Need Advice.....

[Speedemon21]

Hello All.......

My family and I are heading to WDW August 23-31 of this year. We are going to purchase the deluxe dining plan and maybe we will get lucky and get free dining. (I know we have to pay the difference) Anyway I will be traveling with my husband, son, who will be 10, and my daughter 7. I would like to know what to do in the case of my son. As I said, he will be 10 and no longer eligible for the kids menu on the DDP. He will not eat anything, and that much food, off the adult menu and would prefer to eat pizza, nuggets, burgers, etc. I do not see this as a problem with breakfast and maybe lunch, but dinner is the real issue when we dine at TS restaurants. Should I not get the dining plan for him and pay OOP? Or should I get the plan for him and pay OOP for dinners and pool his credits for fancier dinners for hubby and me?

Thanks so much for your help and advice!




PS I apologize if this has been brought up before.

 

[Bride In The Attic]

I believe if one person is on the dining plan then everyone in your room has to be on the dining plan. As far as pooling credits - I can't keep up with the rules on that so I'll defer to a more knowledgeable Dis'er.

You might want to plan to eat at buffets as then he could try what he wanted off of the adult buffet but also eat as much as he wants on the kids side of the buffet (usually they have mac n cheese, chicken, pizza, etc)

We did the DDP last trip and our daughter is 10 so she counted as an adult. She viewed it as an adventure and ended up trying many new things she wouldn't usually try here at home - she actually fell in love with the salmon at Narcoossee's! Maybe your DS will surprise you!

 

[ChelleinNC]

As the PP said, if one person in the room is on the DDP, all must be on it.

That said, we had the same issue with DS10. He was not going to eat the amount of food on an adult meal or the adult type food. At all of our meals -except the buffets- we paid OOP for him to order off the kids menu and saved his adult TS meals for us to use later. He was happy and got his pizza & burgers & hot dogs, and we got an extra couple meals for the rest of us DS did use his adult TS at the buffets, and ate quite well at them.

 

[Speedemon21]

Thanks for the responses. I would have responded myself yesterday, but I could not open the DIS, too busy I guess! Anyway I guess that is what we will do too, pay OOP for him for dinner and save the extra credits for something else.