where can I find menus/prices for counter services dining?

[KelseyLaPerle]

We are trying to decide if the dining plan will be "worth it" for us, but can't really do that without knowing how much it would cost to eat and pay OOP.

I looked on allears.net and couldn't find anything.

Thanks!

 

[KelseyLaPerle]

We are trying to decide if the dining plan will be "worth it" for us, but can't really do that without knowing how much it would cost to eat and pay OOP.

I looked on allears.net and couldn't find anything.

Thanks!

I found the menus. My next questions is: when it lists "corn dog nuggets" (for example) at Casey's Corner for $4.49, does this include a drink? On the dining plan, the "meal" includes a drink.

Thanks!

 

[nicolepdonnelly]

As far as I remember some places like Casey's is more like a snack stand than a CS place, so sometimes everything is ala cart. But if you're on the DP than you can get the drink etc. Most other places have the whole meal combo displayed on menu.

 

[Hopefully]

As far as I remember some places like Casey's is more like a snack stand than a CS place, so sometimes everything is ala cart. But if you're on the DP than you can get the drink etc. Most other places have the whole meal combo displayed on menu.

Not totally correct.
At Casey's specifically, the cost of the corn dog nuggets listed is just for the corn dogs, no drink included. That would be just under another $3.
If you were eating somewhere where you ordered, say a cheeseburger meal, that would include the cheeseburger and fries, but still no drink.
So when you are comparing costs for the DDP, you need to add together the cost of the main item, a dessert item and a drink for the total "value" OOP.
Hope this helps.

 

[KelseyLaPerle]

Not totally correct.
At Casey's specifically, the cost of the corn dog nuggets listed is just for the corn dogs, no drink included. That would be just under another $3.
If you were eating somewhere where you ordered, say a cheeseburger meal, that would include the cheeseburger and fries, but still no drink.
So when you are comparing costs for the DDP, you need to add together the cost of the main item, a dessert item and a drink for the total "value" OOP.
Hope this helps.

Thank you so much, this is exactly the information I was looking for. It looks like the quick service dining plan is going to pay off for us after all - we'd spend about $95 per day for the plan and for what I priced out it would cost us almost $75 JUST for lunch! (and that was using the cheapest food on the menu!)

 

[sharonabe]

Thank you so much, this is exactly the information I was looking for. It looks like the quick service dining plan is going to pay off for us after all - we'd spend about $95 per day for the plan and for what I priced out it would cost us almost $75 JUST for lunch! (and that was using the cheapest food on the menu!)

$75 for a quick service lunch??? Where are you eating and what are you eating? The highest price combo meal anywhere is around $14, add in your pre-packaged dessert and a large drink and you're still at around $20. That's for one person using the MOST expensive items on the menu that you're entitled to. With the plan costing you $95/day, I assume you have 2 adults and one child. The kids' meals are $5.50. So the MOST expensive meal for all of you should be around $45.50. Right at half of what you paid for the day.

Did you look at what you wanted to eat or what would be included in the QSDP? If you're wanting a drink and dessert at EVERY meal, then the plan will probably work for you. If not, you'll start to lose money pretty fast.

Please give us some examples of what you're looking at.

 

[Hootch]

Thank you so much, this is exactly the information I was looking for. It looks like the quick service dining plan is going to pay off for us after all - we'd spend about $95 per day for the plan and for what I priced out it would cost us almost $75 JUST for lunch! (and that was using the cheapest food on the menu!)

trip we averaged about $30 for CS meals. That's for a family of four with a 12 and 8 year old. The most expensive meal we had was $37 at Wolfgang Puck Express. There were many times we had a lot of fries left over. We could have saved a little more by asking them to leave off the fries on one or two of the combos.