Can you guys please do more Disney dining plan videos? One for each park on how to maximize the plan. Or a video on an example of how to maximize it step by step restaurant to restaurants etc ?
Been wanting to make this suggestion forever. I love the random shots of food/snacks/dishes, but would find it really helpful if you'd include captions on the lower left (or right) hand corner showing where they came from. I'd love to try some of these meals, but alas, I never know where they're at. Would love this little addition if you can manage it. Thank you.
Chefs De France has a special on their menu that gets you an appetizer, Entree and a dessert. It isn’t all of the entrees on the menu but we all found what we wanted was included.
Thanks for all your hard work. I think the stress relief is the main factor for me. Knowing that I don't have to say no or you have to wait until later is worth a great deal.
in the past, at Disney owned and operated quick service locations, when asking for a soda, if you dont specify size, you get a medium. if you ask for a large, that is included. notice i said disney owned and operated. this usually doesnt work around world showcase as they are usually 3rd party companies
We love the dining plan. Last time we went we added the receipts and we definitely saved money for our family. Of course every family is different. My wife is very diligent with money.
Question: how do you see the your dining plan on your app? I added it few hours ago and they told me to go to my resort and would see it.. but i don't see anything right now.
This is the video I have been waiting for!!! Long time subscriber and finally have my dream vacation booked and was able to get the free dining plan too.
Used to do the dining plan when it was worth it, and use to save money, but If you have any Passholder, DVC, or sometimes Disney Visa discounts, and get discounted Disney gift cards to pay for the meal, that will save you more money than the dining plan, and you can eat what you want. Was in Disney in December, and I took what I would pay for the meal plan, and compared it to what I payed out of pocket ( discounted GF and Passholder and DVC discounts) and I would have lost money doing the dining plan, and we don't skimp on meals. With what the plan costs now, the only thing I can see is it is more of a convince, rather than a savings
I have used it in the past it is worth it if your are getting the most expensive meals, you also are getting a lot of food so keep that in mind. Also the Free Dining Plan promo right now you have to add park hopper to your tickets so if you were just doing one park per day and thought you can get the dining plan added free your are still paying extra.
Thank you so much for this! My family and I are going to Disney World for the first time next month, and I paid for the quick service dining plan so my parents wouldn't have to stress about paying a ton for food. I really had no idea how it would work because I don't think it's at Disneyland, which is the only Disney park I've visited.
Got a deal on the WDW standard plan. It was our first time to the park so it was a good choice for us to receive the special character experiences and other high end meals without the up front sticker shock. It also helped us budget our meals. We saved all our receipts and will be tallying it up to compare. Next time we would only get the quick service plan because tipping gets very expensive and ruins a lot of the savings. We found that often the quick service meals were more enjoyable than the table service meals.
I’m curious as to why the carne asada dnd premium margarita is accepted with the DDP at La Hacienda but not at San Angel inn & restaurante when they are the same price.
I just came back from a trip in Jan and we had to use up our snack credits at Karmel Kuchen on the caramel corn. Nobody was mad about having to bring a bunch of that home. We probably wouldn’t have had so many but we also had the dining gift card to use up. It worked really well as that covered all the tips and extras at our sit down meals. Used it on cheaper snacks too instead of a snack lcredit. We also heard some places offer to use quick service for people who were out of snack credits. Not sure how much that covered but heard it offered to people a couple of times.
It isn't necessarily the best idea to go for the most expensive items on the meu when on the dining plan - YOU have to pay the tip which can be a lot if you eat really expensive entrees.
That is completely up to you (unless you are in a large party - then they automatically attach a gratuity of maybe 18%), usually for good service it is 20% and up - so, say you had dinner for two at Citricos at the Disney Grand Floridian - not even the most expensive place to eat - and ordered the most expensive entree, beverage and dessert on the menu to get "full value" for the free dining. The bill would be about $202.00 for two people and add the sales tax the total is now $214. If you gave a 20% tip you would be paying $42 out of pocket for the meal. It is up to you to decide if that is really "free" or not and if not, is it worth it to you?@@seleneb9852
What I am hearing from the first part of this video is that to get your money’s worth you need to get alcoholic drinks. If you don’t drink alcohol it is not worth it. I went through menus and added up prices for what my family would likely eat every day we are there and the cost of the dining plan is significantly over the out of pocket cost, and I will likely buy one of the more expensive entrees at each meal.
