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[Francis]

I have several questions that I hope you can help me with. Hotwire gives very little explanation on these certificates. First, does one certificate cover one meal per person or does one require enough certificates to cover the cost of a meal? In other words, if I take my family of 5 to Crystal Palace for breakfast will I need 5 certificates or enough certificates to cover the value of the meal? Second, where can I find a list of all the participating WDW restaurants, especially ? Finally and probably most important, in your opinion is the voucher system worth it? How do you redeem them? Thank you for all your help.

[angelalar]

There have been a lot of posts regarding the vouchers. My suggestion is to look at teh cost of teh voucher and see if it is worth it for your family. I will be getting some soon because we are staying at Corando Springs and the food court is spendy. (Plus I love good food while on vacation).

Good Luck!

[karen63]

Here's what Hotwire Savings Club says about the breakfast vouchers:

"Each breakfast includes a choice of juice, one main breakfast dish, one hot beverage and one bakery item or full breakfast buffet."

So you would definitely need to have one certificate for each person (the cost for the adult ones is $18.25 and for children 3-9 it's $11.00).

It lists Grand Floridian Cafe, Chef Mickey's and Cinderella's Royal Table as three of the participating restaurants; I would imagine that all the restaurants that accept them would be listed on the back, since that's how it is on the quick and casual ones.

I just found out about these vouchers on this board and thought the quick and casual ones sounded like a good deal; you'd have to look at the prices on All Ears Net to determine whether the breakfast ones would be, although I think that for the character ones it definitely would be even if you just break even, because you would have the meal pre-paid.

[crystalloubear]

I have one here in front of me that I got from Hotwire, too. You only need one per person for the breakfast ones. They can be used at
All Star Resorts - End Zone, Intermission and World Premiere Food Court
Animal Kingdom Lodge - Boma and The Mara
Beach Club - Cape May Cafe
Boardwalk - Boardwalk Bakery and Spoodles
Eagle Pines and Osprey Ridge Golf Courses - Sand Trap Bar and Grill
Caribbean Bech - Old Port Royale
Contemporary - Concours Steak House, Food and Fun Center, Chef Mickey
Coronado Springs - Maya Grill and Pepper Market
Fort Wilderness - Trail's End
Grand Floridian - GF Cafe, Gasparilla Grill and Games, 1900 Park Fare
Old Key West - Olivia's
Polynesian - O'Hana, Kona Cafe
Pop Century - Everything Pop Food Court
Port Orleans - Sassagoula Floatworks, Boatwright's and Riverside Mill
Wilderness Lodge - Whispering Canyon Cafe, Roaring Forks Snacks
Yacht Club - Yacht Club Galley
Epcot - Pure & Simple, Princess Storybook Breakfast, Sunshine Season Food Fair, Electric Umbrella
Magic Kingdom - Crystal Palace, Cinderella's Royal Table, Main Street Bakery
MGM - ABC Commissary
Animal Kingsom - Rainforest Cafe, Restaurantosaurus, and Tusker House

The vouchers will save you money if you use them wisely - know what you paid for them and what you are getting for them. All of the character brekfasts are a savings using the voucher - maybe just a buck or two at some but every penny helps. Remember that they include taxes and gratuities.
Redeeming them is easy. You just give them to the cast member. I usually mention to them that I have them right away so there is no confusion later.
Hope this answers your questions.

[Connears]

We have used them at Boma, Cape May, Donald's, 1900PF, Spoodles all for breakfast. One voucher per person. The breakfast ones at ($18.00 or so) are a very good deal because they include tax and gratuity. We love them and purchased more for our next trip 12/26-12/31/04.
Connears

[Caldercup]

I have used Hotwire to get the Disney Q&C vouchers as well as the character breakfast vouchers. I found them easy to buy and use.

Here is a link to a discussion on the Disboards with lots of good info.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread....hreadid=435889

It's nice to have some things paid ahead of time and, if you work it out right, you can usually get a lot of food for the money.

You can split any meals purchased with the Q&C vouchers since they are not for buffet-type meals. For the Character Berakfast vouchers, every member of the party needs to purchase one (unless they are under a certain age -- I think it either two or three.)

Eileen