Quick service dinning package

[dmhgolfer1903]

I realize this dinning offered weather it the reg or the quick serve is a matter of what you eat . But in general do you about break even.

Is it hard to know where u can or cannot eat and what u can and cannot order at each place. Or is every place able to serve you.

What about snacks. Which are included which are not.
Like expamle is the dole whip in magic approved snack.

Do u have to book reservations if going in mid may. Or wing it so u can eat when you hungry and either wait or go elsewhere or are the waits real long


Please any and all advise

 

[_auroraborealis_]

It is very hard to "break even" on the QSDP. You need to have your average meal value turn out to be ~$18 per meal, and a QS meal is defined as an entree and a drink. Most QS eateries it is hard to make $18 with that combo.

It isn't difficult to figure out what you can order. Snacks that are included have a Snack Logo. Entrees and standard drinks (no souvenir cups) are pretty clear on most menus.

On the regular Dining Plan, not having reservations is pretty much a disaster, because you have to plan to use your TS credits, and there are very few TS restaurants that take walk-ups. For most parties, the regular DDP works best with at least one child under 10 per adult, and a taste for character meals. Otherwise, you can easily beat the DDP by just paying cash for meals.

There is no time of year where "just winging it" with TS credits is a good idea.

 

[dmhgolfer1903]

Thanks for the input. It says it also includes a refill cup. Is that like 18 ?
And I drink three drinks a day out of my hotel and avg drink cost 3 without plan I feel that's saves a bunch also?

 

[PattnFmly]

We always get our money's worth from our refillable cups. We use them to drink at breakfast and use the drink that comes with the entrée as a bottle of water or vitamin water to bring with us to the park. (We go back to the room after breakfast to get backpack etc and leave our cups there.) Some days we eat more meals at the resort, some days we don't, but over the course of our vacation we do indeed utilize the refillable cups to our advantage. I have kept track on various vacations and it always works out in our favor. Plus we use them at home as travel mugs!

 

[GeorgiaHoo]

I realize this dinning offered weather it the reg or the quick serve is a matter of what you eat . But in general do you about break even.

Is it hard to know where u can or cannot eat and what u can and cannot order at each place. Or is every place able to serve you.

What about snacks. Which are included which are not.
Like expamle is the dole whip in magic approved snack.

Do u have to book reservations if going in mid may. Or wing it so u can eat when you hungry and either wait or go elsewhere or are the waits real long


Please any and all advise

On the quick service dining plan, you can eat a meal at any quick service restaurant. This link lists all of the quick service/table service restaurants - https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/m...ltDisneyWorld/en_us/PDF/2017DDP_Locations.pdf. Quick service restaurants do not take reservations, and table service are not included in the quick service plan, so you definitely wing it on the quick service plan. You can order any entree/drink from any quick service location. We've never used the quick service plan because it is more difficult to save money and we like to eat at table service restaurants occasionally.

All of the items that qualify as a snack item on the dining plan have a snack symbol next to them so it is easy to tell what you can and cannot purchase with your snack credits. And yes, the dole whip at Magic Kingdom currently is available as a snack item. Allears.net has menus that show which items qualify as snacks.

If you were to purchase the table service plan then you would definitely need advance reservations for places like Be Our Guest and many, many others. You could probably wing it for some places, such as resort restaurants like The Wave or Captain's Grille, but no guarantees. If you tried to walk up to table service restaurants you might be turned away or told the wait was 1 hour or more depending on the restaurant. You can often find same-day reservations if you are willing to eat earlier/later than the rush meal time but again that depends on which park you are in and the time of year you go -- you would have better luck in early/mid May than late May.

You can save money using the table service plan if you intend to eat at a lot of buffets or character meals, but you'll need reservations for many of those.

If you go in May then the Flower & Garden Festival will be on at Epcot. That festival offers a number of food booths - menus here - http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2017-...tival-outdoor-kitchens-menus-and-food-photos/ - and you can use a snack credit to purchase almost every food item at the booths (but not alcohol).

 

[_auroraborealis_]

It really depends across how many days you're using DDP how to figure the cost of a refillable mug, as well.

So, if you're there 6 days, it's $3/day on the price, but if you're there 3 it's $6/day.