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    We might be going to Disney world this summer. The last time we went DD1 was 4 yrs old, DD2 was 4 yrs old and I was five weeks pregnant with DD3. They will be 10, 8 and 5 when we go.

    If we go, we plan on getting the dining plan. We'll have five table service credits. We're definitely doing Cinderella's Royal Table. Which restaurants should we go to with the remaining three credits? And what's your top five quick service places?

    Also, do you think the quick service meals are big enough to share? I'm thinking maybe the five of us can share two quick service breakfasts and three quick service lunches/dinners.

    Disney planning is so overwhelming.


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    Our quick service meals weren't that big. Maybe two light eaters could share though. But for the dining plan, I'd think you have to buy the plan for all anyway to get everyone in the table service character dining where sharing isn't allowed?

    One of our favorite table service restaurants was the beasts castle. Our favorite quick service was the seafood restaurant in Magic Kingdom. I can't remember the names.


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    Quote Originally Posted by jren View Post
    Our quick service meals weren't that big. Maybe two light eaters could share though. But for the dining plan, I'd think you have to buy the plan for all anyway to get everyone in the table service character dining where sharing isn't allowed?

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    We're all getting the dining plan, the one with one table service credit and one quick service credit. I was hoping five quick service credits would cover two meals for the five of us. I know some people use the snack credit for breakfast but I know my kids would rather have treats and snacks. I guess if the quick service meals aren't that big, I'll bring cereal for breakfast.

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    When we were there a few years ago, my kids were 5, 7, and 9. We did not do the dining plan. But, we often split a large pizza at the POR food court and that is listed for 2 quick service credits. We added breadsticks if we needed a little more, and I think those were a snack credit. The pizza is $15 or so, which we thought was a great price for a dinner!

    We also had lunch at the pizza place in Animal Kingdom. The meals come with a personal pizza, salad, drink and cookie. We split 3 of those for the 5 of us. I ate all 3 salads, and the kids plus DH split the pizzas, and the kids had a cookie each.

    At other places, we'd each get part of a meal, like a hot dog, burger, chicken sandwich, and then split 1-2 orders of fries.

    ETA: We bought drinks and snacks as needed. I kept track of all the food and receipt to compare to the dining plan after the trip. We ended up paying nearly exactly the same as we would have for the dining plan, but we would have run out of snack credits so would have added on another 14 credits worth, so maybe $40 more? Anyway, it was super close to break-even. We had Hoop de Doo, Spirit of Aloha, Biergarten, Akershus, and Sci Fi for sit down meals.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alleycat View Post
    We're all getting the dining plan, the one with one table service credit and one quick service credit. I was hoping five quick service credits would cover two meals for the five of us. I know some people use the snack credit for breakfast but I know my kids would rather have treats and snacks. I guess if the quick service meals aren't that big, I'll bring cereal for breakfast.

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    Oh, well that could work then. I found that I really didn't need a big breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I usually ate either a bigger lunch or no lunch and a bigger dinner. All of that walking around kills my appetite. And the snacks were way to much for me, so I gave many of those to my kids. For the sake of time, we usually just ate a quick breakfast from the room except when we did a character breakfast.


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    We went two years ago with 11, 8, and 5. We did the dining plan with one table and one quick service meal per day. When we vacation we typically only eat two meals a day. The table service were our big meals (lots of buffets). There's a lot of snacking all day long. We brought breakfast items to put something in our stomachs each morning before leaving the room. Except the morning we had a before park opening table service meal.

    We did not do any two credit table service meals and left first thing in the morning our last day, so we truly had the two meals per day for each person in our group. I think we had one evening when part of the family was still hungry. Used two quick service meals at the resort and then did a couple of meals with only four orders for the five of us. That was plenty depending on where we were.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alleycat View Post
    If we go, we plan on getting the dining plan. We'll have five table service credits. We're definitely doing Cinderella's Royal Table. Which restaurants should we go to with the remaining three credits? And what's your top five quick service places?
    Are you wanting to do other character meals? If so, our favorite is Garden Grill at Epcot. Family style, so you don't have to worry about being up from your seat when the characters come around, and in our experience, the characters usually make it around more than once.

    Quote Originally Posted by alleycat View Post
    Also, do you think the quick service meals are big enough to share? I'm thinking maybe the five of us can share two quick service breakfasts and three quick service lunches/dinners.
    This is going to depend. The last time we were there, DS was 8, DD1 was 5 and DD2 was 4. We would often get a single bounty platter for breakfast with a snack item (danish, etc.) to supplement for the four of us. We'd also split two milks between the four of us. But, DH doesn't do breakfast, and the kids were all in the "I'll eat two bites so I can get out of here" mode.
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    If you eat breakfast at your resort you can use your refillable mug for a drink (coffee, cocoa, soda, water no milk) and use the drink "credit" from the meal for a snack. We drank coffee and got a snack for later in the day.
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    If you are wanting to do a character meal, our favorite was the 1900 Park Fare at the Grand Floridian. It's Cinderella, her stepsisters, stepmother, and Prince Charming. DD dressed as Drizella. Super interactive characters (DD got to dance with Prince Charming!) and the food was great, it's a buffet.

    Here's somebody's review of it with pics of food and characters. I highly recommend!

    http://wdwprepschool.com/dining-with...k-fare-dinner/

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    I would put in a grocery delivery order, to arrive on your first day. Shelf stable milk boxes, juice, fruit, snacks all go a long way in keeping my kiddos happy. I actually plan to pack one suitcase full of snacks, PB, drinks and then place an order for fresh things. So with that in mind, I would be fine with your dining plan.

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