Upgrade dining or not

[memobrien]

This is the first time we are going to WDW with a dining plan. So i'm still trying to get the hang of it. I was jsut getting the 2007 plan and then they switched it....so now i'm really confused. I'm traveling with my DD (5) and my parents are joing us for the first half of the trip.

I’m questioning if I should upgrade our dining plan. We currently have the Disney Dining plan, and I wondering if it’s worth going to the Deluxe plan for the 1st half of our trip. For the first half of our trip we are 3 adults and 1 child (5). Here is what I have planned for ADR:

Fri – (arriving in afternoon) Boma for dinner
Sat – CRT for Breakfast and Jiko for early dinner
Sun – Boma for Breakfast and 1900 park fare for dinner
Mon – Hollywood and Vine/Play and Dine for breakfast. Need something else here for lunch and or dinner
Tues – Coral Reef and ?? (need something here too)

Anyway… we aren’t big Counter service people as no one is particularly fond of hamburgers and chicken ( not even the 5 year old. Her favorite meal is steamed dumplings and veggie sushi)

The 2nd half of the trip it will be just me and my DD (the 5 year old). We are switching hotels and our dining plan can be different. Which is why I’m thinking about upgrading just for the 1st half of the trip.

I could use some help here. Is it worth it?

Maura

 

[patsal]

I'm confused are you DVC? If not you will need two packages and that will be not cost effective for passes. I'd say decide based on the menus--your 5yo will be hard pressed to find burgers or chicken fingers on a kids menu btw. Look at menus and predetermine what you would eat then pick the dining plan hta works for you. If you like to eat a character meal per day and a signature dining type meal per day than the deluxe upgrade may be for you. Looking at what you have already planned the deluxe plan wuld be needed since you would be paying for a lot OOP without it--Boma 1 TS, CRT 2 TS, Jiko 2TS, Boma 1 TS, 1900 Park fair 1TS
H&V 1TS, Coral Reef 1TS--you'd only have 5ts and your already up to 9 DXDDP would give you 15 so with your plan this may be best.

 

[memobrien]

I'm confused are you DVC? If not you will need two packages and that will be not cost effective for passes. I'd say decide based on the menus--your 5yo will be hard pressed to find burgers or chicken fingers on a kids menu btw. Look at menus and predetermine what you would eat then pick the dining plan hta works for you. If you like to eat a character meal per day and a signature dining type meal per day than the deluxe upgrade may be for you.

I'm not a DVC member. We are doing to packages for DD and I. That is why I can upgrade one half the trip and not the other. That's all ready been worked out. It was jsut the dining that i'm wondering about.

thanks!

maura

 

[patsal]

I'm not a DVC member. We are doing to packages for DD and I. That is why I can upgrade one half the trip and not the other. That's all ready been worked out. It was jsut the dining that i'm wondering about.

thanks!

maura

In that case, in your position I'd upgrade the first half fo the trip to the Deluxe since you'd be using all those TS credits anyway. Otherwise you'll have a ton out of pocket. Sorry I was confused, but I just didn't see two full packages as being very cost effective with ticket pricing factored in, but you must have already figured that all out.

 

[memobrien]

In that case, in your position I'd upgrade the first half fo the trip to the Deluxe since you'd be using all those TS credits anyway. Otherwise you'll have a ton out of pocket. Sorry I was confused, but I just didn't see two full packages as being very cost effective with ticket pricing factored in, but you must have already figured that all out.

Thanks. BTW... what we did was buy our tickets with the first day of the trip. Then got a 1-day pass that was non-hopping (so it was the cheapest ticket) for me on the 2nd package. That allowed us to buy the dining plan. And it isn't valid until we use it, so basically there is no expiration on it. That's how it was explained to me anyway

maura