Spliting Meals on the Disney Dining Plan

We have never got one entree and split it at a TS restaurant. IMO that would be frowned upon, but I do know people that have said they have done this to save credits. With the new restrictions on reservations and cancellations, I don't know what Disney's thoughts are about two people getting one entree and sharing it on the dining plan. When you are on the deluxe dining plan, it is a lot of food so I can understand why you would want to do this. That's also why we have tables in wonderland now rather then the DDP. Anyone else ?

I would guess that it is frowned upon using DDP, but to the best of my knowledge it is not against the "rules". My guess is that most servers would comply with your request because it's in their best interest to make you happy and it probably greases the wheels if you pay cash for an appetizer. Obviously it would be impossible to split at a buffet restaurant. We only got DDP one time and it was free. I wanted to ask about splitting a meal on credits, but I lost my nerve...and I wanted to eat the delicious food.

Your welcome Allie. People do do it, so I'm not saying it's out of the question. Did you try that link that someone put on here recently, its a site you can put in dining preferences and it pretty much tells you if its worth for you to do the dining plan or not, depending on your eating habits. Its pretty good.

Last time we were there, some places allowed it but there was an "extra plate charge" that was not taken off your DP.d
We really love having the DP since it frees us up to choose what we want to eat, not the cheapest on the menu. If you pick up the QM Plan, you can split portions at the table and no one seems to care. That might be a savings and again you can try more expensive things. I don't remember what month you are going, but if it's in Sept, there is a good chance you will get Free Dining with a resort menu, so it's worth a think.

Allie we looked into QS meal plans for us to get without the magic your way ticket or the resort stay. We could get it but opted not to because it would cost more than what we would pay out of pocket. For example, the newest price for the QS is $41.99/per person. You get one entree or combo meal, a drink and if it's lunch or dinnertime you get dessert. Then you get one snack a day.
All info I found on the QS DP says you get a refillable resort mug too but I don't think that we would have because we were buying it w/o a resort stay. Even if we did get one, we weren't going to go to any resorts just to fill up soda. If you are someone who will use the refillable resort mug, then it might be worth the money. Also, most of the places in the parks that participate in the QS meal plan don't serve dessert too. A few do, but not many. Some are just kiosks. I don't know anything about any of the resort QS so I can't speak to the resorts.
I used Cosmic Rays as an example restaurant when I was running the numbers for myself. It is one of the better and more expensive QS restaurants in MK.
Cosmic Rays is one of the few places in the QS plan that has several desserts to choose. They are also one of the restaurants that you would get the most bang for your buck out of a QS credit at MK.
If you chose Cosmic Rays an entree or combo meal, most are $10, a drink $3 and dessert $4=$17 This is one of the more expensive out of pocket meals because you are getting dessert too. If you got 2 $17 QS meals a day you'd have to find an $8 snack just to break even.
We eat QS almost exclusively and we still pay less and eat more than the $42 a day QS plan gives you. It may be worth it for you if you only choose the most expensive QS meals and use the refillable mug.

I just reread this post where you said the QS dining plan WOULDN'T be beneficial to you! I read it as WOULD the first time that's why I went on my mini rant about it probably not being beneficial for you

My friend, who is a WDW certified travel agent, goes three times per year and splits meals all the time whether she is on the dining plan or not. She said they've never given her any issues...

Yes we started doing the TIW last trip ad found it to be so much better for our dinning needs. We tend not to eat as much during every meal, but may e a few more beverages so the 20% on the total bill works out great

We have split a meal just because we weren't really hungry but needed to eat something. The CM's we've encountered neve care. As stated before a Buffett is a different rule.

Um, the Quick service meal plan comes with TWO meals, not one and then an additional snack. Of course it's not saving anything with one meal. You can also split a CS meal, so only one of the couple has to have the plan as well, so it might actually be cheaper.