can I pick everyone's brains? I'm making a power point, yes I'm obsessive. to show both my DH who is only familiar with TS dining and my friend and her DH who have never done dining.
don't worry about the small details (like costs I am going off gut - such as the no show fee - htis is justwhat I've thrown together in the last 10 minutes with no research - anyone else think of anything I'm missing. We've done the TS dining plan about 4 times so I feel like I have that under control. There are only a couple restaurants we really like and a couple we've wanted to try. If we did Akershus dinner and Ohana breakfast, those 2 out of pocket meals don't add up to the upgraded cost for either of our parties. So then it becomes a question of paying that OOP cost and keeping all those QS meals or paying the upgraded cost which we then have 4 more meals to come up with and we lose a lot of QS. as mentioned in a prior post, we are a party of 9 - 6 of whom are girls (14, 11, 10, & 7) or moms who all eat fairly light
QS plan
•Included in our cost already
•2 QS meals and 2 snacks per night per person
•This equals 48 snack credits and 48 QS meals for W party and 60snack credits and 60 QS meals for S party
Pros to Quick Service
•No reservations to make!
•Smaller portions
•Can often convert 1 QS credit to 3 snacks if the dining partner offers it
•Easier to share meals for those who are lighter eaters
•We can eat breakfast in our cabins, thereby allowing everyone to have full 2 more meals each day.
•There are many QS options available around parks and resorts. Each country in EPCOT has excellent choices with unique dining
•Can still pay Out of Pocket (OOP) for certain TS meals if we want, possibly save 10% with Disney Visa and still have large number of QS meals left.
Cons to QS
•You can get in a rut with food options if you don’t choose wisely (too many eggs & burgers anyone?)
•No character meals
Disney Dining Plan (
DDP)
•Upgraded cost to participate in the dining plan
•Includes one QS and one table service (TS) and 2 snacks per day per person
•Upgraded cost: S: $532.26 W: $507.84
Pros to DDP
•Character meals are included
•Can really save big if you eat expensive meals
Cons to DDP
•Reservations required –
–can be difficult to obtain
–you may end with a reservation time that overlaps a desired fast pass line
–you may be stuck in a line and your dining time is coming close
–there is a $10 per person no show fee
–You could be at on side of the park and your dining reservation is completely on the other side
–You must commit to a park 180 days in advance due to having to make reservations (Fast Pass is 60 days, so your commitment to a park is closer to travel dates)
•Tons of food
–All but one or 2 TS character meals are buffets. A lot of others are also buffets. Can be difficult to “eat your fill”
–Often leftovers on ordered meals (can’t easily be carried around) and buffets you can’t take anything with you either.
you guys were so great this year!
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Can you book a different package then cancel the TA's? You won't get your GC but $1000. more is not chump change.
