We have always wondered if the Disney Dining Plan would be right for us so I did the math and figured it out! I'm sharing all the places we're eating for our upcoming trip I why I DON'T think the Dining Plan is right for us this time. Do you like the Disney Dining Plan?? Let me know in the comments!

I have finally joined the "i love the dining plan" crew. It happened that we had a day and half staying off property this last trip. We have had the Dining Plan going while we stayed on property, and then ended the trip with our off property stay. We still went to the parks on those days, but we just didn't stay at our Disney hotel. For that time off of the Disney Dining Plan, we were met with such sticker shock that it was almost all we could talk about all day long. For lunch that day, we went to the plaza restaurant which we had never been to before. Between my daughter and I and one more Children's meal that her two-year-old twins shared are lunch bill was about $78. For lunch. The meal was fine but it wasn't anything special... And we just found ourselves with sticker shock and regret for the rest of the day. It's not what I want to be thinking about. A problem I have with the current Dining Plan... is that I do not drink alcohol. I am not happy that we don't have a choice of an appetizer or a dessert but instead my allocated value is given to a mixed drink that I know that I absolutely won't be having. I really wish that the alcoholic addition was an option rather than the given. I would much rather my dining plan include the choice of an appetizer or dessert versus a mixed drink.

Great info! You go way more into detail than I do in mine so I really liked watching this

You are AWESOME! 1000 subscribers already!! You go girl! I love this topic! We've had "free dining" before and felt that it was TOO much food on the regular dining plan. We didn't get the dining plan this past trip and mostly shared meals and snacks. It isn't worth it for us to get the dining plan. It can be for people that like character meals though! Great tips!!

Same here. They're just all too much food for me. I don't like being locked in, sometimes I just eat small bites here and there. I always spend much less than the dining plan costs, no matter what.

You are my new favorite Disney expert!!!

We love the dining plan. We love the “all inclusive” feel of it. We always get deluxe and we eat as expensively as possible so we do come out ahead. We’re two adults who are foodies. That’s the best part of our trips, the food. We don’t like breakfast, so we eat an early lunch and then we do signature dining for a late dinner. We do get alcohol with our meals since they’ve added alcohol.

As always, very helpful! Thanks so much, Jen!

You are my new favorite lady on KZfaq. I will watch you talk about Disney anything all day. We are Disneyland APs so I’m learning so much from you for our disney world trip. Thank you!!!!

Your videos are quality videos worth watching. Subscribed! Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for the info and great video! I’m going in August with my friend and we are both vegetarians and did not get the dining plan. I definitely agree with the lack of flexibility - we only want to eat when we feel like it in the parks. So excited for WDW!

GREAT video!! Love how perfectly you explained this. We are using the dining plan for the first time on our upcoming trip, so I’m interested to see how it goes and get my own opinion on it first hand ☺️

You've made dome great points. Thank you for sharing

i’m so glad i found ur channel! i am planning our first family trip to WDW and u have great information. just a suggestion: have u thought of splicing in some video and/or photos of the venues, restaurants and attractions u reference? i think that would help a lot. thanks for the info!

Planning our first trip to Disney. This video was way more helpful than a KZfaq video should be. Thanks for the help, Cheers

This is such a Helpful video explaining the 3 dining plans, Jen! But... congratulations on your 1k subbies!! Your Instagram video made my night!

Great breakdown! Thanks for taking the time to put that all together Jen. The tip to apply any prepaid cards at the lobby throughout the stay is gold, I'm going to do that with my Chase rewards and Target cards. We are going in February 2019 and its looking like I will forgo the Dining plan for similar reasons as yourself. Thanks again for posting!

We use the dining plan on the majority of our trips if we plan on having a lot of table service meals. If we are doing mostly counter service or a short stay, we usually don’t bother with it. It just has been kind of easy to send the kiddos on their own way without worrying if they have enough money for food and snacks. ~ Cathy

We always do the math as well and have taken advantage of the TIW card on many trips. Great video!

Thank you so much for this video!! Very informative.

Thanks for the info on the Disney gift cards. We are going “home” the end of November and I’ve been giving gift cards to my parents for holidays, and birthdays and combining them would be so much easier for them to manage. Love watching your videos and enjoy your upcoming trip

Congrats on 1000 subs! Ever since our kids became "adults" at the age of 10 we dropped the plan. Thanks for sharing.