I bought the DDP from you guys. I need to basically list the character meals we want to book, see where else we might eat & compare prices. We are foodies & drinkers & would love to try things but our kids are small eaters and our oldest will be 10 - so really need to work it out. They love dessert & drinks will be different- just annoying to have to spend the time on it to work it out is all. Really appreciate the documentation & videos
going mid February and did the DDP. How can you keep track of how many snacks you have left? Was able to schedule out QS and TS but snacks is difficult. I wish they did that Disney + special slightly earlier so I could have taken advantage
when staying deluxe free dining is probably better if there is more than 2 adults in your room. I priced out two adults staying at BWI with the same add-ons and the stay longer deal saves $200 more dollars over free dining. Best to always price it out.
When we had the ddp prior to covid we could switch our included drink with QS credit out for a sweet/dessert. Which was great as we already had our refill mug. Do you know if you can still that? X
I was at Coronado a couple weeks ago and asked at their QS, "So, we have these mugs, but the quick service credit also includes a drink. How does that work?" The cast member told me that I could use my meal credit for any drink but didn't mention getting a dessert instead. I didn't ask further. Like AJ said, I expect your mileage will vary on this one.
Back in 2001, I vacationed at Disney World and because I was staying 4 days, I got 2 "wishes" each day (and a HUGE booklet telling me what I could use my wishes on)...I found myself using most of my wishes on gifts for family and friends. My last two wishes I had decided to use at The Brown Derby and it was so worth it!...
Hi AJ! I'm not sure if someone has mentioned this yet- but La Hacienda de San Angel menu (at least on line) says that the carne assada and osso bucco are not options included with the meal plan. Maybe you know this already and maybe it is a new addition to the menu. Thanks for all you do!
27:22 I honestly think these should just be a flat 3 dining credits considering you’d probably get more food for 4-5 dining credits. ALSO 31:23 It should only work like this, a kid credit can get kid entrees and an adult credit can adult & kid entrees since the adult credit is by default worth more money of course Disney should let ppl seemingly *(to Disney) waste their credit on something cheaper when they could’ve gotten something more expensive.
Is there a chance that Disney may bring back the Dining Card, or are they going to keep the Dining Plan? We just got back two weeks ago, and man! That Dining Card is THE BOMB! The two of us paid out maybe $200 out of pocket on food, and that's only because we went to Wolfgang Puck's and used Mobile Order a few times. Otherwise, Disney paid for our food🎉
Any chance you'd be able to swap out the dessert for an app? I'm not big on sweets, but always order an app with my meal. Only reason I'm on the fence about it!
Hey there We are coming to Disney in march from Australia. We have have a package for 4 days park admission dining package + 7 nights accommodation. Do you have to use your park entry to access the restaurants that use the credits on the meal package plans?
You would have to have park tickets to access restaurants in the parks, yes, but there are restaurants at the resorts that you can use dining plan credits for, and you don't need park entry to go to the resorts! DFB has numerous videos and posts and reviews on the website about resort restaurants.
Genuine question to people who have issues with being stressed about things like meal budgets, did you actually find that having a DDP decreased your anxiety around making sure that you have a way to eat food, without the fear of overspending in other catergories? While I myself have never been to disney, I know that my stress levels around making sure that I am not going hungery can be extremely high when I do plan a trip. I do try and mitigate this by making sure I book a hotel room with an all inclusive breakfast and packing a box full of snacks just incase I run out of money, and this has saved me from a lot of headaches and allowed me to truly enjoy this experience. I want to know if those who have travelled to disney have found that having the DDP has reduced the stress levels around affording food, or if all the red tape has made the endeavour futile
Aj my family and I have gone in a Disney trip recently we used the Disney dining plan, and they did get the kids quick serve confused with the adult quick serve, which is explanational, and they help figure it out. What my family made the mistake was because they on travel days forget they have an extra table service or quick-serve. Because the day they come in, they don't think they get to eat that day or the day they leave that morning because it wasn't a night they get a credit. Making sure they utilize all possible.Credits that is available to them. Huge fan, thank you for your content.It's helped me on multiple disney trips. Does magic kingdom have a firework dining reservation?
