Most expensive meals on the Table service plan.

[Brad Stent]

Hi,

We (family x 4 2 adults & 2 kids 15@17 years old) have 2 weeks booked at port Orleans Riverside in August and we have the table service plan for the first time.

I can remember seeing along time ago that someone had put together a list of making the most out of your plan i.e $$$ wise most expansive meals ect and just wanted to see if anyone had this list.

Kind regards
Brad

 

[GoofyGirl1717]

I do not have a list, but you can view the menus at this link
http://allears.net/dining/

Happy planning!

 

[mom2of2]

Hi,

We (family x 4 2 adults & 2 kids 15@17 years old) have 2 weeks booked at port Orleans Riverside in August and we have the table service plan for the first time.

I can remember seeing along time ago that someone had put together a list of making the most out of your plan i.e $$$ wise most expansive meals ect and just wanted to see if anyone had this list.

Kind regards
Brad

just remember, in WDW eyes your kids are adults

 

[sharonabe]

I found these two sites, but neither one was what I was looking for. Not sure what/where the one I have in mind is, but these two might help you:

http://wdwprepschool.com/maximizing-disney-dining-plan-credits/

http://www.disneytouristblog.com/dining-plan-table-service-top-value/

 

[Oswin]

Akershus in Norway at Epcot and Chef Mickey's are two of the more expensive 1 credit table service options you can get. Dinner for adults (that includes the kids that are Disney adults) is about $57 a person. Chef Mickey's is about $50 a person at dinner. The new Minnie's seasonal dinner at Hollywood and Vine is $50 a person during dinner as well, I believe. Most of the other character buffets are about $40-45 a person at dinner. You can easily maximize your credits by taking advantage of character dining.

 

[ChasingLeslie]

Character meals and F+ packages (except CRT and HBD) are going to be the best use of one credit, as they cost roughly $30-60 per adult. Lunches and dinners also cost more than breakfast.

Remember though: the more expensive the meal, the more expensive the tip.

 

[ckmommy]

I don't know how to post photos, but on pinterest someone has this broken down. You can look there. Besides Chef Mickey's and the princess meal, Cape May and the Chef de France are a good value for the DDP being they are pricey.
Ahh- I was able to load it here for you.

 

[JerseyGirl]

I want to go to the Garden Grill for dinner, $59.99 per adult! I have free dining but with two teenagers we will be priced as 4 adults. Love the family style, fresh food and character interaction there.

 

[sharonabe]

I want to go to the Garden Grill for dinner, $59.99 per adult! I have free dining but with two teenagers we will be priced as 4 adults. Love the family style, fresh food and character interaction there.

Garden Grill is $44.72 per adult for dinner. Still a great value, but not quite the value you thought.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Oh, good! I saw menu prices ranged to $59.99 and I thought dinner would be the highest. I am glad it is less, since the tip is based on this price.

 

[Lisa F]

I think disney has seasonal pricing now so $59.99 is probably christmas dinner or something.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Ahh...makes sense. We are going last few days of August into September so pricing will be at the lower amount.

 

[SonicGuy]

Can I just throw out there that "making the most of" your dining plan should not mean the most expensive meal. Making the most should mean the meal that you (or any other diner) enjoy the most. I've had friends go to certain restaurants simply because they felt they were the most expensive and came home disappointed. Just my 2 cents worth

 

[Lisa F]

"making the most" of the plan for us is going to things that I could not stomach paying OOP for, but can easily "afford" under the dining plan... but that we would like to anyway. Maybe you should go through the menus and look at what things sound yummy first but then have a sickening price and add them to your list

 

[kaytieeldr]

Menus here, too http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/dining/diningmain.cfm

 

[Nancyg56]

"making the most" of the plan for us is going to things that I could not stomach paying OOP for, but can easily "afford" under the dining plan... but that we would like to anyway. Maybe you should go through the menus and look at what things sound yummy first but then have a sickening price and add them to your list

LOL! I do the same thing. I love Disney Dining, but holy expensive! We travel as a group, and I love knowing my heart won't drop when we get the bill is a bonus. I don't worry about the tip...we would order the food anyway, and we would tip anyway, so that is not a determining factor in wheher the DDP is a valus for us.