Wow! Great advice! I am like you. I never know what and when I want to eat until I ask my taste buds! Also, about Target Disney gift cards....we do not have a target here but I will have to look at Walmart to see if the Disney cards are available. Thank you for sharing this video!

We have done it both ways. At this point in my life, I like the comfort of knowing it is paid for. I dont worry about budgeting. We could definitely eat more cheaply on our own, but is vacation.

Love the way you explain things, simply wonderful! Where did you buy your ears? Thanks!

Love your approach! It’s just so logical

I am not a vegetarian... so I go for the most expensive meal on every menu with the regular plan. Boom! Simple. I like that I don’t even have to think about anything else after that. My only gripe is that you get too many snacks and they add up at the end of the trip, unless you force feed Mickey ice cream bars on your kiddos all day.

First, congrats on 1K. Well deserved. Second, like you I prefer to work out my plans for the trip then decide if one of the dining plans make sense for that trip. I do like the dining plans because I like prepaying for as much as possible, though it doesn't always make sense. The one that would be really hard for me to justify is the deluxe dining plan. That one only works I think if you are planning a lot of signature restaurant meals. Maybe for something special like an anniversary trip.

Great analysis! I have only used the Disney Dining Plan once (when I was a CM, we had a good offer). I totally agree that answering "Is the Disney Dining Plan a good value?" is not cut and dry! Totally depends on situation. That being said, if you have young kids (under 3) and they love characters, BOOK THE DINING PLAN FOR SURE because you get a lot of food, the character experience, and "paying" for only the adults.

Thanks so much for this breakdown! My partner and I are planning a trip for 2020 (a bit far off but I'm a planner!!) and I've been going back and forth on the dining plan/no dining plan thing for AGES! I like how you actually looked at the restaurants you want to hit and then priced it accordingly to figure out what works for you guys. I hadn't thought of doing that! Hope you two have fun and HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY!

I just found your channel & I have been watching it all day. I found all of them to be so interesting. I have been a DVC member since 26 years and didn’t know half of the stuff that you know. Keep up the good work!!!!

Jen, such a great video! We just got back last week and you helped us decide against the dining plan. And I think it was the right choice. I went thru the same exercise of looking at what restaurants we would be eating at and what we would most likely order. I've saved all of my itemized receipts so I can see how close I was. But really it was your point about the lack of flexibility with the menu or needing to cancel that sealed the deal. I dont like to eat a lot in the summer and I have a 6 yr old who is a super picky eater. But something else I wanted to mention, our departing flight got canceled and we lost our entire first day!! 😭 We had a dinner reservation that night. Disney didn't charge me (thankfully) but had we paid for the dining plan we would have been out another $200. Your videos and content are fantastic! You really do a great job, Jen! Thank you!!

Thanks for this!! 🙂☀️🙂 I’ve been crunching the numbers, and I’m not sure. Even with the character dining we plan to do, I still feel it will save us money not doing the dining plan.

Love this video girl. So informative. My family and I do not use the dining plan either for the exact same reasons and we typically stay for about a week. We just like having the flexibility. Also, Disney food is ALOT and we don't eat anywhere near that much food. haha

It totally varies from family to family! Wonderful video!

I love the gift card ideas.

Great video! My family and I had a dinning plan once in Disneyland Paris which was included as a promotion with our stay. The package included the resort breakfast, one meal at a quick service or sit down restaurant and two snacks a day. Breakfast and some snacks certainly saved us some money. But for us it would not make a lot of sense to buy this as we generally do not enjoy eating too much in the parks and we always stay in a cabin where we can make our own fresh meals (at least one cooked meal a day). We had a lot of snacks remaining at the end of our stay. However, it did encourage us to make some restaurant reservations (which we don't normally do) and I have some good memories from those meals. So I think personally a discount on our trip would have been a better value than the dinning plan, BUT it did give us experiences we otherwise would have skipped!

great tips; yes, skipper canteen is great! I tried the dining plan once during a weekend staycation, but just to try it, it's not something I do often...plus, I'm a local and am there 2 or 3 times a month. :) Kari

Your videos are an absolute pleasure to watch! I don't run AT ALL and I still love your videos. I actually went back and watched every one over the weekend....maybe I shouldn't admit to that, LOL. We haven't used the dining plan in YEARS for a few reasons. One, I don't always want dessert and most times would rather do an appetizer and entree instead, if that much food at all. Two, my wife is vegan, so definitely not ordering the most expensive items on the menu. Thanks!