If one of the adults in the party is picky (super picky) can you pay out of pocket for their meal and use the credit at a later date? We have done this in the past, just wondering if it is still OK.
We used it from the start until 2020 close. Actually, our trip was canceled in 2020 which we had the free plan. We always enjoyed the old plan and hope we will like the new one on our upcoming trip in March. Question, you used to be able to buy up your plan. Say you get a free dining in the quick service , but you could pay the difference and get the full service cheaper. Is that still available?
I have the DFB Guide to Maximizing the DDP. Can anyone tell me what the purple ribbon with the star in it means. I see it throughout the guide but I can't find where it says what it means.
Hi. We are excited to try the dining plan in April. I have two questions, since Easter is in march this year do you see April to be less busy? And second, does the different resorts have different refillable mugs? Have you guys done a video of the different mugs at each resort?
I had that happen several years ago when Easter fell in March, so we made plans to go in April thinking the crowds will be less than at Easter time... make sure you check when Passover is, because I know the schools in NY and other places do give that time off also... the parks were actually more crowded at that time then they were at Easter time according to all the CM's at that time
If I am mobile ordering Yorkshire county fish would I be able to differentiate a kids meal credit for that? Or is it only at the counter. We will have two adult dining plans and one kids and my kids love fish and chips so I would order them one to split, can I say that that’s a kids quick service or do I have to use an extra adult when mobile ordering?
Is a Kid that will b 8 or 9 Nezt trip: are his credits b Kids credits or Adults? Especially for meals he won't join us. He is Autistic and will b with Babysitter
With the ddp does it start when your room booking start or when your tickets start? So we arrive tuesday evening, but dont start in the park till thursday. So tueaday, and wednesday we would have the credits for those days or does it start on the thursday?
I am actually on my way today (yay!!). My TA explained it begins on the first day of my trip (even if my room isn’t ready) and expires at midnight on our last day.
Hello! Question about the Epcot live entertainment reserved seating… it says garden grill is included. We already have a garden grill reservation but the festival dining packages haven’t been announced yet (flower & garden). Will we get “grandfathered In” To the special package? Or will I need to cancel our current reservation and make a new one to include the live concert special seating??
Ok. We are headed to Disney World in the fall and have the standard dining plan…..you mentioned placing mobile orders….can I order for my family on the mobile order so we are placing one big order and have it use all of our quick service credits or would it only use MY quick service credits? I’m trying to learn as much as possible before we go. Also have these credits been available to use on Halloween party snacks and quick service meals in the past?
The credits are given to the room, not to the individual person. If you placed an order for your family, the credits would come out of your room's total.
If I remember correctly Disney puts a suggested amount on the bottom. I’m in my 20s and growing up my parents always told me to tip at least 10% of the bill. Now days I think the norm is closer to 15-20% of your total bill. For me personally even living in the US my whole life I feel like the tip rate keeps getting crazier and crazier. My husband and I generally stick to the 10% rule and if the service was exceptional and/or we have some extra money in our budget to spend we’ll try to get closer to the 15% range.
@kristenhale2946 Thank you that's really helpful. It's one of the reasons that I won't be doing any 2 credit dining locations because I've been saving for this trip for 5 years and I Don't want my budget to go on tips lol and have no money left over for a few souvenirs or emergencies. I don't know why I'm so anxious about it lol. Also adding tax onto things is alien to us as it already has tax added over here
As someone who worked in dining for 5 years here's my suggestion 15 percent is ur baseline if the service is just fine 15 percent if it's awful go to ten if it's great to to 20 and up
Our next trip will be the first time using the dining plan, how does it work if you want to mobile order for your whole family on your account? Will everyone’s credits show up on your app? Or will the credits come off of your own personal credits?
