I know, another dining issue, but please don't ignore

[Mady/Sophiemom]

Has anyone booked the dining plan, for a child who is still 9 at the time of booking, but who will turn 10 way before trip.

I called for quotes today, for our December trip. My DD, will be 10 next month. The CM, gave me a quote for 2 adults, 2 children. Of course this saved a bunch of $$, since park tickets, and dining both go up at age 10.

I questioned her, about this, and asked if she counted my oldest, as 9 or 10, since she will be 10. She said it was the age at time of the booking.

Is that right? Obviously, if it is I'm thrilled, however I don't think it is the case. Any thoughts?

 

[NCRedding]

Didn't want you to feel you were being ignored. I am not certain of the dining plan specifically, but I do know that Disney does use the age at the beginning of the trip to determine if the person qualifies as a child, so what the CM told you is correct.

 

[Mady/Sophiemom]

That's just it. DD will be 10 next month. Trip isn't will December. CM told me it was age at time of booking, not time of check in.

I did not book, since I'm pretty sure it is wrong info. However, I was quite tempted to, and dare them to tell me no later on, since it was there mistake.

 

[skiwee1]

It isn't at time of booking. It is the age of the child when you START your trip. The day of check in is what they go by. You will not be able to do what you plan on doing. Sorry.

 

[SnoWhiteRabbit]

It isn't at time of booking. It is the age of the child when you START your trip. The day of check in is what they go by. You will not be able to do what you plan on doing. Sorry.

This is correct. The CM was incorrect. Sorry to confirm what you thought.

 

[Mady/Sophiemom]

It isn't at time of booking. It is the age of the child when you START your trip. The day of check in is what they go by. You will not be able to do what you plan on doing. Sorry.

Don't be sorry, but please make no mistake. As my posts said- I DID NOT BOOK, because I thought this was incorrect info. It was not ME who was wrong here, it was the CM. I tried to correct her at least 3 times.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

 

[skiwee1]

Don't be sorry, but please make no mistake. As my posts said- I DID NOT BOOK, because I thought this was incorrect info. It was not ME who was wrong here, it was the CM. I tried to correct her at least 3 times.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

Oh I didn't say YOU were wrong! I knew the CM was wrong. Which these days, isn't too unusual! LOL!

 

[aaronlisar]

Why can't your daughter go and just say she is 9 if anybody asks her? They don't make you carry around birth certificate to prove that she is 10 or older do they?

Sorry, but I think considering a 10 yr old an adult is a joke. I think they should reconsider and change it to 13.

 

[skiwee1]

Why can't your daughter go and just say she is 9 if anybody asks her? They don't make you carry around birth certificate to prove that she is 10 or older do they?

Sorry, but I think considering a 10 yr old an adult is a joke. I think they should reconsider and change it to 13.

Because that is lying. Do you teach your kids to lie?

 

[aaronlisar]

Because that is lying. Do you teach your kids to lie?

I'm sorry if your'e offended by what I said but it only seems logical to me. Why pay the adult rate if they are not going to eat that much food. My parents would do the same thing when I was a kid and I turned out fine.

 

[CarolMN]

I'm sorry if your'e offended by what I said but it only seems logical to me. Why pay the adult rate if they are not going to eat that much food. My parents would do the same thing when I was a kid and I turned out fine.

If you think it is OK to lie to save money, then maybe you didn't turn out so fine after all.

I admire the OP's values - they say it is not OK to take advantage of an employees mistake.

Best wishes-

 

[2x_dis_dad]

Can your 9/10 year old eat an adult sized portion? Most cannot. Disney is crazy when they charge 10 year olds the adult price. I would book it for 2 adults and 2 children. You don't need any proof that they are 9 or 10. I am sure most 12 and 13 year olds can't eat the full adult sized portions. I would go the cheaper route.

 

[kajohn]

On a package (which my way dining requires) if you tell disney the child is 9 instead of their actual age of 10 or 11, then not only are you getting the cheaper rate for the meal package but also lying to get the cheaper ticket price for the tickets since they are linked together.

I have a 9 year old who will be one month shy of his 10th birthday when we go to WDW this Thanksgiving. I wanted to pay to get him the adult meal plan because he can eat a full adult meal, and doesn't like to be relegated to kids choice of chicken nuggets, etc. I was told that if I did that I had to pay for the adult ticket as well.

So if you lie to get your kid the cheaper meal plan, you are also teaching your kids to lie to get in cheaper to the park as well. That is just something I wouldn't want to teach my kids to do.

