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[jjj6689]

This is my first post and I hope this works. I have seen the following on AllEarNet describing what the dinning plan allows for each day of you pass
--One table-service meal (including appetizer, entree, dessert, non-alcoholic beverage, and gratuity/service charge)
--One counter service meal (including entree/combo meal, dessert, and non-alcoholic beverage)
--One snack, such as snack-cart ice cream, popcorn, or a non-alcoholic beverage
(Note that children age 3-9 must choose from a children's menu, if one is available.

My questions are
If a desert is not ordered at a counter service location with you meal, can you get it later as a snack?  
At a table service meal, do my boys (age 5,5,& 9) get to order an appetizer and dessert?  They won’t really need a appetizer, but would like their own dessert. Our choice of appetizer and dessert will depend of whether we will need to share with the boys.
How are the meals coded in on our account, as whole meals or by each part of the meal ex..appetizer, meal, dessert, snack...

We are not going on our trip for many months (Nov.), but I have been looking at menus to find restaurants that offer more than chicken nuggets, hot dogs and peanut butter for the boys.
Thanks,
Janell

[DrDolphin]

Janell - I can't answer your questions - but I wanted to say to the boards!!!

[chezp]

Hi and welcome to the boards Janell!

I'm afraid I don't know the answer either, but I'm sure someone will be along soon who can help you out.

[crystalloubear]

We have not done the MYW meal option but we did the old meal plan. If you did not order something at your sit down meal, you lost it. Like if you didn't get a dessert - you couldn't have ot later UNLESS you got it in a to go box at the end of your meal. As far as kids went, as far as kids went I don't know b/c DS was under 3 so we got no meal plan for him.

[disneymom9092]

I don'w know either, but wanted to say

[mestitch]

I'm with Crystal....we did it when was the gold plan and if you didn't order something it was just gone... So we ordered anyway, even if we were stuffed It was worth a taste. And as far as encoding your meal...We were told to place our room key with the bill and they pulled your wishes from that. Each time you ate it was one wish a piece (unless you were somewhere they charged 2 wishes per person).. they would take it away from your account and your receipt would show how many you had left. with your questions and trip planning!!

[OffKilter_Lynn]

I asked these questions this morning to a CM at WDTC. Whatever options you don't use, you lose. But you don't have to use them every day or each day - just by the time you check out.

Try and get a dessert at a counter-service location that you could take with you for a snack later - lots of places offer cookies.

As far as the kid's meals, my understanding from the CM was that kids are limited to what is offered on the kid's menu. All include dessert and some offer 'starters'. It would depend on the restaurant's kids menu.

Everytime you use your card for a meal or snack, it will be deducted from your account as the complete option (counter, table service or snack) and your receipt should show what options you have left.

Hope that helps! And welcome to the boards!

[jude411]

I am doing the MYW Package also. I have three adults and one child. My DS who is 11 is considered an adult when it comes to WDW. My DD will be 6 when we go. I asked my TA about the meals and how they work as for as appetizers and desserts. She said everyone gets an appetizer and dessert, even the kids. If there is no appetizer on the childs menu then they can order off the adult menu. I am thinking we are not going to be going hungery. Thank goodness there are refigerators in the rooms now. We are going in Dec. Have lots of fun planning. Also look at allearsnet.com, she has lots of good info on the resturants and the menus at each one. I printed up a list of all the resturants available on the MYW plan. Have Fun.

[jjj6689]

It will be great if the boys each can get an appetizer and a dessert. They have grown up tastes, so I know we will be sharing with them. I know the boys will be fine with a kid dessert, but they love appetizers. I hope our sit down meals fill them up enough, that one counter meal and a snack will be fine. We will probable just order a counter service dessert that we can take with us - cookies, brownies, rice krispie treats. I love the menus on AllEars they really help with the budget.
Thanks for welcoming me and answering my questions
Janell

[mestitch]

The sit down should be enough... My DH and I both were over stuffed from our sit down meals... And that says ALOT!

[LisaJ]

Lynn is right.

Your dining will be considered as a complete option, whether or not you partake of a dessert or an appetiser. The system will not keep track of each item you order (appetiser, drink, entree, dessert, etc) and pick up what wasn't used then and add it on to something down the road. It only records whether or not you used a "snack", or a "sit-down table service" or a "counter service" as a complete entity.