Originally Posted by
Mary2e
Unless you're staying at a value, in most cases, during low season (mid Aug-mid Dec) you will do better with the room discount.
I do believe that if staying at a value, you only get the lowest/cheapest dining plan free instead of the middle plan. As such, you may still be better off with the room discount over the dining plan.
All I can say is that the only time we used the dining plan (family of 4 with two teenagers), we ended up with unused credits. We were eating so much, we just couldn't use them all.