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Title: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Anthony on May 07, 2012, 09:01:17 PM
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Disneyland Paris Meal Plans can be booked with Disney Hotel packages, giving you meal vouchers for Full Board or Half Board that can be redeemed at a wide selection of restaurants across the resort.

The Meal Plans come in tiered options ranging in price — Hotel, Standard, Plus and Premium — with more (and higher quality) restaurants included with each step up.

Find current prices, further details and a full Meal Plan restaurant listing here (http://www.dlpguide.com/planning/dining/meal-plans/).
Title: Standard full board
Post by: Theholdens on September 16, 2012, 10:26:58 PM
Hi
We are going to DLP for the first time with children ( ages 5,3 and 1) on the 26th October for 4 nights staying at the santa fe. We have paid for the full board standard and a bit confused about where to eat. I have found the list of what restaurants we can use but not sure which ones are best for lunch and dinner? Would appreciate any help!!!!

Thanks
Title: Re: Standard full board
Post by: SVioletS on September 17, 2012, 04:57:37 PM
Based on Plus full board, you should choose for the lowest value voucher (they indicate it as "lunch voucher", but you can use it whenever) a counter service restaurant (e.g. Toad Hall, Au Chalet de la Marionette, Fuente del Oro...) they have cheaper, fast food menus.
For highest value voucher ("dinner voucher", but, again, you can use this for lunch if you prefer) you may choose a buffet service restaurant or a table service restaurant.
In both cases if your bill exceeds the vouchers value you may pay the difference in euros.
Please note that you don't need to eat only the menus available for standard vouchers as most restaurants accept them for their face value (except for MacDonalds and a few others i don't recall right now!).
Also your little one (1 y old) won't receive any meal voucher, as they are only assigned to children over 3 years old. But there is plenty of food and more than enough to share with older children/parents.


I hope this was helpful!
Title: Voucher issues
Post by: tsaress on October 18, 2012, 12:55:36 PM
My Dad has recently booked Disney Holiday with meal vouchers as he lives in france he did this in a french travel agent.
All the details he got back are correct and he's showing as premiere.

Trouble is he's just got the vouchers and it says Buffet on them not premiere he's called disney but they did not understand him.
What are the vouchers meant to say on them.
Title: HB standard - best places to use?
Post by: sarahh83 on October 19, 2012, 05:01:44 PM
Hi we will be going to DLP 13-17th december and are going HB standard, my son is 2 when we get there but turns 3 on the 16th and we have booked cafe mickey charcter meal for lunch that day

any recomendations for the other restuarants we can use on our meal plan would be greatly appreciated:

Title: Re: HB standard - best places to use?
Post by: polar vixen on October 20, 2012, 08:41:12 PM
Plaza gardens, everytime.  Restaurant des stars is good, esp. if he like sRatatouille,  from my experience Billy bobs was very crowded - not great for a calm meal with a small child, and the dessert options there weren't as varied. The main thing is to book in advance, even on the day as you can stand around waiting for a long time otherwise.  
Enjoy yourselves!
Title: Re: HB standard - best places to use?
Post by: Little mermaid 240 on October 20, 2012, 10:28:24 PM
Hi
I would also say the plaza gardens and restaurant des stars we are quite fussy and there was something for everyone in both of these and chef Remy was very cute. :)
Title: Re: HB standard - best places to use?
Post by: sarahh83 on October 20, 2012, 10:51:47 PM
Thanks for that :) yeah he loves remi although I just think he's gonna be in amazement at everything! He keeps asking everyday if its time to go the Disney castle yet xx
Title: Re: HB standard - best places to use?
Post by: maleficent_mum on October 20, 2012, 11:16:54 PM
I preferred RDS to PG last visit, RDS just seemed to have the edge on the variety of food, although I absolutely love PG for ambience, RDS is more like a school canteen IMHO.  Both of these are buffets if I had 2 days vouchers I'd choose 1 of the buffets and Annette's is always on our list of must do's anyway.  :D
Title: Going tonight! Does anyone have any half board vouchers
Post by: nathandgina on November 26, 2012, 05:39:14 AM
Morning All,
I'm going tonight :D
Does anyone have any half board vouchers, which expire before their next visit?
Thanks,
Nathan :?:
Title: Mealplans yes or no?
Post by: Soap on December 10, 2012, 01:54:27 PM
I am not sure if the mealplans are a good option, does it really makes the difference in spending?
Never took it before, but now i am in doubt  :lol:

To be clear, what do you guys advice on it? Is it worth buying in advance?
Title: Re: Meaplans yes or no?
Post by: Rafael on December 10, 2012, 05:56:26 PM
I think it only helps you knowing how much you will spend in advance, but you don't save money with the plan.  If you want to control your budget before going, go for it.
Title: Re: Meaplans yes or no?
Post by: polar vixen on December 10, 2012, 07:54:34 PM
I think it helps in the sense that your food is all paid for in advance, BUT, you save UP TO 10% with the vouchers, we went for the standard ones, but if you go for the premium or plus ones and then choose to eat in a buffet style restaurant you actually end up losing money.  I think you're better off budgeting for food, you can see all the menus and prices on the dlrp website, so you can plan fairly well, and making reservations where you want to eat, but paying cash.  Remember the prices you are looking at on the menus are in euros, not punds, so comparing that with voucher value aswell, I think it's much better to pay when you get there.
Title: Re: Meaplans yes or no?
Post by: polar vixen on December 10, 2012, 07:56:27 PM
Another negative in my opinion was that when we checked in and got our vouchers we were told that if we lost them, there was absolutely no insurance/replacement.  I must of checked about 5 times a day to make sure I still had them, alternatively if you keep them in your room, and just take out the ones you need daily, but forget one day, you've no choice but to pay cash.
Title: Re: Mealplans yes or no?
Post by: Soap on December 11, 2012, 01:53:31 PM
No other experiences with the mealplans?  Or an opinion about them  :oops: ?
Title: Re: Mealplans yes or no?
Post by: never2old on December 11, 2012, 03:38:12 PM
We never take it because we have a shareholders club card, and the discounts are equivalent, plus we have more flexibility (we're not restricted to set menus in particular restaurants)

Depending on which vouchers you get and where you use them you can end up losing money yes (don't use a premium voucher to pay on a cheap buffet!). I think you should have a think about roughly where you want to eat and compare prices... I think they can help save money (and as a few people have said, it allows you to budget for your meals in advance)!
Title: Re: Mealplans yes or no?
Post by: Soap on December 12, 2012, 04:33:28 PM
Had to pull the trigger and decided not to include the mealplan on the booking.
After 2 years we are finally going to DLRP again  :thumbs:
Title: Re: Mealplans yes or no?
Post by: Rafael on December 12, 2012, 05:12:12 PM
I think it was a good decision.
Title: Meal Vouchers
Post by: ianthewight on January 22, 2013, 07:12:54 PM
Hi again,

Can anyone explain Half Board Meal Vouchers to me?
We've booked four nights (five days) and also the Half Board meal vouchers for all 4 nights.
We just went for the standard (basic) level.
Are my following assumptions correct:

1) Each member of the party gets 1 voucher per day (we are all over 3 years old).
2) Each voucher can be used to get either a set-course meal or al all you can eat meal (depending on the restaurant).
3) The set of restaurants on the basic plan are fairly limited (as shows in the brochure).
4) If we want to use the vouchers at any other restaurant we can do so happily, but they only entitle you to the face value of the voucher - not the full meal price.

My main question then is about the face value - is it literally the total amount you paid for the vouchers divided by the number of vouchers?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Meal Vouchers
Post by: Elaine on January 22, 2013, 07:38:20 PM
nearly all correct - but its not 1 voucher per day per person, its one voucher per night booked, so in your case its a total of 4 vouchers per person.
face value - adult vouchers have a different value to childrens vouchers, and the face value of them (in euros) is printed on the back of the vouchers. If you paid for your vouchers in euros, then yes, its exactly what you paid for them that is the face value.  If you have paid for your vouchers in pounds sterling, the value of the standard vouchers is around 25 euros for the adult voucher, and 11 euros for the child voucher. But again, when you get to your hotel and collect your half board vouchers, you'll see the face value of them (in euros) on the back of each voucher.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: Anthony on January 28, 2013, 06:23:55 PM
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Title: Re: Standard full board
Post by: julesk on January 31, 2013, 09:19:25 PM
Hi..  Has anyone used standard full board?   :?:  With the lunchtime counter service voucher, is there much in the way of choices for veggis and fussy children? Still cant decide between 'Standard' or 'Plus' full board. 'Plus' seems so expensive and not sure I want to spend so much time away from the magic let alone eat that much in one day. Thanks  ;)
Title: Are meal vouchers dated per day?
Post by: gemmasteele84 on March 10, 2013, 04:49:45 PM
We're going on half board plus dining plan. On our first day there we get in quite late so a quick bite will be fine, however on our last day we leave quite late so would like a nice meal. Basically I was wondering if I could use my voucher from day one on day 8?
Title: Can I upgrade from plus to premium?
Post by: gemmasteele84 on March 10, 2013, 07:30:38 PM
We booked plus dining package a while back, however after booking buffalo bill, princess meal and deciding on inventions too we've worked out its actually cheaper to upgrade to premium rather than pay the difference. Will I be allowed to do this?
Title: Re: Can I upgrade from plus to premium?
Post by: Little mermaid 240 on March 11, 2013, 08:38:55 AM
Yes, last June we changed from full board standard to half board plus we also booked a tea party at the cowboy cookout, they even gave us some money back but that was booked with a travel agents! But as you are adding in value to your booking there should be no problem :thumbs:
Title: Re: Are meal vouchers dated per day?
Post by: Little mermaid 240 on March 11, 2013, 08:46:41 AM
Hi
I don't think they are dated from what I remember, but we are there before you go away so I'll  you when we get back if no one else has an answer :D
Title: Re: Are meal vouchers dated per day?
Post by: gemmasteele84 on March 11, 2013, 09:17:51 AM
thanks love, bet you're excited :)
Title: Re: Can I upgrade from plus to premium?
Post by: julesk on March 11, 2013, 11:37:00 AM
Yes you can, we have just changed ours and DLRP where more than happy to do it there and then. Just call them direct, it will only take a few minutes.
Title: Re: Are meal vouchers dated per day?
Post by: julesk on March 11, 2013, 11:43:22 AM
We have had vouchers on last two trips and they where not dated. You get adult and children ones, all they look for when you hand them over is that you are using the correct tickets, ie: 2 adults/1 child. Disney are really relaxed otherwise, just make sure you book in advance as places can get really busy at certain times. Have a great trip.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: AnnieMouse on March 29, 2013, 09:06:20 AM
Can standard vouchers be used at any restaurant?  Specifically, I'd like to eat at the Blue Lagoon and maybe Cinderella's.  Would I receive the face value of the vouchers and then pay for the additional amount?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: gemmasteele84 on March 29, 2013, 12:05:32 PM
They're not taken everywhere, only where vouchers are taken. Rainforest cafe doesn't take them for example. But yes you can use them for face value at blue lagoon and cindrellas :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: stevenlatham01 on March 31, 2013, 12:20:23 PM
We have booked with an online travel agent to go in July at Cheyenne. They was no option for any food vouchers.

Firstly how do I get premier vouchers? Want to use them at Inventions.

Secondly we are staying for 4 nights but really only need to have 2 nights with vouchers. Can this be done?

Thanks
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: gemmasteele84 on March 31, 2013, 12:44:14 PM
You can ring disney I think and add them on, or your travel agent. But you have to have them for every night of your stay sorry
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: stevenlatham01 on March 31, 2013, 04:43:57 PM
Thanks for the info. Can you not buy them on checkin?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: sianey on April 10, 2013, 09:52:22 PM
we decided to last visit to book half bored, best dision we eve did, we didnthave to really thing of food cost, all that, then this year when we book we foun out u can do full bored even better, would recomend with everone to food bored, u dont have to do the explive one we just to standed, this year we had to pay for are oldist for food, but would change it, roll on 5 weeks time
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tubbsy on May 12, 2013, 09:53:25 AM
We have laf board premium at the moment, but I am considering upgrading to full board.... I have been trying to work our how much extra this is going to be, but I think I will just have to wait for the phone lines to open and ring them!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tubbsy on May 12, 2013, 02:21:48 PM
Just rang and got a a price for upgrading from half board (not laf board!  :roll: ) and its an extra £444 for the week! Seeing as we would only want something to keep us going between breakfast and our three course evening meal, I dont think we will be doing it. We never eat more than one large meal a day at home so we won't do on holiday.

