I was going to pick DxDP, but...

[glk2009]

...after crunching the numbers comparing DxDP, the regular DP and OOP, and combined with the fact that I haven't been able to get FD, I've decided to go OOP and I feel liberated.

We're traveling w/ DD3 and usually she is good in restaurants but I felt like I was trapped if we used any dining plan and wouldn't have any flexibility.

So, I just had to share w/ other people who spend time obsessing over this since my DH just asked me if it was really worth my time running the calculations. =)

 

[Nadjalu]

Hope it works for you, but if you are going during a crowded time or FD periods (just that you missed out) you may have more of a headache than you think.
Not having adrs whether you are on a plan or not can really be a pain. Many times the places are booked and you have to settle for CS. If that is ok with you....go ahead and run with it. Many people do this and are fine with it.
But if you are counting on being able to eat where you want, when you want, the only way that works is with a reservation in advance.

Good luck and have a great trip!!

 

[glk2009]

Hope it works for you, but if you are going during a crowded time or FD periods (just that you missed out) you may have more of a headache than you think.
Not having adrs whether you are on a plan or not can really be a pain. Many times the places are booked and you have to settle for CS. If that is ok with you....go ahead and run with it. Many people do this and are fine with it.
But if you are counting on being able to eat where you want, when you want, the only way that works is with a reservation in advance.

Good luck and have a great trip!!

We have our ADRs (woo hoo!) and I fully intend to use them, but half of them are buffets and I didn't feel like it was really cost effective after staring at my Excel sheet. =)

Now, since I've decided to forego the dining plan, I won't feel guilty if we need to cancel an ADR if DD3 needs a break. Please, no flames for cancelling ADRs.

 

[SondraC]

...after crunching the numbers comparing DxDP, the regular DP and OOP, and combined with the fact that I haven't been able to get FD, I've decided to go OOP and I feel liberated.

We're traveling w/ DD3 and usually she is good in restaurants but I felt like I was trapped if we used any dining plan and wouldn't have any flexibility.

So, I just had to share w/ other people who spend time obsessing over this since my DH just asked me if it was really worth my time running the calculations. =)

I agree! We have done DxDP on different trips in the past, but for this trip we are thinking of not doing dining plan at all. I would rather have the flexibility of doing it OOP.