Hey all~
Question: my daughter will be turning 10 1/2 way through our next trip. I know she will be considered a “Disney dining adult” at that point. How do the restaurants know what to charge you during pre-fix/character meals? Will it be her age at the start of travel or is it in real time? She’s a peanut and looks like she’s probably 6 or 7. Thank you:)
I think they don’t? I want to say that they age she is when you start the trip is the age she stays.
But now I’m second guessing myself. I know it works that way for the dining plan, and for the tickets….I guess for the meals it depends if you tell them?
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I’ve heard many times that Disney takes you at your word as to your kids’ ages. Our youngest granddaughter was a head taller than other kids older than she was. The trip that she was 9 no one ever questioned or even seemed to notice that she was a kid and not an adult.
I think when booking a trip we indicate the age of the kids at the start of the trip and that’s the trip age. I’d get your daughter a happy birthday button - no # necessary - and have a great trip. 
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She is the same age throughout the trip. That goes for the tickets as well.
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Yep if she is 9 at the beginning of her trip she’ll be a child throughout the trip.
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Thank you:)
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FWIW I’ve had cast members bill my kids as kids even when they were over the age of 10, generally with a wink from the cast member. 
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Pixie dust~