DDP Deluxe 2008....have you done this?

[BelleLovesTheBeast]

This sounds very interesting. I was wondering a few things.
Has anyone used this?
What did you think?
Is it worth the money?
How did you use your 3 TS/CS credits?
Did you figure out how much money you saved with this plan?
Do you recommend doing this?


My DH are thinking about trying this when we go in Oct. I just wanted to see what kind of experiences others had with it. We've done the DDP before and liked it but thought his sounded very interesting.

[auntfrannie]

LIke you, I've used the DDP in the past. This year I'm trying the Deluxe plan. I'm using the 3 credits for a sit-down breakfast and a signature dining each day. I think trying to do 3 full meals a day would be a bit much but this allows me to try the better disney restaurants.

Based on what I've calculated, I will save about $120 (solo trip) and that's not including the two snack credits you get each day.

[BelleLovesTheBeast]

We were thinking the same thing. Having a TS breakfast and then using 2 credit to try places like Narcoossee's.

[ldc12377]

We are planning on doing the Deluxe dining plan if we go in June so I hope more people who have done it already reply to your post. We are going all out on this special trip and staying at Poly.:cloud9: We plan on using room service more instead of signature dining because my youngest (DS2) wouldn't do well in a nicer restaurant, beside DS9 and DD7 will be impressed with room service. They think it is so cool!!! Just thought I'd let you know what we are planning on doing.

[Natazu]

There are some people here on INTERCOT planning to do the DxDP soon. Looks like the popular idea is to spend lots of time at signature restaurants and then a 1TS breakfast or lunch. I have always wanted to eat at CG seven days in a row.

[mickeymousedabomb]

For our next trip we will do the DDPdeluxe for the first time. We've always done the DDP in the past and it seems to be a big $$ saver for us and to upgrade and take advantage of all those TS we love! We will have at least 1 but mostly two TS's everyday and use 2 TS credits for the HOOP-de-doo. All together we will have 30 TS to use which we thought is a great way to spend $108.50 more for the DLX/ adult. Last trip we figured each adult cost $880 for a package deal at at CBR with hopper tickets and the DDP. This time our estimated price per adult is $988.50 for Pop, hopper tickets and the DDPDeluxe. So yes we will downgrade to a value and upgrade the dining plan and it will be a difference of $108.50. Our family believes it's definetly worth it! Good luck!

[LauraF]

I ran a quick spreadsheet for comparisons back when the 2008 plans were announced. And came up with the following scenarios, based on how my party eats on a 7 night trip. (Range explanation - the bottom number is an estimated average spend per meal for 2 pp of $85 for dinner ($105 for 2TS), $70 for lunch, $34 for breakfast and $16 for snacks. I plugged in my actual ADRs for the upper range.)

1. 1 TS at every meal, no 2TS restaurants = approximate 25-38% savings over cash

2. Lunch 1 TS, 3 dinner 1 TS 4 dinner 2TS, 3 breakfast 1TS = approximate 20-29% savings over cash.

3. Standard plan (control group) = approximate 32% savings.

Summary: So even with the 2TS at several meals, adding in the more expensive gratuity cuts into the savings a bit. But I will continue to go them because of what I get for my money.