Will I have to many credits?

[mommary]

I will be arriving in WDW on a Monday in April. I reserved the DDP for my group. We should arrive early enough on Monday to have lunch and dinner. We are leaving on Friday(early) and might not even have time to have a sit down breakfast. Will I have alot of credits that will go to waste?
I have seen some threads where people are asking if they have to buy the plan for their whole stay. I thought you had to buy it for the length of stay.
If I don't then how many days should I get for the proper amount of credits?
This seems confusing but thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

You shouldn't have too many credits. If you booked the dining plan. You get 1 sit down credit, one CS credit, and one snack credit per NIGHT that you are there. So if you arrive on Monday and go home friday, you would have 4 sit down credits, 4 CS credits, and 4 snack credits. So depending on how you use them, you shouldn't have too many credits. Dont' forget, you don't need to use them for lunch and dinner....you can use them for breakfast too.

 

[ADisneyQueen]

We arrived late on our first day, so we booked room only that night and rechecked in the next morning with the package and started using our credits for breakfast. You could also book room only the last night instead. You would still be able to use the credits that day that you check out of the package until midnight.