Peaked my interest...so me, DH, and DD7 are on the regular dining plan. We can order 3 "adult" combo meals at the counter service and it doesn't count any differently toward our CS credits? If I understand this correctly this may be a jackpot moment since then DD7 and DD3 (not on the dining plan) can share lunches. Please confirm or clarify.
Kelly, thanks for the replay. While I understand that's what you are supposed to do, that doesn't seem to be what Buckeye Lurker is describing above as their "closely guarded secret". I admit, It sounds too good to be true, but want to be clear on what the poster is explaining.
Ugh!! I just wrote out a huge explanation and the Dis went crazy on me and lost it! So if it becomes a double post I am sorry.
Ok here I go again
Technically you are not allowed to talk about how to get around the system of the dining plan here on Dis, so be careful what you say, or your post will get deleted, you will get a warning, or banned.
I am only goingto tlak about my experience as of last year, March 2009. There are 3 in my family, 2 adults, 1 child.
We get all our credits on our KTTW card at the beginning of the trip. I says 2 adults, 1 child right on the card. For Table service each meal we have take 2 adult credits and 1 childs, and on the reciept it says how many were used, and how many for each (adult and child) are left.
With the CS credits, it only says how many total were used.
But I have found 90% of the time they check. I will go to order and before I even do they will say, "you have 2 adults and 1 child".
The way we do things though is we don't order every meal together.Alot of times I get up early and I will get a CS breakfast and then share it with my DD. Later on DH gets something, and he too will share it. In the late evening one of us may be hungry, so we get another CS and share it.
Now unless we are keeping total track of what meals we have gotten, we have no clue how many were childs and how many were adults. I don't write it down, and after a few days you do tend to lose track in you head how many of each was used. So every so often I just throw in one of my orders as a child meal to try and even it up. But if you are going up for 1 meal at a time, like we do, they really have no idea how many of each you have used, since Disney's system doesn't keep track of CS meals like that ...seperated like the TS ones.
So again, it's probably best not to talk on Dis about how to "get around the system". But that was my experience. and I never purposely did try to get around it. I just had no way to truely keep track of how many childs verses adults I used.
that is the nicest way I could think to put in on a public forum) This next trip I know that I won't lose track.. course, it is only one kids credit that I am having to worry about so that helps. 
slid under our door during the night. 
We are so excited...TA called and said that our 'MOUSE MAIL' has arrived. Have to wait to Sat to pick it up. WOW it is seeming more real now.
