Is this pooling or not? Would it work on the plan?

[Cindy B]

We are a family of four, one child, one 10 year old adult, and two other adults on an August/Sept trip. (yes, free dining)

On one Thursday of our trip, my daughter and I, (the child, not the 10 year old) have a breakfast at CRT.

Later that evening, all four of us have dinner at Le Cellier.

My son (10 and can eat anything that moves), could eat an app, entree and dessert. He is very very active and a huge appetite. He's the type of kid that kids meals don't work anymore if that makes any sense.

We won't be using a TS credit the next day to take care of four credits this one Thursday.

My plan is -- CRT, pay with my meal with one TS, and pay OOP for my daughter.

Later that evening, get three TS (me, DH, and DS) and share my plate with DD. I know that we wont be eating that much since our CRT breakfast. I might order a chocolate moose dessert for my DD separately.


Will that work?


Thanks!

 

[MomofKatie]

Well, the rumor is that Disney is cracking down on adults using credits purchased at the "child rate" of $10/day. Don't know if the rumor is true - but you might want to change around one thing to make the scenario "legal", and you won't be spending too much extra $$.

Try doing this:

You and DD do CRT- use credit for DD, and pay OOP for yours.

At dinner, use the three remaining credits for 3 adult appys, entrees, and desserts. Then, share with DD. There is no rule against sharing, and you should have enough food for all 4 of you.


Have a great time!

 

[Cindy B]

Does anyone else have any thoughts on this? We leave in 2.5 weeks if that means anything.

 

[HillPete]

If you're not using any TS credits the next day then you will end up with 2 extra credits at the end of your stay. Why not just use the credits in the order that you dine and start paying for meals when/if you run out? This way, if you end up with extra credits, you won't be out any $$. If you start paying OOP too early in your trip, you may end up with leftover credits (that were free!) and you'll be out however much $$ you spent. Why spend if you don't have too?

Maybe I'm not understanding the OP correctly, but that's what we plan to do.

--H

 

[CarolynNC]

Maybe I'm not understanding the OP correctly, but that's what we plan to do.

--H

I think what she's asking is can she use her daughter's child credit to pay for an adult meal. There's plenty of debate threads on this issue. The answer; It's been done in the past. Rumor has it WDW is cracking down on use of $10 child credit for adult meals. I guess if it's what you want to do you can try it. If it doesn't work then just pay for your meal. At this point in time no one knows for sure if it will work.

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[Cindy B]

If you're not using any TS credits the next day then you will end up with 2 extra credits at the end of your stay. Why not just use the credits in the order that you dine and start paying for meals when/if you run out? This way, if you end up with extra credits, you won't be out any $$. If you start paying OOP too early in your trip, you may end up with leftover credits (that were free!) and you'll be out however much $$ you spent. Why spend if you don't have too?

Maybe I'm not understanding the OP correctly, but that's what we plan to do.

--H

We're taking a day off of table service, not because we have run out but we want a character breakfast on our checkout day Saturday. We chose not to have a TS on Friday evening so we can have a buffet breakfast before we checkout Saturday morning. (no credits for Saturday since its checkout day, our tickets says 6 nights/6 counters/6 TS/6 snacks per person)

So technically Thursday is at the end of our stay.

I have heard it happened for others, and got recommendations that it could happen. I could either pay OOP for me and use my DD dining credit or not. If I use her TS credit, and pay OOP for me, her TS is used for that day, but mine is still free to use that day, right?