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we didn't have any trouble getting some dinnerADRS except my boyfriend Nick decided to join us and we had to add him we had to change to all new restaurants except for 2. I never realized how hard it is to add an xtra persononce adrs r already made.
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My advice would be to wait to add a dining plan to your package until after you have made adrs. Then I would do the math and see if the DDP would be worth it for your family. There are many factors to consider, including what restaurants you have adrs for, whether it is a lunch/bfast/dinner, what do you think you will order, does your family usually order dessert, etc. We had the DDP for 2 trips and then skipped it this past April. We spent about the same amount of $ OOP as the plan would have cost us, but that total included app.s and alcohol (at least 1 TS per day).
i guess I will be the odd man out and go agenst what everyone else is saying. I always do a mix of lunch and dinner. And IMHO it still works out better then paying OOP for everything. I know with us there is 4 (2 adults, a 14 and 15 year old) with reg dinning, CS each day is about 50.00-60.00 for the four of us, snacks each day is about 20.00 and the TS is anywhere from 150.00-250.00. So I will take it this way-CS=50.00, S=20.00, and TS=200.00, so total that would come to 270.00 and if you divide that by 4 you come out with 67.50 a person a day. So it saves you about 20.00 per person per day. And as you can see there is a mix of price range but in the end because your teens are adults in Disney years it will not matter if you do lunch or dinner you are still making out. But in the end I would say look at the menues on allearsnet.com and look at the places you want to eat and see what everyone would eat and figure it out from there. But to me no matter if you do lunch or dinner ADR's you will still make out in the end.
Thanks for the advice everyone. I've been going through the menus and looking at the prices and trying to add up what typical meals might cost, which is tough with 6 of us! I think usually we spend less per person than the DDP costs, but we hardly ever eat at TS places. For all the planning I do, getting ADR's has never been a big part of it for me! But, I really want to try some TS this trip because I feel like we've been missing out.
The DDP dessert thing is really causing me hesitation, because we would NEVER get 6 desserts with our meal. Wow that's alot. Plus we would all get a dessert with our CS meals too.
We are DVC, so I guess I'll wait to see how much $$ the DDP is going to be. $47 is alot.
Thanks for the advice everyone. I've been going through the menus and looking at the prices and trying to add up what typical meals might cost, which is tough with 6 of us! I think usually we spend less per person than the DDP costs, but we hardly ever eat at TS places. For all the planning I do, getting ADR's has never been a big part of it for me! But, I really want to try some TS this trip because I feel like we've been missing out.
The DDP dessert thing is really causing me hesitation, because we would NEVER get 6 desserts with our meal. Wow that's alot. Plus we would all get a dessert with our CS meals too.
We are DVC, so I guess I'll wait to see how much $$ the DDP is going to be. $47 is alot.
We are also DVC and a family of 6. We have two teens and two 3-9 year olds. The DDP was the way to go for us because of the make up of the group. However, I'm not a huge fan of always eating dessert. There have been times when I have asked for a side to be substituted and they'd let me. And with DVC, i'd bring my dessert home with me and put it in the fridge---if my son or DH didn't eat it first! LOL!
If we go when it is $47 a person, I might have to reconsider it.
I just spoke to DVC Member Services, and they told me that the 2010 DDP price will be $41.99, QSDP will be $31.99. So that's not as bad as everyone has been saying it would be.
We usually do a mix of lunch and dinner as well and still come out saving money using the DDP. The lunches last week were wonderful because it was so hot out. That midday break of sitting in air conditioning for an hour or so really helped us recharge. We probably wouldn't get dessert all the time either without it, but we like other things about the DDP like the convenience of having our food prepaid and not worrying about how much things cost at the TS.
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