TIW Worth It?

[TDC Nala]

I'm one person but I'm there so often that I made the amount back on dinner at V&A with wine pairings (and put my friend on it too) and the rest is gravy.

 

[tndisneyfan]

We have liked the TIW. Be bought it last June because we knew we were going to be making several trips with our Annual Passes. It has saved us quite a bit. We don't do the regular DDP because we only like to eat TS a couple of nights on a trip, we don't like being tied to an ADR every night. I also like that you can use it at the value food courts. We went to Pop Century Thursday night and got three meals and two desserts (we had a mug for drinks), and with the TIW discount it was only $25. No they do not add a tip on to CS meals that take the card.

 

[brajfamily]

We are planning on getting the TIW for our upcoming trip and this thread has definitely had some great info! I know that people have posted it is mainly for TS and a few QS locations, well what about beverages at the resort bars? Any AP discounts for these beverages? That's the one piece that is always soooooo expensive! thanks!

 

[vicki_c]

We are planning on getting the TIW for our upcoming trip and this thread has definitely had some great info! I know that people have posted it is mainly for TS and a few QS locations, well what about beverages at the resort bars? Any AP discounts for these beverages? That's the one piece that is always soooooo expensive! thanks!

TiW is good for drinks at most of the resort lounges and lounges in the parks (like the Tune In Lounge at DHS).

 

[E&K's Dad]

TiW is good for drinks at most of the resort lounges and lounges in the parks (like the Tune In Lounge at DHS).

I didn't even figure that into my savings. . .with the way some of my family drinks we might be able to make the cost of the card up on drinks!

 

[TDC Nala]

There are no general AP discounts at the bars. TIW is applicable to your bar bill though. (Watch out for pool bars - they generally don't accept it)

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Tables in Wonderland List of ALL participating 2010 locations:

Note this includes many lounges, including all in the Deluxe REsorts.

Walt Disney World Resorts

Disney's All-Star Movies Resort: World Premiere Food Court
Disney's All-Star Music Resort: Intermission Food Court
Disney's All-Star Sports Resort: End Zone Food Court
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge: Boma—Flavors of Africa, Jiko The Cooking Place, Sanaa, Victoria Falls
Disney's Beach Club Resort: Beaches & Cream Soda Shop (Excludes take out shop), Cape May Cafe, Martha's Vineyard Lounge
Disney's BoardWalk Resort: Belle Vue Lounge, ESPN Club, Flying Fish Cafe, Kouzzina by Cat Cora
Disney's Bonnet Creek Golf Club: Sand Trap Bar & Grill
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort: Shutters at Old Port Royale
Disney's Contemporary Resort: California Grill, Chef Mickey's, Outer Rim, The Wave
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort: Maya Grill
Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground: Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue (Late Show Only), Trail's End Restaurant, Crockett's Tavern
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa: 1900 Park Fare, Citricos, Garden View Tea Room, Grand Floridian Cafe, Mizner's Lounge, Narcoossee's, Victoria & Albert's (Excluding Chef's Table and Queen Victoria Room)
Disney's Old Key West Resort: Olivia's Cafe
Disney's Polynesian Resort: 'Ohana, Kona Cafe, Disney's Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show (Late Show Only), Tambu Lounge
Disney's Pop Century Resort: Everything Pop Shopping and Dining (Excludes merchandise from shop)
Disney's Port Orleans Resort: Riverside: Boatwright's Dining Hall, River Roost French Quarter: Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory, Scat Cat's Club
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa: The Artist's Palette, The Turf Club Lounge, The Turf Club Bar & Grill
Disney's Vero Beach Resort: The Green Cabin Room, Shutter's, Sonya's (Excludes the Sunday Brunch)
Disney's Wilderness Lodge: Artist Point, Territory Lounge, Whispering Canyon Cafe
Disney's Yacht Club Resort: Ale and Compass Lounge, Crews Cup Lounge, Captain's Grille, Yachtsman Steakhouse
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort: Il Mulino New York Trattoria, Kimonos, Shula's Steak House, Todd English's bluezoo

Walt Disney World Theme Parks

Magic Kingdom Park: Cinderella's Royal Table, Liberty Tree Tavern, The Crystal Palace, The Plaza Restaurant, Tony's Town Square Restaurant

