Deluxe Dining at Value/ Moderate

[princessnicki]

Is it feasible/ cost effective to stay at a Value or Moderate hotel and pay to upgrade to Deluxe Dining? We did AKL with standard dining this year but weren't in the hotel much so was thinking of a cheaper hotel and either standard or deluxe dining plan

[gismo1554]

Yes completely doable.

[darsch1982]

Doable but more expensive to stay in them and upgrade

[Beana10]

Totally doable. We wanted the Disney dining and it worked out better for us to book value resort and upgrade rather than going for a deluxe resort and it been included.

[tink111]

Yeah we upgraded next year at POFQ, for two adults for a week it only cost £238! I think that’s pretty good, that’s just DDP not deluxe

[stan_the_man]

I would say it depends on which resort you are swapping too/from, so best to price up examples on the website and see which one works out most cost-effective

[chmurf]

it's definitely doable. Dining plans do not depend on the hotel category (well except for the plan you get for free)

so you can indeed stay at a value and pay for a DxDP

no, on cost effectiveness, you're going to pay that money.
Let's say you book a value, pay for DxDP, how much would you pay for a moderate, and upgrade QSDP to DxDP ? If you find out the difference is very small, then even if you don't use the hotel much, why pay the same amount for a lower category hotel ?

you got to do the maths.

[WalesAndy]

It's always been slightly cheaper for us booking a moderate and upgrading to regular DDP but not by too much so always stayed at OKW or Saratoga springs, however this year for our dates moderate and upgrading was A LOT cheaper so POFQ here we come. Doubt deluxe dining would be cost effective.

[Shooby doo]

Just a quick pricing for 2 adults for 2 weeks:
Value - £2044 to upgrade
Mod - £1288

Personally I think that's a lot of money, we would generally spend about £100/day for 2 of us with no plan. Whilst the latter looks a better deal bear in mind that you would already have 2 QS meals included so would you spend the best part of £1300 on TS meals? I've seen people "justify" DxDDP so that they can have more signature meals but generally value wise a Signature is approx $90 value wise so it really depends on those numbers.
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[Gill H]

For us, SSR with free DDP was cheaper than POR upgrading the free QSDP. So no-brainer. More space, more facilities and a 10 min walk to Disney Springs!