Hi, Kevin!
Welcome back to
Disney Parks Moms Panel!
You are going to love the value of your Deluxe
Disney Dining Plan, as you get to select dining options without worrying over additional costs for absolutely fabulous food.
Disney Dining Plans are options that guests of
Walt Disney World Resort hotels may add to their reservations. As such, the entitlements that are added to your account are only for guests on your resort reservation.
When you begin your Walt Disney World Resort hotel stay, the total number of Disney Dining Plan entitlements will be placed onto your account, enabling you to access them at any time, in any order or quantity until midnight of the day you check out of the resort. Each time you order, the balance of that particular type of entitlement will be printed toward the bottom of your receipt, making entitlement tracking super-easy, too.
We frequently dine with family and friends who are not
staying with us at our resort in Walt Disney World. When that is the case, I simply inform our server which meals are to be applied to
our Disney Dining Plan and which will be paid for out of pocket or on the
other family's Disney Dining Plan. The method of payment for any remaining items can include charging to your resort room (if you associated a credit card to be able to do so), paying cash or using Disney Gift Cards as well as credit card(s). That remaining payment can be made by anyone in your party, so your options for dining together while only some of you are on a Disney Dining Plan are much greater than you may think.
Have a wonderful visit, Kevin!
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Andrea H