As someone who only orders the plant based meals and doesn’t really drink alcohol, I think I’ll be skipping the DDP lol. I’ve done the math and it doesn’t add up to be worth it!
Yes! We always tell people to do the math! It looks like a great deal on paper, but if you’re not ordering the most expensive thing on the menu you’re probably leaving money on the table
Light eaters can be tricky. Consider the buffets, especially the character buffets, that way everyone can eat as little or lot as they want, and buffets always have food for picky eaters. Almost all of them are one table credit, so just avoid the two table credits (ankershuse after breakfast, cinderellas Royal table, etc). If you are doing a buffet between lunch and differ, you can get snacks in the morning, and split one snack between two or even three light eaters so they will all be hungry at buffet time.
We are a family of picky light eaters ... we decided to get gift cards instead of the dining plan that way the meals are pre paid but closer to the budget we want to spend ... and any left over money goes towards our next trip! It has worked out much better for our family 😊
DDP isn’t worth it for our family anymore. In 2019, my 3kids were under 10, so a lot less expensive. Also, 2 snacks per day. Now, they are all over 10, but of course don’t drink alcohol, and sometimes eat from the kid’s menu. So I would be wasting money with the DDP. It’s sad because it was easy and I didn’t mind splurging on character meals.
Can you guys please do more Disney dining plan videos? One for each park on how to maximize the plan. Or a video on an example of how to maximize it step by step restaurant to restaurants etc ?
Been wanting to make this suggestion forever. I love the random shots of food/snacks/dishes, but would find it really helpful if you'd include captions on the lower left (or right) hand corner showing where they came from. I'd love to try some of these meals, but alas, I never know where they're at. Would love this little addition if you can manage it. Thank you.
Chefs De France has a special on their menu that gets you an appetizer, Entree and a dessert. It isn’t all of the entrees on the menu but we all found what we wanted was included.
Thanks for all your hard work. I think the stress relief is the main factor for me. Knowing that I don't have to say no or you have to wait until later is worth a great deal.
in the past, at Disney owned and operated quick service locations, when asking for a soda, if you dont specify size, you get a medium. if you ask for a large, that is included. notice i said disney owned and operated. this usually doesnt work around world showcase as they are usually 3rd party companies
Bought your Dinning Plan guide and have started reading though it! So worth it, thank you for all the work you and your team put into your guides.
I found that a late (after 10) character buffet breakfast was a great deal. After filling up there, skipping lunch was a no-brainer.
We love the dining plan. Last time we went we added the receipts and we definitely saved money for our family. Of course every family is different. My wife is very diligent with money.
Question: how do you see the your dining plan on your app? I added it few hours ago and they told me to go to my resort and would see it.. but i don't see anything right now.
I loved the Disney Dining PLan. Glad it’s back.. So convenient to prepay most meals!!
This is the video I have been waiting for!!! Long time subscriber and finally have my dream vacation booked and was able to get the free dining plan too.
Used to do the dining plan when it was worth it, and use to save money, but If you have any Passholder, DVC, or sometimes Disney Visa discounts, and get discounted Disney gift cards to pay for the meal, that will save you more money than the dining plan, and you can eat what you want. Was in Disney in December, and I took what I would pay for the meal plan, and compared it to what I payed out of pocket ( discounted GF and Passholder and DVC discounts) and I would have lost money doing the dining plan, and we don't skimp on meals. With what the plan costs now, the only thing I can see is it is more of a convince, rather than a savings
I have used it in the past it is worth it if your are getting the most expensive meals, you also are getting a lot of food so keep that in mind. Also the Free Dining Plan promo right now you have to add park hopper to your tickets so if you were just doing one park per day and thought you can get the dining plan added free your are still paying extra.
