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New single day quick service dining plan test to begin at the Magic Kingdom
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Tony the Tigger
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As always, the question is the pricing.
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
You can bet the pricing will align with whatever the out of pocket costs would be for the most expensive menu items. So, let's say, $30pp or so.
jakeman
Well-Known Member
Maybe this will help because it could cut down on transaction times? Or it will make it worse because of more people eating due to the simplicity of the plan?
Overall QS dining at MK has become a huge hassle. It is quite the annoyance to have a 10-15 minute wait for Pecos when one whole side of the registers that aren't being used.
Overall QS dining at MK has become a huge hassle. It is quite the annoyance to have a 10-15 minute wait for Pecos when one whole side of the registers that aren't being used.
Jon81uk
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Yep needs to be under $30 to reprsent any savings. Even at $35 its only really possible to break even.
Assuming drinks are always $3.29.
Some entree examples (most expensive at each)
Foot-long Dog at Casey's $12.29
Chicken and pork combo at Cosmic Ray's $15.99
Grilled Salmon at Colombia House $13.99
So even if you pick two of those expensive entrees and two sodas its $36.56 so only a $1.56 saving if they charge $35.
Choose two salad entrees at $9.99 (Colombia HH) and $11.79 (Ray's) and bottled water your total is $27.78 so its a lot harder to get to make money.
xdan0920
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COProgressFan
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It's so aggravating when they have huge lines for food simply because they chose that minimally staffing locations is "good enough" for guests. We wouldn't like a single labor hour "wasted" would we?
jakeman
Well-Known Member
They wouldn't yell at you if you didn't sit down at their table uninvited.
DisneyRoy
Well-Known Member
For me it is about convenience. The convenience knowing that my meals are all paid for before I leave for my trip. This I don't get because it cuts that convenience out.
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
You may be on to something here.
xdan0920
Think for yourselfer
This is convenient for single day guests, or some such. Money is gone at 8a, instead of multiple times throughout the day. Hooray!
rkleinlein
Well-Known Member
Though I think dining plans are a rip-off, too limiting, and more of a hassle that they're worth, I can still understand people wanting to use dining plans during their vacation because of convenience. But how is it convenient in any way to wait in line a guest relations in the morning in addition to waiting in lines at restaurants? Plus the limited choice of restaurants and time constraints. What's the benefit?
You may already be in line to purchase a 1-day ticket, then the CM says "would you like to add a Quick Service dining plan to that for $x?" You say yes, you pay for your tickets and the meal vouchers, they give you your tickets and your meal vouchers and off you go. I don't see it adding much to that transaction time.
Having the meal vouchers should reduce the time at check out in the quick service locations, hopefully.
Jon81uk
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If it looks like it offers good savings it might be enough to get people to buy it, but doesn't offer a saving in a lot of cases helps Disney.
So if you think of the burger at Cosmic Rays (for example) at $13 plus soda is $16.29 x2 meals is $32.58 so at $30 you think you are saving a couple dollars. But if your wife only has the salad $11.79) and a bottle of water its $14.79 and two meals is $29.58, so at $30 you are losing 42c. If in these examples Disney priced it at $31 for example then the burger eater is still saving cash but the salad eater losing even more.
There will be a sweet spot where it looks like it saves you money but actually for most people it doesn't and that is what Disney will aim at, where it looks like a bargain, when actually it isn't that great.
