I know this is a question that gets asked ALL the time and yet here I am looking for advice!
We will be at Pop Century April 6-10 and at the moment have the DDP on our reservation but I just can't decide if the extra $1,33.54 is "worth it." One day I'm adamant that we've got to have it and the next day I question it. To help me decide let me tell a little bit about the back story as that has a lot to our sway both ways....
We haven't been to Disney World in 11 years because of the cost of a trip. The two times that we have been we used a friend's timeshare and stayed for free. So even if we had wanted to do the DDP it wasn't an option for us. We've always thought "oh wish we could go and back and get the dining plan." The reason we are not using the timeshare this time is because it was booked for some of the days but mainly because we are going for our 18th anniversary and my 40th birthday, both which we will be while we're there. So this is a big splurge and celebration trip for us. We're VERY much a paycheck to paycheck family so while this might not seem like huge trip to some, it is very much so for us and the DDP cost is a huge extra chunk.
Now to the DDP part..... is it worth the $1,33.54 for our family of 4 (myself, husband, 7 yr old son and 15 yr old son, who usually can eat more than us)? "Could" we spend less than that on dining? I know we could. But, I know we would be looking at pricing on menus, not necessarily ordering what we would "like" to order because of the price and would eat at more quick service places. It's very appealing(and fun!) to be able to try new restaurants, order what we would actually like and not have to worry about the price and eat at some nicer places. And I love the idea of our kids knowing they can have their 2 snacks a day and then they're done.
As of right now these are our reservations and meal plans -
Mon - Dinner @ Liberty Tree, Hoping to find BOG for lunch
Tues - Breakfast @ Garden Grill, Dinner @ Via Napoli
Wed - Lunch @ The Plaza
Thurs - Lunch @ Tusker House
Fri - Lunch @ Prime Time
I know we're 1 TS credit over and will most likely cancel Tusker House and do Flame Tree for lunch instead. If we do not do the DDP I know we will for sure keep Tuesday and Friday the same, others would change to QS most likely. I wouldn't mind having a second character meal but it's tough having boys and them being older too. Not sure where to add.
So all this to say.....I know this is a personal decision but would love to hear of things that maybe I'm not thinking of or realizing and just to see what other pros/cons there are with our own trip to help us in deciding if we should or shouldn't do the DDP.
If you've ready this far thank you, ha ha!
We will be at Pop Century April 6-10 and at the moment have the DDP on our reservation but I just can't decide if the extra $1,33.54 is "worth it." One day I'm adamant that we've got to have it and the next day I question it. To help me decide let me tell a little bit about the back story as that has a lot to our sway both ways....
We haven't been to Disney World in 11 years because of the cost of a trip. The two times that we have been we used a friend's timeshare and stayed for free. So even if we had wanted to do the DDP it wasn't an option for us. We've always thought "oh wish we could go and back and get the dining plan." The reason we are not using the timeshare this time is because it was booked for some of the days but mainly because we are going for our 18th anniversary and my 40th birthday, both which we will be while we're there. So this is a big splurge and celebration trip for us. We're VERY much a paycheck to paycheck family so while this might not seem like huge trip to some, it is very much so for us and the DDP cost is a huge extra chunk.
Now to the DDP part..... is it worth the $1,33.54 for our family of 4 (myself, husband, 7 yr old son and 15 yr old son, who usually can eat more than us)? "Could" we spend less than that on dining? I know we could. But, I know we would be looking at pricing on menus, not necessarily ordering what we would "like" to order because of the price and would eat at more quick service places. It's very appealing(and fun!) to be able to try new restaurants, order what we would actually like and not have to worry about the price and eat at some nicer places. And I love the idea of our kids knowing they can have their 2 snacks a day and then they're done.
As of right now these are our reservations and meal plans -
Mon - Dinner @ Liberty Tree, Hoping to find BOG for lunch
Tues - Breakfast @ Garden Grill, Dinner @ Via Napoli
Wed - Lunch @ The Plaza
Thurs - Lunch @ Tusker House
Fri - Lunch @ Prime Time
I know we're 1 TS credit over and will most likely cancel Tusker House and do Flame Tree for lunch instead. If we do not do the DDP I know we will for sure keep Tuesday and Friday the same, others would change to QS most likely. I wouldn't mind having a second character meal but it's tough having boys and them being older too. Not sure where to add.
So all this to say.....I know this is a personal decision but would love to hear of things that maybe I'm not thinking of or realizing and just to see what other pros/cons there are with our own trip to help us in deciding if we should or shouldn't do the DDP.
If you've ready this far thank you, ha ha!
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