Look at the menus and get an idea of what you're going to spend. Sci-fi is pretty inexpensive, unless you have a couple of guys like mine in the party - I can pretty much count on DS & DH ordering ribs, which makes Sci-fi more expensive than something like Chef Mickey's breakfast.
In general I prefer to pay OOP for fixed price meals like buffets just for ease of budgeting, so I'd pick CM.
I think you should pay OOP for CRT since it is a 2 TS credit meal. The price of breakfast does come close to the cost of 2 TS credits. We went to CRT for lunch in May and paid OOP for it. Lunch is more expensive than breakfast too.
I would say pay OOP for SciFi, I know I am on my trip in Aug/Sept. I just want to go there to see the atmosphere and enjoy the a simple sandwhich and drink is all... Nothing else special, and it can be pretty cheap
CRT breakfast is 2 TS credits each.
OOP it is $31.99 per adult and $21.99 per child.
If you paid OOP for this, then you can use those credits for other meals.
CM (b) is $18.99 for adults, $10.99 for children
LTT (d) is $27.99 for adults, $12.99 for children
PSB (l) is $24.99 for adults, $13.99 for children
I'd look at the menus and prices at allearsnet.com and figure what each restaurant would cost OOP and pay OOP for the cheapest one.
One of the breakfast meals.
CM would be less out of your pocket.
BUT CRT is 2 credits and you really could do much better to pay OOP and book two more expensive meals at L or D. If you look at a comparison of dollars to credits, with CRT you are paying over $60 ea for that meal if you are using credits. I would rather do two more meals, and this is what we do.
1) Charactger meals are always a poor use of TS credits.
2) Breakfast and most lunches are poor uses of TS credits.
3) Dinners-Lunch-Bfast, under $28 is a poor use of a TS credit.
4) Dinners under $55 Aare a bad use of 2-TS credits.
5) Dinner shows are usually a poor use of 2-TS credits.
NOTE: I know this limits the use of TS credits, but to make the DDP pay-off, you need a meal worth at least $28 per TS credit. If you are on the Free DDP program, then you need approx $25 per TS credit to make it pay (since you have to balance the inability of getting certain room discoutns).