Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Does anyone know if the Disneyland Resort will offer the free Disney Dining plan with hotel stay and ticket purchase this year? I really want to go sometime this year, and that would probably make it more affordable for us to go. Anyone have any information or even some guesses as to if they will do this?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I thought only WDW offered a free dining plan. DLR meal plan is completely different than WDW.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer As mentioned above, Anaheim (aka DLR) has never offered the "free Dining" package.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Nope, only WDW. The DLR dining plan is nothing like WDW's; it's merely a prepaid card.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Well crap, that's dissapointing. Well what was their absolute best offer last year?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss At WDW, you pay a flat fee per day. It's all spelled out on allears.net: <a href="http://allears.net/pl/packages.htm" target="_blank">http://allears.net/pl/packages.htm</a>
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Well, on the DLR plan don't you get vouchers for certain uses. Like so many snacks, so many character meals, so many quick service meals, etc??? I've researched the whole thing out before.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss The difference is at WDW you could come out ahead depending on what you order. You might pay $40.00 per day, and end up ordering more than $40.00 worth of food. At DLR, it's one to one; you pay $40.00, you get $40.00 worth of food.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Well what the heck, why is WDW so much better at everything?! Better dining plan, more affordable hotels, cheaper park tickets, it's so much more affordable at WDW.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance BTW trecky, you still trying to get out from under all the snow?
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< The difference is at WDW you could come out ahead depending on what you order. You might pay $40.00 per day, and end up ordering more than $40.00 worth of food. >>> Especially when they mark up some of the hamburgers to $23!
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Well what the heck, why is WDW so much better at everything?! Better dining plan, more affordable hotels, cheaper park tickets, it's so much more affordable at WDW. >>> WDW is just different in a lot of ways. Virtually unlimited land means that they've built out hotels to match the demand for on-property lodging. Then, since a much-greater percentage of revenue is from the hotels, WDW needs more promotions in the off-season to keep those hotels full - hence, the dining plan. The average number of days per visit is more, so the price of tickets per day can be less. And so on it goes. Also, for the most part, I don't think that most guests directly compare the two resorts in terms of a particular vacation, as in "Gee, we want to go to a Disney resort for X days this summer - which one should we go to?"
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance It just seems wrong that I can travel to Florida from Oregon and spend less on vacation than if I go one state down to California.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Every fan should visit the other resort, whichever one that is. I'll always be a Disneylander, but I love WDW too.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<It just seems wrong that I can travel to Florida from Oregon and spend less on vacation than if I go one state down to California.>> That's only true if you stay in a Disney Hotel. At DLR there are plenty of inexpensive hotels and motels nearby, many within walking distance of the esplanade. The same is true for eating off property.
Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA YEP!!! The hojo is a good example of nearby, walking distance (8 min walk), and affordable hotel!!
