Please help me decide- QSDP or upgrade to Basic

[pinkxray]

I am driving myself crazy trying to pick which dining plan. We will be staying at ASMo with the free qsdp the last the week of Feb. (The week after the Pres. day craziness) I was all set to upgrade and have all my adr's picked out. Last May we did the Dxdp which I loved but DH and DD don't eat too much.
Before they released the free dining promo for our week I was going to just pay OOP b/c I mostly wanted character breakfast and maybe a lunch or two and the dining plans didn't make sense. Plus I was looking forward to having a more relaxed trip and waking up and then deciding which park to go to.

Option 1
Basic Plan
ADR'S Lined Up
T-REX (Gift card)
WCC dinner
Chef Mickey Breakfast(change to Cape May?)
Via Napoli
Ohana Dinner
Akershus Breakfast
Le Chef Dinner
Mama Melrose Fantasmic Dinner
Ohana Breakfast


Option 2
QSDP- keep thisand pay OOP
Cape May Break
Akershus Break
Ohana Breakfast
t-REX LUNCH with gift card

Sorry for rambling... DH just says whatever
Thanks!

 

[CajunMomof3]

IMO you would do better to pay the difference between the QS and the DDP. You have some great TS picked! Have lots of fun whatever you choose!

 

[squirrel]

What is the upgrade cost for your length of stay? Is it close to the cost of your OOP for option 2?

I would think that option 2 would be cheaper and you would actually get extra food as you don't loose the snack and mug. You also get the extra CS meals that you are now doing TS out of pocket. You also save $ on tips.

 

[pinkxray]

IMO you would do better to pay the difference between the QS and the DDP. You have some great TS picked! Have lots of fun whatever you choose!

Thanks for the reply. I know I have some great picks, that's what makes it so hard. I just wonder if I want to be tied down to an ADR everyday. I don't really mind by DH would rather wing it a little more.

What is the upgrade cost for your length of stay? Is it close to the cost of your OOP for option 2?

I would think that option 2 would be cheaper and you would actually get extra food as you don't loose the snack and mug. You also get the extra CS meals that you are now doing TS out of pocket. You also save $ on tips.

It would be about the same to uprade as it would be to pay OOP for the 3 character breakfast. I love the mugs and the extra snack credit. We had so many meals on the dxdp we used most of our snacks on water or soda. I am hoping to try a few yummy things I see over on the snack credit page. The tips will definitely have to be considered since that would be a good amount extra.

 

[CajunMomof3]

Thanks for the reply. I know I have some great picks, that's what makes it so hard. I just wonder if I want to be tied down to an ADR everyday. I don't really mind by DH would rather wing it a little more.
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After the DxDP (which we LOVE as a disclaimer), I think the DDP WILL feel like winging it...

In my family, we were the other way (with DH wanting to plan every detail), but he has converted me!

 

[Jemmi1218]

We were in the same boat for our trip in Dec! (the trip this next week we have DDP because we are staying in a mod) but in Dec we are staying ASMo and have QSDP. We DID crunch the numbers and figured out that keeping the QSDP made way more sense for us! We are going for 5 nights and are going to pay OOP for TS dinners which almost rounds out to 3 meals a day and for those that don't we will use snacks for breakfast. however I have to say that my cousin and I are big water drinkers with meals, don't typically order an app (if we do we share) and we get a desert and share, when paying OOP. It didn't save us TOO much but we figured we were getting the best of both worlds. With whatever you choose it will GREAT!

 

[hannahon]

That is a tough decision. We were trying to figure the same thing out for our Oct trip at the POP. We had the Regular Dining Plan 2 years ago, and loved eating at the table service meals, but found that it did take a lot of time out of the day and ruled where we were. So, this trip we decided to stick with the QS and pay out of pocket for Ohana Breakfast and Akershus Breakfast and see how it goes. We loved the idea having 2 snack credits each day and the refillable mug!!! Good luck on your decision!!!

 

[dmoore718]

I am doing option 2..We have QSDP and we actually prefer it, we don't like being tied down to ADR's everyday since we have 3 little ones. We have 2 ADR Crystal Palace and Akershus lunch. Family are giving us Disney GC for Christmas so we will use those for our TS meald. I love the QSDP...we did it in 2009! Enjoy!