[Soundgod]

Speaking of Crystal Palace, if you get your PS for 10:30, your meal will actually be a brunch. They are changing over from breakfast to lunch during this time, so as one side closes out breakfast, the other side is starting to bring out fresh lunch food! All this and Pooh too!

[Cavey]

We loved the dining plan, and it definately paid for itself. One plus is not having to look at the menu prices at all. For us, that was a big deal and allowed us to eat at places we could have never afforded previously.

[Rookie]

The meal plan is a great deal if you eat a sit-down mean every day and also like to eat a bigger lunch. There are three of us (two parents and a child) and we really went back and forth on whether to get the dining plan for our recent 6 night/7-day stay. Finally, we decided not to get it but to keep track of what we spent just to see if we would have been better off with the plan. We tend to eat one "big" meal a day. So, for us, breakfast was usually coffee/juice and a muffin... or even cereal in the room. Our lunch plans really depended on what our dinner plans were that day. On days that we had a huge sit-down dinner planned, we made our dinner PS's a little earlier than some might prefer (e.g. 4:30-5:00 pm) and opted for a lighter lunch that day - sometimes a salad but often just fruit or popcorn. On days when we didn't have sit-down dinner plans, we got a bigger lunch, such as a counter meal, and for dinner we just shared a pizza or something not as filling. At the end of the trip, we figured that we had spent about $500 for food (for the three of us). If we had purchased the dining plan, it would have cost us almost $700 and we would have felt the pressure to eat a lot more than we wanted. Again, this is strictly a preference because I do think that the plan is a good deal for those who eat more and want that sit-down meal experience every day. It's the sit-down meals that make the plan cost effective.

[cnstinkerbell]

What is DDE???? Please explain.

[Floridasunshine]

Originally Posted by cnstinkerbell

What is DDE???? Please explain.

"Disney Dining Experience".... It is a card that can be purchased (I think only by Annual Passholders and Florida Residents) that gives a discount of 20% (for up to 10 people) at many of the restaurants & clubs at Disney. It includes alcoholic beverages and also provides some pleasure island/downtown disney discounts too ....