Please Help! Still Confused!

[JMADgrad]

I have poured over various threads looking for an answer to no avail, so here's what my confusion boils down to...

If there are 4 of us (myself, DH, and 2 DD) on the adult DDP, and my husband and I eat at a signature which requires 2 TS credits WITHOUT our DDs, can we each use one of their TS credits combined with our own to cover the meal? (We would then pay OOP for a QS meal for them at the hotel - they aren't interested in the menu options at these restaurants). The whole DDP decision is making me crazy - I want the peace of mind of paying ahead, but cannot see how it would be economical given both our girls will often want the kid's options AND they don't like desserts much...Which BTW brings me to another question: Can kids over 10 order off of the kids menus if we are paying OOP for their meals? Or is this frowned upon? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!

 

[CdnKayDee]

Ok well if your DDs are 10 or over then all your table service credits are adult ones and are just in one pool group not divided equally amongst you. So you as the Adults could use them all and pay for your kids to order off the kids menu.

 

[purple figment]

Yes, you can use them. All of the dining credits are assigned to the room so anyone in the room can use them.

Your daughters will be able to order from the children's menus in most restaurants. Once in a while someone will post that this was not allowed, but generally it was at a non-Disney owned restaurant and was at the discretion of the server or manager.

 

[sharonabe]

The good part is, if you pay OOP for DDs to eat off the kids' menus at just ONE restaurant, then you have the TS credits needed for you and DH to eat at the signature. The girls can use QS credits for their meal.

When making your ADRs, try to do the math this way:

If staying 4 nights, you have a total of 16 TS credits, so here's an example.

Day 1 Be Our Guest (DDs eat off kids menu OOP) 2TS used
Day 2 Ohana 4TS used
Day 3 California Grill for parents 4TS used
Day 4 Chefs de France (DDs kids menu OOP) 2TS used
morning departure breakfast at Chef Mickey 4TS

 

[JMADgrad]

Many thanks to all of you for your comments/help. I am now thinking that, given my girls will likely eat off of the kids' menus and they are significantly cheaper, and that we have ADRs at 3 signatures and Boma, the DDP might actually be a good thing for us since we can apply our girls' TS to our meals and pay OOP for their dinners (we would be doing this anyway without the plan, right?). I feel much better about going with the DDP. Now I just have to make sure our ADRs are lining up with our park plans since we are going with a base this time to save money....