" as an item by itself and then only lists "fries" as a single item by itself, only the burger is an entree and you would have to pay extra money to purchase the fries as a side item.
If my party is going to spend a day at Universal and IOA, it means that I could use the meals assigned for that day, two or three days before? That's right. All your meal credits are available to you as soon as you check in and remain available until midnight of the day you check out. How you use them is up to you. Just keep track of what you've used so you don't run out too early.

Characters Dining
The character involved has a special attention to your table or its simply him/her jumping from table to table to grab the smiles from the kids? Characters are part of some TS meals. At those, each character comes from table to table and spends some time with you. They pose for photos, sign autographs if they have "hands" that can hold a pen, and talk to you if they are "human face" characters. The only exceptions are a few locations where one of the characters just does photos out front before you are seated, but even there other characters visit the tables. Also, at Mickey's Backyard BBQ the characters are up on stage and have the kids come dance with them, but they do not go table to table.
When they advertises that a buffet meal with Goofy, could be from $15 to $40, what it means? why the difference in the prices? Its not the same buffet for everyone? At a buffet, everyone can eat from every part of the buffet. The price range reflects the difference between a child and an adult, and often also the range between all meals (breakfast is cheaper than lunch, lunch is cheaper than dinner). So $15 - $40 may mean that a child's breakfast is $15 and an adult's dinner is $40.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Regards,
Edgar

Glad to see you are researching everything before you go to help you have a wonderful trip!

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Glad to see you are researching everything before you go to help you have a wonderful trip!

1) Yep.
2) So many folks just go.
3) They don't get the full enjoyment for fear of questions.