Please help - table service credit use

[momof2+1]

Please help: We have a group of 12 headed to the World in 28 days! We have free dining and have made ADRs already. We had planned to pay out-of-pocket for our dinner at Fulton's Crab House until I just noticed it's now on the DDP. I'm sure that will be an expensive meal, but we're willing to splurge for one meal. Now I'm wondering if it would make sense to use two credits there and pay OOP for a less expensive restaurant and cance one of the other meals. Our ADRs are as follows:

Via Napoli (dinner, 1 credit)
Chef Mickey's (breakfast, 1 credit)
Fulton's Crab House (signature dinner, 2 credits)
50's Prime Time Café (lunch, 1 credit)
Cinderella's Royal Table (signature breakfast, 2 credits)
Le Cellier Steakhouse (lunch, 1 credit)

We've eaten at 50's and were unimpressed. The only reason I reserved it was we needed a place for lunch in HS that day. Instead we could do counter service for lunch and maybe a laid back dinner at our resort or DTD (this would be OOP). If we scratch that one, which other ADR should we pay OOP, Via Napoli or Chef Mickey's?

Thanks for your help. Just when I thought I had it all figured out, they go and change it on me!

 

[sharonabe]

Please help: We have a group of 12 headed to the World in 28 days! We have free dining and have made ADRs already. We had planned to pay out-of-pocket for our dinner at Fulton's Crab House until I just noticed it's now on the DDP. I'm sure that will be an expensive meal, but we're willing to splurge for one meal. Now I'm wondering if it would make sense to use two credits there and pay OOP for a less expensive restaurant and cance one of the other meals. Our ADRs are as follows:

Via Napoli (dinner, 1 credit)
Chef Mickey's (breakfast, 1 credit)
Fulton's Crab House (signature dinner, 2 credits)
50's Prime Time Café (lunch, 1 credit)
Cinderella's Royal Table (signature breakfast, 2 credits)
Le Cellier Steakhouse (lunch, 1 credit)

We've eaten at 50's and were unimpressed. The only reason I reserved it was we needed a place for lunch in HS that day. Instead we could do counter service for lunch and maybe a laid back dinner at our resort or DTD (this would be OOP). If we scratch that one, which other ADR should we pay OOP, Via Napoli or Chef Mickey's?

Thanks for your help. Just when I thought I had it all figured out, they go and change it on me!

You really need to do the math and see if that's the way you want to go. Rule of thumb is each TS CREDIT is worth about $35. So will you "spend" $70 at Fulton's to make that worth the 2 TS credits? Remember, you still only get entree, dessert, and drink.

If you do decide to go that route and cancel 50's, Via Napoli would probably be your cheapest meal since you could get some pizzas to share, some apps to share, and they also have a salad that is $5 pp eating it.

 

[havoc315]

If you want to keep all your ADRs, the cheapest option would be to use the ddp at Fultons, and pay oop for the castle breakfast. On a per credit basis, that may be your cheapest meal.

Or, with such a large party, you can stretch your credits by sharing at some lacations.
Like Le Cellier-- use 8 credits. 4 people share and/or pay oop for cheaper meals.
Then at Fulton, again use the ddp for the 8 most expensive meals....
And in total, you will have used 24 credits instead of 36.

 

[DisGirl1971]

Personally, I don't think Fulton's is anywhere near worth 2 TS credits. Certainly not better than RainForest or T-Rex which are worth 1TS and much, much more fun. I mean Fulton's isn't bad per se, but I would not waste 2 TS credits there. Same with Brown Derby, the food was fine, but not worth 2 TS credits. Just my opinion though . . .

 

[purple figment]

You might want to consider paying for the CRT breakfast OOP since it's 2 credits, but a fixed price so it would be easy to figure out how much it'll be per credit. I know we paid for the CRT dinner OOP.

At Le Cellier, there are some expensive lunch entrees such as the steaks, but the salads, sandwiches and hamburger, for example, are relatively inexpensive. You could use credits for people who choose expensive options and pay OOP for the others.

While Via Napoli seems to be an ideal place to share, I'd be hesitant to depend on that since it's been frequently reported on the board that VN doesn't allow sharing if using dining credits, although, it seems okay to share if paying OOP.

 

[hannahdrewmom]

You might want to consider paying for the CRT breakfast OOP since it's 2 credits, but a fixed price so it would be easy to figure out how much it'll be per credit. I know we paid for the CRT dinner OOP.
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I would do this. CRT breakfast is a rip off on the dinning plan at $44 for an adult. I'd pay oop for that and use those two credits for Fultons.

 

[Albytaps]

Isn't Le Celllier 2 Table Service Credits now?

I'm trying to figure out something similar as well, and have Le Cellier as 2 credits.

 

[havoc315]

Isn't Le Celllier 2 Table Service Credits now?

I'm trying to figure out something similar as well, and have Le Cellier as 2 credits.

Lunch is 1-credit. Dinner is 2.