Tables in Wonderland dining discount program price increase begins today

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http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/table...count-program-price-increase-begins-today.htm

 

[stretchsje]

At a 20% discount, that means otherwise spending $750 on table-service food to get the $150 in "savings" just to break even for DVC members. Ouch. For Florida residents, this number grows to $875.

Those are best case scenarios considering both DVC, AP, and Disney Card holders already get 10% off some places, cutting the added benefit of TiW in half, and not all places take TiW anyway. That, and all quick-service and alcohol is excluded. And gratuity, of course.

An example: Boma is $38 per person. I already get a 10% DVC discount. With TiW I save 20%, an additional $3.80 per visit per person over the DVC discount. So to justify a $150 TiW card, I'd have to buy ($150 / $3.80) meals at Boma, or about 40 meals. Yes, forty. Even for a party of four adults, that's ten dinners.

Boma does not offer an AP discount, so TiW is worth a $7.60 per meal discount for non-DVC AP holders. ($175 / $7.60) =~23 meals to break even, or about six dinners for a party of four, just to break even.

 

[JWG]

That's a 33% increase for DVC and APs. Really? This is how Disney eliminates programs. See non-expiration option. This was only $75 back in 2010. Doubled in 5 years.

 

[lostpro9het]

Yeah...this may push us over the edge and, I cant believe I'm saying this, force us to actually consider the DDP

 

[JohnD]

Hmm. I get 10% discount on many restaurants as a Chase Disney Visa holder. My TIW card will have expired by the time I arrive on 11/8. Not sure it's worth it anymore to pay $150 to get the 20% discount.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

This pretty much makes it not worth it anymore. I remember when it cost $75, which was a real steal, and that was maybe 4 years ago?

 

[Minthorne]

Mine expires the end of January. Looks like the last one I'll be getting.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

This was the email Tables in Wonderland sent this morning:

 

[aladdin2007]

Mine expires the end of January. Looks like the last one I'll be getting.

agree, sayonara tables in wonderland.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

Would also like to point out that they still have an insane amount of blackout dates for their most popular restaurants. It used to just be holidays. Now it's entire months blacked out.

 

[LuvtheGoof]

With 4 adults for most trips, and even just the 2 of us, that still easily works for us. We visit lounges that all take TiW, and we have saved over $100 just with our 4 day trip last week, and we have 2 more trips before ours expires next Oct. We'll end up saving $300-$400 easily. Also remember that most of the discounts and DDP programs do not include alcohol, and only the TiW is taken at the lounges. Obviously, if you don't go to those, you may not save as much. YMMV, but it will still work for us.

 

[BrianV]

Hmm. I get 15% discount on many restaurants as a Chase Disney Visa holder. My TIW card will have expired by the time I arrive on 11/8. Not sure it's worth it anymore to pay $150 to get the 20% discount.

I never knew that!!!! How do you get th disney visa discount? (Hangs head in shame for not knowing this!)

 

[JohnD]

I never knew that!!!! How do you get th disney visa discount? (Hangs head in shame for not knowing this!)

Okay, it's 10% discount on dining: https://disneyrewards.com/vacation-perks/

 

[Mike C]

Don't worry another across the board increase in general meal prices will again make it "worth it".

 

[BrianV]

Okay, it's 10% discount on dining: https://disneyrewards.com/vacation-perks/

Awesome. Thanks!!

 

[Retroman40]

Whether or not it's a good deal is totally dependent on the users dining habits. If you are like my wife and me and like to try a different TS restaurant once a month for "date night" as well as stopping at places like the Big River Grille (love their pilsner) and ESPN Club while walking between DHS and Epcot for a quick one (or two) and maybe a snack as well as eating at the places at DAK that take TIW during our roughly monthly family visits it's still a good deal to us. If it's not a good deal don't buy or renew - that's your choice. If the program goes away it will be too bad but things happen all the time I don't like but somehow manage to live with.

 

[note2001]

If anything, this will push me to save even more money than I have in the past. Historically, when I buy the TIW I find myself taking us out to eat on site much more than I normally would. So, I won't be buying it - we'll be eating in the room more, and be trying new places outside the parks.

Woo hoo, here comes the savings!

 

[Jlasoon]

So far this year, I haven't renewed my TiW, I cancelled a 7 day January Disney cruise because SilverSea is cheaper and I get an extra day, now that's ludicrous. Getting harder and harder to justify a Disney Cruise. We haven't been to MNSSHP for the first time in ages, and we were just at Epcot the other night for the 'Food and Wine Festival' - And some of these small plates now run $8 lol.

We're local, I love Disney, but I'm down to my Premium Annual Pass. That's it. We've stopped doing the hotels for obvious reasons, and I guess we won't be doing anymore restaurants now. the TiW card was the only way I could justify going to these restaurants in the first place. For crying out loud, I paid $75 for this card just 2 years ago. As another poster just said; here come the savings. It doesn't matter how much money I have, Disney ain't worth it anymore.

 

[matt9112]

Yeah...this may push us over the edge and, I cant believe I'm saying this, force us to actually consider the DDP

Just go for free DDP

 

[aladdin2007]

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