Regarding an upgrade of free dining?

[grandgathering]

Hi everyone!
Does anyone know if you can upgrade the free dining to the 'delux' dining? Also what the cost might be??

Cheers everyone!
Tara

 

[myramsy]

I just found the answer to this on the dining boards and you can upgrade to DxDp on the free dining and I think the cost was $32 a night per adult and maybe $10 a night per child. Just have a look at the thread on the dining board...I think I would love to upgrade to deluxe but not sure if its worth it...thats a lot of food!

 

[SaskDisNut]

Yes you can. But it is a lot of food. I found this on the mousesavers.com website.

If you want, you can upgrade to the Deluxe Dining Plan for just $32 per adult per night and $10 per child age 3-9 per night. (This represents the usual price difference between the regular Dining Plan and the Deluxe Dining Plan.) The Deluxe Dining Plan includes three meals a day at your choice of table service or counter service locations. You get an appetizer with your table service meals on the Deluxe Dining Plan. The Deluxe Dining Plan also includes two snacks per day and one refillable mug per person. You can eat like royalty!

 

[stefanospops]

I suggest that if you upgrade to the Deluxe Dining plan only do so if you have 6 months to plan. We did the deluxe dining plan twice, once many months in advance (the first time) and the second time with just a few months notice.

The deluxe plan is only worth it, IMO, if you plan every meal at a character experience. The kids loved all the character dining experiences. And since they take reservations 6 months earlier, then you can try to get to those hard to eat places like at Cinderella's Royal table at the castle.

The second time we went I tried to make reservations but found a lot of restaurants were already booked. Still, we were able to walk into a lot of them. But the Deluxe Dining plan is a waste if you end up using counter service.

I had to create a whole spreadsheet to plan what park I would be at on which day, then made my reservations. I tried to plan around the Magic Hours whenever possible too.

The other bonus with the deluxe plan are the snacks. The included water, ice cream, etc. was a welcome treat. I barely spent another dollar on food when I used the deluxe plan.