Hi Douglass! Thanks for stopping by planDisney!
You're sure to have a wonderful time at
The Most Magical Place on Earth when you're there with everyone you love! It sounds like you and your family are having fun setting your upcoming plans in stone and coordinating dates and times when you can all be together. We often travel with my extended family and we've found that on the days that our plans take us in separate directions an
Advance Dining Reservation at a
Character Dining Experience is the perfect way to get us all together in the evening!
The answer to your question is simple...it depends! If your Character Dining Experience is
not located within a Theme Park, such as
Chef Mickey's at Disney Contemporary Resort or
Topolino's Terrace - Flavors of the Riviera at Disney's Riviera Resort, one of your extended family members is certainly welcome to go in your place. Because you do not need a Theme Park Ticket to explore the
Disney Resorts Collection hotels anyone can make reservations at these locations even if they are not staying on Disney property or planning on spending time in the Parks.
Now, if you're hoping to share a Character Dining Experience that is inside one of the four Theme Parks, your relative could attend the Advance Dining Reservation
if they have their own
Theme Park Ticket to enter the Park. Because Theme Park Tickets are nontransferable you would not be able to share your Theme Park Ticket so that another person could use it just to attend a Dining Reservation. That being said, if they do not yet have Theme Park Tickets they are certainly welcome to purchase their own Ticket and then attend the meal with your family.
My best advice would be to plan a meal outside of the Parks where you can all plan on enjoying the characters and the beautiful atmosphere of the Resort together. Have a magical stay!
Ashley M