How to MAXIMIZE the Disney Dining Plan! | Ep. 318

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The Disney Dining Plan is back! Famously, we are not the biggest fans at Disney Deciphered, but Joe recently bought the dining plan on his spring break trip to Disney World. He shares nine tips to help you maximize the dining plan and to make sure you are getting the most value (and not losing money) when purchasing the dining plan.
Have you been buying the dining plan and getting value out of it? Leave a comment below!
Episode Notes
0:00 - Intro
1:33 - Disney dining plan basics
6:39 - Come up with a plan
9:33 - The value of character meals
11:39 - Using the dining plan for a larger group
16:35 - Alcohol is included
17:50 - Make sure to use ALL of your allotments
18:41 - Avoid using the dining plan for Signature Dining or at least do the math
20:55 - Using kids’ quick service meals to pay for adult meals
21:57 - Eat your snacks!
23:23 - Don’t ignore out of pocket costs
27:06 - Disney dos and don’ts
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[@danielworsham7172]

Great information! We haven’t used the dining plan in so long, I didn’t realize what all had changed. Thanks!

[@disneydeciphered]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Laura-beau6]

Yes! This is the content I needed! I switched my Disneyland 2024 vacation to Disney world because I reserved with the free QS dining offer in January. And I’m still having fun crunching the numbers in my spreadsheets (yes I l❤ those), you confirmed or answered a few things I was wondering , and the saving of credits at the beginning was a big one! thanks 😊

[@disneydeciphered]

Awesome! Let us know how it goes :)

[@kisim7088]

Doing split stay and just did dining plan for 1 day since we always buy refillable mug and doing character meal

[@disneydeciphered]

Love this!

[@MrMaxRebos]

Love your content but it would be great if you mentioned the time of year you are at the parks. Since certain times of the year what you show in your videos are extremely hard to do and other times easy. Example using genie+ to go on tons of rides in one day. Easy off season, extremely hard on busy seasons.

[@disneydeciphered]

Point taken. Realistically, we try to keep our content evergreen, so in general we are speaking towards "average" times. We do try to do episodes about busy times - Joe went to spring break after we recorded the Standby Skipper episode, for example, and was still able to get a lot of rides done even though crowds were 9s and 10s. On an average day it would have been even better

[@debrasternhagen6598]

The reason you are hearing people complain about everything disney, Leslie, is because disney is a rip off with cut services or no conceirge parking at really pricey hotels

[@cavy95]

I’ve stayed at boardwalk, yacht club, and all-star. You spend soooo much time at the parks, all I need is a cool place to sleep. So all-star is my jam. Walmart+ delivery. Lynx 311 bus from the airport for $2. It can be affordable if you do your research