Originally Posted By smedley I posted this into my other thread, but figured it was better in it's own.. Also can someone confirm for me how many the DDE card is valid for?I think it's 6. If it's less that the total of your party how would that work in terms of discounting meal where the entire party are eating?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 It is valid for up to 10 ( that counts you) - 10 is the total. ( and I will be using mine next week for party of 8, like last year) want to see it pay for itself -- we are going to Hoop De Doo .. and for 8 people ( 2 kids) - it is like $530 -- so the discount ( late show only for HDDMR and Luau) - is over $100 -- card paid for itself + $35 and we are they for 10 days ! Will likely save enough to cover my AP -- I have never had more than 10 at one time to pay for so I don't know the answer for sure to the other -
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <a href="http://www.allearsnet.com/din/dde.htm" target="_blank">http://www.allearsnet.com/din/ dde.htm</a>
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 If you are more than 10, have 2 people with DDE and sit at 2 tables?? Assume that would work.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I would think so as long as those 2 cards are not the same family -- i.e. just a second card on one $65 fee --
Originally Posted By smedley There are 9 of us in the party, so one card would work for us. We're booked for California Grill, Chef Mickey's for breakfast and are possibly planning some other meals if we can book them on the fly (optimistic I know) unfortunately we won't be able to use it for our Boma reservations as we're going to be there on Thanksgiving evening.... That being said I'm thinking with 9 of us it will probably make the money for us just at the California Grill...
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Likely, especially if you have either a drink or two or a few bottles of wine for the table -- at $40 - $50 each at Cali grill that's $360 - $450 and a return of $72-$90 bucks
Originally Posted By smedley That's pretty much what I was thinking vbdad, I would imagine that at least a couple of bottles of wine, and some additional drinks would be consumed, and then the food on top of that.. By the time you include starters and desserts then $450 becomes entirely probable. All I need to do now is confirm to myself that I get enough additional benefits from the AP to make it worthwhile, I can get a UK ultimate ticket for £150 ($300) which is good for a fortnight of access to all of the parks, and the standard pass would not include the additional parks (this isn't necessarily a problem as I have some old tickets with extras days on them that I can use for that purpose). The AP is going to cost me $462 plus the additional $64 for the DDE, so I need to be getting an addition $226 out of both the DDE and the AP to make it worthwhile, as I'm not likely to be back within the 12 months, remembering that I'm then going to have to use additional days from the old passes for the water parks and Disney Quest.... *Sigh* Can someone please do the thinking for me and let me know what I should buy lol!!
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I used the DDE in February for the first time during our weeklong trip. There were five of us and we saved over $100 AFTER we deducted the price of the card. If there are going to be nine of y'all and you're going to be there for a fortnight, I think it will definitely be worth your while to buy the AP and get the DDE.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun We love our DDE card. We saved abour $40 in Feb and are leaving today for 12 days,so it will definately pay for itself by the time we are through.
Originally Posted By Maihama My understanding is that DDE is useless for a small family. How much is lunch at WDW without alcohol?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 loaded question - depends on where you eat, and how often. My family is small (4) and yet 3 years ago I saved almost $300 ( after deducating card price) with the card. Now we eat 2 sit downs a day for our 8-10 day trips -- My youngest is now 13 so after 9 years old all adult food prices. For lunch you can spend $8/$10 for an sandwhich type entree then tack on a soda and you are $11/$13 each -- At a nice sit down-- Le Cellier/ Brown Derby/ or a character buffet - you are closer to $20/head -- Dinner is more expensive-- so it really depends where and what one eats... for my family of 4 the card pays for itself and at least 1/2 my AP -- when we travel with my Sister and her family it pays for itself, my AP and another meal.
Originally Posted By Labuda "loaded question - depends on where you eat, and how often." Very true - in 2005 I got my first DDE and it paid for itself and then some ($50 at the time) in a matter of 4 days.
