Thanks! Sadly I don't think the all day dining is really a good value at all anymore unless you are a really big eater. I don't like that you have to choose between a side or (limited to what the restaurant serves) dessert unless you are eating somewhere where food automatically comes with a side like a burger and fry platter. Kid's meals run $7-$8 so for a kid to have lunch plus dinner that seems cheaper to just get 2 meals out of pocket vs pay $19.99. It also appears kids only get one side now & no dessert with their meal whether on the plan or not whereas it used to include 2 sides plus an adult dessert. As an adult I typically spend $15 average for the platter (one of the bigger meal choices at SW) and drink at Spice Mill so $15 lunch plus $15 dinner still ends up being less money. Sigh, I guess I'm just remembering the days (less than 2 yrs ago!) when I'd get my daughter the all day kid's dining & it was $14.99 and included a kid's meal entree plus any 2 sides of their choice (adult sides subbed if you ask) and a dessert. Getting it was a no brainer. Adult version was basically the same deal but $19.99 or $24.99 depending on the season. Breakfast was very limited but still included. In two years the amount of food has gone down & price has gone up a lot!
I know we certainly got our value's worth.
My son (an adult) ate the following on our visit:
A double cheeseburger platter from Spice Mill - $11.99
The Emperor's pasta platter from Expedition Cafe - $11.99
Pepperoni pizza from Seaport Pizza - $7.69
Cookies twice - I can't remember the price, but let's say $2.99 each (which is probably a low estimate)
At least 5 bottles of Dasani water throughout the day - $2.99 each, I think?
A muffin and milk from Seafire Grill for breakfast - again, unsure of the price, but at least $2.49 for each
That's $57.58 in food items, with some estimates lower than what I think the actual prices were and a guess on the number of waters he drank....there very well could have been more. We paid $31.49 for the plan with the passmember discount. Just for him alone, we saved $26.09.....and he had the freedom to eat whenever he wanted, with nothing extra out of pocket. This was a day where we arrived at park opening (9 am) and ate breakfast, lunch and dinner before the park closed at 7 pm (many nights, such as during the summer, there would be an additional 2 hours of park time in which to maximize the plan entitlements even more).
Even for me, a much lighter eater, the number broke down to this:
A pulled pork platter at Spice Mill - $10.79
Chocolate cake at Spice Mill - $3.99 (a guess....could be higher, wasn't any lower)
The orange chicken and fried rice platter at Expedition Cafe - $11.49
Cookies at Expedition Cafe - $2.99-ish
2 lemonades - $2.99 each?
At least 3 bottles of Dasani water - $2.99 each?
Strawberries, a muffin and a milk at Seafire Grill for breakfast....let's estimate $7.50 for that
My total: $51.71 for three meals and beverages for the day. I skipped having anything at the boys' mid-day pizza break and STILL came out more than $20 ahead of what we would have paid out of pocket.
I think most people who buy the all day dining plant to maximize the use of their entitlements. I can't imagine that SeaWorld could sell it for much less and still make a decent profit.
. Would it make things better or worse to know it was ridiculously delicious? 
