Magic your way dining plan

[yazbosox]

Has anyone used the Magic Your Way Dining plan? Our family, 9yr. old, 5yr old and 7months are going Christmas week 2005. We have already booked ADR for dinners. How is counter service? Snack? What can you get? Our plan was to use the counter service for lunch. We are small breakfast eaters, and plan on bringing small cereal boxes and picking up bagle and fruit at the resort before heading out. We were also going to bring granola bars and other snacks to munch during the day. Has anyone used this plan

 

[icebaby]

We used it for our trip in October. We had i officially 9 snacks, 9 counters, and 9 TS meals total for 3 people. (It's based on how many nights you stay on WDW property). We used our TS meals for CRT (lunch), PSB (breakfast), and Mama Melrose/Fantasmic Dinner Pkg., 1 for each day for 3 of us. The counters were used for lunch or dinner, depending on what TS was scheduled that day. We used up our snacks quickly by buying waters/drinks by the 2nd day. My advice to you is, based on your DK's ages, you can share a lot of your counter service meals. We only used 2 of ours each at Cosmic Rays, and EPCOT England, and the Hot Dog place on the corner of Main Street in MK : DH got 1 for his own and DD (8) and myself split. Plenty of food - drink, main dish (2 slices of pizza, 3 large pieces of fish, or 1 foot long hot dog), side dish (salad, fries) and a desert (brownie,cookies, or cracker jacks). I would just purchase a separate drink for myself. The other 3 counter meal tickets we used at Pecos Bills, one for each of us. Another tip is to know what is expected. At each of the counter service places, the CM never offered the desserts, and were ready to let me walk away. I had to ask "What dessert choice do I get" ? As for the snacks, you can get a bottle of water, a soft drink, a small carton of popcorn, certain ice cream novelties, etc. We used all 9 of our snacks on water and soft drinks. I am sure WDW is making $$$ on it or they wouldn't offer the plan, but from my budget standpoint, it was definitely worth it. Because we had TS at CRT, PSB, and MM, the receipts just alone for them were approx. $75.00 each. The counter meals equalled $15 -20 per stop. Next time I will definitely use the DP but bring bottle water on my own. Bringing breakfast and snack items along will definitely stretch your DP budget to your favor also.

 

[justcantwait]

If you post your questions on the Restaurant board, you may get a better response. I haven't used the plan yet, hope to next spring. Good luck and let us know how it goes if you decide to use it!

 

[AngieWin]

We used it last week and it was great! My older kids are 10 and 11 and are adults by disney standards (not in reality though!!!!). We shared some meals and paid out of pocket for a couple of kids meals for ds (2 years).

Check your receipt after your meals!!! On 2 of our meals, (both table service, one buffet, one not) they overcharged us on our credits. After pointing it out, it was taken care of immediately, but it could have really cost us at our last meal. At one, we were charged a table service credit for a kids meal that I had asked to pay out of pocket for our 2 year old, and at a character meal, we were charged for our 2 year old and our 2 month old!!! Check them carefully!

 

[zookeeper]

We went in Sept. with the free dining and I was pretty sure we'd need to buy some food to supplement the dining plan. Boy was I wrong! We actually had a problem using up all our credits and ended up with 3 CS and 5 snacks left over. I was sure that it wouldn't be the case for us, but it was. The kids shared a few meals because with a TS each day they just weren't that hungry. My kids are younger (oldest is 8) and we found that using the TS for a late lunch worked best for us. I won't go back to WDW without the dining plan. It'll be well worth the money!!! ENJOY!!