Quick Service Dining Plan (and ticket) logistics

[3gr8boys]

We will be visiting the week of February 10th and I am thinking about the quick service dining plan as a way to let my teens get lunch/snacks on their own without cash/gift cards. We will be checking into HRH late on Monday night....will I be able to turn the tickets I purchased (not purchased directly from Universal...I have the printed bar codes with my name on each) into tickets for each member of my party at the hotel that night?

Then, how do I get the dining plan cards for each person? From what (admittedly little) I've read, it sounds like I have to be at a quick service dining location with them to activate the plan ?!? This Mama would love to be able to get up early on our first park day and leave anyone not as enthusiastic behind knowing they have their admission ticket and meal card

 

[Kellydelly]

We stayed at Endless Summer and the people manning the ticket service there told my husband they could not exchange his home printed tickets for the card ones. We had to use the tickets and then go to the customer service inside the gate and they were happy to change our tickets, we just had to do the bioscan thing again when we got on the train to Hogwarts (we were at the Studios). My name was on the tickets but nobody asked my kids or husband for id (or me) when we first entered the parks. The agent that switched our tickets put everyone's name on them (I think he did ask for the cc used to purchase them, though). I don't know if you would get better customer service at the higher end hotel you are stayng at? Maybe.

 

[3gr8boys]

Thanks for the response @Kellydelly ...... I will post my question on the HRH resort thread just in case the ticket desk services/ hours vary hotel to hotel.