Thank you, that is helpful!
We always pay OOP - we stay offsite so don't do
DDP.
I don't know if the lines will be like what you experienced when we go in October. But I do like the "VIP" thing
and I do
hate lines, so that's definitely a big consideration for us.
I understand now why they do what they do - as someone who doesn't try to "scam" the system, and doesn't even think in those terms, it wouldn't occur to me to go to a restaurant and order an appetizer or something and expect the special passes.
That said, there is no time when I order an app, an entree and a dessert. I just don't eat that much, ever. I might order a salad and an app, or just an entree, or DH and I might split an app along with an entree each or something like that. We might split one dessert if there's something amazing we have to have. But for all four of us to each have an app, an entree AND a dessert just sounds like way too much food (And it's not about the money - if I could eat that, I would order it - it's vacation!). So I think it's kind of a bummer that I'm forced to either order and eat it or pay for (even if I don't order) stuff I simply can't eat. It's not like you can take a doggie bag either.
So I will just have to keep considering what I want to do. I have some time to think about it
Thanks for the good info though.