Nancyg56
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2005
The best calculator is to total up what you will order and compare.
Personally, we find we are usually within 10% one way or the other of our OOP cost, but with the dining plan, we order what we want and without it we often just go for the cheapest thing in the menu, compromising what we really wanted.
So that and the fact that my meals are prepaid are worth it, but the trick is leave no credit on the table, even if you have to get snacks to take home at the end of your trip. Also if doing character meals you can come out way ahead.
I agree that the only way to determine the value vs the OOP is to do your own math. The online calculators have not really been updated to include the alcohol or increased cost of food.