Although I must say there are so many restaurants we want to try, we are going to struggle with only 6 vouchers!  :lol:
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: gemmasteele84 on May 12, 2013, 05:38:01 PM
Suppose it depends how much you eat. We could never justify going full board. My kids (and husband) eat like theres no tomorrow but between breakfast, couple of rolls (made at breakfast) and then dinner we never went hungry. I think another full meal at lunch would have just been too much.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: carrydee38 on May 12, 2013, 06:01:20 PM
we have just booked and got the free vouchers can I say happy days as Disney is working out more expensive this year?? But one question as this will be last trip for a very long time we are making it a very special trip hence upgrade hotel to new York so got standard plus vouchers so how much would I have to add to eat at the inventions buffet ?  if anyone has an idea that would be great ....
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: abismummy on May 12, 2013, 08:12:34 PM
Billy Bobs has been recommended to us and I thought it was standard meal plan. When I went to the page on her it says premium or plus. Does anyone know what it is please?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: gemmasteele84 on May 12, 2013, 09:21:11 PM
carrydee - we had plus vouchers and it was 35 extra per adult and 20 extra per child when we went.

abismummy - i looked in the disney brochure and it says its standard :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: julesk on May 13, 2013, 11:30:23 AM
Quote from: "abismummy"Billy Bobs has been recommended to us and I thought it was standard meal plan. When I went to the page on her it says premium or plus. Does anyone know what it is please?

I agree, we did Billy Bobs last year twice and it was Standard. Its lovely in there, great all round range from vegi to childrens. We liked it so much we changed our bookings and went back the following day.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tubbsy on May 13, 2013, 02:24:07 PM
genmasteel-we wouldnt have eaten enough to justify the large lunch as well as evening meal, but I can understand people who could! :D
Carrydee! Lucky thing! That is a great saving ...until you upgrade on other things :D

@abismum
http://www.disneylandparis.com/BROCHURE ... li.htm#/55 (http://www.disneylandparis.com/BROCHURE/SUMMER13/E/catalogue/appli.htm#/55%22%20target=%22_blank%22%20rel=%22nofollow)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tubbsy on May 13, 2013, 02:27:12 PM
I cant even see Billy Bobs listed  ... or am I going cross eyed?
EDIT-Yes I am going cross eyed!  :lol:
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: julesk on May 13, 2013, 08:31:24 PM
Quote from: "tubbsy"Just rang and got a a price for upgrading from half board (not laf board!  :roll: ) and its an extra £444 for the week! Seeing as we would only want something to keep us going between breakfast and our three course evening meal, I dont think we will be doing it. We never eat more than one large meal a day at home so we won't do on holiday.

Although I must say there are so many restaurants we want to try, we are going to struggle with only 6 vouchers!  :lol:

If you do go full board, take into account any meals your lose if you do go off site for the day. We where going to go full board but would end up wasting money. So we dicided on half board premium instead and booked Buffallo Bills, Inventions x 2 and Princess Meal x 2. Very excited  :D/
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tubbsy on May 14, 2013, 05:31:12 PM
Hubby doesnt like Buffalo Bills (Strange man!) so we've had to forego that this time :(
But Inventions, Walts (LOVE the food there) the Steakhouse and Cafe Mickey are on our list so far ...
I would love to do Annettes but my son has ASD and had a HUGE panic attack in our local American Diner because of the statues looking at him ... so don't think it will be a goer :(
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: kmshep01 on May 29, 2013, 07:51:01 PM
Hi - this is my 1st post here but was wondering if someone could help me.

I will be visiting DLP in Jan 2014 staying at the Davy Crockett ranch. When I book online it only gives me the option of adding the standard meal plan but we want to upgrade to premium. Is this possible.

Thanks for the help.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tinkerbell17 on June 01, 2013, 11:22:20 PM
Hi all me and my bf and my niece are going to dlrp in nov for christmas season and have half board plus meal plan and were wondering if you can use them in all the restaurant in the plus and standard section in the brochure does anyone know thanks. :mickey2:  :minnie:  :bambi:
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: EmilieK on June 02, 2013, 08:26:40 PM
Quote from: "kmshep01"Hi - this is my 1st post here but was wondering if someone could help me.

I will be visiting DLP in Jan 2014 staying at the Davy Crockett ranch. When I book online it only gives me the option of adding the standard meal plan but we want to upgrade to premium. Is this possible.

Thanks for the help.

Yes you can book premium meal plan while staying at any disney hotel but as far as I know you have to book by phone.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: EmilieK on June 02, 2013, 08:32:29 PM
Quote from: "tinkerbell17"Hi all me and my bf and my niece are going to dlrp in nov for christmas season and have half board plus meal plan and were wondering if you can use them in all the restaurant in the plus and standard section in the brochure does anyone know thanks. :mickey2:  :minnie:  :bambi:

Yes, the plus vouchers are valid in all the restaurants you mentioned but also valid for its monitery value in all the restaurants mentioned in the brochure. This means that if the value of the voucher is 30€ you can book a table in any restaurant on the list and order food for 30€ and pay with that, or order food for for instance 42€ and use the voucher and only pay the 12€  remaining.
Hope this made any sence
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: gemmasteele84 on June 02, 2013, 10:29:07 PM
Ask before doing this though as we tried to do that once and the staff didnt have a clue so we just ordered form the menu. The problem seemed to be that the value isnt actually printed on the voucher, so they didnt know what to charge iykwim.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: kmshep01 on June 05, 2013, 08:51:37 PM
Quote from: "EmilieK"
Quote from: "kmshep01"Hi - this is my 1st post here but was wondering if someone could help me.

I will be visiting DLP in Jan 2014 staying at the Davy Crockett ranch. When I book online it only gives me the option of adding the standard meal plan but we want to upgrade to premium. Is this possible.

Thanks for the help.

Yes you can book premium meal plan while staying at any disney hotel but as far as I know you have to book by phone.

Thank you so much.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: Simon271 on July 14, 2013, 05:17:31 PM
Hi All,

First post here but been a keen "lurker" for some time.

We're off to DLRP for our 4th or 5th visit in a few weeks. As part of our deal we got free Half Board Plus Meal Vouchers. Although we've been to Disney a few times this is the first time we've had meal vouchers.

We've got a reservation at Walt's and will also probably eat at places like Blue Lagoon. If we don't fancy the Half Board set menu in any of the restaurants (for example the Menu Carte at Walt's) are we free to choose anything we want from the entire menu and pay the difference between the value of the meal vouchers and the price of what we've actually ordered? Would the value of the vouchers be grouped together as a whole? For example if our entire food bill was 100€ (wishful thinking!) and the total value of our vouchers was 80€ would we just pay the 20€ difference?

Our daughter is just about still in the age bracket for child's meal so has a child's meal voucher. She'll more than likely want to eat from the adult menu though - would this be a problem? Can her voucher still be used against the balance?

If all this is the case does anybody have a rough idea as to the cash value of the vouchers - given that the were "free" (I know nothing is free and the cost will have been absorbed somewhere else in the price - old cynic that I am!)

Thanks for any help.

Simon
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tubbsy on July 28, 2013, 08:14:07 PM
Sorry Simon! I've only just seen this!
I have done some research myself the same question and got the answer off another fab forum and DLRP magic.
Value of vouchers -
Not completely sure, but this may give you an idea.
http://www.dlrpmagic.com/planning/dining/meal-plans/ (http://www.dlrpmagic.com/planning/dining/meal-plans/%22%20target=%22_blank%22%20rel=%22nofollow)
And yes, you can hand the vouchers (they may ask for coupons) and say you will be ordering off other parts of the menu-including your daughter eating adult and you will pay the difference.
Hope that helps :)

Sam
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tubbsy on July 28, 2013, 08:15:08 PM
Dont forget to browse the menus to get an idea on DLRPMagic- off to get DS to have a look! :D (I should get Tinkerbell Stars for the amount of times I point forum members and friends in the direction of DLRPMagic!)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: antonh on July 29, 2013, 06:19:36 PM
Wow they do make it complicated...  :?

We're planning our first trip to DLP, a 4 night stay at the DLH in the Christmas period this year  :D , and thinking of getting half-board premium meal plan, mainly so we can do Auberge du Cendrillon and sunday brunch at Inventions, so that's 2 of our 4 sets of vouchers.

That leaves 2 remaining nights worth of vouchers, there are 4 of us (2 adults, 2 kids) so I assume that means 4 adult vouchers and 4 child vouchers remaining. Have I got that right?

Anyway the thing is, we won't want fancy 3 course meals every day, and our 6 and 3 year old generally have to be kept topped up with snacks throughout the day so they don't always have massive appetites at meal times. So can we use our remaining at face value in lower rated restaurants (standard / plus) across more than 2 other meals? Let's say the four of us just grab some food at a counter service place and it comes to 60 Euros, can I use one of the adult vouchers (face value = 51 Euros?) to pay in part and the rest in cash? Has anyone tried this? If so, it makes sense to get the meal plan, otherwise I don't think it's worth it for us.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tubbsy on July 29, 2013, 10:31:16 PM
I am afraid that its one voucher, one meal.
So you cant separate the vouchers as you have suggested.

What might be worth you looking at doing is doing Half Board  Plus or half Board. When doing Auberge De Cendrillon pay the difference. Then it is worth having the vouchers to use at Annettes, Plaza Gardens, Agrabah Cafe etc. Again, take a look at the DLRPMagic link to get the best idea for what you can get for your vouchers.
http://www.dlrpmagic.com/planning/dining/meal-plans/ (http://www.dlrpmagic.com/planning/dining/meal-plans/%22%20target=%22_blank%22%20rel=%22nofollow)
Does that make sense?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: antonh on July 29, 2013, 11:59:37 PM
Thanks Tubbsy, yes I think that makes sense. So if we have a night's worth of vouchers (2 adult vouchers + 2 kid vouchers), then all 4 have to be used at the same time even if using their cash value, we can't just use 1 or 2 vouchers at a time - is that right?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tubbsy on July 30, 2013, 08:03:04 AM
To be honest, I have two kids who can eat their weight in food, so for me I have never thought about it. Another forum member may know different, but as far as I am aware, this is right.
In an ideal world, we should be able to hand over only the value of what vouchers you have spent.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: missoverexcited on August 02, 2013, 12:01:56 PM
Hi from a confused newbie!

Can I clarify, if I pay for the standard plan, and eat in a standard restaurant, does the voucher automatically cover the meal or do I need to look at the value of the voucher too? Like if I order the most expensive thing on the menu, will my voucher not be enough even though its a standard restaurant?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: Kristof on August 02, 2013, 02:15:33 PM
You will get a special Half Board menu from which you have to choose your courses from. The menu will mention what's included in the voucher and what is extra. :-)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: missoverexcited on August 02, 2013, 05:21:40 PM
Thank you!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: Ravenseye on August 04, 2013, 09:42:39 PM
Recently my mum in law to be said; 'Oh are you going half board at Disneyland Paris?'
Me; 'No'
'You'll find it very, very expensive then as (3 relatives) have just returned and said a bottle of water is £3!

I smiled as we Disney fans know you should take a bottle and fill up at the fountains, but I have done some research and costed most meals.
I guess some people just go in 'blind' without knowing what's ahead.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: michellep on August 16, 2013, 07:48:44 PM
Hi - This has probably been asked a million times but if you get meal "plus" tickets and go to a "standard" restaurant, does the ticket price pay just for the food (so you make a loss) or the food plus alcohol - we want to have a couple of drinks with most meals so just wondering if they separate the food and alcohol on the bill or do you just get say €33 per person off the total cost of the bill, regardless of where you eat? Thanks
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tubbsy on August 17, 2013, 08:05:56 PM
Alcohol is not included in the meal plans. If you order any alcohol, you will have to pay. You can add extra to your choice of food. (my son had an adult starter and we had a second round of drinks and had nothing to pay). Does that make sense?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tubbsy on August 17, 2013, 08:10:40 PM
We have just returned from DLP.
We ate in Cafe Mickey one night with Premium vouchers, ordering extra drinks and a birthday cake-We still had money left on our voucher!
So were offered - one voucher back and we pay the difference of the meal. (It was only 15 euros)
OR surrender the remaining value of our voucher.

