dianeschlicht said:
It will be interesting to see if it is better received than the old dining/activities plan was. I think that's why DVC did away with the old plan years ago. It just was not utilized that much.
The food n fun was a WDW plan not just DVC.
keishashadow said:
Curious, didn't know there was a plan offered before. Can someone recollect the basic details?
I figure they'll announce a DVC option, tied into a MYW tix purchase the day after I break down & buy AP's
I am the MYW dining #1 DVC fan
There were actually several versions.
In 1995 The main points initially were you got two sit down meals per day with an appetizer and desert plus recreation. Initially it was breakfast and Dinner, then breakfast OR lunch and dinner. The initially recreation included unlimited water sprites (an hour at a time I think), pontoon boats. fishing excursions (pay extra for live bait), trail rides and the like. I seem to recall the per person price around $47 at one point and $13.50 for kids. Changes over a year or two included taking the fishing away and substituting para sailing. It included gratuities AND tax. It was a 3 night minimum, for the entire LOS and all parties in that unit had to purchase it. In 1996 it evolved a lot with many individually small changes that on aggregate doomed the option as having little value.
Like the current dining plan it was limited to certain restaurants and premium restaurants were excluded except you could go to excluded restaurants and get a per meal credit of $30 per adult and $10 per child. The excluded list was similar to the signature restaurants on the current meal plan.
In 1996 they did institute limits on how much recreation like 2 one hour coupons per day. I did find the restaurant list for 1996 if anyone has questions as to specific restaurants included or not, just email or PM me.
In 1997 the plan was totally different. It was more of a prepaid meal plan where you paid $50 per day adult and got a credit of $55 per day ($22 cost and $25 credit for kids). You could not combine with other discounts like the DDE though I know some were able to at times. You got the recreation as a freebie but no more fishing excursions OR para sailing. It did not include tax or tips in this version or after though they could be deducted from your balance if you wanted.
In 1998 it was initially about the same then they totally removed all the recreation and it simply became a prepaid meal plan with a 10% discount and nothing else. Since the DDE was 20% and available at more places and the two could not be combined, the program was doomed at that point.
The DVC World of Dining plan was more inclusive and in 1995 was $93 for adults and $44 for children. I think this program was discontinued in 1996. If I recall correctly it was good for both character meals and dinner shows (FnF was only good for character meals). It was a 2 night minimum but for LOS and all in the party (I think as well).
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