Club Level Experiences?

[genet313]

Has anyone ever done Club level at any WDW resort?  We are looking at a April 2025 trip and as a family of 5 food adds up.  Our last trip was the kids' first trip and we had grandparents with us so we were doing a full sit down lunch/dinner at the more pricey restaurants every night in an effort to give them a rest period and also just a nicer meal experience (so Narcoosies, Be Our Guest, Cali Grill, Brown Derby, etc).    

Trying to figure out if the cost would be worth it for us, we know we would hit breakfast every day so that's helpful, and hopefully be able to use the Club lounge offerings to offset some of the lunch/dinner costs if we do more quick service and similar meals this time around.   Also I have a Disney planner to help with reservations and such but perhaps we would use their concierge services. 

[sent]

In the reviews I've read about various club levels at WDW, people don't really discuss a benefit of booking club level as a way to save meal costs. Maybe it could work if your family is committed to sticking with the lounge for a meal substitute. My kids wouldn't understand that they needed to eat the food in the club and call it dinner. They'd nibble a cracker and then ask when we'd be having dinner. We're not big breakfast eaters so I would not have factored substituting breakfast with the club offerings.

[mrsslocombe]

I don't think that you would save enough money eating at the lounge to account for the price difference in club level vs regular. The lunch/dinner offerings are limited, plus you would have to be leaving the parks to go back there. There's been a lot of complaining about the lounges being understaffed, food not being replenished, over crowding, etc.

I think it would be more cost efficient to do grocery delivery and have breakfast in the room, which is what we do. Also to get a bunch of snacks to keep on hand in the parks.

[devonpow]

We did club level at the Poly and loved it! We used it for breakfast every day which was a huge help with schedule/getting going/not needing to worry about breakfast. The cold sodas and waters were great to grab and go etc. Also the concierge they have there was great. Something got screwed up with my lightning lane interfering with a dining reservation, so I ran out in my pjs at 7:05 AM and the concierge fixed it for me lol.

[genet313]

Apr 26, 2024 10:33:04 GMT -5 mrsslocombe said:

I don't think that you would save enough money eating at the lounge to account for the price difference in club level vs regular. The lunch/dinner offerings are limited, plus you would have to be leaving the parks to go back there. There's been a lot of complaining about the lounges being understaffed, food not being replenished, over crowding, etc.

I think it would be more cost efficient to do grocery delivery and have breakfast in the room, which is what we do. Also to get a bunch of snacks to keep on hand in the parks.

We tried to do this and my kids wouldn’t even eat their normal “fave” snacks because they just wanted something special from “Disney”….

Interesting re lounges being crowded and the like though good to consider