Dining with others - who have the dining plan

Reereef · 6 Mar 17, 06:56 PM

My DH, DS and I are staying off-site.
My sister and her husband and daughter have decided to join us on holiday, but are staying on-site at Disney with the dining plan.
We intend to eat out together a lot as a single party and have booked a number of reservations for 6.
Will there likely be a problem with 3 on the dining plan and 3 not on the dining plan?

Many thanks in advance!

Mr Tom Morrow · 6 Mar 17, 07:01 PM

No problems at all. When you are seated or even at the podium mention the fact there will be 2 different checks required, 1 on the DDP and 1 on cash.
They do this all the time.
We had this back in 2015 when my Daughter and her Family came but had a DDP booking.

To complicate ours further we were also using a Tables in Wonderland Card and so put their alcohol on my bill - well not the Childs!

Reereef · 6 Mar 17, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by Mr Tom Morrow

No problems at all. When you are seated or even at the podium mention the fact there will be 2 different checks required, 1 on the DDP and 1 on cash.
They do this all the time.
We had this back in 2015 when my Daughter and her Family came but had a DDP booking.

To complicate ours further we were also using a Tables in Wonderland Card and so put their alcohol on my bill - well not the Childs!

Thank you! That's great help. We are PAP holders and are going to get Table's in Wonderland when we go this visit. We have a number of visit's booked in the next year, so think we'll make savings.
This was going to be my next question, but thankfully you've saved me the trouble

Mr Tom Morrow · 6 Mar 17, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Reereef

Thank you! That's great help. We are PAP holders and are going to get Table's in Wonderland when we go this visit. We have a number of visit's booked in the next year, so think we'll make savings.
This was going to be my next question, but thankfully you've saved me the trouble

The TIW card is a life saver for me. Especially as we have a couple of glasses of wine at a bar before dining. So handy when my Son pinches the rental car keys!
There is a price to pay if you want to drive!

Guest · 6 Mar 17, 08:23 PM

Is it worth asking them to put the 3 most expensive meals through the dining plan too to save the other family some money? Maybe you could split the savings between you?

Reereef · 6 Mar 17, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by B0581

Is it worth asking them to put the 3 most expensive meals through the dining plan too to save the other family some money? Maybe you could split the savings between you?

Ooh! Good idea. I'm sure whatever saves everyone money will be popular.
Thank you!

Mr Tom Morrow · 6 Mar 17, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by Reereef

Ooh! Good idea. I'm sure whatever saves everyone money will be popular.
Thank you!

I couldn't possibly comment on the fact I did just that!

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	6 Mar 17, 08:23 PM Guest Guest
Guest Guest	Is it worth asking them to put the 3 most expensive meals through the dining plan too to save the other family some money? Maybe you could split the savings between you?