TigerlilyAJ
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2011
So, my family of six, 4 Disney adults (2 old enough for alcohol), 2 children, just returned from our trip, where we had the DDP for five nights/six days, Jan 1-6, 2020. I did not keep strict track of our QS or snack charges because I knew our four TS meals, one being CRT and taking two TS credits per person, would account for so much of our total DDP costs that we would come out ahead.
I know this is not the review board, but I want to say that I enjoyed all the TS meals' food, even ones others here sniff at, like CRT.
We dined at, in order, Storybook Dining dinner (Snow White, Evil Queen, Dopey, Grumpy), CRT lunch (Snow, Jasmine, Ariel, Aurora, along with Cindy), Garden Grill breakfast (Chip, Dale, Mickey, Pluto), 1900 PF HEA dinner (Cinderella, Prince Charming, Lady Tremaine, Anastasia, Drizella). (Later, we ate OOP at the Bon Voyage breakfast at Trattoria al Forno.)
We paid 2019 DDP prices, or about $360/day, which is more like $370 under current 2020 prices, or $1800 total for 5 TS meals, 5 QS meals, and 10 snacks per person. In the spreadsheet above, you can see that the total price for the 4 TS meals, taking 5 credits per person, was $1633.17. However, that includes the tip, which everyone pays OOP, on or off a plan. So without the tips, our total was $1427.56 covered by the DDP. So $375 remained to account for the QS meals and snacks.
To be conservative, I also did the costs of the meals minus the costs of drinks that people NOT on a dining plan would pay extra for, namely alcoholic drinks and nonalcoholic specialty drinks. These were listed as separate charges on my receipts, but still included with our dining credits. (But the extra charges did make our automatic 18% gratuity larger. So, you can think of the specialty/alcoholic drinks being 82% off, rather than wholly included. But the tax on them is included, saving an additional 6.5%.) If I assumed that off a dining plan, I would not let anyone get a specialty drink for extra cost, the meals would have cost $1351.22 before tip. So $450 remained to account for the QS meals and snacks.
For the record, we adults had alcohol at all four meals and were always offered a second soft drink, tea, or coffee. The kids were offered specialty drinks, and also were able to get a second soft drink or milk once they had finished the fancy drinks, which did not come with fee refills. So we all were well hydrated at these meals.
As for our 5 QS meals, well, only a couple of them were six people eating at one time. Another two were five people, and and the "not hungry" person would eat later. Again, we adults always got an adult beverage, and the kids always got specialty drinks, like root beer floats at Woody's and Moof Juice at Docking Bay 7. These were always at least $70, so at least $280 for four QS meals for five people, or 20 credits. Three credits got turned into nine snacks. A goodly 90% of our snack credits were $5+. The snacks were things like specialty cupcakes, Star Wars milks (we six shared one of each kind...and that was plenty), SW popcorn to munch at Fantasmic!, Boardwalk Bakery goods (the giant macaroon was a standout for me), ice cream novelties, turkey jerky at Ronto Roasters, peanut-butter smoothies at Landscape of Flavors, Peter Pan floats, Dole whips, and my favorite snack, the pineapple upside-down cake with Dole Whip.
Having done the DDP three years ago with five people getting credits (sixth person under 3yo) and having credits left, I relaxed my general fear of running out of credits, and let the kids basically have whatever they wanted, when they wanted it, including my bottomless-pit teen son, who probably got to use a couple of my snack credits. Neither of us went hungry.
We did a split stay, with our final couple of days spent Club Level at the Boardwalk Inn. So no DDP, since we had the Innkeeper's Lounge, but I did pay OOP for the Bon Voyage breakfast. It was a real letdown to not have drinks included, and we all stayed with the standard included drinks. Mama drank champagne at the lounge instead.
I'm sure there's more I could say, but it's all left my brain currently. AMA! (Ask me anything.)
I know this is not the review board, but I want to say that I enjoyed all the TS meals' food, even ones others here sniff at, like CRT.
