Bonjour Chris,
Welcome back to the Disney Parks Moms Panel and thank you for asking us another question!
Because you’re immediately given all of your
Disney Dining Plan entitlements at check-in, the answer to your question is, yes, you can use them all whenever you’d like throughout your Walt Disney World Resort vacation, until they’re all gone. That does mean, however, that you will need to “budget” in order to ensure that you’ll be able to “pay” for all of your meals until your departure on your check-out day.
To use your example above, if you have the “regular”
2017 Disney Dining Plan, a family of 4 (adults) would have 28 table-service entitlements, 28 quick-service entitlements and 56 snack entitlements to use until 11:59 p.m. on your 8th and final day. You would therefore be able to use one of your table-service entitlements on your departure day and use 2 quick-service entitlements on Day 2 (or whatever day you’d like).
Please don’t hesitate to come back and see us if you have any other questions.
Have a Magical Day… and bon appétit!
Lynne