Sharing dining plan

[SantiJB]

For saving TS credits and use them in 2TS restaurants, is it possible that 2 adults share the food in the following TS restaurants? Do you think it will be enoght food for two adults?

- Mama Melrose (MGM)
- '50s Prime Time Cafe (MGM)
- Sci-fi (MGM)
- Yacht Club Galley (Yacht)
- Spoodles (Boradwalk)
- Coral Reef (EP)
- Tempura Kiku (EP)
- Le Cellier (EP)
- Alfredo (EP)
- OHANA (Poly)
- Concourse Steakhouse (Contemporary)

Can anyone tell me your experience sharing food? is it a good idea?

Thanks

 

[The Sweetness]

I think that has to be an individual choice. I think if I were to do DDP and want to share, Id use 1 credit, and order an entree salad for myself, sharing the ap and desert, tasting the entree. Maybe I just have to big an appetite to consider sharing the whole meal. Id at least need a seperate ap... But it really depends on each persons appetite

 

[tinkamom]

I think you could easily share at MM and 50's PT, and probably at CS!

 

[Connor' Dad]

I do not think you can share at O'Hana due to it being AYCE.

 

[SantiJB]

Sorry but i can't understand you. What does AYCE stand for???

 

[brivers222]

AYCE stands for ALL YOU CAN EAT

My understanding is... Now we are using the DDP our of stay for the first time ever mind you...

That if you go to a Buffet/Character Breakfast or AYCE (aka whispering canyon skillet) every member in the party has to use 1TS (apart from Whispering Canyon as only those Eating off the skillet will be charged 1TS, but only those charged can eat off of it).

Is that correct, all ye experienced WDW DDP eaters?

Back to your Original Question.

My DW and I plan on sharing meals at TS locations which aren't Buffet, Family style or AYCE... I don't see a problem with at all... You already Prepaid your meals... if you share and then have extra when you leave, its your loss not disney's.

 

[SantiJB]

Thanks Brivers,

OK I undestand that i can't share meals in buffets and AYCE restaurants.

But If i understand you correctly, you agree with me about sharing meals is a good way to save TS credits and use them in 2TS restaurants, don't you?

Did you do it anytime? Does anyone know if it is enough food for two adults?

 

[keishashadow]

You'll need to dig your way out under the mountains of fries!

IMO, the fancier the restaurant, the less food they give you.

WDW is the only place I've ever heard of that doesn't charge a shared plate fee ($10 or so).

 

[brivers222]

Thanks Brivers,

OK I undestand that i can't share meals in buffets and AYCE restaurants.

But If i understand you correctly, you agree with me about sharing meals is a good way to save TS credits and use them in 2TS restaurants, don't you?

Did you do it anytime? Does anyone know if it is enough food for two adults?

Yep I am in 100% agreement (however, we are not saving for a 2TS meal... moreso the ability to eat at more 1TS meals Our logic is EAT LIGHT EAT FREQUENT...no not really, but we do enjoy the variety of restaurants we can try.

Here is our breakdown from your above list (just saw the list) also keep in mind that we are having my Siser In Law with us also (she too is on the plan, so all my number is out of 3 possible TS per meal)

- '50s Prime Time Cafe (MGM) <-- 3 out of 3
- Sci-fi (MGM) <-- 2 out of 3
- Le Cellier (EP) <-- 2 out of 3
- OHANA (Poly) <-- 3 out of 3 for both Dinner and Breakfast
- Concourse Steakhouse (Contemporary) <-- 2 out of 3
- Le Cellier <-- 2 out of 3
- Tony's Town Square <-- 2 out of 3
- Chefs de France <-- 2 out of 3
- Japanese Steak house (starts with a "t") <-- 3 out of 3
- Wolfgang Puck <-- 2 out of 3
- Kona <-- 2 out of 3

So the three of us are sharing two appitizers, two entres, two Desserts a lot of the time. I don't see a problem with you splitting 1TS either, if my SIL wasn't coming with us you better believe my DW and I would be splitting almost every meal (apart from the one I mentioned in my original post).

