4. You Should Eat Quality Dinners/You Shouldn’t Assume the Dining Plan is Necessary
Half of the joy of a Disney trip (for most) is found in eating delicious food! Keeping that in mind, you should book a couple of meals at upscale or unique restaurants. There are countless wonderful restaurants with cuisine that is worth every dollar spent. However; just because you plan on booking sit-down meals, this doesn’t mean that buying into the Disney Dining Plan is a cost-efficient choice. This plan assumes you always eat a large amount of food on a daily basis. In the end, it can also cost you more since many of sit-down restaurants will cost you several Dining Plan Credits. (Trust me. I’ve done the math and I have paid roughly $120.00 for a meal that wouldn’t normally have exceeded $70.00.) In my opinion, it’s exhausting to calculate how one can utilize the Dining Plan and still save money. I’d consider paying out of pocket and only eating when you’re truly hungry.
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