Thank you so much for this! My family and I are going to Disney World for the first time next month, and I paid for the quick service dining plan so my parents wouldn't have to stress about paying a ton for food. I really had no idea how it would work because I don't think it's at Disneyland, which is the only Disney park I've visited.
Got a deal on the WDW standard plan. It was our first time to the park so it was a good choice for us to receive the special character experiences and other high end meals without the up front sticker shock. It also helped us budget our meals. We saved all our receipts and will be tallying it up to compare. Next time we would only get the quick service plan because tipping gets very expensive and ruins a lot of the savings. We found that often the quick service meals were more enjoyable than the table service meals.
I’m curious as to why the carne asada dnd premium margarita is accepted with the DDP at La Hacienda but not at San Angel inn & restaurante when they are the same price.
I just came back from a trip in Jan and we had to use up our snack credits at Karmel Kuchen on the caramel corn. Nobody was mad about having to bring a bunch of that home. We probably wouldn’t have had so many but we also had the dining gift card to use up. It worked really well as that covered all the tips and extras at our sit down meals. Used it on cheaper snacks too instead of a snack lcredit. We also heard some places offer to use quick service for people who were out of snack credits. Not sure how much that covered but heard it offered to people a couple of times.
My family and I will be using the quick service plan on our trip in February
Just an FYI that the carne asada you promote at La Hacienda de San Angel is clearly marked as not an option on the DDP when you look at the menu.
Ive done it both ways, and i prefer to have everything paid for up front in advance, even if i end up losing a few bucks. So, DDP for me❤
I so agree with you
I just ordered the hummingbirds (and a few more) and used your code! Thanks!!
It isn't necessarily the best idea to go for the most expensive items on the meu when on the dining plan - YOU have to pay the tip which can be a lot if you eat really expensive entrees.
screw tips, America has gone to far with tipping culture.
@@indiging8330we also agree but can’t agree that waiters deserve minimum wage or more
Tip will still be less the paying for the whole meal at that moment
how much is the gratuity?
That is completely up to you (unless you are in a large party - then they automatically attach a gratuity of maybe 18%), usually for good service it is 20% and up - so, say you had dinner for two at Citricos at the Disney Grand Floridian - not even the most expensive place to eat - and ordered the most expensive entree, beverage and dessert on the menu to get "full value" for the free dining. The bill would be about $202.00 for two people and add the sales tax the total is now $214. If you gave a 20% tip you would be paying $42 out of pocket for the meal. It is up to you to decide if that is really "free" or not and if not, is it worth it to you?@@seleneb9852
What I am hearing from the first part of this video is that to get your money’s worth you need to get alcoholic drinks. If you don’t drink alcohol it is not worth it. I went through menus and added up prices for what my family would likely eat every day we are there and the cost of the dining plan is significantly over the out of pocket cost, and I will likely buy one of the more expensive entrees at each meal.
This was helpful, thank you! I did look and it says the carne asada at La Hacienda isn’t included in the plan?
This was super helpful thank you. ❤
I bought the DDP from you guys. I need to basically list the character meals we want to book, see where else we might eat & compare prices.
We are foodies & drinkers & would love to try things but our kids are small eaters and our oldest will be 10 - so really need to work it out.
They love dessert & drinks will be different- just annoying to have to spend the time on it to work it out is all.
Really appreciate the documentation & videos
going mid February and did the DDP. How can you keep track of how many snacks you have left? Was able to schedule out QS and TS but snacks is difficult. I wish they did that Disney + special slightly earlier so I could have taken advantage
i think it keeps track of the credits in the My Disney Experience app!
Looking forward to the 2025 version of this video
Just looked up the Carne Asada on the menu at La Hacienda. It says that it's not included in the dining plan. :(
when staying deluxe free dining is probably better if there is more than 2 adults in your room. I priced out two adults staying at BWI with the same add-ons and the stay longer deal saves $200 more dollars over free dining. Best to always price it out.
Will you be doing audio versions of your DDP snack credit lists?
