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I can upgrade from Basic Dining to Deluxe Dining for our upcoming trip for $518, Last year we paid sig. restaurants out of pocket and some lunches and spent that much on food...the difference is this year we are on Club level. What do you guys think...good idea to upgrade or just a waste?
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It really depends. If you are on the go all day, you most likely will only get some breakfast items from Club Level. If you have several Signature meals it may be worth the deluxe plan. Let us know what you are plans are for meals and we can help you calculate the cost both ways.
If you do the signatures like Dh and I do, then get the Deluxe. We eat b'fast at the Club. Then we have a sit down lunch to take a break from the action, which can be a really good thing and then for dinner we have a signature restaurant ADR most every night. It works great for us.
My personal feeling was that the DxDDP was SOOOO MUCH food, that we NEVER would have been able to eat anything at club level. We were always stuffed, and felt that we were still throwing away a lot of food.
We were there for a week, ate 2 signature meals (CRT and Yachtsman Steakhouse) and did not use up all our credits.
Ok...heres my ADR's:
Sat: arrive early (before noon)
8:50 pm Le Celliar
Sun: 10:15 Chef Mickeys
6:45 Tutto Italia
Mon: 11:45 Liberty tree Tarvern
9:05 Coral Reef
Tues: 9:40 Cape May
6:30 Teppan Edo
Weds: 11:45 Play n Dine at Hollywood and Vine
7:10 Yachtsman (2)
Thurs: 1:00 pm Rain Forest (would try and switch this to Yak and Yeti ) or go to Boma
8:00 San Angel
Friday: 11:55 Brown Derby(2)
7:30 California Grill(2)
Sat:
12:30
Sci Fi
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How many nights are you staying? As a head's up Boma is not open for lunch. Your ADRs look good. If you are doing some nice counter services for your missed breakfasts & lunch and you might come out okay.
Wow that is going to be a ton of food! We just got back from a Deluxe trip and we were stuffed the entire time and we only did two meals a day . . . but 3 course meals twice a day or late breakfast buffets and 3 course dinners were still too much food!
For my Dgang? A total waste! We barely eat one meal outside of the club level offerings.
But for you?
I know several of my friends would be able to do concierge and the deluxe plan. I tell you, I really don't know how they do it! It is a ton of food!
But looking at your list (if I'm counting nights @ your resort correctly) you'll be in WDW for 7 nights? That would allow for 21 meals. Right now you are at 17 meals with your ADR list. This would allow you to either replace 4 choices with signature restaurants or check-in to your resort early (get your key to the world card) and add one regular meal for lunch on your arrival day and replace 3 other meals with signature meals. This would give you the most for the deluxe plan cost. And you could use club level for your continental breakfast.
Would it work? Would it be a lot of food? But only you know if your Dgang would be up to the challenge!
I know for my mom and I we spend so little time at the resort that we have a hard time booking anything but a std room because the offerings in club level would be lost on us. So we would do well with the DxDP but if we did stay CL then we probably would eat more there and skip the deluxe dining plan.
So if you are unsure then based on your list I'd stick with basic dining
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Ok...heres my ADR's:
Sat: arrive early (before noon)
8:50 pm Le Celliar
Sun: 10:15 Chef Mickeys
6:45 Tutto Italia
Mon: 11:45 Liberty tree Tarvern
9:05 Coral Reef
Tues: 9:40 Cape May
6:30 Teppan Edo
Weds: 11:45 Play n Dine at Hollywood and Vine
7:10 Yachtsman (2)
Thurs: 1:00 pm Rain Forest (would try and switch this to Yak and Yeti ) or go to Boma
8:00 San Angel
Friday: 11:55 Brown Derby(2)
7:30 California Grill(2)
Sat:
12:30
Sci Fi
ok..here it goes, you definetly come out ahead if you eat everything it is just a matter of how large your appetites are. I based this on you being there 7 nights and the average cost of adult meals (if you always order the cheapest thing on the menu...not as good a value; if you always order the high end...great value)
8:50 pm Le Celliar
41Sun: 10:15 Chef Mickeys246:45 Tutto Italia55Mon: 11:45 Liberty tree Tarvern319:05 Coral Reef43Tues: 9:40 Cape May206:30 Teppan Edo33Weds: 11:45 Play n Dine at Hollywood and Vine277:10 Yachtsman (2)59Thurs: 1:00 pm Rain Forest (would try and switch this to Yak and Yeti ) or go to Boma8:00 San Angel46Friday: 11:55 Brown Derby(2)427:30 California Grill(2)
57SciFi29507489.93
If I did my math right...the above is 16 credits, leaving you 5 credits each for sitdown meals and 14 snacks each. I have you spending $17 less than the plan with just these meals. So, if you are doing all these things the plan will more than pay for itself
Does anyone know what the club Level offerings are at CSR? We are planning to stay there on our next trip and cannot decide if we should do CL or Deluxe Dinning Plan. I am not sure how many signature restaurants we will do because DS will only be 2.
So we went with the Deluxe. We figured we have 17 credits used...we added lunch on arrival day and it gives us 3 to play with. Also going to see if I can switch Rain Forest. Thank you so much for all your help
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