Actually, that last posting was a bit misleading. During the "Free Dining" promotional back in September/October, you could use the DIning Plan for counter service instead of table service, because all of the Table Service restauarants were completely booked up with no waiting list at all.
Currently, you can NOT use the Dining Plan Table Service points for Counter Service. I would have used it during my entire trip two weeks ago instead of Table Service if that were the case. I specifically inquired about that at the time of purchase, as well as at the time of checkin. It was confirmed throughout that currently you can NOT use the Table Service for Counter meals.
I chose not to get the dining plan this time, as I almost never go to the Table Service restaurants on property - and the ones that I go to (even down in DD) do not take the mealplan.
You should look at the Dining Plan link provided in the previous post and decide if you will get your money's worth by using Table Service. If not, counter service is cheaper per day than the mealplan.