Trying to tame the madness ...

[jlw3535]

So, this is really a question for both the resort and the dining plan board, so please bear with me!

Our dear friends have given us three DVC nights in a 1BR at BC in the last full week before Christmas (17-21) - however, the nights are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday (one reservation for Monday, a separate res for Wed/Thurs). They are on a waiting list for Tuesday - nothing available right now, but may come up later.

We're SO grateful of this gift -and we're now moving on to figuring out our logistics.

I've made a rack-rate room-only reservation for Tuesday evening , but I wanted to make sure that this would work before I ask our friends to add the dining plan to our DVC reservations.

We're going to add the deluxe dining plan for Monday, as well as Wed/Thursday nights. This is an adult-only trip, so its just DH and myself.

Deluxe dining for three nights, which actually covers five days, seems like a bonus to me ... We've got Narcoosees on Monday evening, leaving When we check back in on the DVC reservation with DxDP (for Wed/Thurs), it will give us six more TS credits each to use from checkin Wed. through midnight Friday. (We are at a Marriott property closer to the airport Friday night, to fly out early Saturday, so I have booked Fulton's for Friday evening).

Seems to me like this "break" in having a rack rate room/no DDP on Tuesday night is going to make the dining plan really work in our favor. I have ADRs at Narcoosee's (Monday), 50s Prime Time (Wed), Teppan Edo Lunch and Ohana on Thursday (noon lunch, dinner reservation is at 9:50 p.m.), then Fulton's on Friday.

By my calculations, it leaves us one TS meal for Tuesday, then one more unscheduled credit on Wed/Thurs/Fri that we can use wherever & whenever.

Before I get all proud of myself ... Does anyone see any problems with my plan? (other than not having ADR's - which I am well aware limits where we may be able to get in. However, with an adults-only trip, we don't want to over-schedule and lose all of our flexibility).

Thanks in advance for the feedback!

 

[Nennie]

We often do split DVC stays, and splitting the dining plan up to get more days to use our credits is one of the biggest perks of the split stays!

Go for it!!!

 

[sharonabe]

The only problem I think I see is your math. Fulton's is a 2TS credit restaurant. So if I'm counting right, you have 5 of your 6 used for that second half.

 

[jlw3535]

The only problem I think I see is your math. Fulton's is a 2TS credit restaurant. So if I'm counting right, you have 5 of your 6 used for that second half.

Thanks, sharonabe - you're absolutely right. I knew Fulton's was 2 credits, just bad math in my head.