Must all people in a room be on DDP if some are?

[Robindianne]

We have two families sharing a 2-room suite. Can one family pay for DDP and the other OOP or do all room members need to have the same DDP plan? Also one family may check out early so if all must have DDP, do all need to pay for all the room days?

Thanks so much.

 

[Deb & Bill]

We have two families sharing a 2-room suite. Can one family pay for DDP and the other OOP or do all room members need to have the same DDP plan? Also one family may check out early so if all must have DDP, do all need to pay for all the room days?

Thanks so much.

Everyone on the reservation must either be on the dining plan or not. Having two rooms in a single lodging unit doesn't allow you to split up the dining plan. You need to purchase the plan for every night of the reservation.

 

[tinka-belle]

If you do take the DDP, the credits are assigned in a bank to the resort unit (or room) as soon as you check in. So if one family leaves early you can still spend any remaining credits yourself or your family still in the unit. For this, make some arrangement with the other family for you to "buy" their remaining credits maybe?

Only take the DDP if you KNOW you will use all these credits!

 

[Jadyreen1282]

If you do take the DDP, the credits are assigned in a bank to the resort unit (or room) as soon as you check in. So if one family leaves early you can still spend any remaining credits yourself or your family still in the unit. For this, make some arrangement with the other family for you to "buy" their remaining credits maybe?

Only take the DDP if you KNOW you will use all these credits!

OR use the extra credits to load up on treats and snacks for the friends and family back home! We always have enough for about 20 snacks. It's like Christmas when we get back!

 

[supersnoop]

OR use the extra credits to load up on treats and snacks for the friends and family back home! We always have enough for about 20 snacks. It's like Christmas when we get back!

I hope you aren’t paying for the dining plan; that’s a terrible value for the cost of the plan.

 

[happymommy]

I hope you aren’t paying for the dining plan; that’s a terrible value for the cost of the plan.

I have to politely AGREE. I've gotten it "free" and it was a great value (the QS plan which was fun and still too much food for my youngest and me; we took home 14 snacks the last day, which literally filled a carry-on bag). While we loved it, we wouldn't have paid for it. Although now that you can get a beer or wine with QS meals, it is a much better deal.

 

[Christine]

I hope you aren’t paying for the dining plan; that’s a terrible value for the cost of the plan.

Just curious...why is using your snack credits for "snacks" a bad deal. I get it if you use them on cheap things like a bag of popcorn. What's the difference if I use my snacks throughout the trip for snacks or I use them on the last day as long as I'm maxing out their value? Some of the treats you can bring home are pricey. For instance, I ate cupcakes at each park. I paid close to $6 for each one (yes, not as valuable as the $11 funnel cake). I bought 3 cupcakes my last day and took them home with me. How is that a bad value? What I won't do is use a snack credit for a bottle of water or a bag of popcorn or chips.

 

[sharonabe]

Just curious...why is using your snack credits for "snacks" a bad deal. I get it if you use them on cheap things like a bag of popcorn. What's the difference if I use my snacks throughout the trip for snacks or I use them on the last day as long as I'm maxing out their value? Some of the treats you can bring home are pricey. For instance, I ate cupcakes at each park. I paid close to $6 for each one (yes, not as valuable as the $11 funnel cake). I bought 3 cupcakes my last day and took them home with me. How is that a bad value? What I won't do is use a snack credit for a bottle of water or a bag of popcorn or chips.

I believe the person you quoted was answering someone who suggested using the extra CREDITS for snacks to take home, and the credits in question were QS and TS credits, not snack credits.

However, if a family has 10-20 snack credits leftover at the end of a trip and they're grabbing snacks to take home, generally speaking that is a bad deal since most people would not spend the money on snacks to take home if they are paying OOP. So you're not losing the value of the plan, but you're "spending" money you might not spend otherwise.

 

[Christine]

I believe the person you quoted was answering someone who suggested using the extra CREDITS for snacks to take home, and the credits in question were QS and TS credits, not snack credits.

However, if a family has 10-20 snack credits leftover at the end of a trip and they're grabbing snacks to take home, generally speaking that is a bad deal since most people would not spend the money on snacks to take home if they are paying OOP. So you're not losing the value of the plan, but you're "spending" money you might not spend otherwise.

Got it! And I agree. We did the dining plan for the first time a few weeks ago. I just wanted to try it. I know what kind of eater I am and I should have had no problem eating 2 snacks a day, a QS and a TS. But what I didn't factor in was the heat and how miserable I became and lost my appetite. What suffered for me was the snacks. I just couldn't do them as much as I could at a cooler time of year. So I was left with snacks at the end. Certainly I could have saved money on the trip without the plan based on how my appetite fell off. Other trips I have been on, based on how I ate, I think I would have been better with the plan. I'm am only so sorry I couldn't try out some of the snacks that I really wanted to try.

 

[Hopefully]

I hope you aren’t paying for the dining plan; that’s a terrible value for the cost of the plan.

In YOUR opinion. You shouldn’t make a factual statement like this for something that is opinion.
I disagree. It worked for us.

 

[Jadyreen1282]

I hope you aren’t paying for the dining plan; that’s a terrible value for the cost of the plan.

Nope. Free dining bounce backs every August so far. I would never pay for the DDP. The numbers would never be in favor.

 

[kiford]

In YOUR opinion. You shouldn’t make a factual statement like this for something that is opinion.
I disagree. It worked for us.

I think that the PP is referring to buying out remaining credits from the party leaving early and converting them from QS/TS credits to snack credits and then taking them home, not to whether the dining plan itself is a poor value.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

Nope. Free dining bounce backs every August so far. I would never pay for the DDP. The numbers would never be in favor.

Thanks for the laugh. It's not FREE, just because Disney called it "FREE" you are still paying for it. They just rolled it into that overpriced hotel room price.

There's no such thing as free at Disney

 

[Jadyreen1282]

That's for sure

 

[LaidBackDad]

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[LaidBackDad]

In YOUR opinion. You shouldn’t make a factual statement like this for something that is opinion.
I disagree. It worked for us.

Mathematics is not something that something that is ordinary subject to opinion. Someone may enjoy ordering a chicken entree but if they are on the DDP they actually pay the same price as someone who orders steak or the most expensive entree. That does not equal a good value. Stuffing a suitcase with dozens of snack item just so snack credits aren’t wasted may be fun or enjoyable but that does make it a good value for the price or the previous poster statement any less factual.

 

[Moliphino]

Thanks for the laugh. It's not FREE, just because Disney called it "FREE" you are still paying for it. They just rolled it into that overpriced hotel room price.

There's no such thing as free at Disney

Well no, but it has still always worked out better for me than a room discount and paying out of pocket for food. I think this year the free dining package was only about $400 more than room only discount plus the same tickets, and I would definitely spend more than $400 on food for 2 people on a 9 day/8 night trip. I would never pay for a dining plan because it's really too much food, but it can still be the best discount even though it isn't technically free.