Looking at purchasing the plus dining plan for our next trip. We are AP Holders and have never looked in to it/worried about it. Now with two kids we are seriously looking at it because of character meals.

As AP holders we have to purchase the dining plan, as I understand, so with the extra character meals and such: 1) is it worth it, 2) how do you maximize the savings, 3) any advice/recommendations on what we should use the dining plan with or should we drop the whole idea.