Confusion! Dining Plan vs Deluxe Dining Plan for 2008 About This Page:

[TheMadonna3]

It's funny to me that people view the DxDDP as being too much food because they could never eat 3 meals a day. The true beauty of the DxDDP is the ability to do signature experiences and still be able to eat breakfast! With the basic plan, if you did a signature experience, you'd still give up the 2 credits, and spend most of your trip eating counter service or paying out of pocket for additional meals. The DxDDP has given my family the opportunity to experience quite a few signature restaurants and still have one more sit down meal per day. The 2 snacks are a great way to fill any voids as the snacks can be used to buy juice and a muffin in the AM, TS for lunch, and then a signature for dinner to end the day.

I just don't think people realize how flexible the DxDDP really can be and it's not 3 meals per day, just the purchase of non-distinguished credits.

[Ceara's mawmaw]

We use the deluxe plan so that we can check out the signature restaurants that we can't on the basic plan.
We are also an appetizer group so them being included on the deluxe plan is a plus. I crunch the numbers on adding appetizers OOP and it was less expensive to get the deluxe plan.
I worked in banquets(meetings, receptions, etc..) at a hotel when I was younger some of the banquet workers did not care as much about good service because they knew they were going to split the tip that was automatically added to the bill. So maybe tips not being included now will make great service even better now.
We love the refillable mugs, we take them to the parks with us, buy a drink and then pour them in the mugs. They keep the ice a little longer and the drink a fresher longer it seems.