Welcome back to Disney 101! Last time Jenn took us through her way of doing dining which is without the Disney Dining Plan. Today we are going to dine at Disney my way which includes the Plus Dine plan. If you missed our preview post all about how each of us do Disney you will want to catch up here before reading.
I actually saved most of my dining receipts from my most recent Disney vacation so I am going to do a daily breakdown so that you can see how much we would have spent if we were not on the Disney Dining Plan.
These are our vacation stats so that you know how I arrived at the prices:
We are a family of 5.
2 Adults
3 Children ages: 2 (at the time of this trip), 6, & 14
We ate at 9 Table Service Restaurants on our vacation.
- Chef Mickey Breakfast-3 adults @ 30.88 and 1 child at $12.99 total: $105.63
- Biergarten- 3 Adults @ 35.14 and 1 child at $17.03 total: 119.45
- Crystal Palace Breakfast- 3 adults @ $24.49 and 1 child @ $13.84 Total: $87.31
- Chefs de France- total for 2 adults and 1 child (I was sick this day) $107.52
- Le Cellier- total for 3 adults and 1 child $ 158.39
- Ohana- 3 Adults at $35.14 and 1 child at $17.03 total: $122.45
- Sci-Fi Dine In- total for 3 adults and 1 child is $92.70
- Coral Reef- total for 3 adults and 1 child is $156.24
- Via Napoli- total for 3 adults and 1 child is $ 146
This is a total of $1095.69 for Table Service Meals.
I would also like to figure in the resort refillable mugs that are good throughout your stay. We like to make sure each one of us gets one on our vacation. The total for 4 mugs was $57.96. Keep in mind that as of 2012 the Disney Dining Plan now includes the resort refillable mugs for FREE!
We dined at several quick service locations throughout Disney World and here is the total for each location.
- Flame Tree Barbecue total $66.82
- Toy Story Pizza Planet total $51.63
- Pecos Bill’s total $ 52.83
- Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe total $49.53
- Columbia Harbour House total $53.93
- Tangerine Cafe total $65.96
- Sunshine Seasons total $61.53
- We ate the rest of our counter service at Pop Century with a total of $ 88.39
This is a total of $490.62 for quick service restaurants.
I did not keep track of the snacks that I purchased but the snacks are valued at $4 per credit so that puts us at: $144
Cost of food for the week: $1788.27
Cost of the Plan: $1349.64
Tips for the week: $197.22
Total with Tips: $1546.86
We saved: $438.63 on the Disney Dining Plan this does not include tips as we would need to pay for them either way.
The Bottom Line:
No matter which way we do it for my family we like to have everything prepaid. When we have opted out of the plan we feel like there is just too much conversation surrounded around what to order and how to save. The Disney Dining Plan gives my family the freedom of choice. Yes, it is true…we do not NEED the dessert with our meals, but we are on vacation and we like to have the option.
What are your thoughts?
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