Hope that helps anyone who may be wondering about loss on vouchers.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: hawian rollercoaster on August 28, 2013, 11:26:19 PM
Are the vouchers dated.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and informa
Post by: tubbsy on September 01, 2013, 09:38:10 AM
Not for individual days-just for the length of your stay. So lets say you are there 2nd-5th September, then the vouchers are dated 2nd - 5th September.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: polar vixen on September 04, 2013, 12:02:32 AM
I've noticed cowboy cookout is listed as one of the restaurants you can use half board standard meal vouchers at, however the prices of their meals are way below the face value price of the meal vouchers.  How does this work?  Are you still using one voucher per meal and losing  approx. 50% of it's value, or do you use them at face value to cover the cost of your meal, and if so, can you do this ither places like Hakuna Matata?  Please answer soon - we go next tues! 
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: hawian rollercoaster on November 02, 2013, 09:18:42 PM
Can you order non alcholic cocktails to make up the value of premium plus vouchers .
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: hawian rollercoaster on November 16, 2013, 05:52:39 PM
Has anyone done this .
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: cyrilthemilkman on November 18, 2013, 10:51:01 PM
Quote from: polar vixen on September 04, 2013, 12:02:32 AM
I've noticed cowboy cookout is listed as one of the restaurants you can use half board standard meal vouchers at, however the prices of their meals are way below the face value price of the meal vouchers.  How does this work?  Are you still using one voucher per meal and losing  approx. 50% of it's value, or do you use them at face value to cover the cost of your meal, and if so, can you do this ither places like Hakuna Matata?  Please answer soon - we go next tues!


Hello did you get any answer to this?   This would be quite useful to know as we have an 18 month old who has no provision for vouchers.  So if you use the vouchers at face value and these happen to be more than the cost of the meal, can we use any left over difference to order him something from the menu? i.e. my meal voucher is 20E but the meal only comes to 15E can i use the left over 5E to order him something?


Thanks for your help
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: polar vixen on November 19, 2013, 09:42:24 AM
We never got an answer, we ate once at cowboy cookout but just shared meals as portions were good, we found it much easier having an early tea t the buffet restaurants, so that anything else was just a snack, not a meal in itself.  we ate once at silver spur which was really nice buit had to pay for our sons meal there.  I'd recommend going with safety and using your vouchers to pay for meals in full :-\
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: cyrilthemilkman on November 19, 2013, 01:06:23 PM
Thanks for this... At least the portions are substantial then (being American I guess that makes sense) my 18 month old will have days where he won't eat anything and days when he wont stop eating.... so I may end up giving him my dinner then!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: polar vixen on November 19, 2013, 07:45:17 PM
just to be clear, if you go to a buffet, he'll eat for free, and the buffets are yummy!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: cyrilthemilkman on November 20, 2013, 05:49:08 PM
I've had a look at the Cafe Agrabah one and that does look good, my older kids love olives, so the big bowl I saw will probably be empty.


Am staying at Davy Crockett, so one night will try the Buffet there, but maybe after I've had a swim in that awesome looking pool.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: polar vixen on November 20, 2013, 06:41:45 PM
We LOVE the Davy Crockett ranch, you'll have a fab time, the buffet's none-too bad either, even better after swimming as the restaurant has widnows overlooking the pool, so unless you've already been swimming it makes you desperate to go.  May I also recommend the plaza gardens buffet - food is great and the ambience is lovely, just try to eat at quieter times, around between 3 and 5 otherwise it's heaving!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: cyrilthemilkman on November 21, 2013, 01:41:17 PM
Cheers for the advice, I'm trying to have a vague plan of what to do, and with three young boys who are almost always hungry, if i ate the amount they did I'd be enormous yet they don't have an inch of fat on them, food planning is quite high on the list of priorities!!

Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: polar vixen on November 21, 2013, 05:49:13 PM
Since you're staying Davy crockett, main advice is take things like crisps, snacks (things that travel well) dilute juice etc with you and some bottles, youcan save a fortune on drinks!  Also We go and buy a baguette from the shop for a whole 2 euros!  And make sandwhiches for the family, they sell ham and cheese etc, and whilst not terribly cheap, much cheaper than buying proper lunches, and easily as nice!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: cyrilthemilkman on November 21, 2013, 06:39:28 PM
Yeah was thinking as much myself, especially for breakfasts, we have full board to cover meals, but are going to need snacks for them.  Out of interest do you know what times the crockett tavern opens?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: polar vixen on November 22, 2013, 12:35:16 AM
I don't know , sorry I know the restaurant opens at 6, Crisps are handy, but I wouldn't worry too much, if you're full board, I think you'll find yourselves fairly full.  The Food is gorgeous, ENJOY!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: freckleston on December 02, 2013, 02:41:42 PM
Hi I have a HB meal plan and trying to choose where to eat on Sat 21/Sun 22 Dec.  It seems that there is a lot of info on here with regard to menus etc but am unable to access it as every time I click on any link it says 'Problem loading page'.  Is there a way for me to check the menus before we go.  I especially would like to see what is available at some of the buffets. 
Sorry I suppose this is more of a technical glitch my end but dont understand why I cant view all of your probably useful menus/photos etc. 
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: freckleston on December 02, 2013, 02:54:57 PM
Quote from: freckleston on December 02, 2013, 02:41:42 PM
Hi I have a HB meal plan and trying to choose where to eat on Sat 21/Sun 22 Dec.  It seems that there is a lot of info on here with regard to menus etc but am unable to access it as every time I click on any link it says 'Problem loading page'.  Is there a way for me to check the menus before we go.  I especially would like to see what is available at some of the buffets. 
Sorry I suppose this is more of a technical glitch my end but dont understand why I cant view all of your probably useful menus/photos etc.

Ahhh i have done some more looking & realise its not just me... they are 'dead links' or something.. However, I have now found all the menus on the main part of website but they dont give any indication of buffet food..  can anyone point me in direction of the specific food likely to be found at buffets. ?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: tubbsy on December 24, 2013, 11:27:09 PM
Sorry freckleston-wish I had seen your post but not been on for a while. Hope you had a great time.

We are trying to decide between WDW or DLP (with a year of lots of extra treats!)
So doing some research and I have come across tea time treats listed in the HB premium listings. very intrigued. But cant find any info on it just yet.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: mandy on January 13, 2014, 12:47:15 PM
Can anyone tell me what buzz lightyear pizza planet is like please??? :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DLRP Roundup! on January 13, 2014, 01:28:26 PM
Quote from: mandy on January 13, 2014, 12:47:15 PM
Can anyone tell me what buzz lightyear pizza planet is like please??? :)

Pasta and four different pizzas, free refill drinks. For kids a fantastic place, for adults, not so much.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: mandy on January 13, 2014, 03:17:09 PM
Thankyou,you are a wealth of  knowledge ;D
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DLRP Roundup! on January 13, 2014, 06:14:47 PM
Quote from: mandy on January 13, 2014, 03:17:09 PM
Thankyou,you are a wealth of  knowledge ;D

Thanks :) hopefully I'll have it up on site within a few days :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: polar vixen on January 14, 2014, 12:16:18 AM
Is It open again then?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Thescrummymummy on January 22, 2014, 09:59:03 PM
I ant to go full board plus, can you only use your lunch voucher for the buffets or can you use it for counter service too?
One day we want to have lunch with the princesses so will use our  2nd voucher towards this and then wondered for tea that day would we only be able to eat at the two buffet restaurants?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: orangarnold on April 12, 2014, 07:05:24 PM
Hi


Here is all the info for the new dining plans https://media.disneywebcontent.com/StaticFiles/DTA-UK/Pdf/DLPDiningPlans.pdf
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stecal on April 12, 2014, 08:18:29 PM
Quote from: orangarnold on April 12, 2014, 07:05:24 PM
Hi


Here is all the info for the new dining plans https://media.disneywebcontent.com/StaticFiles/DTA-UK/Pdf/DLPDiningPlans.pdf (https://media.disneywebcontent.com/StaticFiles/DTA-UK/Pdf/DLPDiningPlans.pdf)

thanks for the link
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Its Just Like I DreamedIt on May 22, 2014, 04:40:39 AM
Last year I just used the voucher for the value (think it was €32) and never used a set menu. Can I still do this with the new plans? Plus what is this snack and drink thing?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: orangarnold on May 28, 2014, 01:19:47 AM
Quote from: Its Just Like I DreamedIt on May 22, 2014, 04:40:39 AM
Last year I just used the voucher for the value (think it was €32) and never used a set menu. Can I still do this with the new plans? Plus what is this snack and drink thing?


Yes you can, its in the very small print on this
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Soap on July 23, 2014, 01:21:37 PM
Anybody some experience with the new hotel mealplans? Any good?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Soap on July 30, 2014, 03:26:17 PM
Quote from: Soap on July 23, 2014, 01:21:37 PM
Anybody some experience with the new hotel mealplans? Any good?

Nobody on the forum using these options?
I am looking at the sunday arrival package with free lucnh and dinner.
Does it mean only at you booked hotel or at the same or lower ranked hotels for example?
That's not clear from what i can see online.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DisneyRon on July 30, 2014, 05:18:03 PM
No experience with the new Hotel plans, but according to the brochure, they also cover quick-service restaurants in the parks, and one would assume, the restaurants of the same tier or lower hotels. :)

The Disneyland Hotel version even is specifically mentioned as also covering the buffet restaurants in the park.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on September 25, 2014, 02:16:44 PM
Can full board plus vouchers be used in counter service restaurants at cash value? If so, is there an issue buying for two people?

Reason I ask is I'm going in a party of five, three in one room and two in the other. We've already booked full board for the two and half board for the three.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DisneyRon on September 25, 2014, 05:32:05 PM
Quote from: stifle on September 25, 2014, 02:16:44 PM
Can full board plus vouchers be used in counter service restaurants at cash value? If so, is there an issue buying for two people?

Reason I ask is I'm going in a party of five, three in one room and two in the other. We've already booked full board for the two and half board for the three.

Well you can certainly use them, I've done it with a Full Board Premium Voucher, though I did encounter some resistance (trying to pay for a €20 meal with a €50 voucher was a bit overkill in the mind of the CM on duty), so I suppose you'll probably get away with just making a big order, paying for it with your voucher and sharing it between 2 people, the face value is more than high enough.

The CM did suggest buying more things to not make the loss as big.
I didn't do that btw, as I was travelling by myself, and I was under a bit of time pressure which is why I chose a Counter Service restaurant to begin with.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: samitambling on November 09, 2014, 09:32:43 PM
was wondering if anyone knows the face value of the meal plan vouchers, i guess the half board  plus are the value what you pay for them (£27 per adult and £12 per child) but what about the full board do you half what you have paid per person as 2 meals (£48 per adult = £24 per meal )???????? help really confused on if worth going full board or premium etc
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on November 12, 2014, 06:25:42 PM
The face value of both meal vouchers in the adult Plus meal plan is €33. In general, for the Standard, Plus, and Premium plans, the face value of each voucher is the same as the cost in euro of the half board plan per day. A CM will look up the value for you if needs be.

Not sure about the Hotel plan vouchers.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — What are the cash values of vouchers?
Post by: stifle on November 17, 2014, 07:16:51 PM
To answer my own and other frequent questions I have troubled a very patient phone agent for the euro values of meal plan vouchers. They are as follows (Adult/child):

Hotel: half board has no cash value. Must be used in your hotel's buffet restaurant (Crockett's Tavern/La Cantina/Chuck Wagon/Hunter's Grill/Cape Cod/Park Side Diner/Inventions). For full board the lunch voucher is worth €12/€6 and is valid for at least one set menu at every counter service restaurant. The exception is if you are staying at the Disneyland Hotel where it's worth €23/€14 and is valid for any all you can eat buffet.

