Sharing Meals on the DDP

Jessica Meier

Jessica Meier

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Very curious to everyone's experiences with this. I foresee sharing some meals with my daughter who is going to be 5. I see that we could share a meal at several of our TS meals. I understand the buffets we have chosen, we won't be able too. For the two restaurants that are not buffets (Le Chefs and Raglan Road) I have perused the menus and it looks like she would like stuff on the adult menu better than the kids. How flexible are they on this sort of thing?
 
Jessica Meier

Jessica Meier

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Thanks. It kind of stinks but I understand why they have to do it that way. We may have just been better off not signing her up for the DDP. My husband and I take full advantage but she doesn't. Oh well, can hope her tastes change in the next couple of months. :)
 
Monty

Monty

Brilliant...and Canadian
In the Parks
No
Maybe I'm reading your post wrong or others are...

Yes. You can share your meal with your child if you wish to and only use one adult TS credit. Some restaurants "may" charge a plating fee for an extra plate for her, but in my experience most don't.

On the Dining Plan, you would be using more adult credits than child credits, but if were prepared to eat at a few Signature restaurants or just more TS restaurants than you have credits for and pay OOP for some of your meals when your daughter is using up her child credits, you could still get value out of the Dining Plan.

Other posters are correct that each room guest over 3 years old has to be on the same plan, so you would have to pay for her Dining Plan.
 
Jessica Meier

Jessica Meier

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I think you are understanding what I was asking. I thought for instance, my daughter and I could share the Mac n cheese at Least Chefs and then on our last day, when we do not have a TS planned she could use hers and my husband and I could pay out of pocket.
 
englanddg

englanddg

One Little Spark...
Jessica Meier said:
I think you are understanding what I was asking. I thought for instance, my daughter and I could share the Mac n cheese at Least Chefs and then on our last day, when we do not have a TS planned she could use hers and my husband and I could pay out of pocket.
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I can't speak for the 1 QS 1 TS 1 Snack plan, because I always get the Deluxe. In my experience with that...

1) TS credits are not marked "child or adult" on the plan. So, for example, if you have 8 TS credits...you could eat at 8 TS places and purchase the kids meal at each one, or an adult entree for your child. However, if your child is under age 10, and you plan to use a TS credit, they will force the child to order off the childrens menu "where available". I'm sure this is not officially how the system is presented (and certainly not how it is billed), but it is how it currently functions. The system cannot differentiate between an adult and a child...it merely knows "QS or TS"...it is up to the waiter / cashier to enforce the "kids menu" requirement.

2) You can ALWAYS purchase instead of using your TS credits, or above and beyond your TS credits (or for items that are not included on the DP, which Les Chefs has several). So, lets say you go to Les Chefs, you could certainly do it the way you plan to.
 
journ116

journ116

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Jessica Meier said:
Very curious to everyone's experiences with this. I foresee sharing some meals with my daughter who is going to be 5. I see that we could share a meal at several of our TS meals. I understand the buffets we have chosen, we won't be able too. For the two restaurants that are not buffets (Le Chefs and Raglan Road) I have perused the menus and it looks like she would like stuff on the adult menu better than the kids. How flexible are they on this sort of thing?
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If you don't want your daughter on the DDP, she cannot be on the reservation, thus she will not receive a room card. I was given this bit of advice from a Cast Member when I ran into a similar dilemma when my oldest had just turned 3 and didn't eat a whole lot. We ended keeping her off the reservation and did not run into one problem with her not having a room card.

When you do check into your resort and the CM goes over the DDP, you will notice that they give general totals and do not break it down by adult/kid credits. Even when you call down to the front desk to inquire how many credits you have left, the CM will only give you a room total. I know Disney states that a child must order off a kids menu (for both QS and TS), but they do not keep track of whether your child ordered a kids meal or an adult one. The receipt that you receive after every meal transaction will give you a running total. I am sure at a TS place, the server will enforce the issue, but it's not as much at a QS place.

We kind of ran into a similar issue with our QS plan on our most recent trip...the kids could not eat that much food, so my DH and I used their credits, and they sometimes just nibbled off our plates. It is what is, and we still had a hard time using ALL the credits...ah well!
 
Monty

Monty

Brilliant...and Canadian
In the Parks
No
Jessica Meier said:
I think you are understanding what I was asking. I thought for instance, my daughter and I could share the Mac n cheese at Least Chefs and then on our last day, when we do not have a TS planned she could use hers and my husband and I could pay out of pocket.
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OK, glad I read it right. Yes! You absolutely can do just that.

:cool:
 
rioannidis

rioannidis

Member
When we went in 2010, we were on the DDP and had one Signature meal at Narcoosees. My son wanted Chicken Fingers but he was an "adult" so they gave him twice the portion size of a "kid's meal" We found both our boys were able to basically order whatever they wanted, wherever we went. That also means ordering off the adult menu when our youngest was a "child" We had the boys order for themselves, use their manners and were complimented numerous times how nice it was to serve kids with manners...so a little goes a long way I'm thinking!!!
 
englanddg

englanddg

One Little Spark...
rioannidis said:
When we went in 2010, we were on the DDP and had one Signature meal at Narcoosees. My son wanted Chicken Fingers but he was an "adult" so they gave him twice the portion size of a "kid's meal" We found both our boys were able to basically order whatever they wanted, wherever we went. That also means ordering off the adult menu when our youngest was a "child" We had the boys order for themselves, use their manners and were complimented numerous times how nice it was to serve kids with manners...so a little goes a long way I'm thinking!!!
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Underage guests (it is noted on your KTTW card) are pretty much always blacklisted from ordering off the adult menu. But, as I noted before, the system doesn't enforce this through credits (it can't differentiate between adults and children), it is up to the server to do so.

I wouldn't plan on that happening every trip, or every dine experience.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
On our last trip in November, we shared 3 meals between the four of us at: 50's Prime Time, Kona Cafe (breakfast and dinner) & Raglan Road, and most QS locations. We each ordered our own meal at: The Wave, BOG, and all buffets.
Knowing that Via Napoli does not allow meal sharing, and that there was no way three women and a petite nine year old (upgraded to a 10 year old for the purpses of DDP) could eat four small pizzas, we just paid OOP and comfortably split a large.
No one gave us any grief when we asked to split.
 

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