Epcot: Akershus Royal Banquet Hall, Biergarten Restaurant, Bistro de Paris, Chefs de France, Coral Reef Restaurant, Le Cellier Steakhouse, Nine Dragons Restaurant, Restaurant Marrakesh, Rose & Crown Pub & Dining Room, San Angel Inn Restaurante, The Garden Grill Restaurant, Tokyo Dining, Tutto Italia Ristorante

Disney's Hollywood Studios: 50's Prime Time Cafe, Hollywood & Vine, Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano, Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant, The Hollywood Brown Derby, Tune-In Lounge

Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park: Tusker House Restaurant, Pizzafari, Flame Tree Barbecue, Restaurantosaurus

Downtown Disney Marketplace: Cap'n Jack's Restaurant, Fulton's Crab House

Downtown Disney Pleasure Island: Portobello, Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant

Downtown Disney West Side: House of Blues, Planet Hollywood, Wolfgang Puck Cafe

Disney's Wide World of Sports: ESPN Sports Cafe

 

[dreaming4disney]

We have done both DDP and TIW- the only I can add to everyone else's remarks is that we, as a family of 5, tend to overeat with the DDP- it includes desert at everymeal. I know we don't have to eat it all, but we do because we paid for it.... Also, if you like the signature restaurants, the DDP takes up2 table services.
jmho

 

[BriarRosie]

We love the TIW card. It works much better for us than the DDP. Mainly due to the savings on alcohol! Another thing I like about it is that you can use it at the food court in resorts that don't have a table service restaurant (like POFQ). Since we often share entrees, like appetizers and not so much dessert...it is much more our speed than the DDP. We are FL residents and annual passholders, so we go plenty of times and it is definitely worth it for us!

That's the part I like the most about TiW. Flexibility. If I want appetizers and dessert at a restaurant, I can order that without having to follow pre-determined rules. Add in any alcoholic beverages, and it's got even better value. Or as you said, I don't have to have dessert and feel like it's still worth it.

 

[Tricia1972]

Just had to remove a few posts that discussed personal tipping habits. Please keep all tipping discussion in the Tipping thread http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2300858. The first post has an explanation as to why it's just one thread, thread guidelines and even a tipping FAQ.

 

[bangzoom6877]

I crunched lots of numbers to see the best way to go about Disney dining for our July trip. Since we are DVC members, we get $100 off the regular AP. We currently have 7-day MYW base tickets. I will be upgrading just my ticket to an AP when we arrive, then I will purchase the TIW card immediately.

We originally were going to do the basic DDP again, like we did in July 2008. However, once we started planning our restaurants, we discovered that we had a lot of TS and would have extra CS credits leftover. The deluxe plan is just way too much food, plus on a 10-night trip the 4 of us would have 80 snack credits!!

So, after doing lots and lots of math, I discovered that upgrading one of our tickets to an AP with the DVC discount, plus buying the TIW card, will be a better deal for us. DH and I love dessert, but there are some TS where we may not get one of the desserts offered there and may opt instead to get a little something from the BW Bakery instead. I know that most CS locations do not accept the TIW card, but at most CS locations the desserts are much less expensive (sometimes half the price) than the ones at TS. So we have the option of getting our dessert elsewhere, whereas with the DDP we have to either get the dessert at the same place, or use a snack credit for one and feel like we didn't get our credit's worth if we didn't order dessert. In addition, if DH and I feel like splitting one app and one entree (we would never EACH get one of each) we can do it and it is all covered by the discount. We also sometimes like to have wine with dinner which would be discounted...and of course we will be enjoying some beer at Biergarten!! I also like it that I can order one adult entree for my boys to share if they prefer that over the kids' meals...can't do that on the DDP because they are 5 and almost 3 (on May 1st!), so they would have to order off the children's menu if we still kept the DDP. We sometimes do that at restaurants at home if what they really want is not on the children's menu and it works out well.

 

[bangzoom6877]

Oh and may I add......

We will be at WDW for 10 nights, but the first 4 nights my parents, sister, her fiance and my 2 nieces will be with us. We are having dinner at Chef Mickey's, dinner at CRT, lunch at Akershus and breakfast at 1900 Park Fare together. That will more than cover the $375 in meals it takes to break even on the TIW purchase! We are a party of 10 for all those meals. The 6 days we will stay at WDW after they all leave, is even more savings...it just made sense to do it this way! I did the math and even with adding the extra money to pay for my upgrade to an AP, we still come our ahead. So even though we're only going on one WDW trip this year, the TIW card makes sense for us.