 

[Lisa F]

LOL! I do the same thing. I love Disney Dining, but holy expensive! We travel as a group, and I love knowing my heart won't drop when we get the bill is a bonus. I don't worry about the tip...we would order the food anyway, and we would tip anyway, so that is not a determining factor in wheher the DDP is a valus for us.

I paid OOP when we went in september. at the time i figured I was going for broke and would not be able to soon afford to take my little guy back. Wish I could find my paperwork from that, I am pretty sure I kept it, but I am also pretty sure I spent in the neighborhood of $800-900 on food. We did room service breakfast a few times (which is not as bad a value as you think, it was around $30 for the two of us with service charge and tip all told - a buffet would have been more than that and we'd have to take the time rather than eat while getting dressed!) and room service dinner once, a special meal at california grill where I paid no mind whatsoever to what would have been on plan vs. off... I also had a few glow cube grownup beverages (maybe 4 the entire time).

So DDP for our trip is $579. I am also planning on paying for candlelight processional OOP. I am pretty sure I am still going to come out ahead as I booked more character buffets this time (I don't think I did a sit down a day last time either, we skipped a few days maybe. I don't remember lol... I know I did add CP on the fly so I'm guessing that means I hadn't booked a sit down a day). I tended to gravitate toward more expensive QS choices - salmon at columbia harbor house rather than hot dog type stuff. But I will say that when I was planning, there was NO WAY I would pay over $90 OOP for both of us to eat at the hollywood and vine thing, but now I feel free to. I would have limited the character buffets like last time, done lunch or breakfast only (we have a few lunches but also a few dinners), chose kona over ohana and ordered a couple of appetizers instead of entree, I had a burger at sci fi instead of the steak. Now I am free to do what I want really without worry about the cost because... I have expensive taste lol. With tips and a few OOP things (coral reef lunch CP and we may end up with a room service breakfast one day) I may end up close to where I was before but I will be free to make choices I was hesitant to make before.

 

[Nancyg56]

I paid OOP when we went in september. at the time i figured I was going for broke and would not be able to soon afford to take my little guy back. Wish I could find my paperwork from that, I am pretty sure I kept it, but I am also pretty sure I spent in the neighborhood of $800-900 on food. We did room service breakfast a few times (which is not as bad a value as you think, it was around $30 for the two of us with service charge and tip all told - a buffet would have been more than that and we'd have to take the time rather than eat while getting dressed!) and room service dinner once, a special meal at california grill where I paid no mind whatsoever to what would have been on plan vs. off... I also had a few glow cube grownup beverages (maybe 4 the entire time).

So DDP for our trip is $579. I am also planning on paying for candlelight processional OOP. I am pretty sure I am still going to come out ahead as I booked more character buffets this time (I don't think I did a sit down a day last time either, we skipped a few days maybe. I don't remember lol... I know I did add CP on the fly so I'm guessing that means I hadn't booked a sit down a day). I tended to gravitate toward more expensive QS choices - salmon at columbia harbor house rather than hot dog type stuff. But I will say that when I was planning, there was NO WAY I would pay over $90 OOP for both of us to eat at the hollywood and vine thing, but now I feel free to. I would have limited the character buffets like last time, done lunch or breakfast only (we have a few lunches but also a few dinners), chose kona over ohana and ordered a couple of appetizers instead of entree, I had a burger at sci fi instead of the steak. Now I am free to do what I want really without worry about the cost because... I have expensive taste lol. With tips and a few OOP things (coral reef lunch CP and we may end up with a room service breakfast one day) I may end up close to where I was before but I will be free to make choices I was hesitant to make before.

WE took two little girls last August, and I booked just about every character meal I could. It was their first trip, so we wanted them to meet all their friends. It was a real value for our group. WE had two rooms and so we bumped up one room to DxDDP, and ordered the appetizers from that group to share at the table when we went to conventional meals. My DD tracked most of the spending ( I don't anymore) and she said we did really well value wise.

 

[Nazran]

Has anyone taken the info from this image and entered in to a spreadsheet by chance?

http://wdwprepschool.com/maximizing-disney-dining-plan-credits/

 

[Lisa F]

the steak i snow $35 at BoG which brings it up there too.