Which Dining Plan to Get?

[brandigregory]

Have 2 adults and 1 4yo girl and 8 nights of stay. Regular Dining Plan is $953 and Deluxe is $1675. I need 7 QS and 15 TS credits for my plans/reservations. Regular Plan leaves me covered on QS and 8 TS. So, is it worth the plan upgrade for 7 meals at $103/meal? Or should I go cash for those? I have a Chase Disney Visa so I get a 10% discount at a couple places. Here is my list:

California Grill (2)
Hollywood & Vine lunch (1)
50's Prime Time dinner (1)
Akerhaus lunch (1)
Garden Grill (1)
Wave of Flavor breakfast (1)
Sanaa dinner (1)
Liberty Tree Tavern lunch (1)
CRT dinner (2)
Marakkesh lunch (1)
Biergarten dinner (1)
BOG dinner (1)
Chef Mickey's breakfast (1)

I am thinking I could go the cheaper route and just study menus and see if we can order for less than $103 per meal at 7 of the restaurants above.

What would you do experienced Disney travelers??

Thanks!
Brandi

 

[DaughteroftheKing]

I haven't pulled up the menus but I like to crunch numbers.

Since it is just you and your spouse and a child that can get kids meals, I think you can do several of those TS meals for under $100. Two of them are breakfasts which are typically less expensive (Wave and Chef Mickey) and then you've got 2 lunches that I see right off the top (Marakkesh and LTT) that I think could be done for under $100.

 

[supersnoop]

I only see two or three meals on that list that would be a value on the dining plan. You really Ned t pull up the menus, or plug your plans into www.distripplanner.com, and see if the dining plan will save you any money at all.

 

[amomma23]

I only see two or three meals on that list that would be a value on the dining plan. You really Ned t pull up the menus, or plug your plans into www.distripplanner.com, and see if the dining plan will save you any money at all.

I agree. We are big giant dining plan fans, but it really only makes sense if you are using the credits and plan meals as given. The more you start paying OOP for, the less value the plan has no matter which you choose.