What really gets me is that a lot of people, even after being told they will probably spend more on a dining plan than just paying for the food, just don't care and buy it anyway for the "convenience". I'm sorry, but my money is a lot more important to me than convenience.
No one has ever explained "convenience" without sounding like a 5 year old....
For those of us from across the pond it used to be a "free" attachment to the booking. I know it technically isn't free but the booking was the same cost with or without it.
Then in your case, it is worth it.
Yeah we don't have a room rate option.
Yep, in 2018 we had the 'free' quick-service Dining Plan included for our 10 night stay at POR. We then upgraded that to the standard Dining Pan for ÂŁ140/$180 each for the entire trip, which was a no brainer for us.
Sounds similar to our last trip.
Even more so when you pay for gift cards at 5% to 10%+ off comboing store discounts, paying for those with cash back cards and paying those right away
Since we’re now DVC we don’t get those nice U.K. free dining deals. But on our last visit we made the dining plan work for the Christmas weekend by doing three character dining meals plus a BOG breakfast. But the numbers didn’t add up for the New Year weekend that same trip. So it is possible to make it worthwhile but you need to crunch the numbers.
This is one of the few remaining situations where the DDP works out financially. Not only are the character meals priced insanely high even by Disney standards, but you have to pay full price regardless if you are an adult that is going to eat their weight or an 11 year old that will eat 3 chicken nuggets and a bowl of ice cream.
I have no doubt that you save money when you get something for free.
Yes, one does tend to save money when they get something for free.
I feel like we need to start putting a disclaimer on all DDP discussions that when some of us argue that the DDP is rarely "worth it," the "it" isn't time or effort or some other intangible thing. We're simply saying it's not "worth" the price for those who are actually paying for it, compared with what they'd otherwise pay for their food out of pocket.
If the poster was from the UK then the dining may well have been free.Yes, one does tend to save money when they get something for free.
I feel like we need to start putting a disclaimer on all DDP discussions that when some of us argue that the DDP is rarely "worth it," the "it" isn't time or effort or some other intangible thing. We're simply saying it's not "worth" the price for those who are actually paying for it, compared with what they'd otherwise pay for their food out of pocket. While your point about character meals is well taken as a 1-credit character meal is the "best" use of a TS credit (although it also inflates gratuity amounts and thus raises out of pocket expenses), the regular DDP wouldn't actually cover the 2-per-day you mention.
We pay the same rate regardless of if we accept the dining plan .Again like I said, worth is relative to the individual. I may pay more, but it is worth it to me to not have to budget and plan and do the research and math. Tap the pad and go. If you want to, cool. I wouldn't tell you how to plan your trip.
