Lisa F
is a very wise woman
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2000
DH and I are dvc owners but we haven't actually taken a trip to WDW for the past several years (I think since 2002/2003 NYE, ack!) and I feel like the whole world has changed since I was last there. I used to know everything up and down like the back of my hand but now... I'm a little lost.
So I've been reading about the dining plan and it seems like a no-brainer for us. We generally averaged about $100/day on food at WDW and it will at least save us that money (without having to lay out $50 on the DDE card), if not more since I will be more tempted to get the $30+ entree that sounds good rather than cheaping out on the under $30 entree. I think that much we have down and we have decided to go for.
That said, I'm also somewhat dismayed to learn that you can now get ADRs (what I used to call a PS) at 180+10 days for onsite guests? That means that for our week before christmas trip we have to book them... um... soon, right? Next couple of weeks?
So I guess my questions are thus...
1) Do I need to call DVC and add the dining plan before I can make my ADRs? Do I need to do anything when making ADRs besides saying "yes, I am on the DDP"? ie which comes first?
2) I have been reading that it's impossible to get a ADR at le cellier during december without the CP package. I have no problem doing le cellier with a CP package, we were planning to do that anyway (CP package that is), but I can't really for the life of me figure out who I need to talk to and what I need to do to book this. Am I correct in assuming that CP packages have not yet been announced and that even at 180 days out they may still not be in announced yet by the time my 180 window rolls around? So then what do I do? Just wait for CP packages to be released? And at that point will they know whether they are taking DDP to pay for them? I feel like I have too many layers going on here, things were much simpler way back when!
So I've been reading about the dining plan and it seems like a no-brainer for us. We generally averaged about $100/day on food at WDW and it will at least save us that money (without having to lay out $50 on the DDE card), if not more since I will be more tempted to get the $30+ entree that sounds good rather than cheaping out on the under $30 entree. I think that much we have down and we have decided to go for.
That said, I'm also somewhat dismayed to learn that you can now get ADRs (what I used to call a PS) at 180+10 days for onsite guests? That means that for our week before christmas trip we have to book them... um... soon, right? Next couple of weeks?
So I guess my questions are thus...
1) Do I need to call DVC and add the dining plan before I can make my ADRs? Do I need to do anything when making ADRs besides saying "yes, I am on the DDP"? ie which comes first?
2) I have been reading that it's impossible to get a ADR at le cellier during december without the CP package. I have no problem doing le cellier with a CP package, we were planning to do that anyway (CP package that is), but I can't really for the life of me figure out who I need to talk to and what I need to do to book this. Am I correct in assuming that CP packages have not yet been announced and that even at 180 days out they may still not be in announced yet by the time my 180 window rolls around? So then what do I do? Just wait for CP packages to be released? And at that point will they know whether they are taking DDP to pay for them? I feel like I have too many layers going on here, things were much simpler way back when!