Under 3 question for dining plan

[Boy Mom x3]

Please let me know if I'm understanding this correctly? If we have 2 adults and 2 over 3 on the dining plan, can we trade our drinks and/or desserts for a side dish for our 2 year old so we don't have to pay extra for food for him? He eats a ton so I'm thinking if I can exchange my husbands drink and my dessert (and then we share the others) and one of the big kid's drinks, we would have plenty of food for him.
Is this do-able? Is it at every counter/table service or only some?
Thanks!

 

[_auroraborealis_]

On QS, you can trade a dessert or a drink for anything labeled Snack, which at many places includes things you might call a side dish.

At a TS, you can't trade part of your meal for something else, save a dessert for a fruit cup, side salad or side soup (all of which are special for this trade and NOT menu items!). You would be best off paying OOP for a kid's meal there.

 

[brockash]

Please let me know if I'm understanding this correctly? If we have 2 adults and 2 over 3 on the dining plan, can we trade our drinks and/or desserts for a side dish for our 2 year old so we don't have to pay extra for food for him? He eats a ton so I'm thinking if I can exchange my husbands drink and my dessert (and then we share the others) and one of the big kid's drinks, we would have plenty of food for him.
Is this do-able? Is it at every counter/table service or only some?
Thanks!

Yes, for all QS locations. Won't work at TS, but you can still share there and if it's a buffet, the under 3 eats for free.

 

[sharonabe]

There are some TS places that WILL let you trade your DESSERT for a side salad, soup, or a vegetable. It's usually not necessarily on the menu, but just a small plate. It never hurts to ask at any TS a la carte you plan to go to.

 

[Nancyg56]

Just remember that kids meals are really inexpensive. You can share but if you want a meal the little one won't enjoy, the children options are a good value.

 

[lubob]

You can get a adult meal on the dinning plan in place of a kids meal then they can share it. Some places actually bring out a plate of food for the child. Cinderella table did that as well as coral reef in epcot free of charge.

 

[bumbershoot]

If my son had eaten a ton at 2 years old I would have just bought him his own meal, OOP.

 

[sharonabe]

You can get a adult meal on the dinning plan in place of a kids meal then they can share it. Some places actually bring out a plate of food for the child. Cinderella table did that as well as coral reef in epcot free of charge.

That's not entirely true. Brochures still state that kid's must order off the kid's menu where available. TS restaurants are still enforcing this rule for regular DDP. QS places are a more lax and many will let kids get adult meals.

 

[Nancyg56]

You can get a adult meal on the dinning plan in place of a kids meal then they can share it. Some places actually bring out a plate of food for the child. Cinderella table did that as well as coral reef in epcot free of charge.

You cannot count on this happening, so it's best to have s back up plan. If the op goes to via Napoli there will be nothing but an empty plate for the child.

 

[Baklava]

That's not entirely true. Brochures still state that kid's must order off the kid's menu where available. TS restaurants are still enforcing this rule for regular DDP. QS places are a more lax and many will let kids get adult meals.

And for the DxDDP it's all over the place. We got everything from "she has to order of the kid menu and if there's no kid app she doesn't get one" to "she can order entirely off the adult menu if she wants, here's a bread service the size of her bedroom."