Questions about adding QSDP

[Tromba]

I have room-only reservations at Fort Wilderness with AAA discount for 11 nights in June. I also have already purchased park tickets for 10 days from Undercover Tourist for the group (2 adults, two kids 3-9). I would like to add the QSDP. So here are my questions.

1. I've been told that I only have to purchase one-day park tickets for each member of the group in order to qualify for the dining plan, even though our reservation is for 11 nights. Is this true?

2. If this is true, then will my room-only reservation fee increase because I have now purchased a "package", or will I simply add the dining plan costs to my present reservation cost?

3. If I do this, will my room key card then have the one park day plus the 11 nights of dining plan encoded on it?

4. Is there any way that I could use the one day park tickets for friends who will be visiting us, but only going to the parks for one day, and yet still use the dining credits for our family?

5. If #4 is not possible, then can I have the days from the previously purchased park tickets (from Undercover) added to my room key card?

Picky questions, I know, but I'm really wanting to try the QSDP, and having never done a dining plan before, I need to know exactly how it works in order to make sure it will be cost efficient for us.

Thanks for any help you can give us,
Tromba

 

[mbanks21]

First of all, not gonna happen the way you want it to. If you want the AAA discount on the room and the DDP youll have to cancel your res and go through a AAA travel agent and the tickets you already have mean absolutely nothing to disney, youll still have to buy at least a one day ticket for everyone on the res to make it a package.


You basically have to cancel what you have and start over if you want this to work

 

[Tromba]

OK, so you're saying I only have to buy one-day tickets to get the QSDP, that answers one of my questions.

So what if I do change my reservations from room only to package, what about my other questions?

I wonder if my tickets would mean absolutely nothing to Disney if I wanted to upgrade from a 10-pass to an annual pass? Something tells me that if I'm willing to pay them more, then they will acknowledge them.

Thanks for the input, can anyone answer my other questions?

Tromba

 

[mbanks21]

No, no they wont. First off to do any dining plan you have to have a MYW package that has the tickets on it bought through disney. The only exceptions are if you purchase it through DVC which youre not doing, or if you already have the annual pass. But you couldnt book the AP plus dining package AND have the AAA discount. Your best bet honestly is to book the trip as an AP plus dining package and when you get to disney upgrade your tickets to AP's.

If you wanted to stick with your AAA discount and add the dining plan you MUST go through AAA. No way around it. And youll still have to purchase at least a one day ticket for everyone because it has to be a package. You can always use your 10day tickets and keep the one day base tickets youll have to buy for your next trip

 

[mbanks21]

Question number 4 if you bought the one day tickets as part of the dining package you could have them removed from your room key and have your friends use them while you use your 10 day passes and dining credits and yes you can have your previously purchased tickets added to your room keys

 

[mbanks21]

To put it simply:

If youre definately going to upgrade to annual passes, book the trip as an AP plus dining package. Everyone on the res gets the dining and you can upgrade your already purchased tickets to AP's

If youre not going to upgrade to annual passes but you want the dining plan and the AAA discount you have to go through a AAA agent, get everyone a one day base ticket and use your already purchased tickets, giving the one day base tickets to your friends.

Easy Peasy Japanesy