Standard: €26/€13 (or any all you can eat buffet except Cape Cod, Park Side Diner or Inventions; includes a non-alcoholic beverage)
Plus: €33/€15 (or a set menu at any table service location including Café Mickey but excluding Auberge de Cendrillon or California Grill; includes a non-alcoholic beverage)
Premium: €57/€29 (set menu at California Grill, Auberge de Cendrillon and Bistrot Chez Remy; 2nd category ticket at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; order more or less whatever you like anywhere else. And yes this one includes a non-alcoholic beverage too)

Note that if you buy full board (or get free half board via an offer and pay to upgrade to full board) your two daily vouchers are worth the same (except for Hotel meal plans).
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: rocker on November 18, 2014, 11:51:04 PM
Anyone tried to sqeezing three dinners out of two sets of meal plan vouchers (1 adult & 1 child)

Going to DLP with my Mum & 3yo daughter. 

Q1. Assuming that all vouchers are valid for my entire stay, do the cashiers care what vouchers I hand over to pay? - i.e. Would they be happy with me handing over for example 1 adult & 2 child vouchers if this was the closest to the value of the meal even though it is in fact 2 adults & 1 child sitting down to eat?

Quite like the buffets so for our 4 day stay, we might just do the buffet twice 2 adults + 1 child...BUT this would leave us with 2 spare kids meal plan vouchers. 

Q2. Could we just use these two left over kids meal vouchers against the value of another meal?  Would we be allowed to use these leftover vouchers at another buffet, or can the cash value only be taken off sit down/a la carte?

Q3. For the buffet meal, is it strictly 1 voucher = 1 meal?  The reason I ask is because if not, then I might upgrade to a plus meal plan then the few extra euros beyond the cost of the buffet could then be used against the cost of a 3rd meal for my 3you daughter??

Q4. I'm heading over in early February...a pretty quiet time of year I would have thought, with this in mind, it is essential I must make reservations?...I really hate having to keep to a schedule & would much rather dine depending on where we happen to be at the time & how hungry we are.  I would have thought that in Feb, if I tried to sit down by 5.30 then I should just be able to walk up & dine.  Am I being naïve & hopelessly optimistic making this assumption.  If I want to do it this way is anyone aware of any particularly busy, or quiet eating venues that I should bear in mind.

Q5. Finally...Are the standard meal plan venues significantly busier than the plus meal plan venues?  If the plus venues are a lot quieter then it might be worth, paying for a plus upgrade just so I've got a wider choice & the venues might be quiet enough for me to walk up & dine.

Make sense - I hope so.  All advice appreciated.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on November 19, 2014, 07:04:24 PM
1. Officially you're meant to use the "right" vouchers for whoever is eating. However, if using a counter service location you are likely to have more latitude (as the CM on the register has no real way of knowing how many people you're actually buying for). The vouchers aren't dated specifically (they have your arrival and departure dates) so there is no issue using multiple days' vouchers in one go.

2. You can use them wherever vouchers are accepted although bear in mind a standard kids voucher is only worth €13.

3. I haven't tried this but it is probably not great value for money. The all you can eat buffets with a drink normally cost around €29. Upgrading from Standard to Plus is €7 per adult per night but you would only be left with €4 after your adult voucher to put towards the child meal. This is because the vouchers are worth more than their face values when used for their intended purposes - I think some of the Plus set menus are €43 when you pay cash, for example.

4. You have more to worry about from seasonal closures than restaurants being booked out. Having said that, I tried to book a table for 5 at Walt's on a Friday for the Saturday and there was no availability at all... so if you absolutely MUST eat at a certain restaurant, then book it!

5. I haven't ever found it to be that way. Also, the buffets (Standard) will tend to have their tables occupied for less time because you don't have any wait time.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Susiesuedisney on December 02, 2014, 01:08:27 AM
Why doe it sound so complicated??? Lol

We are going next July, there will be 6 of us, 4 adults and 2 children

Can we.....
Use 2 vouchers for lunch say get a take out pizza or something and then use the 4 remaining vouchers for the evening meal even though there will be 6 of us but we will be trying to use mainly buffet places due to fussy children and teenagers

Help...

Thank you
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on December 03, 2014, 09:32:46 PM
Yes the vouchers are separate and are equally valid at lunch and dinner, unless you have the Hotel meal plan.

If you are using buffet places then it doesn't make sense to do this however. Everybody who sits for the meal needs to pay and it will be better value to use all 6 vouchers for buffet and pay cash for the pizzas.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: samitambling on December 31, 2014, 09:23:39 PM
does anyone know about using your meal plan vouchers towards buffalo bills/princess lunch i have gone plus full board just trying to work out if worth going to premium to do the character/show meals and what the top up would be tia x x
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DisneyRon on December 31, 2014, 09:48:46 PM
Quote from: samitambling on December 31, 2014, 09:23:39 PM
does anyone know about using your meal plan vouchers towards buffalo bills/princess lunch i have gone plus full board just trying to work out if worth going to premium to do the character/show meals and what the top up would be tia x x

As far as I'm aware both should be possible, as you can always use vouchers as partial payment against their face value for Disney owned and operated restaurants. :) As for the price difference, not entirely sure what the face value of the full board plus vouchers even is. :-[
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on January 03, 2015, 11:22:42 PM
Here's the facts and figures!

The value of a Plus voucher is €33 adult €15 child. Auberge de Cendrillon runs to €65.99 adult and €36.00 child so there's a fair amount of money needing to be added, €33 per adult and €21 per child. Buffalo Bill is €59.90 adult and €46.90 child (assuming category 2 seats), so there the top up is €27 per adult and €32 per child.

If you currently have Plus full board and want to change over to Premium full board that will cost €40 per adult per night and €21 per child per night. Obviously this needs to be done before you arrive.

I don't know if I could physically eat and enjoy premium full board for more than a day or two though...
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DisneyRon on January 04, 2015, 09:52:05 AM
Quote from: stifle on January 03, 2015, 11:22:42 PM
I don't know if I could physically eat and enjoy premium full board for more than a day or two though...

It's quite doable. ;) However to do so and still come out ahead cost-wise is a good deal harder, and if you're with a group eating at a table restaurant for Lunch does take a fair bit of time.

When I was in DLP last September I had full board Premium, as I was by myself a full sit down meal didn't take that long, so it was fine. A nice break from walking around the park the whole day. ;D
However on the cost front, it is hard to come out ahead, unless you're eating at the top restaurants for both lunch and dinner it is unlikely that you'll be saving money.

I managed reasonably well I think, eating at Inventions twice (both for dinner), the California Grill twice and doing Buffalo Bill's show, visit L'Auberge de Cendrillon and Walt's for lunch, the only "under valued" meal I did was one lunch at Hakuna Matata. So I probably came out ahead over all, but that wasn't my goal, I mainly wanted to treat the food as a sunk cost, paying for it beforehand so I wouldn't have to worry about spending money as much. :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: caffeine_demon on January 08, 2015, 09:41:21 AM
A couple of quick questions.

1 - I see that the "hotel only" full board option gives you a voucher for a counter service lunch - is there any way to get counter service lunch on other full board plans?  I wouldn't really want 2 ayce buffets in a day!

2 - Is there any way to get the meal plan to cover day of arrival and day of departure?

Ta!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DisneyRon on January 08, 2015, 01:09:31 PM
1) Your non-hotel-plan vouchers are valid in all counter service restaurants (providing they are owned and operated by Disney), so the main difference with your Hotel plan Counter Service vouchers is that you have more options with the other vouchers, it's not as if they're not valid at counter service restaurants when you can use them for sit down meals. :)

They're simply used against their face value, rather than being used for a set number of courses.
For Full Board Standard and Plus the over-value isn't enormous, for Premium you might encounter some resistance when trying to use them at a Counter Service restaurant, as they're usually worth more than twice the cost of a meal.

2) You get a full set of vouchers for every night of your stay, so for full board that means 2 vouchers per person per night. The vouchers are not dated as such, they have a range of valid dates. I don't believe you can add an extra day onto a plan, as it's linked directly to the number of nights of your stay.

Usually I arrive relatively late, so I only use 1 voucher on the day I arrive (for dinner) which leaves me with a spare for lunch on my departure day, as the vouchers are valid across your entire stay.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Coldupnorth on January 08, 2015, 09:44:05 PM
What is the value of the premium vouchers?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DisneyRon on January 08, 2015, 09:48:34 PM
Quote from: Coldupnorth on January 08, 2015, 09:44:05 PM
What is the value of the premium vouchers?

€49,50 for an adult.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on January 09, 2015, 02:07:37 PM
Quote from: DisneyRon on January 08, 2015, 09:48:34 PM
Quote from: Coldupnorth on January 08, 2015, 09:44:05 PM
What is the value of the premium vouchers?

€49,50 for an adult.

Sorry, that's wrong. They are €57 for an adult. €29 for a child.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DisneyRon on January 09, 2015, 02:13:43 PM
Quote from: stifle on January 09, 2015, 02:07:37 PM
Quote from: DisneyRon on January 08, 2015, 09:48:34 PM
Quote from: Coldupnorth on January 08, 2015, 09:44:05 PM
What is the value of the premium vouchers?

€49,50 for an adult.

Sorry, that's wrong. They are €57 for an adult. €29 for a child.

That was the value listed on the actual vouchers I had in September, if they increased them since then that's nice, but that was the amount they actually counted for 3 months ago. :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on January 09, 2015, 02:18:06 PM
I guess it must have changed; I called in November and posted the updated values above.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DisneyRon on January 09, 2015, 02:45:38 PM
Quote from: stifle on January 09, 2015, 02:18:06 PM
I guess it must have changed; I called in November and posted the updated values above.

It's a nice improvement, I mean €7,50 extra value for the adult certainly isn't bad. :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stecal on January 12, 2015, 01:58:21 PM
Hi i have got half board plus for our trip in february but someone has paid for buffalo bills separately for us so will have a dinner voucher spare, is it possible to go somewhere cheaper like say pizza planet and just use 2 of the 4 vouchers to pay for that meal (and pay cash if it is more than the 2 voucher value) and save the other 2 for a cheap lunch on another day or else it seems a bit of a waste using all 4 vouchers for a cheap lunch and my kids wont eat 2 big meals and breakfast each day,i did do a search on here but couldn't find any info on it
thanks
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DisneyRon on January 12, 2015, 02:09:31 PM
Quote from: stecal on January 12, 2015, 01:58:21 PM
Hi i have got half board plus for our trip in february but someone has paid for buffalo bills separately for us so will have a dinner voucher spare, is it possible to go somewhere cheaper like say pizza planet and just use 2 of the 4 vouchers to pay for that meal (and pay cash if it is more than the 2 voucher value) and save the other 2 for a cheap lunch on another day or else it seems a bit of a waste using all 4 vouchers for a cheap lunch and my kids wont eat 2 big meals and breakfast each day,i did do a search on here but couldn't find any info on it
thanks

Not entirely sure if that works, but as long as you do it at a counter service restaurant, I think it should work just fine.

On my last visit I tried to pay with a Full Board Premium voucher at Hakuna Matata, and the first reaction of the CM on seeing my order (as it was just for one person): Maybe order a few more things to make the loss smaller? :)
So it seems that this is something that's done regularly.
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Post by: stecal on January 12, 2015, 02:24:42 PM
thanks i plan to eat at a few counter service ones so hopefully it will be ok
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Post by: stifle on January 12, 2015, 07:23:14 PM
You can certainly do it at a counter service restaurant. At buffets such as Buzz Lightyear's Pizza Planet the CM may say you have to use a voucher per person.
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Post by: chere on January 18, 2015, 12:02:25 AM
hi,

we'll be in dlp in march, 2 adults and 3 children, one is 4 years old, two twins are 2 and 1/2 years old. we have a premium full board plan.

no problem for buffet restaurants, but we're trying to understand how to use our adult vouchers for table service restaurants...

can we use our two adult vouchers for their face value and buy two childrens' menus (for the twins, who won't have vouchers since they're not 3 years old yet) and something else a la carte for us, mum & dad?

thanks a lot
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Post by: jayney69 on February 06, 2015, 08:29:19 PM
We're going in April, and I've booked the Premium meal vouchers for 4 nights (3 adults, well 2 + a 12 year old, and 1 child - 10).  I'm a little confused on looking at the menus and prices.  A lot of the menus list the Plus voucher set menu but don't list the Premium voucher items, or is it that we can have anything from the a la carte menu?
I'm thinking:
Day 1 - Walts
Day 2 - Buffalo Bills
Day 3 - Auberge de Cendrillon
Day 4 - Inventions
Does this sound about right?  The kids will eat pretty much anything, so I'm not worried there.

