Question about staying onsite and off at WDW

[dearapollo]

My girlfriend and myself will be going to Florida next month, and will be staying with a friend of my family who lives in Orlando. We plan on going to the parks for 5 days, and were wanting to stay at least one night at one of the value resorts with the dinning plan. My question is, is it possible to book 1 night at one of the value resorts with a 5 day park hopper ticket, along with the dinning plan? I know that you can't use the dinning plan unless you are staying on site, so will I be able to use it on the days we are staying at WDW? Any help would be much appreciated..

 

[wilde_oscar]

if you are only staying one night, you would only be able to get one day of DDP... yeah, you can book a package for a one night stay and get a 5 day ticket... but you might be going about this backward... you can get discount tickets, stay cheap off site, and probably save a lot more than you would with DDP.

 

[Seahunt]

if you are only staying one night, you would only be able to get one day of DDP...

Yep, I agree - you only receive dining credits based on the number of nights you stay at a Disney resort, not the number of days on your park ticket