We find the Disney dining plan works great for us! We love the character meals and traditional offerings! One tip that I haven’t used, although I’ve heard of....if you have a scheduled dining reservation but find that at the last minute you’re unable to keep it, instead of paying a cancellation fee you can modify the reservation to another day or even another restaurant (a bit further out), and then cancel that reservation. That would save you the cancellation fee. I’ve just recently found your channel and am enjoying your videos!

Great video & suggestions! Have a great trip! In case this is helpful for others, I wanted to mention that someone could also use the 5% off Disney cards from Target to pay for the dining plan. And another thing to consider is that tax is included in the dining plan price but it is not included in the menu price, so be sure to add that when comparing total prices of both.

Great information. We like to get the dining plan so we can budget our trip. It is easier for the two of us than tryiing to figure out the cost of each meal and comparing to the plan. Several years ago we got a dining plan that you paid a certain amount and you had to keep up with what you spent so you didn't run out of money. The new dining plan is a lot better.

Just found your channel, Jen. Love it! I never do the dining plan. Too much food, if you eat all your snacks, and after doing the math like you did, it’s really the same. So I’d rather keep the flexibility.

We are using it for our upcoming Christmas trip, but we also got the free plan and upgraded it to the deluxe plan.

I agree we hardly ever use the mugs!

LOL- they stuck our folio under the door at AKL last March :) Good stuff, that's how we usually crunch our numbers, we anticipate for our November trip, 4 nights total, 3 park days, one night Disney Springs, about $600 OOP, the DDP is $1200 LOL. We don't drink alcohol, our kids eat like birds and we sometimes share meals. Doesn't make sense at all for us. We also don't like being so boxed in and constrained.

I enjoy the deluxe dining plan. Taking a break and sitting down for a meal after running around during the day at disney is a welcome break. I do agree it is ALOT of food.

Congrats on 1K!! I agree that the plan just doesn’t have the flexibility to work for me. I can have one table service for lunch and be full for the rest of the day. Plus who wants to be stopped from ordering all appetizers!

Here's the thing. We travel from the UK, and we get the 'free dining' options (I know it's not completely free, but the cost uplift is really not that great for us). For us, the food is as much a part of the holiday as the parks are. We were blown away by the quality of some of the food we had, and it was *great* to go in not worrying about the cost of the food. We picked what we wanted to eat, without worrying about the cost. Because we weren't worried about cost, we tipped much better that we would have done (I usually tip 20%, but some times we were tipping closer to 40% when they absolutely nailed service). We ate some great food that we'd not have tried without knowing it was so damn cheap that it really didn't matter if we needed to grab a snack later because we didn't like it. We had the regular dining plan and found it to be a good balance - no WAY could we manage deluxe dining plan, mind. That's a crazy amount of food. We're going back in a year or so. If free dining is a thing, we'll be doing it. If not, then I'll pay OOP, and it'll be an interesting comparison. Just our experience, YMMV, etc..

This a great video! My best friend and I are doing WDW for the first time in April 2019, and we decided to save on the hotel and splurge on the dining plan. We went for value resort, and deluxe DP, but we are also planning a ton of 2 credit meals to really make the most of our experience, we shouldn't need to pay any extra for food outside the plan and pre-paying (when we booked so far in advance anyway) just makes it feel less expensive. I think if I was in your situation I'd have done the exact same as you though!

Good advice!

We found that if you are doing a bunch of character meals you save a lot doing with a Disney dining plan because those tend to be a lot more expensive.

Enjoyed both videos about DDP very much. Totally agree. I’m myself a big breakfast person: I like having a good breakfast and would probably skip or have a light lunch during park days, and that’s poor use of dining plan’s points, usually. I’m also an international traveler, so we usually stay over seven days and like to visit places outside DisneyWorld in our trips. Also, both me and my husband aren’t big on snacks (if we get something, we share), and my kids are usually okay with sharing too (okay, maybe I’m the one who forces them to share, but, you know, easy on the sugar there, children!). I love a good table service restaurant as much as the next exhausted mom, but we definitely don’t eat enough food, as a family, to justify the dining plan. Anyway, great videos. Very informative. Will certainly follow the channel.

Being from the UK our package option is slightly different, but the last 2 visits we have managed to get the Free dining plan. We would normally go for 2 weeks so it works to get the quick serve.

