Dining Plans Returning

Walt Disney World
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I will admit that I used to think the “put it on a gift card” hack was nice from a budgeting perspective, but I didn’t think it would have the psychological effect of the DP.

But in some ways it did.

I am like you. I always make my family order the smaller size ice cream cup. I simply cannot buy the most expensive thing on the menu. Etc. With the DDP, this completely goes away.

With gift cards, knowing I wouldn"t have a credit card bill “loosened” this a bit. I could spring for desert or an app once in a while. And I also ratcheted spending up or down depending on where the balance was. We cancelled a TS we didn’t really care about to stay in budget snd I far preferred that over nickle and diming myself at each meal.

@ryan1 you point is excellent. Now that I have an AP I get meal discounts. Throw in my 4-10% savings I find on Disney gift cards and I feel like the savings is adding up!

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I generally try not to look at pricing at all on a Disney trip. I generally budget on the highside and then just charge it to the room. I train myself to focus on the food and not the number attached to it. I know its expensive.
They ysed to have this website where yoi plugged in where you were eating each day, how many snacks and drinks you order and then it tells you what makes sense. It does use averages but as long as my plans werent loaded with character meals and the most expensive 1 credit TS places it was always cheaper to pay out of pocket.

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This tool is being updated

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I don’t know what the status is on this one

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Distripplanner is the one Ive used.

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