Disneyworld question - only some in group on meal plan?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Unless you eat insane amounts of food, you don't need the meal plan anyway. Can you really eat three huge meals a day?

If you can't, maybe you can use some of the credits toward the people who aren't on the meal plan, since they have to be used up anyway?

No this is not how it works

Yes, you can buy snacks and Quick service meals with credits and share.

DP
Sure, if OP is on the quick service plan. But there is another plan that gives you one quick service meal and one table service meal per day. OP would not be able to use her table service credits to cover additional people in a restaurant.

OP, are you sure you want to get a "room big enough to accommodate" your brother and nephew, instead of just having them get their own room?
How many people are in your nuclear family (that will be there the whole time?) Most rooms will only accommodate 4 people (tight fit!)
A few can fit 5 , but anything bigger than that you are looking at suites or Disney vacation club villas.

[Anonymous]

It won't matter for making reservations for sit down restaurants--they don't need to know who is or isn't on the meal plan when making the reservation. When it comes time to pay, you just tell the server how you're paying (e.g. 2 adults and 2 kids by meal plan; 1 adult and 1 kid paying by credit card.) If you're very strategic, you could make sure the people with meal plans get the most expensive items and then just trade plates at the table. Or, if you're doing any of the 2 credit restaurants, do those on the days your brother isn't there and then you will have less of this to worry about.

For quick service meals, I actually think sharing is ideal. It's a lot of food--especially when you can supplement with snacks. Do mobile ordering in the app, use the credits from your account and share meals/snacks (or just meal credits if you don't want to actually split up the food). Then your brother can pay for anything that isn't covered by the meal plan.

Some of this will depend on how old your kids are--I always found my kids didn't come close to eating a whole meal at lunch time, and then we'd just get them an ice cream or something to hold them over until dinner. If you go to disboards there are tons of discussions on what meals and snacks are the best bang for your buck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It won't matter for making reservations for sit down restaurants--they don't need to know who is or isn't on the meal plan when making the reservation. When it comes time to pay, you just tell the server how you're paying (e.g. 2 adults and 2 kids by meal plan; 1 adult and 1 kid paying by credit card.) If you're very strategic, you could make sure the people with meal plans get the most expensive items and then just trade plates at the table. Or, if you're doing any of the 2 credit restaurants, do those on the days your brother isn't there and then you will have less of this to worry about.

For quick service meals, I actually think sharing is ideal. It's a lot of food--especially when you can supplement with snacks. Do mobile ordering in the app, use the credits from your account and share meals/snacks (or just meal credits if you don't want to actually split up the food). Then your brother can pay for anything that isn't covered by the meal plan.

Some of this will depend on how old your kids are--I always found my kids didn't come close to eating a whole meal at lunch time, and then we'd just get them an ice cream or something to hold them over until dinner. If you go to disboards there are tons of discussions on what meals and snacks are the best bang for your buck.

OP please listen to this person.

[Anonymous]

I actually think that long post is right on.
It’s not an issue. It’s actually great for snacks and quick service where you might want to share anyway.
If you got the full meal plan with table service it might mean that the others sit down for a couple meals that are longer or more expensive than they’d like. Thems the breaks. You can actually work it to your advantage — if one person on the meal plan wants the chicken and he wants the seared scallops, person on meal plan should order the expensive dish and then you just swap. Things like desserts can be shared since really not everyone wants their own dessert in most cases anyway. It will be fine.