Brygida
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2005
Now that I've done the math, I know how much our NO DDP trip cost us in food. To recap, we kept thinking they were going to offer FREE DDP the 3rd week in August as Disney has the past 6? years.... but they didn't. So we ended up getting a great deal on a bounceback offer for a room only discount. (and we did not add on the DDP).
First, the Coronado Springs moderate resort (value season standard view) goes for $184/night. We got it for $122/night with the bounceback offer.
For the 1st 5 days (1 adult and 1 child), I averaged $84/day for food. This included snacks, tax, and tip. We ate when we liked, where we liked. We did not do anything different than if we had had the DDP. For the 2nd 5 days (2 adults and 1 child), I averaged $156/day for food.
This trip included usually 1 sit down / day and we ate at: California Grill twice, Boma twice, Raglan Road, Rose and Crown twice, Chefs de France twice, and Japan. We sometimes had an appetizer and entree instead of the required entree and dessert on the DDP.
So with the cost of the DDP being $46 for adults and $12 for kids, would it have been worth adding it on to our bounceback offer? The answer is yes! We would have had to change a couple things around (dessert instead of appetizer?), but would have been just as happy with the dining experience.
What about FREE dining? Is it worth paying full rack rate for room to get the dining? Again, the answer is YES. Our cost per day for food for 3 of us exceeded the cost of the room! nevermind the $62 difference in the daily cost.
I think the only time it may not be cost effective is for a single person in a room, or if you were staying at a deluxe resort concierge room with a special discount offer (let's say 40% off) instead of the free dining offer. But your special offer savings would have to exceed your cost for food per day.
So in conclusion! Get the DDP! Especially if it's FREE!
First, the Coronado Springs moderate resort (value season standard view) goes for $184/night. We got it for $122/night with the bounceback offer.
For the 1st 5 days (1 adult and 1 child), I averaged $84/day for food. This included snacks, tax, and tip. We ate when we liked, where we liked. We did not do anything different than if we had had the DDP. For the 2nd 5 days (2 adults and 1 child), I averaged $156/day for food.
This trip included usually 1 sit down / day and we ate at: California Grill twice, Boma twice, Raglan Road, Rose and Crown twice, Chefs de France twice, and Japan. We sometimes had an appetizer and entree instead of the required entree and dessert on the DDP.
So with the cost of the DDP being $46 for adults and $12 for kids, would it have been worth adding it on to our bounceback offer? The answer is yes! We would have had to change a couple things around (dessert instead of appetizer?), but would have been just as happy with the dining experience.
What about FREE dining? Is it worth paying full rack rate for room to get the dining? Again, the answer is YES. Our cost per day for food for 3 of us exceeded the cost of the room! nevermind the $62 difference in the daily cost.
I think the only time it may not be cost effective is for a single person in a room, or if you were staying at a deluxe resort concierge room with a special discount offer (let's say 40% off) instead of the free dining offer. But your special offer savings would have to exceed your cost for food per day.
So in conclusion! Get the DDP! Especially if it's FREE!