Our family of 5 used Connections Vouchers on 2 different visits to Beaches & Cream.
We had the same waitress both times, so I am only going by what she told us. (One receipt said the server was Jane B. and I can't find the other receipt right now.)
Anyway, on our first visit we only used 4 certificates. She told us that even though the certificates said an entree, side, drink, and dessert, (or a combo plus dessert) that if we ordered the hamburger which came with fries, that the fries were not considered the side so we could order another side (plus drink & dessert).
For example, my son ordered the hamburger & fries, a bowl of soup, Sprite, & chocolate cake w/ice cream for dessert.
My daughter I split a cherry ice cream soda, chicken sandwich & fries, a side order of onion rings, and the chocolate cake w/ice cream for dessert. WHEW!
Other son, Hot Dog w/fries, caeser salad, Coke, & a huge No Way Jose' hot fudge/peanut butter sundae.
Hubby, Prime Rib sub w/ fries, chicken noodle soup, Coke, & No Way Jose" sundae.
Now, actually we were so stuffed, that we had the chocolate cake boxed up to take back to the room, shared the vanilla ice cream that came with it, and also shared the two huge sundaes.
The second time we ate there, we used just 2 certificates. We really didn't need the extra sides each, and all of those desserts. With the 2 certificates we used, she took off the 2 most expensive drinks (I had a yummy orange ice cream drink called Frozen Sunshine), the 2 sides that were ordered, and the 2 most expensive sandwiches (hubby's prime rib sub was $11 alone!). AND we only ordered 1 dessert - THE KITCHEN SINK! She let my 10 & 14 year old help make it behind the counter. It had everything in the place on it and a whole can of whipped cream! She also let us leave out the cappacino ice cream and substitute other flavor. I think that it had 12 scoops in all. Plus, brownies, cake, cookies, every sprinkle & nut available, a handful of cherries, chopped up candy bars, bananas, strawberries, and every topping they had! Wow! Well, we almost managed to finish it. Just a few "ice cream soup" spoonfuls left I think. I took about 5 pictures of our progress along the way. We really wanted to send a Kitchen Sink over to another table as a secret treat (we did have another dessert coming to us after all), but they had already ordered dessert and we didn't want so much wasted food. That would have been a blast though!
Also, I asked the waitress, and she told me that they get the standard 15% tip with the Connections certificates. We gave her some additionally as she was very good and more than generous.
So, GO FOR IT! but plan your meal accordingly!