Thanks for any help, this is my first time of visiting for 12 years, and the first time with children.
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Post by: daddyof2 on February 06, 2015, 10:09:45 PM
Jayney, my understanding is that if you have premium vouchers and the set menu listed is for plus vouchers you can either a) have the plus set menu or b) dine a la carte (using the vouchers for the cash value stated on them)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DisneyRon on February 06, 2015, 10:28:54 PM
Quote from: jayney69 on February 06, 2015, 08:29:19 PM
We're going in April, and I've booked the Premium meal vouchers for 4 nights (3 adults, well 2 + a 12 year old, and 1 child - 10).  I'm a little confused on looking at the menus and prices.  A lot of the menus list the Plus voucher set menu but don't list the Premium voucher items, or is it that we can have anything from the a la carte menu?
I'm thinking:
Day 1 - Walts
Day 2 - Buffalo Bills
Day 3 - Auberge de Cendrillon
Day 4 - Inventions
Does this sound about right?  The kids will eat pretty much anything, so I'm not worried there.

Thanks for any help, this is my first time of visiting for 12 years, and the first time with children.

If there is only a Plus Set Menu listed, then going in with Premium simply means you'll be eating à la carte (Walt's for instance works like that). You'll be selecting one Appetizer, Main Course and Desert plus a Drink. This is not based on the Face Value of the vouchers, so don't worry about having to pay extra (unless you're eating at California Grill, as that has a Premium Set Menu, so it's that or Face Value as partial payment).
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Post by: jayney69 on February 07, 2015, 02:48:43 PM
Thanks :)
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Post by: frostie on February 08, 2015, 09:56:30 PM
Has anyone got the themes for Inventions for this year. I'm not going until August but am looking at where we should eat and budget for. I've heard such great things about Brunch at Inventions.
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Post by: stecal on February 08, 2015, 10:04:21 PM
Quote from: frostie on February 08, 2015, 09:56:30 PM
Has anyone got the themes for Inventions for this year. I'm not going until August but am looking at where we should eat and budget for. I've heard such great things about Brunch at Inventions.

hi saw this on trip advisor when i was looking for feb 15th theme
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g2079053-i21935-k6038561-o1120-Inventions_Brunch_Theme-Disneyland_Paris_Seine_et_Marne_Ile_de_France.html
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Post by: frostie on February 09, 2015, 11:15:14 PM
Thank you. Made my mind up to do brunch at Inventions.
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Post by: sarahmumof4 on February 19, 2015, 12:52:35 PM
Trying to decide on which meal plan to do .

Could somebody tell me what the cash value is for the 1/2 board plus please for adults . Thank you :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on February 19, 2015, 10:59:32 PM
It's €33.
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Post by: sarahmumof4 on February 20, 2015, 11:11:01 AM
Great thank you :)
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Post by: marko on February 20, 2015, 10:49:06 PM
Hi there, we're just trying to get our heads round how the meals work. Can we use more than one set of vouchers for one meal? Or will the restaurants only accept one?

Many thanks!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on February 23, 2015, 04:25:53 PM
Quote from: marko on February 20, 2015, 10:49:06 PM
Hi there, we're just trying to get our heads round how the meals work. Can we use more than one set of vouchers for one meal? Or will the restaurants only accept one?

Many thanks!

It's one vouxher per person per meal I'm afraid.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on February 23, 2015, 04:33:01 PM
With effect from 1st April the cost of all HB meal plans goes up by €1 per person per night and FB goes up €2 per person per night. The value of vouchers increases correspondingly to:

Plan Adult Child
Hotel FB lunch €13 €7
Hotel HB and FB dinner: no cash value, only usable in your hotel's buffet restaurant
Standard €27 €14
Plus €34 €16
Premium €58 €30

For Full Board meal plans except Hotel plans, the lunch and dinner vouchers have exactly the same value as one another.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: tsaress on March 03, 2015, 10:29:01 PM
Just wanting a bit of a hand I'm a little confused about the meal plans.
About 3 years ago I went with my parents and we stayed at the santa fe and we had the Premium meal plan. It was bought via a french travel agent because my parents live in france.

I'm looking at disney website holidays and it seem that the upgrade of meal plans are only on half board to full board. We want to go inventions for a sunday bunch one of the days and it seems the hotel that will allowed to use that voucher is only if you stay at disneyland hotel.
We just don't have the money to stay there we much rather use extra money on nice meals and propably end up staying at Sequoia Lodge.

Is there anyway of upgrading plans?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DisneyRon on March 03, 2015, 10:47:20 PM
You can't book the high end plans with the lower tier hotels through the website.

However, if you give them a call, they'll happily upgrade you to whatever plan you'd like, no problem at all. :)

Usually, I arrange my DLP trips through a travel agent, and they don't have any issues booking higher tier plans on lower tier hotels either. ;) It's just the website that doesn't really offer that option directly.
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Post by: tsaress on March 03, 2015, 10:52:16 PM
thanks a lot sounds like travel agent might be better then.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: xdisney on March 03, 2015, 11:33:43 PM
For my trip, I have free plus half board meal vouchers. We're still not sure where to eat yet, do you have to book in advance or can you book on the day? We'd rather decide on the day! And I'm also a bit confused about the guide, do you have to pick from a set menu in table restaurants? Also, if for example, we wanted to eat at Hakuna Matata or Colonel Hathi, could we use a voucher there? Thanks :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on March 04, 2015, 08:15:24 AM
Quote from: xdisney on March 03, 2015, 11:33:43 PM
For my trip, I have free plus half board meal vouchers. We're still not sure where to eat yet, do you have to book in advance or can you book on the day? We'd rather decide on the day! And I'm also a bit confused about the guide, do you have to pick from a set menu in table restaurants? Also, if for example, we wanted to eat at Hakuna Matata or Colonel Hathi, could we use a voucher there? Thanks :)
Half-board plus vouchers entitle you to eat at any restaurant bar Inventions, California Grill, and Auberge de Cendrillon. They're usable at these places with a value of €33 adult/€15 child (values valid until the end of this month). If you go to a buffet or counter service restaurant your vouchers will also be warmly welcomed, but no change is given.

In table service restaurants you can either use the vouchers as full payment for a three-course set-menu plus a soft drink, or at their face value towards any items you like.

You can just turn up on the day if you feel lucky, or book in the morning for that evening, but you do run the risk that your preferred restaurant will be sold-put.
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Post by: xdisney on March 06, 2015, 11:09:39 AM
Thanks for your reply  :) Another quick thing, with the plus meal plan, do you have to order off the set menu given in the table service restaurants or can you pick other things from the menu?
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Post by: Queen Elsa on March 06, 2015, 03:08:04 PM
You get better value if you order from the set menu but you are fine to order what you like up to the value of your vouchers x
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Post by: xdisney on March 06, 2015, 03:21:18 PM
Great, thanks! I'm not sure we'd be able to eat a 3 course meal each every night so I just wanted to make sure we could order one/two instead :)
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Post by: izzysfirstdisney on March 15, 2015, 01:02:13 PM
Quick Question

We go tomorrow! Yay!!

We go from Monday to Friday with the Eurostar back on the Friday

My question is can I use one of the vouchers for Friday lunch or does it have to be in the Monday -Thursday days?
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Post by: stecal on March 15, 2015, 01:46:14 PM
Hi from what i remember they are dated for your whole stay and they expire on your departure day so you can use them on the day you leave, i used 2 on 1 day as we had pre paid for buffalo bills one night so you can use them whenever you like during your stay
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Post by: stifle on March 15, 2015, 04:59:59 PM
Yes that's right. You can use the vouchers any time from the day you arrive until the day you leave.
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Post by: Caz on April 05, 2015, 09:59:29 PM
When we visit for 3 nights in August and we'd like to try Bistrot Chez Remy, and maybe another table service restaurant. I'm trying to work out whether it's woth upgrading our standard meal plan to plus or if, maybe, we can get shareholder discount on any excess to pay over voucher value, in which case it probably wouldn't be.

If anyone has any experience of using shareholder card together with meal plan vouchers I'd be interested to hear.

Thanks.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: gavinng on April 20, 2015, 08:07:33 AM
We're on the Full board Plus plan, and if I understand correctly, it just means that we've pre-paid about 30 Euros per meal, and anything over that we just have to top it off with cash.

Does this also work for Buffalo Bill's and Character dining?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Mileto on April 20, 2015, 09:28:26 AM
You are not supposed to pay extra actually. Full board Plus adult is EUR 60, child EUR 30. This is a lot of money. You can have lunch with menu everywhere you want, or dinner at all-you-can-eat buffet, without paying extra.

With this plan you can use it as cash and need to pay the difference only for following - Auberge de Cendrillon, Buffalo Bill Show, Inventions.
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Post by: gavinng on April 20, 2015, 09:43:09 AM
Thanks Mileto. That's good to know. My dad and sis-in-law might wanna do Buffalo Bills, so we'll just have to top up for them. HK and Tokyo don't have meal plans, so we've only used them once at WDW. Last time we visited DLP, we didn't get meal plans.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on April 21, 2015, 08:34:07 PM
Quote from: Mileto on April 20, 2015, 09:28:26 AM
You are not supposed to pay extra actually. Full board Plus adult is EUR 60, child EUR 30. This is a lot of money. You can have lunch with menu everywhere you want, or dinner at all-you-can-eat buffet, without paying extra.

With this plan you can use it as cash and need to pay the difference only for following - Auberge de Cendrillon, Buffalo Bill Show, Inventions.
Also excluded are California Grill, Rainforest Café, Planet Hollywood, Starbucks, and McDonald's. At table service restaurants Plus vouchers cover a set menu only.
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Post by: gavinng on April 22, 2015, 02:23:51 AM
Stifle. Thanks! Is King Ludwig under the plan?
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Post by: Mileto on April 22, 2015, 09:11:27 AM
No, it's not.
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Post by: gavinng on April 22, 2015, 10:13:15 AM
Thanks!
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Post by: stifle on April 22, 2015, 06:53:33 PM
Knew I forgot one!
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Post by: gavinng on April 23, 2015, 04:47:44 AM
It's ok. I probably forget like a 100 things a day.
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Post by: Girl Scout Mom on May 14, 2015, 04:16:21 AM
I am going to DLP for the first time this summer.  ;D

I booked under the offer that was available until the end of march -- 30% off hotel + park tickets and half board free.

Does anyone know what level half board that is? It does not indicate a level on my reservation. I am staying at the Sequia Lodge.

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Post by: justlikeidreamedit on May 14, 2015, 09:09:42 AM
Hi

Para below is taken from the terms and conditions section of DLP website where it lists the offers. Took me a while to find it but we are doing the same in July so I found it quite useful.

"If you stay at Disney's Sequoia Lodge, Disney's Newport Bay Club Disney's or Hotel New York, you will get a meal voucher "Plus" valid in the restaurants listed above plus: Walt's - An American Restaurant, Blue Lagoon Restaurant, Silver Spur Steakhouse, Café Mickey , The Steakhouse, Manhattan Restaurant, Parkside Diner, Yacht Club, Cape Cod, Beaver Creek, Hunter's Grill, Annette's Diner, Bistrot Chez Rémy "
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Post by: Girl Scout Mom on May 14, 2015, 11:24:49 PM
Thank you so very much! That helps a lot with our planning.
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Post by: Mamaboogie on June 07, 2015, 06:28:13 PM
Hiya!  :)

My first post of these forums (went straight to the dining one of course!)

We have also received free half board plus dining for August. I've never used any of the DLP meal plans before (have used dining plans in WDW) I think I have just got my head around it (thanks to DLP guide) I think!

I'm looking forward to going to restaurants such as Walt's and Blue Lagoon - am I correct in thinking I don't have to stick to a specific half board menu? I can use the voucher against any food at these restaurants?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on June 07, 2015, 08:18:17 PM
Quote from: Mamaboogie on June 07, 2015, 06:28:13 PM
Hiya!  :)

My first post of these forums (went straight to the dining one of course!)

We have also received free half board plus dining for August. I've never used any of the DLP meal plans before (have used dining plans in WDW) I think I have just got my head around it (thanks to DLP guide) I think!

