[Elodie]

When we booked premium over the phone, they asked us if we wanted to book one character breakfast immediately, which we did. They said we could book further character breakfasts at 3 days out if we wanted. We were happy with one character breakfast, so ate breakfast in Inventions the rest of the time. That was over a year ago, so not sure if it’s still the case.

Every time we’ve been to DLP, we’ve priced up the restaurants we want to eat in, then compared the total to the cost of each dining plan (plus top-ups if necessary) to see what worked out cheapest.

Once, the standard half board was perfect (buffets every day, hotel breakfasts, plus one character breakfast which we paid extra towards.) The next holiday, we wanted lots of character dining, so premium half board worked out best. Then last May, we were on a smaller budget, so paid OOP for everything (took breakfast pastries and daytime snacks with us, and bought one buffet meal per day.) It really does depend on your budget and how you want to eat.