 

[Bird-Mom]

This happened to me too when trying to book our trip for the fall. My dd's birthday is in March, and I was booking in February. The CM finally changed her birthday in the system to indicate that she was already 3 (she was turning 3 in March). Then after her birthday, I called to change it back to the correct date. It was really frustrating because I thought for a moment that I was getting a great deal-then I asked if it included her ticket and dining, which of course, it did not. I was a travel agent before becoming a SAHM, so I knew better. And my dd is very proud of her 3 years, so I would not dream of trying to teach her that for the trip, she is in fact 2 again. Lying might save a bit of cash now, but payback is not so nice!

 

[Pedler]

Can your 9/10 year old eat an adult sized portion? Most cannot. Disney is crazy when they charge 10 year olds the adult price. I would book it for 2 adults and 2 children. You don't need any proof that they are 9 or 10. I am sure most 12 and 13 year olds can't eat the full adult sized portions. I would go the cheaper route.

I am not sure that this really matters. Disney can set whatever pricing policy they want. People have basically three options:

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  Go with the stated policy and pay the higher rate.
  Decide they don't like the higher rate and not go to Disney or don't do the dinning plan.
  Decide they don't like the higher rate and lie to get a lower rate.

If you were to take the 3rd option for whatever reason you would still be lying to save money. No matter how you rationalize doing it you are still lying to save money.

Having said that I am not the morality police and it is up to each person to decide for themselves what they are comfortable with. But let not kid ourselves with justification to break the rules. It is what it is. Some people are OK with lying to save money and some are not.

 

[married@wdw]

Hmmm -- was the age 12 and under last year? Did they change it to under 10 for this year? I made all our PSs in December '04 for our February '05 trip and I never asked because I thought I knew. My nephews were 10 and 12 in February and I just assumed they were kids -- I guess we should have been paying for them as adults! I had no idea and feel terrible about how much we owe Disney (we ate 4 buffet meals -- all with them as kids). Well, I promise to make up for it as best I can in August!

While I wouldn't intentionally lie and both my nephews can easily eat adult portions (and then some!) -- I think making most 10-12 year olds pay the adult price is crazy!

 

[MOMOFMNM]

why should the poster have to do research on the CM's answer?? That seems ridiculous...just like if you go to a store and they have a 1.00 price tag on an item but it really should say 100...the customer should not be mislead by employees or it is the responsiblity of the company to uphold what the employee said or did, in this case booking a 10 yo as a child...imo as long as the 10 yo is following the rules of dining and eating off the childrens menu then no one is at fault or loosing anything here...and no customer should have to "figure it out" for themselves!! If you call and book your trip and are honest about the ages of your children that is all you can do at this point...if the CM wants to give you a rate for a child then why argue with them??? Pointless and they should know the restrictions, IMO

 

[Lizzybee]

My ten yr old is tiny...53 lbs. yes he eats (constantly) yes he's healthy (Cuz the dr tells me so) but he's very small for his age. He's almost 11 and we went to WDW this March. We had a CM at Epcot question if he was using his ticket because he was "too young" to be using a biometric ticket. I'm glad he's ok with his size because it could be embarrasing if not. Needless to say we could have easily "gotten away with" booking him as a 9 yr old as long as he didn't talk much but he's gifted so he has a big mouth and talks like a 30 yr old (his orthodontist always looks to see if he's hiding a 30 yr old in there somewhere). We would never do that because it's just wrong. I'm a TOTAL rule follower. That being said, after dining at Breakfastasourus, I noticed we were charged for 2 kids meals and 3 adult. We were already gone and since we paid $9.99 for one Krispy Kreme and a chocolate milk for my 7 yr old, I was ok with the bill as is. If the server had asked me his age I would have told her.

 

[VickiVM]

I think what's so frustrating about the whole MYW is that for strictly dining purposes, a 10 and 11 year old can still eat from most child's menus. That's totally legal. However, because the MYW is part of a package and for ticketing purposes (which is part of the MYW packaging) a 10 and 11 year old is considered adults - so they legally can charge you adult dining prices for these 'Jr's'.

Pretty clever, huh?

That's why we as a family will not be using the MYW dining. We can keep our AAA discount, pay for our ticket media from a broker for less money and probably spend about the same for meals as it would cost on MYW dining. I'm thinking we'll still come out slightly ahead. I'll let you all know how we do when we get back.