I'm looking forward to going to restaurants such as Walt's and Blue Lagoon - am I correct in thinking I don't have to stick to a specific half board menu? I can use the voucher against any food at these restaurants?

Welcome and thanks for stopping by!

You have two options to use the vouchers at the restaurants you mention – either choose the specified three-course set menu and a soft drink of our choice with nothing more to pay, or alternatively order what you like and the vouchers' nominal value of €34 per adult and €16 per child will be taken off the bill, leaving the remainder to pay.
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Post by: Mcflurrys2015 on July 12, 2015, 10:40:58 PM
Hi all

We go to DLP in August and have booked the half board plus I have seen the list of restraints we can eat in but I was wondering if you can use the vouchers at any of the counter service places (the quick places) I know there are a few exceptions (rainforest, planet Hollywood, mcdonalds)
Many thanks
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Post by: Mileto on July 13, 2015, 06:32:54 AM
 You can, with their face value. But it's not worth it because counter service places are much cheaper and you won't get the difference back. You loose it.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Northwest Passage on August 04, 2015, 05:38:18 PM
Quote from: stifle on June 07, 2015, 08:18:17 PM
Quote from: Mamaboogie on June 07, 2015, 06:28:13 PM
Hiya!  :)

My first post of these forums (went straight to the dining one of course!)

We have also received free half board plus dining for August. I've never used any of the DLP meal plans before (have used dining plans in WDW) I think I have just got my head around it (thanks to DLP guide) I think!

I'm looking forward to going to restaurants such as Walt's and Blue Lagoon - am I correct in thinking I don't have to stick to a specific half board menu? I can use the voucher against any food at these restaurants?

Welcome and thanks for stopping by!

You have two options to use the vouchers at the restaurants you mention – either choose the specified three-course set menu and a soft drink of our choice with nothing more to pay, or alternatively order what you like and the vouchers' nominal value of €34 per adult and €16 per child will be taken off the bill, leaving the remainder to pay.
Can you mix and match with the above, i.e. can one person choose the set menu and the others redeem the cost of the voucher against a la carte ?
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Post by: stifle on August 04, 2015, 06:58:33 PM
Yes you can. Just explain to the cast member what you're doing when you order so he/she can put it into the system the right way.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: froxy369 on September 07, 2015, 01:37:39 AM
we travel in October and have the plus meal deal as we are staying in Sequoia Lodge. I see there is 20 listed places we can eat in. Wondered if anyone can tell me if we can eat in any other places eg. planet hollywood etc.allow you to use the voucher getting face value and pay the difference or is it only the 20 listed you can eat in?
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Post by: stifle on September 07, 2015, 08:52:33 AM
It's a bit in between. You cannot use Planet Hollywood I'm afraid, as it's not a Disney restaurant. The unlisted places where you can use your Plus voucher and pay a surcharge are Auberge de Cendrillon, Inventions, California Grill, and Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
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Post by: froxy369 on September 07, 2015, 12:41:34 PM
thank you for reply. will go check them out.
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Post by: CaptainKennySparrow on September 07, 2015, 03:19:24 PM
Hi folks,

My family are flying out in october and have one of the meal plans! We have never used it before and didnt know we ordered it when we booked haha

I know our plan allows us to hit the buffets in the hotels so can someone confirm this as i'm being thick.....with the buffet, the only thing we would need to pay for would be booze?? haha
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Post by: Mileto on September 07, 2015, 03:25:59 PM
Please, check what's written on your reservation - half or full board, standard, plus, premium? So that we could be more helpful.
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Post by: CaptainKennySparrow on September 07, 2015, 03:26:52 PM
Quote from: Mileto on September 07, 2015, 03:25:59 PM
Please, check what's written on your reservation - half or full board, standard, plus, premium? So that we could be more helpful.

Hi there :) Its half board plus :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Mileto on September 07, 2015, 03:36:01 PM
So you have to plan for each day of your stay a restaurant that is in your plus list (Walt's, Chez Remy, Blue Lagoon, Hunter's Grill, Cafe Mickey, Cape Cod, Manhattan restaurant ....) . Reason - not to waist money.

So- if you go in buffet Plaza Gardens you waist money because it is a standard option and it's cheaper.

http://www.dlpguide.com/planning/dining/meal-plans/

Or you could choose a restaurant from the premium list and pay the difference.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on September 07, 2015, 06:59:16 PM
Restaurants which are best value for Plus: Cape Cod, Yacht Club, Hunter's Grill, Beaver Creek Tavern, Parkside Diner, Manhattan Restaurant, Bistrot Chez Rémy, Walt's: An American Restaurant, Blue Lagoon, Silver Spur Steakhouse, The Steakhouse, Annette's, Café Mickey

Restaurants where you need to pay extra to use your vouchers: California Grill, Inventions, Auberge de Cendrillon, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

All other restaurants fall into the category of your vouchers are valid but it would be bad value to use them – except the third-party restaurants in Disney Village were they are not valid at all; these include McDonald's, King Ludwig's, Rainforest Café, Planet Hollywood, Starbucks, and Earl of Sandwich.

At restaurants in the first group the voucher covers a three course meal or, as appropriate, an all you can eat buffet, plus one soft drink or water. Any further or alcoholic beverages would be extra.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: jemski81 on September 16, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Hi Everyone

I've just booked to stay Feb half term in New York and a bit of advice would be great. We are a family of 5, 2 adults and 3 kids aged 2,5 and 6. We are staying 4 nights and I'm wondering if a meal plan is worth it. I'm looking at the Half Board Plus option so the kids can do cafe Mickey and it looks good value in terms of restaurants but would upgrading to the Premium option be better value if I wanted to do the Princesses dinner and Buffalo Bills? Is it worth it as they're so young? would they have an equal experience meeting Princesses in the park rather than the cost of the Auberge.

Sorry for the rambling just confused x
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on September 16, 2015, 10:40:48 PM
You're looking at an extra €304 to go from Half Board Plus to Premium for 2 adults/2 kids and 4 days. (2 year old does not pay.) If you want to do that, then switch out Café Mickey and go to Inventions instead, and have your other three meals in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, California Grill, and Auberge de Cendrillon. Or you could carry on with Plus, go to the Princess Pavilion and Café Mickey for your character fix, and do places like Manhattan Restaurant, Walt's, and Bistrot Chez Rémy for meals.

Meeting princesses in the Princess Pavilion is naturally cheaper. The experience is a bit more rushed, and there are usually fewer characters to meet as compared to Auberge.
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Post by: sprogs on October 04, 2015, 02:23:32 PM
We are travelling over in a few weeks time, we are staying 4 nights/5 days and just have bed and breakfast at the moment as the accommodation was booked for us by a castmember. Currently our plan is that we will arrive quite late on day 1, have 2 days in the parks and 1 day in Paris and travel home after breakfast on day 5. I therefore don't want a meal plan for each day of the holiday. I would quite like to eat at the hotel buffet the evening we arrive and would like to maybe do 1 character dining and Buffalo Bills. So my question is although we have 4 nights booked is it possible to just buy 3 evening meal plan vouchers and to get 1 hotel one and 2 premium?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Mileto on October 04, 2015, 03:37:20 PM
I couldn't understand quite good what do you want to book.

But generally you can book a meal plan for 4 days - not less or more. It doesn't matter if it's half board, full board or hotel, they have to be for 4 days.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Zee79 on October 04, 2015, 03:58:49 PM
We've booked a meal plan for 3nights 4 days on a number of occasions but it had to be the same plan, so standard, plus or premium no mixing & matching.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: bad-pink-tink on October 04, 2015, 04:12:22 PM
Quote from: sprogs on October 04, 2015, 02:23:32 PM
We are travelling over in a few weeks time, we are staying 4 nights/5 days and just have bed and breakfast at the moment as the accommodation was booked for us by a castmember. Currently our plan is that we will arrive quite late on day 1, have 2 days in the parks and 1 day in Paris and travel home after breakfast on day 5. I therefore don't want a meal plan for each day of the holiday. I would quite like to eat at the hotel buffet the evening we arrive and would like to maybe do 1 character dining and Buffalo Bills. So my question is although we have 4 nights booked is it possible to just buy 3 evening meal plan vouchers and to get 1 hotel one and 2 premium?

I dont see why you want to get a meal plan. Just made a normal ADR  for the character dining and Buffalo Bills and pay as normal.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: sprogs on October 04, 2015, 08:32:19 PM
Quote from: bad-pink-tink on October 04, 2015, 04:12:22 PM

I dont see why you want to get a meal plan. Just made a normal ADR  for the character dining and Buffalo Bills and pay as normal.

Because it appears the meal plans are cheaper - 66.99 for the princess dinner paying as normal or 57.00 for the same dinner with the premium meal plan. Or am I missing something? I know10 Euros isn't a massive saving but that is 10 Euros each to spend elsewhere...
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on October 04, 2015, 11:03:19 PM
Quote from: sprogs on October 04, 2015, 02:23:32 PM
We are travelling over in a few weeks time, we are staying 4 nights/5 days and just have bed and breakfast at the moment as the accommodation was booked for us by a castmember. Currently our plan is that we will arrive quite late on day 1, have 2 days in the parks and 1 day in Paris and travel home after breakfast on day 5. I therefore don't want a meal plan for each day of the holiday. I would quite like to eat at the hotel buffet the evening we arrive and would like to maybe do 1 character dining and Buffalo Bills. So my question is although we have 4 nights booked is it possible to just buy 3 evening meal plan vouchers and to get 1 hotel one and 2 premium?
You can only buy meal plans for the full duration of your stay, all of the same type, and for all guests in your room. There are no options to buy only for some nights, mix and match voucher types, or buy for only some guests. There are no exceptions to this.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: petals on October 22, 2015, 12:19:38 AM
If I'm using the free half board option they currently have on offer and I want to use my voucher for Cafe Mickey. Can this be done firstly and secondly does anyone know how much extra one would have to pay on top of the voucher?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on October 22, 2015, 09:08:20 AM
Yes you can use the half board vouchers towards lunch or dinner at Café Mickey. If you're staying in the Disneyland Hotel, Hotel New York, Newport Bay Club, or Sequoia Lodge, there is nothing more to pay. If you're staying at Hotel Cheyenne or Hotel Santa Fe, there will be a supplement of approximately €15 per adult guest and €9 per child. Any additional drinks beyond the first soft drink will also be chargeable.

Remember to reserve in advance to make sure you get your desired time slot.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: lynnecbrown on October 24, 2015, 10:37:00 AM
Hi, sorry to jump in, we are the same. Booked for Santa Fe with free half board meal plan. I am trying to work out what's best value for cafe mickey - breakfast  paying supplement or lunch/dinner using standard vouchers towards it. Does anyone know if you use your standard vouchers as part payment do you have to have the set menu or can you order anything from menu and use them as part payment?

Thanks
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on October 24, 2015, 11:55:12 AM
If you are going to use up all your vouchers on other (buffet) meals, then the better option is to pay in full in cash for your Café Mickey meals.

When using vouchers at face value at restaurants which are not included in your dining plan, you may order what you wish. Note that Café Mickey only offers a set menu.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: alix222 on November 18, 2015, 11:32:44 AM
hi wondering if someone can help me looking at going next may I'm getting so confused with the meal plans, we are also wanting to do the wild west show so unsure which package is best value I was looking at plus for meal plans and then paying for the wild west show separately or if we did premium is it all included ?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Karen101 on November 18, 2015, 12:27:28 PM
we have booked for next July and had the same quandry as you did.

however, i found that when i researched it that unless we wanted to eat two full sit down meals per day, plus the breakfast which was inculded, it actually worked out better value for us just to book the Wild West Show seperately.

What we did was booked Half Board Plus, so we have the big choice of resturants once a day, and then booked the show seperate and will pay the difference for Inventions one night.

i think it all depends on what your family will eat etc ... we are staying the Compass Club rooms so we have a hot buffet breakfast in the mornings, so i know that something light at lunch will be fine, then dinner in the evening, it just wants worth paying the extra 95 euro a day for the four of us for half board, since i know we wouldnt spend that a day on lunch.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: rebecca20 on November 18, 2015, 07:12:13 PM
We got free half board (staying in DLH) and found we literally spent 0 on snacks. To be quite honest I was disappointed as we had such a big breakfast we weren't hungry. We used to go for EMH and then have breakfast late at around 11am and then went for tea between 7-9pm.

