formernyer
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2006
BuzzAndWoodyBoy said:Wow, my first internet proposal
and from another female
BuzzAndWoodyBoy said:Wow, my first internet proposal
karla63 said:Taking 5 Cadet Girl Scouts June 07,we wanted to do our own cooking, but with this plan, why should we!! Now we don't need a room with a kitchen. Do they ever offer this free dining plan during the early part of summer or should we just plan on paying for it?
gigi1313 said:and, most important of all, it's HURRICANE SEASON!
formernyer said:I never said it didn't "work." In fact, my exact quote was, "There is no way in heck I can justify spending $114 a day on meals for myself and two kids. Sure we'd eat more than $114/day on the plan, but we could eat a LOT cheaper than that if didn't splurge on fancy TS meals and snacks all the time."
In a strictly dollar and cents analysis, the DDP can work even at $38/day for the pre-teens. However, (and this is a big however) most people who travel to Disney would not dine at an on-site TS restaurant every day, and even if they did, they would most likely be ordering kid's meals for their 10 and 11 year-olds.
For many people who frequent this board the $37.99/day for pre-teens is well worth it, but for the general population I don't think it is. The demographics of the DISboard veterans seems to be somewhat outside of the norm. Many of the people who post here seem to be very affluent...much more so than you would find if you took a random sample of Disney guests. Many of the people who post on this board would be booking ADRs at fancy TS restaurants even if they had to pay OOP. Keep in mind that most of the guests at Disney probably never log into this site, but they are all welcome to purchase the DDP. For the general population (middle and lower middle class families who are lucky to make one trip to disney EVER), $38/day for a child is WAY too much money!