We dined at, in order, Storybook Dining dinner (Snow White, Evil Queen, Dopey, Grumpy), CRT lunch (Snow, Jasmine, Ariel, Aurora, along with Cindy), Garden Grill breakfast (Chip, Dale, Mickey, Pluto), 1900 PF HEA dinner (Cinderella, Prince Charming, Lady Tremaine, Anastasia, Drizella). (Later, we ate OOP at the Bon Voyage breakfast at Trattoria al Forno.)
| JAN 2020 Actual | Total | Minus Alcohol | Minus Tip | Minus Tip+Alcohol |
| GG | 299.16 | 270.53 | 240.29 | 225.78 |
| Storybook | 432.34 | 361.08 | 369.83 | 325.89 |
| HEA 1900 PF | 428.01 | 361.08 | 343.78 | 325.89 |
| CRT | 473.66 | 418.91 | 473.66 | 473.65875 |
| 1633.17 | 1411.6 | 1427.56 | 1351.21875 |
We paid 2019 DDP prices, or about $360/day, which is more like $370 under current 2020 prices, or $1800 total for 5 TS meals, 5 QS meals, and 10 snacks per person. In the spreadsheet above, you can see that the total price for the 4 TS meals, taking 5 credits per person, was $1633.17. However, that includes the tip, which everyone pays OOP, on or off a plan. So without the tips, our total was $1427.56 covered by the DDP. So $375 remained to account for the QS meals and snacks.
To be conservative, I also did the costs of the meals minus the costs of drinks that people NOT on a dining plan would pay extra for, namely alcoholic drinks and nonalcoholic specialty drinks. These were listed as separate charges on my receipts, but still included with our dining credits. (But the extra charges did make our automatic 18% gratuity larger. So, you can think of the specialty/alcoholic drinks being 82% off, rather than wholly included. But the tax on them is included, saving an additional 6.5%.) If I assumed that off a dining plan, I would not let anyone get a specialty drink for extra cost, the meals would have cost $1351.22 before tip. So $450 remained to account for the QS meals and snacks.
For the record, we adults had alcohol at all four meals and were always offered a second soft drink, tea, or coffee. The kids were offered specialty drinks, and also were able to get a second soft drink or milk once they had finished the fancy drinks, which did not come with fee refills. So we all were well hydrated at these meals.
As for our 5 QS meals, well, only a couple of them were six people eating at one time. Another two were five people, and and the "not hungry" person would eat later. Again, we adults always got an adult beverage, and the kids always got specialty drinks, like root beer floats at Woody's and Moof Juice at Docking Bay 7. These were always at least $70, so at least $280 for four QS meals for five people, or 20 credits. Three credits got turned into nine snacks. A goodly 90% of our snack credits were $5+. The snacks were things like specialty cupcakes, Star Wars milks (we six shared one of each kind...and that was plenty), SW popcorn to munch at Fantasmic!, Boardwalk Bakery goods (the giant macaroon was a standout for me), ice cream novelties, turkey jerky at Ronto Roasters, peanut-butter smoothies at Landscape of Flavors, Peter Pan floats, Dole whips, and my favorite snack, the pineapple upside-down cake with Dole Whip.
Having done the DDP three years ago with five people getting credits (sixth person under 3yo) and having credits left, I relaxed my general fear of running out of credits, and let the kids basically have whatever they wanted, when they wanted it, including my bottomless-pit teen son, who probably got to use a couple of my snack credits. Neither of us went hungry.
We did a split stay, with our final couple of days spent Club Level at the Boardwalk Inn. So no DDP, since we had the Innkeeper's Lounge, but I did pay OOP for the Bon Voyage breakfast. It was a real letdown to not have drinks included, and we all stayed with the standard included drinks. Mama drank champagne at the lounge instead.
I'm sure there's more I could say, but it's all left my brain currently. AMA! (Ask me anything.)