The last stay I was in Sequoia but again we were so busy food didn't really happen til late. I'm talking 7am breakfast until 10pm evening meal. Maybe it's just me but I'm in such a bubble I don't notice I need food!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Jo316 on January 08, 2016, 03:15:59 PM
Hi all

Using the dining plan for the first time came free on the package

Staying HNY on a half board plus plan which include a free drink and snack after 3pm. I have an idea of where I can use the vouchers

Couple of questions

Can you use the meal vouchers for lunch time or does it have to be an evening?

Also where can you get the drink and snack from?

Thanks
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Zee79 on January 08, 2016, 03:34:06 PM
Quote from: Jo316 on January 08, 2016, 03:15:59 PM
Hi all

Using the dining plan for the first time came free on the package

Staying HNY on a half board plus plan which include a free drink and snack after 3pm. I have an idea of where I can use the vouchers

Couple of questions

Can you use the meal vouchers for lunch time or does it have to be an evening?

yes you can use the vouchers for lunch or evening meal, just got to check that where you want to eat is open at lunchtime.

Also where can you get the drink and snack from?

Is this pause gourmand? If so, it tells you on the voucher where you can use. We used Casey's corner previously (very busy) and Bella Notte.

Thanks
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Jo316 on January 08, 2016, 03:52:05 PM
Quote from: Zee79 on January 08, 2016, 03:34:06 PM
Quote from: Jo316 on January 08, 2016, 03:15:59 PM
Hi all

Using the dining plan for the first time came free on the package

Staying HNY on a half board plus plan which include a free drink and snack after 3pm. I have an idea of where I can use the vouchers

Couple of questions

Can you use the meal vouchers for lunch time or does it have to be an evening?

yes you can use the vouchers for lunch or evening meal, just got to check that where you want to eat is open at lunchtime.

Also where can you get the drink and snack from?

Is this pause gourmand? If so, it tells you on the voucher where you can use. We used Casey's corner previously (very busy) and Bella Notte.

Thanks


Thank you that's great off to the the Wild West show on the Monday so thought maybe use it for lunch instead

Yeah I meant the pause gourmand

Thanks for clearing that up x
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on January 08, 2016, 04:05:12 PM
The teatime treat/pause gourmande voucher is valid in any indoor counter-service restaurant in either park.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Jo316 on January 08, 2016, 04:17:30 PM
Quote from: stifle on January 08, 2016, 04:05:12 PM
The teatime treat/pause gourmande voucher is valid in any indoor counter-service restaurant in either park.

Great thanks  :) :D
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: ilovemainstxxx on January 09, 2016, 11:17:01 AM
hi all

we have been before but never had the vouchers...
we were supposed to be going for new year but hubby had a bad accident at work and burnt his legs and been in hospital and still got to go back in next week for an operation so we have had to move dates ..
we are booked on the french site and are now booked in for march but it was cheaper for our dates so have used the extra money to book up the half board plus with pause gourmande voucher....
thought i could book cafe mickey on these but are now a bit confused as reading some other posts it seems like half board has to be topped up with more money to eat there ...??
also are they dated , we are there for 3n 4days so do we have to use them on the first three days or could we use them any of the four days , if you see what i mean  ...
if anyone could clarify how to use these i would be greatful...my minds not my own at the min x
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on January 09, 2016, 12:35:34 PM
I can confirm as follows:

There is no supplement for Café Mickey with half board plus vouchers
The vouchers are all dated from the day you arrive to the day you depart so you can use them when you wish including on your first and last days.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Muppet on January 10, 2016, 11:51:10 AM
All this info is so helpful, and others, for the details :)

I think I understand how it all works but I am still struggling with a price comparison on this. When I look at booking at Newport Bay Club the HB + option comes up on my booking enquiry as 35 euro for an adult and 17 euro for a child (sorry no idea where the euro button on my keyboard is as I am australian and don't have much call to use it :-p)

Anyway my issue is when I go and check out the menus for the restaurants I seem to get a price point that is lower than the 35 euro for a meal.

For example Agrabah Cafe lists their buffet price as 30.99 euro (adult) + 16.99 (child)

The steakhouse menu Chicago (listed as the plus option) as 36.99 euro.

Am I right in assuming if I didn't get the HB plus option I could still walk in off the street and order the Chicago option off the menu but pay 36.99 euro instead of the 35 euro that I would of paid if I had taken up the HB offer?

Lots of the buffets seem to be at a lower price point than the 35 euro charged for HB plus

I guess the benefit of paying for HB plus is that I have already spent the money so good for budgeting but the down side is I am extremely worried as to actually how hungry we will be in the evenings/lunch, especially if we say want to do Wild west one night (which it seems we would be better just paying for separately)

It's kinda like by adding HB plus we are 'stuck' with 4 x vouchers (which is the number of nights that we are their for) that we will need to use iykwim. I know that their value can be used towards payment for several other higher end restaurants but surely you aren't actually gaining anything by doing this.

Sorry I am sure I am missing something and its a simple answer :-/ I just honestly can't work it out!

I also appreciate that if you book HB plus you get a voucher for a tea time treat but I really dont think this is a bonus for us as we where going to book compass club anyway!

Any help appreciated!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: bad-pink-tink on January 10, 2016, 12:33:49 PM
from my understanding you are correct. To get the benefit of the HB + vouchers you would need to eat in the high end restaurants and eat starter, main, dessert for both lunch and dinner.

I have been to DLP twice and I am going again in February 2016. I dont use the meal plan vouchers, I just pay as I eat. As you have found out, some restaurants have menu prices lower than the voucher values. Disney do this to force people to choose the high end restaurants. If you use a voucher in a restaurant that works out lower than the voucher value you dont get change.

Also the vouchers are only for Disney owned restaurants, for example places like Planet Hollywood, Earl of Sandwich in Disney Village  dont accept the vouchers. This is Disneys way of making sure you spend your money in Disney and not in outside restaurants.

The meal plans are OPTIONAL but Disney really push them and first timers think that they have to have them, when thats not the case. If you have researched the menus and prices and prefer to just pay as you eat, then just do that. Paying as you eat gives you far more options and flexibility with budget and food choices.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on January 10, 2016, 01:02:01 PM
You have it right, but what you're missing is (1) the buffets are intended for Standard meal plan holders and (2) the Plus vouchers include a soft drink (as indeed do standard and premium vouchers) so to the €36.99 cash price of the Steakhouse menu you would add another €4.50 to get a true comparison, plus (as you say towards the end) the Pause Gourmande.

Overall the vouchers aren't a bad deal but only if you use them quite judiciously. Disney pushes them because it's good for cashflow and to drive footfall in the high end restaurants.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Muppet on January 10, 2016, 02:37:07 PM
Thank you Stifle & bad-pink-tink, very helpful :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: beckford on January 13, 2016, 01:47:19 PM
How much is the half board voucher worth?
I'm going with my younger sister and don't want to accidentally over spend and have to pay anymore!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on January 13, 2016, 02:24:46 PM
Quote from: beckford on January 13, 2016, 01:47:19 PM
How much is the half board voucher worth?
I'm going with my younger sister and don't want to accidentally over spend and have to pay anymore!

It depends on which level voucher. However, you don't need to worry about what it's worth, just as long as you go to the right restaurants. Standard vouchers are used at all you can eat buffets, Plus vouchers give you the 3 course set menu marked with the Plus symbol at table service restaurants (excluding Auberge de Cendrillon and California Grill), and Premium vouchers are good for anything anywhere (except California Grill where they get a set menu). You also get a free soft drink with all of the above. If you're at all unsure simply ask a Cast Member.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: beckford on January 13, 2016, 05:24:01 PM
Ahhh! Thankyou :)
I have the plus voucher but at least now I won't be worrying about over spending on food!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on January 13, 2016, 08:43:37 PM
Quote from: beckford on January 13, 2016, 05:24:01 PM
Ahhh! Thankyou :)
I have the plus voucher but at least now I won't be worrying about over spending on food!

Great. With that voucher you can have your choice of virtually all the Disney restaurants. My recommendations are Bistrot Chez Rémy and Walt's: An American Restaurant. I think the best value overall is at Café Mickey where the menu is €41.99, if you're really into maxing things out. Or if you want an upscale buffet, try Parkside Diner.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Rolo on January 17, 2016, 06:33:42 PM
Café Mickey menu (starter+main+dessert) is now € 45,99 (excl.drink)  :o
With HB+ vouchers you also get a drink.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: fairymom on February 13, 2016, 03:55:27 PM
Hi, I've been looking into this for our upcoming trip at the start of May. I'm looking at the following link:

http://www.dlpguide.com/planning/dining/meal-plans/

but I can't figure out which price applies, why are there 2 prices for each category? Is the first price what it is at the start of the dates block and the second tbc later because it's not till next year?

I would like to know the price for half board plus. Is that £27/adult and £13/child? It seems very good value if you can eat in the higher end restaurants for that price?

Also, we really wanted to do Inventions for our daughter's birthday so can we just pay the extra then on top of the voucher?

I'm really torn on this. On the one hand I'd like to have food paid for and make a bit of a saving but on the other I am worried that the plan is inflexible and tieing us into something.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on February 13, 2016, 08:37:05 PM
Prices for arrivals from 24 March are at https://forum.dlpguide.com/index.php?topic=19844.0

If you want to choose a higher category restaurant than is included in your voucher you can simply pay the difference when you get the bill.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: fairymom on February 13, 2016, 10:37:08 PM
Thanks, I'm thinking we'll just go for the half board. Staying at DLH means we can do magic hours, go back and have large breakfast/brunch. Then that'll keep us going with the pause gourmand till we get dinner.

You get the pause gourmande with half board, don't you?

Also, can you use the voucher any time of day, not just evening?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Zee79 on February 13, 2016, 10:41:41 PM
Yes you get the pause gourmand, can use it from 3pm-7pm normally. Your meal vouchers for half board can be used for lunch or evening meal, 1 per day.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: billy on February 15, 2016, 01:00:51 PM

Great. With that voucher you can have your choice of virtually all the Disney restaurants. My recommendations are Bistrot Chez Rémy and Walt's: An American Restaurant. I think the best value overall is at Café Mickey where the menu is €41.99, if you're really into maxing things out. Or if you want an upscale buffet, try Parkside Diner.
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We have the plus menu, so going along with the thread of previous quotes our voucher is only valid for 36€ per adult so does this mean that if we choose the 42€ menu we pay the difference or we just stick to the 34€?
Do they explain this to you when you go in?
We have already booked dinner there for our last night so i jsut want to make sure that if i need to pay extra cash I have it with me?
thank you
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Rolo on February 15, 2016, 02:04:34 PM
The price for the plus menu at Café Mickey is now € 45,99...
Your HB plus voucher covers this. So you don't have to pay extra.
1 drink is included. But when you have more drinks or wine for example, you have to pay extra for that.
Just mention you have the vouchers when you enter the restaurant.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: billy on February 15, 2016, 02:41:34 PM
Quote from: Rolo on February 15, 2016, 02:04:34 PM
The price for the plus menu at Café Mickey is now € 45,99...
Your HB plus voucher covers this. So you don't have to pay extra.
1 drink is included. But when you have more drinks or wine for example, you have to pay extra for that.
Just mention you have the vouchers when you enter the restaurant.

Great thank you as I know on some of the other restaurants it says which voucher covers which set menu but for Mickey it just says plus and premium accepted. thank you
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on February 15, 2016, 07:01:55 PM
The Plus voucher covers a buffet or set menu at all the locations where it is accepted. This is irrespective of the cash price of the menu and of what the voucher cost you.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: billy on February 16, 2016, 09:17:58 AM
Quote from: stifle on February 15, 2016, 07:01:55 PM
The Plus voucher covers a buffet or set menu at all the locations where it is accepted. This is irrespective of the cash price of the menu and of what the voucher cost you.
thank you for that Stifle :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: CitrusZing on March 16, 2016, 03:01:36 PM
If two of you were dining in a table service restaurant (such as Blue Lagoon) with HB Plus vouchers, could one person have the Plus meal plan (and exchange the voucher for that) but the other person use their voucher at face value?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: stifle on March 16, 2016, 07:58:18 PM
Yes that's fine.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: CitrusZing on March 16, 2016, 10:37:26 PM
Quote from: stifle on March 16, 2016, 07:58:18 PM
Yes that's fine.

