Originally Posted By blueharvest82 Members of the the disney dining experience (not the dining plan) were sent an e-mail today explaining to them that the name of the plan will be changing to 'TABLES IN WONDERLAND' on September 26th in conjuction with food and wine festival. The theme of festival is 'cities in wonderland.' This will be a permanent change, they said one of the main reasons they are doing to this is to help with some of the confusion between this and other plans. The prices and the benefits will remain the same. When you renew your card you will be sent a new one.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Does this mean if I have the card and am not given a waterside table at San Angel Inn or a window view of the MK at fireworks time at the California Grill, I can shout all change?
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt ^^^OMG!! I laughed so hard, I spit on my keyboard!! These dining plans just give you too much food!! I'm not a big person & I can't eat it all. All these threads about desserts make me mad since I'm always way to full to try any of them. Next trip..DESSERTS ONLY!!
Originally Posted By blueharvest82 <<These dining plans just give you too much food!! I'm not a big person & I can't eat it all. All these threads about desserts make me mad since I'm always way to full to try any of them.>> This isn't a dining plan, this is the program where you spend like $dollars for a card and you get 20% of most food on property.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey The DDE is a great deal - I kept track and we saved over $200 on our last trip. I do agree with davewasbaloo though - "Tables in Wonderland"? That name just makes me want to hurl.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I have had DDE fora few years now - a really good dealaswe travel with my Sis,BIL and their 2 kids also. The card is good for yourself and up to 9 others at your table - and 20% on food & alcohol ( comes in real handy for the wine bill@ Cali Grill ) but I too was left scratching my head at the name - but they're right, it won;tbe confused with Disney Dining Plan any more
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hmmmm, Sarah did say maybe some folks were thinking when they bought the DDE they were expecting their meals for free, hence the change. What is sad is AP holders get this perk for free in DLP.
Originally Posted By dshyates About the name. Does anyone else think Disney marketing has gotten really bad at stuff like this? "Tables is Wonderland"? Is that really the best they could do. In the OP it says it to tie in with the temporary theme of this years F&W Fest. Is this not the WORST synergistic tie-in based name you've ever heard? And this isn't my usual Disney sucks rant, but this is so clumsy. I've seen better ad concepts in Marketing 101 at a small college in WV.
Originally Posted By Elderp "What is sad is AP holders get this perk for free in DLP." So do APs in CA. Except the discount is 10% for most APs and the PAPs get 15%.
Originally Posted By blueharvest82 "What is sad is AP holders get this perk for free in DLP." Thats simply because DLP and DLR only have two parks and way less places to get food.
Originally Posted By Elderp Actually in DL's case I would say it was the opposite. There are less in park options, but there is a TON of close outside competition. At WDW they kind of have you as a captive eater, but at DL there are several options in walking distance. Kinda makes me wonder why food is so expensive in the park, but then again I am the type that will walk for cheaper food.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo DLP you are stuck in, but that is cool when the table service experiences are so good (especially compared to many at WDW).
