Hi Mary Louise,
Thank you for dropping by planDisney with a great question!
If you plan to book a vacation package, you can certainly add one of the Disney Dining Plans! My family prefers the
Disney Dining Plan because we love to have some table-service meals. Typically, we use our table-service meals for our dinner meal. So, make sure you have the
My Disney Experience Mobile App. During your vacation, you will be able to track your meals and snacks in the mobile app.
Prior to visiting, if I am on a dining plan, I will calculate the total number of meals we should have based on nights of stay. Then, I make plans for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and I count those to make sure we will not have meals wasted at the end of our trip. Also remember to track the total number of snacks you will have.
When we used a dining plan about a month ago, I thought it was relatively easy to use but we literally used all of our meal and snacks before the end of the trip. Of course, with a family that has multiple food allergies, our visits to Disney have been a shining star in our current reality.
Mary, I hope this is enough to get started! Remember to also check out Mobile Food & Beverage Ordering.