Ordering from the kids menu on dining plan

[Weather_Lady]

Do you have any children in your party who might want to "meal swap" with your brother?

My 9-year-old son is getting to the age where he is able to eat adult portions, and I'm getting to the age where I'm trying to downsize my portions, so quite often at restaurants, I order what he wants from the adult menu, he orders what I want from the kids' menu, and we simply switch plates when our orders arrive.

Given your circumstances, you also might want to reconsider whether the DDP is an economical choice for your party (unless you've already paid for it, in which case the issue is moot.) The calculator at distripplanner.com is a handy tool.

 

[RobOttawa]

It may not help on this trip, but many Disney recipes (or reasonable copies) are available online. Why not find a few that would be not to far outside his comfort zone, and see if you can make them at home and push his boundaries a little bit.
I'm a fairly picky eater but I would never want that to prevent me from enjoying my travels and having a great experience. Hong Kong was tricky for me since I don't eat seafood and I don't eat things with heads attached.... but I was able to find things I could eat and when I couldn't, I still went out and had a good time and enjoyed the company.

 

[DimpledDevil18]

Yes, your entire family, if staying together on the same reservation, will have to be on the dining plan. Just a word about LeCellier. We have eaten there many times, and it has always been outstanding both for food and service. If you insist on the dining plan, it is a signature restaurant that requires 2 credits, even for lunch. The breakdown for the dining plan has the TS meal being about $38-40 worth of the $61 that you spend for each adult on each day. Since it is 2 credits, you are essentially spending $76-80 for a filet that only costs $49 if you pay out-of-pocket. If you have 4 people doing this, you are losing over $100 just on that meal. Pretty much no way to make that up on a vacation, but it is certainly your choice to spend the money.

We do realize that Le Cellier is two credits. I've been wanting to eat there for years now though and we will have extra credits since we plan on doing Universal so we will probably skip the TS meal that day and just eat at Uni.

Do you have any children in your party who might want to "meal swap" with your brother?

My 9-year-old son is getting to the age where he is able to eat adult portions, and I'm getting to the age where I'm trying to downsize my portions, so quite often at restaurants, I order what he wants from the adult menu, he orders what I want from the kids' menu, and we simply switch plates when our orders arrive.

Given your circumstances, you also might want to reconsider whether the DDP is an economical choice for your party (unless you've already paid for it, in which case the issue is moot.) The calculator at distripplanner.com is a handy tool.

Unfortunately no other kids... We are all adults.

At first I thought the DDP was really going to work out for us, but the more into the planning I get, I think we may lose out on money. I'll try to discuss it with my Dad, but as I said he seems to really want to try it. Usually when we go down to Disney we skip lunch and just do a big breakfast and dinner. Sometimes we have a snack midday but not always. I think its very deceptive to us because under the plan we'd actually be eating more.

 

[mousehockey37]

At first I thought the DDP was really going to work out for us, but the more into the planning I get, I think we may lose out on money. I'll try to discuss it with my Dad, but as I said he seems to really want to try it. Usually when we go down to Disney we skip lunch and just do a big breakfast and dinner. Sometimes we have a snack midday but not always. I think its very deceptive to us because under the plan we'd actually be eating more.

The dining plan makes it so that you have to eat at sit down restaurants with big meals to make it look attractive that you're getting what you paid for. Go and look at the menus, see what everyone would eat and see how well that works out per person, per day, per meal and see if that is a beneficial thing. There are ways to not have the dining plan and still eat well and save money.