alldiz
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ThanksStudied accounting in college.
None of the communications from DVC have mentioned this option so it's still a rumor at this point.
I'm sure they will take multiple cards but exactly how the process will work remains a mystery.
Unless DVC intends on relaxing its policy on not communicating with non-members, the member will have to be involved in all of those conversations. And I find it hard to believe that they would let 2 or 3 different parties sharing the same room call in at varying times to pay for a portion of the dining plan.
"There are 8 of us sharing a Two Bedroom but I only want to pay for my family of four. Sometime later today my cousin is supposed to call and pay for her 3 and my mother will call separately to pay for herself."
It isn't really a number crunching issue. For many people, getting a 30-40% room discount is already more beneficial than "free dining." But Disney has been successful utilizing the free dining promotion. It's all about marketing. Seeing an ad that promotes "free dining" resonates better with the public even if other offers have a lower net price.
However you slice it, Disney has a lot to lose by taking the dining plan to anything but the entire length of stay. The DDP is designed to keep people on Disney property and eating in Disney restaurants. And it also puts a pretty nice chunk of change in their coffers. Disney would stand to lose a lot of money from people who decide not to buy the DDP for their entire length of stay--and even more if guests use it as an opportunity to visit Universal or Sea World for a couple of days rather than the Disney parks.
The damage wouldn't be as great if this "perk" were limited to DVC members, but it seems like there are a lot of alternate perks which would make more financial sense for Disney. Just giving DVC members a DDP discount of $3-4 per person, per day would increase usage to some degree while not completely overturning the apple cart.
Kerri