Hey Jen! Another great video! I really like the Disney gift card idea. The regular Disney Dining Plan has always worked for us, we usually break even or come out ahead. But this year will be our first trip where our son is an "adult" (he turns 10 two weeks before we go). While he does eat some adult-y things, I'm reasonably sure he won't eat his $75 worth every day. This is a great option, thanks!

We are also DVC, and we mostly don't do the dining plan because our 16 year old daughter is a tiny girl with a tiny appetite and children's tastes in food, so on the dining plan, we'd have to pay for her to eat adult meals, but she really mostly orders kids meals. We only have to pay for her as an adult at family style or buffet meals such as Ohana or Hoop Dee Doo. In that case, we just have to pay it even though she'll eat very little.

We have usually used the dining plan cause my son has always thought he had to have steak nightly! And man, I have one more year exactly until I have to have that feeling of my son going and ordering his adult drink with me! 😂 So I will be right there with you. ~Dawn

We got free dining this year so it actually is worth it for us... but ONLY with the free dining PLUS we're going to the food and wine festival, so our snack credits will be put to good use.

Girl, look at those views in just 2 days. You’re killing it! And thank you for this. I’m DVC and exclusively DL until WDW next year and I’ve always wondered if the dining plan was worth it

We always used the dining plan when we traveled with our children. Now that we are nearing retirement , we don't eat as much and prefer the flexibility of skipping meals and snacking more. I enjoyed your presentation. I'm a new subscriber. 👍🏼

We have always used the DDP, the deluxe plan in December, but we also have no other discounts like AP or DVC and we saved $300 during our last trip. Our next trip however, I'm going to buy an AP and TIW card b/c I think that will trump the savings of the DDP and it will allow the flexibility that you talked about that is always my biggest fear with the DDP. Also, don't know if anyone else mentioned this, but a pro tip regarding cancelling ADRs: Instead of cancelling it outright, just modify it to another day or two in the future and if you're not going to use it, you can then cancel it when it's a full day out without being charged the cancellation fee.

Good video , We get the deluxe plan when we go we really enjoy dining there. but just one note you can pay the disney dinning plans with disney gift cards as well on there website. And one thing to cover when doing numbers to the dining plan covers tax in the price per day. I think 6.5% in orlando not sure.

You can buy the 5% off gift cards on target.com and it'll store all the numbers in a little portal. You can also pay your DVC dues with them. Thanks for the video!

Thanks so much for all your videos! My question is how do I find out which restaurants are signature vs table service. Or how can I find out what is covered on the meal plan on each restaurants menu? Thanks again! Disney should pay you!! 💜

For a family of 6, we found the quick service plan to be best for us. There's more than enough food to keep you going. We actually had snack credits left over, so we stocked up on snacks to divy out after we got home because no one wanted to leave.

We tend to snack for meals plus my daughter and I split QS meals and we eat breakfast in our room so it just doesn't make sense for us at this point in time.

I 100% agree with you on the flexibility. I too like to sometimes order an appetizer and side - I have food allergy issues - and the DDP just doesn't allow it. I'm also not a person for sodas or speciality drinks, I mostly drink water, so the refillable mug and drinks included are not an added value. I've priced it out several times and for me it just never works out to be a benefit cost wise. Not to mention that it would seem to force me to eat far more food to get my money's worth than I really want.

Done the plan at Florida and Paris found it was stress less when got there. Though when 1st used in Florida was unaware of how many had and lost out on a meal

The Disney Dining Plan is a must for my family. We have three teenagers that LOVE to eat and drink soda. My husband was previously “vocal” (understatement) scrutinizing their meal choice price and made them drink water. He was like a different person the first time we used the dining plan~ everyone ordered what they wanted and he was so much more pleasant. It also helps him to relax with a beer at the meal and to know that it is paid for 100% (other than TS tip) before we go helps tremendously with budgeting.

i do the math for the dining plan. it works for us big time. we love it. have to go to target for gift cards too

We have been talking about this lately for our upcoming trip. We’ve never done the dining plan. I’m a vegetarian too and quite often order multiple items from the appetizer menu. Wondering can you mix around the snacks/meals for the days? Or do you have to have certain amount of meals/snacks per day?

the deluxe one is the only one I found value in, and that's only because I ate at all table service no quick service. Ironically though it only was of value because my cast discount and my AP discount didn't apply to most of the restaurants I was eating at. Once you apply those discounts you end up paying more for the dining plan.

