Lovemy3babes
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- Mar 1, 2006
how much did you end up paying out of pocket for snacks or meals that weren't covered, etc? Thank you!
tink606 said:I wanted to ask this question in case someone out there knew this info. My DH2B and me are going on our honeymoon in Nov. and were using the dining package for the first time. Were both on the premium package which includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the both for us. What I wanted to know is if anyone who has had this package before, knows how many credits you get in total for the both of us to use for 8 days and 7 nights?
Lovemy3babes said:How did you "cover" the third meal I guess is what I mean? I know you get both a CS and TS per day. If you use those for say breakfast and lunch, what did you do for supper? Maybe shared a CS for lunch and then shared again for supper? Sorry if I'm sounding dumb, the dining plan is a little bit intimidating for me right now!
Pedler said:I hesitate to post this but I thought some families would be interested in how we used the dinning plan on our 7 night stay at WL at the end of August.
The short version is:
We ate at the following Table Service Places:
Alfredo's
CP for breakfast
CRT for Dinner
H & V Dinner Fantasmic Package
Concourse Steakhouse
Artists Point
Boma
LTT (Dinner. Great way to end a trip)
For counter service we ate at:
Roaring Forks (1 CS day of arrival)
Roaring Forks (1-2 CS daily for Breakfast)
Pecos Bill
Pizzafari
Pizza Planet
Columbia Harbor House
American Pavilion at Epcot
Cosmic Rays
The only snack we got outside of the dinning plan was a funnel cake at Epcot.
Out of pocket we paid for the kids meals at Alfredo's and CRT. Those we used for dinner for DW & I at Artist Point.
How we did it.
We split counter service meals at all lunch places. We generally only got 2-3 and split them.
For Breakfast we would get 1 or 2 CS meals at Roaring Forks. The breakfast platter would include a large portion of scrambled eggs, bacon, tater tots (OK, they called them hash browns) and a donut for desert.
We got the refillable mugs so we mostly got the 24 ounce bottles of water as our drinks with meals. We always did this at breakfast. We also brought the single serving size of Crystal Lite to mix in the bottles and powdered Gator Aid and some empty Gator Aid bottles to mix for the kids. We generally mixed up a few of these each night and stored them in the refrigerator so they would be cold the next day.
All in for 7 nights on the dinning plan we paid aproximatley $50 for the 4 refillable mugs and about $35 for the two kids TS meals and the funnel cake and a extra drink or two at CS places.
We had more than enough to eat and drink. We kept well hydrated during the whole trip which during August was a big deal. We ended up no buying any alcohol primarily due to the heat and amount of walking we were doing. It just wasn't appealing. The same we extra snacks. The kids always had at one ice cream or something along those lines from a snack cart daily. Between that, desert at CS and desert at TS meals we had more than enough sweats for our tastes.
Any questions let me know.
Pedler said:Here is what we did last year for a family of 4. Myself, Wife, and Sons ages 8 & 6. This is from a post I did after the trip.
pooch said:We are going end of Aug and staying at WL. It's DH, DD (21) DS (15) and me, on DDP. We will be eating at many of the restaurants you chose, too. May I ask a few questions please?
1. Did you find the breakfasts at RF to be adequate? We aren't big breakfast eaters but DH always has cereal and juice in the morning. DD will be happy (once we can get her up!) with a bagel or a muffin and DS & I can split an egg platter of some kind. Perhaps 1 CS platter and the rest OOP? This will give us 3 CS for lunch.
2. How did you like Alfredo's & H&V?
3. Opinions on your favorite CS meals?
Thanks for the help
Pooch