Travelling with somebody NOT on DDP

[Craftysplat]

I hope I can make this question clear so bear with me. I am planning to travel to WDW in November 2014. We have two rooms booked - one for me, husband, and my daughter (age 3). The other room will have my MIL and her boyfriend.

Wanting to eat lots of character meals for my daughter we are considering paying for the DDP for the three of us. I think my MIL and her boyfriend would find the DDP confusing and stressful so I don't think they would get it.

When we eat together as a group of 5 I think it won't be a problem for the three of us to use credits and for them to pay OOP.

My question is: If my husband and I want to have a date just the two us, and my MIL babysits my daughter, can they take her out to dinner and use one of her child credits for her meal? If so, how would that work. I'm sure my MIL won't care, but I'd hate to pay all that money for DDP and then for my daughter to not be able to use it for her meal since we are eating elsewhere.

 

[TDC Nala]

Yes, as long as they bring a key card from your room (or magic band or whatever you are using). They should tell the server when they are ready to order (NOT at the end of the meal before they pay the bill) that the child's meal will be on the dining plan and their meals will be separate and paid for off the plan.

 

[wiigirl]

Yes, as long as they bring a key card from your room (or magic band or whatever you are using). They should tell the server when they are ready to order (NOT at the end of the meal before they pay the bill) that the child's meal will be on the dining plan and their meals will be separate and paid for off the plan.

 

[morethananyonex]

You mention that you have 2 rooms booked. By the sounds of it, you may have everyone on the same reservation. I don't think you'll be able to buy the dining plan for only 3 out of the 5 people. I'm pretty sure everyone on the package reservation (which is what it becomes with DDP) needs to have the same thing.

If you have 2 separate reservations, this is irrelevant to you

 

[TDC Nala]

2 rooms are usually separate reservations, although there may be some circumstances under which they are booked as the same reservation.

If there are 2 separate resort reservation numbers, then you have 2 reservations. If there's only 1 number that covers both rooms then you have to get DDP for everybody.

 

[Craftysplat]

We have separate reservations so I don't think that will be an issue.

So do you think my daughter's magic band will have her dining plan credits connected to it? I wasn't sure if it would or not since she is so young.

 

[TDC Nala]

All dining credits assigned to a room are accessible from any key card or magic band that is connected with that room, regardless of the guest's age.