Thank you stifle. That is handy.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: dlpowl on May 05, 2016, 08:35:14 PM
Hi everyone,

I have had a good look and done a search but can't find an answer anywhere so I'm hoping someone knows.

If we use our Standard Half Board vouchers at a lower price eaterie (ie Casey's corner), do we still HAVE to present all 5 vouchers (there's 5 people in our party) or do we only have to present enough vouchers to cover the cost of the food we have purchased (using the face value of the voucher)?   Eg, our food for 5 of us comes to €42.  The face value of our vouchers is 2x €21 (2 adults) and 3x €11 (3 kids) which is a total of €75.  So, would I be able to just use the 2 adult vouchers (face value €42) to pay for the food or, because all 5 of us have eaten, would I still have to submit all 5 vouchers? 

Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: nikkiwoo18 on May 07, 2016, 08:46:24 PM
Hi,
We are after some advice - debating between the half board meal options and have no clue which is best. We want to do buffalo bills and Café Mickey, we are staying at the Sequoia and are happy to eat there on the other nights.
If we get half board standard can we use these as partial payment to Café Mickey and Buffalo Bills? If so would it be cheaper to upgrade to plus or premium or pay the difference? We are staying for 5 nights if that helps?

xx
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: twigs72 on July 04, 2016, 01:09:23 PM
I'm slightly confused on what the full the board on where I can use the vouchers in which restaurants. I had booked and received free half board and I upgraded it to full board as with kids thought this would be the more economical option as I read that the cost of food in DLP is quite expensive. I have only the Standard Meal Vouchers and it says that these can be used in only 7 of the restaurants, what I would like to know is can these be used in all the restuarants and if so is there additional costs to add.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: DisneyRon on July 04, 2016, 05:30:05 PM
Your Standard Full Board vouchers will cover the cost of the meal (and usually a single non-alcoholic drink) per person at the restaurants listed.

For anywhere else it'll be used at its face value, and you pay the difference between the value of the voucher and the cost of the meal (total cost and total face value if you're dealing with multiple guests obviously).
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Vikkilou on July 04, 2016, 08:15:36 PM
Anyone know the current value of the full board vouchers pls? Just booked inventions & want a rough idea of how much extra il need to pay
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Ickleguy23 on October 28, 2016, 02:09:41 PM
Hi,

I have booked my first trip to DLP for July 17 in the Cheyenne for a week. When we booked and paid for the holiday it included breakfast. We are planning on buying the meal plan half board plus but was waitingredients for the prices to be released as the company we booked through weren'the taking bookings for meal plans until the 2017 prices were released.

I have seen that 2017 prices have now been released but they look like they include breakfast too, how can I work out the price for me or do I have to pay again for breakfast?

Thanks
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: msRavenswood on October 28, 2016, 02:21:45 PM
Quote from: Ickleguy23 on October 28, 2016, 02:09:41 PM
Hi,

I have booked my first trip to DLP for July 17 in the Cheyenne for a week. When we booked and paid for the holiday it included breakfast. We are planning on buying the meal plan half board plus but was waitingredients for the prices to be released as the company we booked through weren'the taking bookings for meal plans until the 2017 prices were released.

I have seen that 2017 prices have now been released but they look like they include breakfast too, how can I work out the price for me or do I have to pay again for breakfast?

Thanks

They will deduct the breakfast price from the total value of the meal plan you choose.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: naisworld on November 18, 2016, 09:30:35 PM
Hi. I'm thinking about going for a meal plan for the first time and looking at the premium one. My son and I will want to eat in ADC but my husband and 2 year old won't! Can my husbands premium meal voucher be used in one of the cheaper resturants eg plaza gardens to pay towards the whole bill or is it just valid for one persons meal? Thanks 😀
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Disney25 on May 11, 2017, 11:08:28 PM
HI everyone. Got home sat 6th may 2017 and loved every minute of it! I am so jealous of anyone who is about to start there magical journey.
I must admit the whole meal plan thing is rather confusing! I think I've worked it out though.
When you arrive you will receive your meal tickets and printed on your ticket on the bottom left corner are your restaurant choices that your ticket can be used in.
Now the ones on your ticket you can eat in and won't be charged extra. Some fast food restaurants are Cheaper than your value on your ticket and will of course be taken in there. If you want to eat somewhere that is more expensive then you will have to pay the extra outstanding balance.
I hope this makes sense!!!
In your park guide that you pick up at the entrance there is a list of all the restaurants and what they serve. You can go into town hall on the left hand side in Main Street to reserve/book restaurants.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: ajcphantom on June 05, 2017, 06:19:05 AM
Hi, there!  I have recently booked a trip for October 2017 for my 10th wedding anniversary.  It is our first visit to a Disney park out of the states, and I am trying to sort out the meal plan details.  I have a few questions, if anyone can help me out.  I have done the Meal Plan thing at WDW, but this seems to be more confusing to me...

1) When we booked online, it only gave us the choices of Half or Full Board, but now I am finding out all the other tiers within each option (i.e. Hotel, Standard, Plus, Premium).  These options weren't listed when we booked.  How do I know which option we have?  Should I assume it is the most basic (Hotel)?
2) Can the vouchers be used at a Counter Service restaurant instead of Buffet/Table Service if wanted?  (I realize we would be "losing" money if used this way, but just wondering...)
3)  If you have Half Board, are you restricted to only using one Buffet/Table service per day, or, for example, can you use 2 in one day (Lunch and Dinner) and none the next day?

Any help is greatly appreciated!  Thanks!

Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: AJDisney on June 21, 2017, 12:17:33 AM
If I went with Standard Half Board, does this mean we could eat at the Agrabah Cafe? It says includes buffet, but the price seems a little too good to be true?

http://holidays.disneylandparis.co.uk/meal-plans.html
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Mattj500 on July 02, 2017, 03:20:55 PM
Quote from: ajcphantom on June 05, 2017, 06:19:05 AM
Hi, there!  I have recently booked a trip for October 2017 for my 10th wedding anniversary.  It is our first visit to a Disney park out of the states, and I am trying to sort out the meal plan details.  I have a few questions, if anyone can help me out.  I have done the Meal Plan thing at WDW, but this seems to be more confusing to me...

1) When we booked online, it only gave us the choices of Half or Full Board, but now I am finding out all the other tiers within each option (i.e. Hotel, Standard, Plus, Premium).  These options weren't listed when we booked.  How do I know which option we have?  Should I assume it is the most basic (Hotel)?
2) Can the vouchers be used at a Counter Service restaurant instead of Buffet/Table Service if wanted?  (I realize we would be "losing" money if used this way, but just wondering...)
3)  If you have Half Board, are you restricted to only using one Buffet/Table service per day, or, for example, can you use 2 in one day (Lunch and Dinner) and none the next day?

Any help is greatly appreciated!  Thanks!

The vouchers can be used in counter, lower value, restaurants but some cast members look really confused as to why you want to and encourage you not to. One showed us a special menu which had a different dessert or some small extra item.

They will be valid for the length of your stay. You could, in theory, use them all on day one.

I believe your meal plan is linked to the hotel, higher priced hotel means better meal plan, but I'm not 100% on this.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Stranworst on July 22, 2017, 01:06:36 PM
Hi all. Going in September. Staying in Newport Bay two nights, three days in the park.

We have the full board plus took the breakfast meal plan as well in the hotel.

So we arrive the sunday afternoon, full day Monday, then depart Tuesday afternoon.

What would the breakdown of the food vouchers be then? I assume we would get breakfast, lunch, dinner on the Monday, and then at least breakfast on the Tuesday.

What do we get for the Sunday then? And would we get lunch for the Tuesday as well?

It's hard to get a straight answer!
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: f.maclaren97 on October 11, 2017, 11:50:12 PM
We are visiting DLP over new years, we have brought the half board meal plan vouchers. On the Disney website, they said the meal vouchers cannot be used on the 31st, in our confirmation email we got it says they are valid per day. e.g 31/12/17 - 31/12/17. We are there 3 night but 4 days so only got 3 vouchers. Can we buy a meal with cash on the 31st? and then use the voucher on the 1st, 2nd & 3rd?

Any advice on this subject would be a big help!

Thanks, Fred.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Benjy89 on October 13, 2017, 05:30:35 PM
HI there,

My sister and I are off to DLP in November, we have booked half board plus as we are staying in Newport bay hotel. Can someone just tell me what this includes is it breakfast and dinner? Or what?
Also is the afternoon snack thing still an option and what does this include?
Thanks in advance

Ben
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Zee79 on October 13, 2017, 07:35:49 PM
Half board is breakfast and dinner (or you can use your voucher at lunch but you would need to eat a lot at lunch due to the value). Snacks are available if you have a compass club room. The pause gaumand is no longer available for a snack in the park.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Cheeta Beachwood on November 08, 2017, 11:44:32 PM
It will be my first visit come February 2018, and I've opted for the standard half-board meal plan.
My question relates to using vouchers at counter service restaurants.
Do all counter service restaurants have a fixed meal option if one were to use a meal voucher or could one use a meal voucher at face value and order à la carte(including beer!). I figure if my wife and I feel a bit peckish at lunch, we could share a single voucher by using it at a counter service restaurant, ordering several dishes, and do something similar for dinner. Of course, we plan on taking advantage of the buffets but  I'm hoping to have this option.
thanks for the tips :)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: polar vixen on November 09, 2017, 09:14:33 AM
Meal vouchers are sadly one use per person- so you cant use yhem to.order multiple dishes in counter service restaurants, just one meal per voucher
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Cheeta Beachwood on November 10, 2017, 12:38:34 AM
polar vixen-
thanks for the quick reply :)

By the way- what's your opinion on the Santa Fe dinner buffet vs the other buffet options in the standard half-board meal plan?
is the food much different or is the difference mostly atmosphere?
Being that La Grange at Billy Bob's is tex-mex is it basically the same as santa fe?

We only booked 3 nights for our first visit to dlp and have more options than dinners. :-)
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: polar vixen on November 10, 2017, 07:56:52 AM
Never eaten in the santa fe but we do love billy bobs and plaza gardens
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Kingchris on January 19, 2018, 11:17:43 AM
(ignoring the waste of value) At a counter service,  could an adult meal be ordered with a child half board + voucher?

Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Slimy yet satisfying on January 19, 2018, 12:09:09 PM
We love the Santa Fe buffet. More mex than tex in my opinion having done both. Not quite the same menu but close enough. Easier to get a table in Santa Fe as people tend to prefer to stay around the park rather than go back to the hotels.

They are really strict with the vouchers and an adult voucher can only be used on the adult set meals, the kids on the kids meals. They are not interchangeable. It is worth asking at check in the current face value of the vouchers as you can then use them in places like Annettes for a bit more variety.
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Lost Girl in Waiting on February 05, 2018, 03:55:44 PM
From March 21st 2018 They will do Standard, Plus and Premium. Standard is buffets, Plus is buffets and a selection of restaurants. Premium includes all and the character meals and the Buffalo Bill show.

Half-board you get breakfast and one meal that day and full board is breakfast and two meals that day
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: charlotte18 on March 10, 2018, 05:07:30 PM
Is it possible to use any of the meal plans if you are staying at one of Disney's partner hotels?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Mcflurrys2015 on April 01, 2018, 04:44:11 PM
Quote from: charlotte18 on March 10, 2018, 05:07:30 PM
Is it possible to use any of the meal plans if you are staying at one of Disney's partner hotels?

No you can only get the meal plans if staying on site, not at the partner hotels
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: AshBash90 on June 15, 2018, 10:30:02 AM
do they give you meal vouchers for breakfast too?
we have booked Premium Half Board but staying in Santa Fe, i just wondered if its possible to go to Inventions for breakfast with these vouchers? would i need to pay extra?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: Slimy yet satisfying on June 15, 2018, 05:09:12 PM
I didnt know you could upgrade to a premium meal package at Santa Fe?
Title: Re: Meal Plans — Half Board & Full Board options and information
Post by: AndyLau on September 02, 2019, 10:58:20 AM
Hi!

Does anyone know the exact price of the vouchers for each plan? I can't seem to be able to find the info anywhere.

Thank you!