Hi All,
I have been following the Disboards Forum for about a month now and have received incredibly useful information for planning our upcoming trip - thanks to everyone on this Forum! This thread in particular was very alarming to me since my husband and I are planning to purchase the Deluxe Dining Plan and share credits with my brother who is not on a
DDP. I had called the Disney Dining number twice (in November and again last Monday) and was told both times on the phone that we could definitely use our credits to cover meals of guests who are not on the Dining Plan but who are dining with us. This last time, I asked the Cast Member if she could email this confirmation so I could have something in writing in case a Disney restaurant would not allow us to share our credits. The CM said she couldn't send me an email confirmation but suggested that I email Guest Services, which I did on Monday. Yesterday, someone from Guest Services called me and said that she had actually"researched" my request and could confirm that we are allowed to share our dining credits with guests not on a dining plan. She did not know why some people on the Forum had run into problems doing this at some restaurants but would add a note in our Dining Plan that this is allowed. I asked if she could email a confirmation of this to me which she did (copied and pasted below). Note: this correspondence does not answer whether you can use a child credit to pay for an adult meal. I just joined the Disboards Forum in the hopes that this information may help some of you.
Dear Laura,
Thank you for taking the time to speak with me.
As we discussed, I have researched your request and was able to confirm with our Itinerary Planning partners that you may use your Deluxe Dining Entitlements to cover your meals, as well as additional Guests in your dining party. Additionally, our partners have also notated your dining reservations with your plans to use your entitlements for everyone in your party.
Should you have any additional questions we are available Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m & Saturday and Sunday 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST at 407-939-4686.
Kind regards,
Kxxx
Disney Group Reservations
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Jan 21, 12:06 PM EST
Dear Disneyworld Guest Services,
My husband and I will be staying onsite at the end of February 2019 and are planning to purchase the Deluxe Dining Plan. Our Disney package balance is due soon so want to make sure that the DxDP still makes sense for us.
Here is my question: my brother, who does not have a
Disney Dining Plan, plans to join us to dine at a couple of Signature Restaurants at the parks. Are we able to use our dining credits to cover his meals in addition to our own? I called the Disney Dining number (407-939-1947) in November and again today, and both times the very nice the Cast Members said that we
definitely could use our dining credits to cover someone not on the Dining Plan
as long as they were at our table. However recently, I have heard conflicting accounts of this on the forums. Could you please confirm that I can use my dining credits to cover the meals of guests who are dining with us but not on a dining plan?
If this is not allowable, I will have to cancel our DxDP along with several Advanced Dining Reservations at the Signature Restaurants. We are staying 6 nights but will only be in the parks for 5 days. There is no way that my husband and I alone could eat that much food!
Thanks!
Laura