Hey Jenn! Happy Canadian Guy here "aka Darrell". My wife, also named Jen, agree about the lack of flexibility. Who knows when we will want to eat or where! P.s. I subscribed because I'm a guy and I like your " get to the point" videos.

Th here are two of us and we always discuss how o do this.. Neither of us desire dessert every night which is larger than the meal. We go to the parks often and always have this debate.. Thanks great jpb.

When I took my son last year I got the quick service dining plan. Because it was just the two of us and he was only 6 at the time, we didn't even come close to using all of the food credits. Our last day was at Animal Kingdom and it was a million degrees...on our way out I was pulling people aside and buying them food and drinks - people were looking at me like I was crazy and looking around for a hidden camera or something. It was pretty funny :) I think on the next trip we will skip the dining plan :) I think I would like the flexibility as well. Most of the time we were too hot to eat much.

Would love to know your thoughts on Garden Grill and if you think there is a best time of day to eat there. I know a ton of people choose to get breakfast reservations there on days they plan to be at Epcot so they get early access to the park.

Yes! The Moonlight magic food offerings are ehh. I mean, yay for free, but I am not a huge hot dog fan. They do also have ice cream, apple slices and cookies :)

It worked for us when we were a family of 4 when they first offered the free dining in 2005. We did quite a few character meals that I wouldn't had been wanting to pay for out of pocket, and we tallied up $650 in free food. Now when we go in Sept. of 2019, it will be me and my 2 kids, my son will be 21 and my daughter 17 and if free dining isn't offered, then we are paying out of pocket for our meals. I've gotten 2 different quotes when I have called in to inquiring about just the regular dining plans you mentioned, and one was almost $1,000 more and the other quote was almost $1700 more....not sure about their math, but we are definently NOT eating that much food. 6 nights and 7 days for our trip this time.

Those are all great tips! We as a family love the Disney dining plan, because I love that, for us, it feels so hassle free and we love that. I read the menus based on the food I want, instead of reading the prices first! 😝. But it's a good tip for vegetarians, thank you, I'll have to pass this along to my vegan brother in law when they go 👍👍

I am currently looking at the dining plan for my first time, last time having used a gift card(the three meals and a snack I had came to a little over $150 I think, three table service and a snack from a flower & garden kiosk), and the main thing that has me on the fence is the meals include desserts, something I am not fond of. However, I do enjoy sit down meals(and usually pricier items) as well as alcohol with meals. I do think, like many here, Disney should allow the option of an appetizer or dessert, though the deluxe for 2019 is appetizer, entree, and dessert, but that is too much food unless I am specifically doing a foodie trip. I would definitely use the mug, refilling it at least once a night(due to a preference of keeping something to drink close at hand). I do think you made many good points in this video.

My family loves the Deluxe Dining Plan. We typically travel with 3 adults and we prefer a sit-down (table service) breakfast, and a table service dinner. We typically don't eat lunch so we get to use our remaining credits to book the nice signature dining experiences. We're a family that likes to sit down and enjoy the all the unique dining experiences Disney has to offer so we make dining a highlight of our trip. It's all in what you enjoy

Great tips! The dining plan has never really appealed to me. Seems like a wash at best! I'm looking forward to the Epcot DVC event as well :)

I wanna do the dining plan when I take my 3 and 4 year old next year.. mostly for character meals but I’m a vegetarian as well and you put this in a different perspective for me because I order salads/appetizers a lot as well so now I’m lost😭

I go to Disney a couple times a year with different friends. One of my friends is great at paying things off and not so good at pre-saving money. When I go with him we always get the dining plan and I eat based on Disney's meal rules. I also go with family and one other friend whereas money is abundant and we don't like to follow meal purchasing rules. When I go with either of those groups the meal plan doesn't fit our personal style. Appetizers and a couple drinks at Jiko is my absolute favorite, there is no meal plan for this. In the end it's such a group to group personal choice. When I go with my first friend we always order the largest counter service breakfast and split it, and do the same for lunch. Happy vacationing to you and your son. Your videos are delightful to watch and informative xoxo

I stumbled upon your channel through Twitter. Congratz on 1K subs, I’m a baby channel (Disney content as well!) and to me you’re an inspiration of what someone can achieve. Here’s my sub ☺️

I am curious if the price you gave for the DDP is the DVC discounted rate or the regular fee? That would factor in as well. I've always used DDP but I am curious if it was really worth it for us.

