Is DDP just flawed?

[Isthisnormalatdisney]

I’ve never ever got the point of the DDP. It’s not convenient as it is not all prepaid and it’s not a saving in fact to get value for money you have to eat way more than we ever would. If we have a QS at lunchtime no way are we hungry for a TS for dinner. We never even consider buying it

And if you drank alcohol for all the meals you would have come out ahead. Granted you would have had to conform to all the DDP restrictions.

 

[Minniesgal]

You don’t eat 2 meals at home? DD and I would split a QS breakfast and lunch then each have a TS dinner, SC were for the Food & Wine booths.

Not two meals with more than one course never. We have a light breakfast i just have soup or a salad at lunch and we have a single course for dinner. (meat plus Veg) One QS credit (main plus dessert) is probably already as much food as we eat in a day at home

 

[pooch]

Not two meals with more than one course never. We have a light breakfast i just have soup or a salad at lunch and we have a single course for dinner. (meat plus Veg) One QS credit (main plus dessert) is probably already as much food as we eat in a day at home

Then, no. No dining plan at any price would work for you.

 

[Isthisnormalatdisney]

Not two meals with more than one course never. We have a light breakfast i just have soup or a salad at lunch and we have a single course for dinner. (meat plus Veg) One QS credit (main plus dessert) is probably already as much food as we eat in a day at home

I don’t think the dinning plan is geared towards you lol. How many calories a day does that even come out too

 

[pooch]

Our normal when we had the free regular DDP with 1 QS, 1 TS & 2 SC each was:

Breakfast: Split a Bounty Platter from Pop food court. This gave us eggs, sausage, bacon, home fries & a biscuit or Mickey waffle. Large OJ & coffee in my refillable mug. A little protein, a little carb, some vitamin C & caffeine. 1QS

Lunch: Liked CHH or SS for the salmon with potatoes & green beans. Split a water or soda. Again 1 QS

Dinner: whatever TS dinner we wanted. Most of the time we just had a couple bites of dessert. 2 TS.

Now we’ve had 3 meals without stuffing ourselves and still have 4 SC left. We use these mostly at F & W or to take treats home to the grandkids. Often we will munch our way around WS and combine that day’s TS to go to a 2 credit TS like HDDR.
DD now lives outside of Orlando & has an AP so it no longer makes sense to get the free DDP. But we did enjoy it back in the day!

 

[AdamsMum]

I’ve never ever got the point of the DDP. It’s not convenient as it is not all prepaid and it’s not a saving in fact to get value for money you have to eat way more than we ever would. If we have a QS at lunchtime no way are we hungry for a TS for dinner. We never even consider buying it

You're right, in your case. It doesn't work for light eaters.

 

[AdamsMum]

The last time I used the dining plan was quick service. I had two studios for me and my son, and I bought the quick service plan only for my room. We did one table service meal out of pocket, and a couple of times we split up, so he paid out of pocket for his lunch on those 2 days. The quick service for one was perfect, we had plenty of credits to last us the week. Also we're from Canada so morning flight home and there's no opportunity to use any credits on the last day. Okay, I'm convincing myself that it isn't worth it for the convenience on my solo trip in October.

 

[persimmondeb]

I've never not broken at least even with the dining plan. We're fairly big eaters, and hey we're on vacation! We wouldn't order that way if we had to pay out of pocket, but we're completely happy to do so and will cheerfully eat it all. We don't go crazy doing math, the rule is that you order the most expensive thing you want, and if a snack is under a certain amount, pay out of pocket and save the credit until you want something more expensive. We really, really missed it the last two trips when it wasn't available. You need at least one or two big eaters in a party, though (unless you have little kids and are doing characters, etc.).