So assuming that they are beefing up the mobile ordering, with addition of locations, and payment methods being added, it can be surmised they are planning on Quick service (QS) carrying the bulk of food service operations. If this is the case, i once again point out that having the
DDP in place is a good tool to better target your ordering numbers, especially if you know what accounts have reservations for which park, on which day, add on a dining reservation system to that, and you can target where they will be eating , thereby making it easier to, plan for, handle and accomodate those guests. Otherwise, they are playing a crap shoot as to who will be eating what, when, and where only adding to the chaos.
Guest that aren't staying in villas won't be able to make food in their rooms, and will need to eat somewhere. Many won't be renting cars to drive off property (unless they remove the parking fees). Pretty sure they won't be allowing Door Dash to deliver to guests. So they have to be planning on being able to feed resort guests regardless of DDP or not.
I honestly think that they are looking at the DDP from the wrong angle. Yes they over saturated the system by offering Free DDP to those that were cancelled, and rebooked. But the bulk of those guest would probably fall under the quick service version of DDP, which it looks like they will be leaning heavily on quick service anyway, which is grab and go for the most part, with outdoor seating (a few exceptions). The difficulty in accommodation only comes into play at the table service (TS) level, which is regulated by the reservation system. Table service for free DDP was only offered at delux level accommodation a smaller number of guests. If guests opted to purchase a Standard or Delux plan at the time of booking, you already know how many guests you have eating. If you limit the capacity of your guests, then you control the number of people you have to feed and the number of reservations you need to accomodate. The reservation system can prioritize those with DDP over guests who did not plan ahead (they can play the lottery for available tables or go to QS).
The QS people won't be dining at TS facilities unless they pay out of pocket (which would be unlikely). You can more easily accomodate those that chose to plan ahead by purchasing a DDP. Especially if they book where they are going to eat 60 days out, let alone those that had lredy booked 90 or 120 days ago.