Hey again, Jen. My wife has a question. If you are an annual pass holder how do fast passes work. For example can you get a fast pass everyday?

I did the basic math before our last trip and it wasn’t worth it for us, more food than we would eat in a normal park day. When we got it once as part of a free dining package we used it and it was fine but by the last day we had so many credits left over.

The last time I went and was on DDP I saved all my receipts from the meals I used DDP for, they will still show you the amounts on the receipt. I added up the price of all the meals & snacks (not tips), plus the cost of the refillable mugs and compared it to how much the DDP cost. It ended up we paid about $200 more for DDP vs. what out of pocket would have cost. And this was with HDD, buffets, etc.

We did DDP on our trip. I was raised to get the cheapest item on the menu and order water as my drink. I wanted to try lots of things are Disney without the engrained guilt. DDP made me feel my guilt feelings if I didn't order the nicest things... So it tricked my brain into indulging the way I wanted to on vacation. I know it's weird but it worked!

Did your prices include tips on both ways? Thank you

Interesting and informative video. I've been wondering about the dining plan as I've been doing research towards a future trip (not booking anything for a long time yet, but planning is part of the fun). I'd be a solo visitor and I don't think it would be for me. A big part of it is feeling restricted to certain types of food/restaurants. For instance, i'm not a fancy restaurant type of person, but I would want to have one maybe two table service meals. For the novelty & setting more than anything. Otherwise a more on the go counter service method of eating is much more for me. Also I don't want to go ahead with the counter service plan, and on top of that pay for two table service meals out of pocket. Doesn't seem logical to me. I'd rather, in the end, just have the freedom of choosing what I eat whenever I choose. :)

I agree that the dining plan doesn’t work for everyone. On my 7 night 8 day trip in mid-October it worked very well for me. I don’t have the discounts available like you have. For me the deluxe dining plan was perfect. Because I like dining at the signature restaurants for lunch or dinner. Plus the convince was worth it as well. I even used it for getting 2 appetizers one night. No priblem

All correct points. Especially the discount and flexibility. I understand how people want to pre pay. But you can still with gift cards Dining plan isn't designed to save you money nits designed to make Disney money.

We LOVE the dining plan...when it's free! First time we went (family of 4 w/2ad & 2 teens), we looked at the prices on the menu and thought, 'we'll NEVER be able to come again if we have to actually pay for food'! But daughter (16) and I went with/no DDP and I added it up when we got home from a 6 nt trip, we spent about $37 per person per day. We like one TS and one QS/day. We could usually split meals, or do one entree and one or two apps/sides and it was enough. I can't justify the expense of the DDP. We also had purchased the Tables in Wonderland card so got that discount as well. I'm not sure if our savings will make the expense of that worth it (have a 9 nt/3 person trip coming up).

We used a dining plan calculator and it came out pretty much even. BUT when I did our calculations for out of pocket I didn't include specialty drinks or alcohol or as many snacks. I think we'll actually get them if they are already paid for but not if we're paying out of pocket. I think the value is best because we have 2 kids under 10 (4 and 9). If we had 4 adults I'm not sure the value would be as good. I got discounted gift cards at Sams Club, online using ebates so I got that extra discount. I'm paying off my entire Disney trip, over time that way. It's worked great so far. I should end up saving $300!

When I was on the (free) dining plan, didn't like how many desserts were included.... desserts at every meal. So many times I wanted to order an appetizer instead of dessert, and the answer was "no". Plus most of the snacks at Disney are on the sweet side. I like dessert but everything in moderation!

We've done the math and the dining plan isn't cheaper for us. However, we are doing the dining plan on our next trip. We received free dining (and I know it's not really "free"), but the value was higher than the room discount, so it is the best discount for this trip.

Great video! I totally agree with you that you need to do your homework. :)

I think you replied to someone else already, but you didn’t factor in tax to your calculations. Once I did that, I realized that we did actually save money with the DDP. Not a ton, but a save is a save! :) I will say it was awesome not thinking about pricing (in fact we actually chose the most expensive options everywhere we went!), but it was just too much food. We had to trade in 2 CS meals for snacks at the end, which was disappointing. And by the last day, when we had breakfast buffet at Boma, we woke up still stuffed and bloated and didn’t enjoy ourselves as much as we would have if we weren’t eating so much the whole trip. I think DDP is a great option, but I can’t say I will do it again (though maybe the most basic option would fit us better!). Great video as usual! :)