Hi Jillian, and welcome back to the Disney Parks Moms Panel!
I am a big fan of the
Disney Dining Plan, which offers a great way to keep your family relaxed and hassle-free throughout your vacation. With everything pre-paid in advance of your trip, there is no need to worry about meal budgets or calculating menu prices. Hakuna Matata!
Jillian, rest assured, Disney makes it very easy to use your Disney Dining Plan credits throughout your stay, offering guests great flexibility in deciding when and where to use their credits. If any guest in your party doesn't use all their daily meal credits, you can absolutely use them the following day. In fact, you will have access to all dining credits allocated to each guest in your party for the entire duration of your stay from the time of check in. You can use the credits whenever you wish up until midnight on the day of check out. There is no minimum or maximum number of dining credits which you have to use on any given day.
While you can use your dining credits from the day of check in until the day of departure, remember that each guest's daily dining credit entitlement is based on the number of
nights you will be staying. Therefore, while you will be able to use your dining credits up until midnight on your day of check out, you will not receive a daily dining credit entitlement for the day of check out.
Jillian, don't forget that
Disney dining reservations can be made as early as 180 days prior to your day of check in. I encourage you to book early as many popular restaurants fill up quickly. Should you have any other questions about the Disney Dining Plan, or any other aspect of your trip planning, please be sure to let us know. We are here to help!
Bon Appétit!
Trish