The last two trips I have been to WDW, my family and I decided not to do the DDP. Well, I do get a discount at most of the sit down restaurants and some of the QSR restaurants, but we liked to have that flexibility when choosing our meals. This way, we didn't have to worry about tracking and using our credits after each meal and may end up with credits we didn't use if someone didn't feel like eating their full portion of the DDP plan. But, if you really like to eat a lot, the DP is good because on some of the plans for dinner, each person gets an appetizer, entree, dessert and drink for each meal (and that's just dinner). - BaseballMickey_CM  2852.6 #16 12:53PM

It is worth doing if you really like to try different dining options and plan to eat in places other than the quick service meals. There are a lot of really good dining options at WDW! If you like to sit down and take time out of the day to eat it might be great for you. We don't like to use that much time and find that the quick service options were just as yummy and took less time away from attractions. - AKMouse  376.5 #364 1:00PM

i am going for the first time in march with my family and we decided to do the dining plan because we would rather pay for all our meals in advance (we really wanted to pay our whole trip in advance, not guestimate how much we would spend on food). we got the regular dining plan which is 1 snack, 1 quick-service, and 1 table-service meal. the only problem is for your table service meals you really need to book in advance. about 3 weeks ago i finished reading the unofficial guide to walt disney world, and then figured out our schedule more or less. i needed to know what park we would be at on what day so i could make reservations. sure enough, at least 1/2 of the places i've booked have already filled up. so it's not so nice that you can't really be flexible but i also like that it gave us some sort of schedule to adhere to. we can't wander off somewhere because we're having dinner at a certain park that night. i also like that table-service also includes a lot of character dining! we're doing 3 of them and can't wait. i'll let you know how it goes! - nicoleface  1248.2 #65 1:07PM

This is very infornative! thank you! I have yet to go but planning next year for my honeymoon/ getting a coast to coast metal!! - CourtyAstroBlisters  440.2 #282 4:04PM