You all have helped me more than you know already because I have read many posts regarding this issue. However, I would like some more specific feedback.
So we are doing two rooms at the Coronado and have the quick service plan. It’s already a forgone conclusion that I am going to attempt some sort of upgrade. The question is what combination of people in rooms and which plan.
We have 7 in our party. Four actual adults, and a disney adult-10 year old. Then we have the 2 disney kids (7 and 3). Right now I have my in-laws and my 10 year old in the other room. However, I was toying with the idea of moving either my husband out into the other room (i’ll Have to call and deal with them on the phone and I know this is a process because i’ve Done it once before) or one of my kids at least and upgrading to the deluxe plan. Right now, I think we have 5-6 ADRs scheduled and one is sci-fi diner so it’s not all that expensive. We also have Be Our Guest for lunch. If we got the deluxe plan, I might try to add in a few dinner reservations too when we got closer but I realize finding reservations will be tough now. I then have crystal palace, Turkey house, Biergarten (for the men....they like the sound of it) too. I don’t think we would ordinarily get appetizers or desserts but would definitely have a drink. We might get an appetizer or dessert once or twice since it’s free but we almost never do when we’re at home unless it’s a salad or soup.
If I switch my husband out of the room then I could keep the two disney kids and share their meals according to the deluxe “loophole” but I feel really weird about that. I consider myself an honest person and don’t want to do something if it’s not legitimate. However, if I keep my husband and I both in the room and move out one kid (the cost isn’t huge to upgrade but still adds $150 over 8 days), then it’s almost too much food. We are staying 8 nights but are leaving first thing in the morning on the day of departure and won’t even eat so it’s a complete waste unless I find a way to split up these meal plans. So in order to keep it simple I’ll ignore the kids for now who will be able to share a plan easily if I split them up. THat means I’ll have 3tsx2x8=48 table service credits. 48/5 comes out to a little more than 9 meals per person. We aren’t doing any 2 credit meals (I have a kid with autism and a 3 year old....fine dining isn’t my thing with them but they are pretty good in restaurants that have kid friendly things going on). We may add a night out for ourselves or inlaws if we can get a reservation at the time (inlaws babysit while we go out). Since we have parkhoppers the flexibility is there. Now, if I only did myself then we’d have to remove some TS meals or pay out of pocket. I’m very close to considering this possibility since I think we could do without some of the meals. Sometimes dining out with kids is more work. However, I like the idea of a nice lunch break away from the August heat which is why I scheduled these ADRS to begin with. If I dropped one adult off the deluxe plan then that would save me $500. That’s a big savings and we’d get the quick service credits from the other room which we could really use for breakfast or whatnot. If I keep all 4 of us in the room it’s around $1300 total or $1150 for 2 adults and one child.
The regular dining plan is all we really need but then we’d have to just use snack credits for breakfast. I think that’s probably doable most days but I think the kids will want the mickey waffles at least once (I didn’t schedule lunch reservations once or twice that week). Anyway, to upgrade both rooms is about $900. It just seems like “free dining” isn’t really free anymore with these options because we’re still spending a lot on food.
What would you do?
So we are doing two rooms at the Coronado and have the quick service plan. It’s already a forgone conclusion that I am going to attempt some sort of upgrade. The question is what combination of people in rooms and which plan.
We have 7 in our party. Four actual adults, and a disney adult-10 year old. Then we have the 2 disney kids (7 and 3). Right now I have my in-laws and my 10 year old in the other room. However, I was toying with the idea of moving either my husband out into the other room (i’ll Have to call and deal with them on the phone and I know this is a process because i’ve Done it once before) or one of my kids at least and upgrading to the deluxe plan. Right now, I think we have 5-6 ADRs scheduled and one is sci-fi diner so it’s not all that expensive. We also have Be Our Guest for lunch. If we got the deluxe plan, I might try to add in a few dinner reservations too when we got closer but I realize finding reservations will be tough now. I then have crystal palace, Turkey house, Biergarten (for the men....they like the sound of it) too. I don’t think we would ordinarily get appetizers or desserts but would definitely have a drink. We might get an appetizer or dessert once or twice since it’s free but we almost never do when we’re at home unless it’s a salad or soup.
If I switch my husband out of the room then I could keep the two disney kids and share their meals according to the deluxe “loophole” but I feel really weird about that. I consider myself an honest person and don’t want to do something if it’s not legitimate. However, if I keep my husband and I both in the room and move out one kid (the cost isn’t huge to upgrade but still adds $150 over 8 days), then it’s almost too much food. We are staying 8 nights but are leaving first thing in the morning on the day of departure and won’t even eat so it’s a complete waste unless I find a way to split up these meal plans. So in order to keep it simple I’ll ignore the kids for now who will be able to share a plan easily if I split them up. THat means I’ll have 3tsx2x8=48 table service credits. 48/5 comes out to a little more than 9 meals per person. We aren’t doing any 2 credit meals (I have a kid with autism and a 3 year old....fine dining isn’t my thing with them but they are pretty good in restaurants that have kid friendly things going on). We may add a night out for ourselves or inlaws if we can get a reservation at the time (inlaws babysit while we go out). Since we have parkhoppers the flexibility is there. Now, if I only did myself then we’d have to remove some TS meals or pay out of pocket. I’m very close to considering this possibility since I think we could do without some of the meals. Sometimes dining out with kids is more work. However, I like the idea of a nice lunch break away from the August heat which is why I scheduled these ADRS to begin with. If I dropped one adult off the deluxe plan then that would save me $500. That’s a big savings and we’d get the quick service credits from the other room which we could really use for breakfast or whatnot. If I keep all 4 of us in the room it’s around $1300 total or $1150 for 2 adults and one child.
The regular dining plan is all we really need but then we’d have to just use snack credits for breakfast. I think that’s probably doable most days but I think the kids will want the mickey waffles at least once (I didn’t schedule lunch reservations once or twice that week). Anyway, to upgrade both rooms is about $900. It just seems like “free dining” isn’t really free anymore with these options because we’re still spending a lot on food.
What would you do?