 

[DianaPrincessofWales]

While we were not on the dining plan, we had plenty to share at Le Celier. My DS-13 and I shared appetizer, entree, dessert and a drink and couldn't finish our dessert. We rolled out of there. I can't imagine you wouldn't have enough food to share! And we are both medium-large eaters! I think sharing is the way to go.

 

[SantiJB]

Thanks!!!

I agree with us that sharing meals allows you to eat healthier and to taste more restaurants. I thing this is the way we will follow in our first-time WDW vacation.

If i understand you well 1TS meal (ap., entree and desert) is enough food for 2 adults, don't it?.

In order to clarify more this question, what restaurants are better for sharing a TS meal? (i think it will be the restaurants where the portions are the higest, won't it?).

Is it necessary let the waiter know that we want to share 1TS meal, when we are ordering?. Is there any restriction or limitation about sharing in some restaurants, for instance the luxuriest restaurants?

 

[SantiJB]

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[Hopefully]

We used the Dining Plan in October. We were 3 adults. We used our CS credits for lunch and our TS for dinner. For our family the portions would NOT have been enough to share.
In my opinion, if you are going to share, we would have shared CS not TS. I thought it was a lot of food for lunch (I don't usually eat lunch every day) but the dinner portions were our normal size.
I think whether you can share or not is a very personal choice, and I don't think anyone else's experience is necessarily the same as your experience will be. In other words, I don't think there is one single answer, it varies by people.

 

[beth_cam]

I think Le Cellier's main course portions werent enough to split exactly, but there is a meat appetizer. SO ordering carefully you could probably split a meal easily even if you couldnt split each part of the meal. My kids had begged for chicken nuggets on the walk over so I didnt order for them but I gave them my fruit/cheese appetizer (it wasnt pleasing). So for me and hubbie 2 main courses and one appetizer - we didnt eat everything and All I could do to eat a few bites of desert before giving the rest to the kids. Got the second desert to go.

We are doing mostly AYCE meals (character buffets etc) so I dont have a lot of room to work to stretch out one more meal but what I did was look throught the menu's at allears.net and see where it looked like there were meal type appetizers. My husband usually isnt real interested in an appetizer and last year we never ate the deserts...we'd get deserts to go and most of the time threw them out. So I figure an appetizer and the desert would probably be plenty. Often when we go out to eat I order just the appetizer.

Concourse steakhouse portions were big enough but we just werent interested in the same foods enough to share the meal and I dont know that I could have made a meal of the appetizer there.

Jappenese - Teppanyaki. We definitely could have shared. we ordered three meals for our 4 people and had way too much food. I was encouraged to order the meat upgrade with lobster. I wish I'd stuck with the regular meat. People keep saying here you can no longer get the lobster. It may depend on your server. They also encouraged me to get the shrimp add on which they rang up as an appetizer - another thing people are saying cant happen. My meal could have EASILY split with either my husband or both the kids. I have been planning to go this time and split with my husband by getting the same meal and giving my husband the steak. If you have a big big eater though it might be a little harder.

 

[SantiJB]

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[tinker&belle]

Is sharing something you need to tell at ADR's? Or do they need to know how many people and not how many meals? (Probably a dumb question, but at home we don't typically share meals in TS restaurants.)

 

[SantiJB]

More opinions please!!!!!!

 

[jjohnson]

For saving TS credits and use them in 2TS restaurants, is it possible that 2 adults share the food in the following TS restaurants? Do you think it will be enoght food for two adults?

- Mama Melrose (MGM)
- '50s Prime Time Cafe (MGM)
- Sci-fi (MGM)
- Yacht Club Galley (Yacht)
- Spoodles (Boradwalk)
- Coral Reef (EP)
- Tempura Kiku (EP)
- Le Cellier (EP)
- Alfredo (EP)
- OHANA (Poly)
- Concourse Steakhouse (Contemporary)

Can anyone tell me your experience sharing food? is it a good idea?

Many have posted that they do share but WDW portions, IMHO, are not huge. Ohana's you can not share as it is served family style. We ate at CS,YC, & Sci-fi on our last trip & had Apps & entree but no dessert. I wasn't stuffed when we left & I couldn't see sharing it with my DH.