I would love that, but my husband and kids need their pancakes and waffles. Teena will I be disappointed without club level?
Absolutely not. Especially with the dining plan.
Here's my
personal take: Without the dining plan, to me (and my husband likes the CL breakfast), club level is worth it. Especially with Jeanne and Lily who will eat up the snacks like crazy and love the desserts, appetizers and Jeanne likes her wine!
With the dining plan this past trip, we were scrambling the last day to use all the snacks up and we had leftover quick service meals. All the desserts we got with the quick service meals we did use, we had in the room refrigerator. So we came home with nine desserts from that, plus Jeanne got those Disney decorated cookies ... 12 of them ... to take home for gifts for kids ... because we didn't use up any of the snack credits. Then we took home three sandwiches for dinner when we got home plus desserts and bottled water that came with it. Now, when we don't have club level, we would not have lots and lots of leftover credits. But with the dining plan, wow ... it was hard to use them up.
Keep in mind, if you use your quick service meals for lunch at the pool or at the resort and not the parks, you'll have your refillable mugs with you. Use them for your drink with lunch. And with your meal, you get the meal, dessert, and a drink, so get a Smart Water!! That's like $4.00 to buy and you can take it with you later at the parks. We end up taking the dessert back to the room and put it in the refrigerator.
If you know how to use the dining plan, you can make out on it. However, with the price being so much now, you really need to get every cent out of it.
So, if you are getting the regular dining plan and your husband wants to eat a REAL sit down breakfast every day, you need to pay cash for that. Then use the quick service meal for lunch. Get everything you are entitled to!!! Even if you don't want the dessert, get it and take it back to your room for later. Like I said before, if you are at the pool or resort, use your refillable mug for lunch and get a Smart Water as your quick service meal drink and take it and use it later. Then always use your one table service for dinner. If you are going to any "two credit meals", I've figured out money wise, it's best to pay for them. You lose on those deals normally. But if you use the one table service for a one credit dinner, make sure it's at somewhere like Teppan Edo, Captain's Grill, Cape May, Park Fare, etc. Don't use it at somewhere like Beaches and Cream or the Plaza Restaurant. Dessert comes with your dinners. If you aren't hungry for dessert after dinner, get it to go. Later that night you might be hungry! They are pricing the dining plan higher and higher and tips are NOT included. You need to plan on that extra cost too. Keep track of what your dinners and other meals you use the dining plan for would cost if you paid for it and also keep in mind that you probably would not be ordering the same things if you were not on the dining plan. So, for example, at dinner at most places, I would prefer no dessert but sometimes my husband and I like to split an appetizer. Get those prices. I did the math last trip and I think I would have saved money not getting the dining plan, just using my Tables in Wonderland and ordering what I wanted and not what I was forced to order. I certainly would not have purchased all those snacks.
Anyway, hope I helped a little with your decisions you need to make. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me!!!