How do you know how many points will be deducted from your dinning plan ?
if you’re on the quick service dining plan, 1 entree and 1 drink will remove 1 “quick service meal” credit from your plan, from my understanding
When we had the ddp prior to covid we could switch our included drink with QS credit out for a sweet/dessert. Which was great as we already had our refill mug. Do you know if you can still that? X
I was at Coronado a couple weeks ago and asked at their QS, "So, we have these mugs, but the quick service credit also includes a drink. How does that work?" The cast member told me that I could use my meal credit for any drink but didn't mention getting a dessert instead. I didn't ask further. Like AJ said, I expect your mileage will vary on this one.
DDP must be ordered and paid for least 48 hours before your check in day!
I might've already asked this, but, can I still use the dining plan to pay for my meal even if I'm dining with somebody who doesn't have the plan?
Back in 2001, I vacationed at Disney World and because I was staying 4 days, I got 2 "wishes" each day (and a HUGE booklet telling me what I could use my wishes on)...I found myself using most of my wishes on gifts for family and friends. My last two wishes I had decided to use at The Brown Derby and it was so worth it!...
What are wishes?
Hi AJ! I'm not sure if someone has mentioned this yet- but La Hacienda de San Angel menu (at least on line) says that the carne assada and osso bucco are not options included with the meal plan. Maybe you know this already and maybe it is a new addition to the menu. Thanks for all you do!
27:22 I honestly think these should just be a flat 3 dining credits considering you’d probably get more food for 4-5 dining credits. ALSO
31:23 It should only work like this, a kid credit can get kid entrees and an adult credit can adult & kid entrees since the adult credit is by default worth more money of course Disney should let ppl seemingly *(to Disney) waste their credit on something cheaper when they could’ve gotten something more expensive.
Is there an update on trading a quick meal credit for 3 snack credits? Thanks! 😊
Is there a chance that Disney may bring back the Dining Card, or are they going to keep the Dining Plan? We just got back two weeks ago, and man! That Dining Card is THE BOMB! The two of us paid out maybe $200 out of pocket on food, and that's only because we went to Wolfgang Puck's and used Mobile Order a few times. Otherwise, Disney paid for our food🎉
My only DDP experience: I once had a one-day dining plan. Kind of a long story, but it was fun! Wouldn't want it for an entire trip though.
BTW: "Poutine" = "fries with goop"
Any chance you'd be able to swap out the dessert for an app? I'm not big on sweets, but always order an app with my meal. Only reason I'm on the fence about it!
My understanding is you can’t anymore according to a cast member but they can be wrong in my experience.
Hey there
We are coming to Disney in march from Australia. We have have a package for 4 days park admission dining package + 7 nights accommodation. Do you have to use your park entry to access the restaurants that use the credits on the meal package plans?
You would have to have park tickets to access restaurants in the parks, yes, but there are restaurants at the resorts that you can use dining plan credits for, and you don't need park entry to go to the resorts! DFB has numerous videos and posts and reviews on the website about resort restaurants.
Genuine question to people who have issues with being stressed about things like meal budgets, did you actually find that having a DDP decreased your anxiety around making sure that you have a way to eat food, without the fear of overspending in other catergories?
While I myself have never been to disney, I know that my stress levels around making sure that I am not going hungery can be extremely high when I do plan a trip. I do try and mitigate this by making sure I book a hotel room with an all inclusive breakfast and packing a box full of snacks just incase I run out of money, and this has saved me from a lot of headaches and allowed me to truly enjoy this experience. I want to know if those who have travelled to disney have found that having the DDP has reduced the stress levels around affording food, or if all the red tape has made the endeavour futile
Can you still trade a quick service credit for 3 snack credits?
Aj my family and I have gone in a Disney trip recently we used the Disney dining plan, and they did get the kids quick serve confused with the adult quick serve, which is explanational, and they help figure it out.
What my family made the mistake was because they on travel days forget they have an extra table service or quick-serve. Because the day they come in, they don't think they get to eat that day or the day they leave that morning because it wasn't a night they get a credit.
Making sure they utilize all possible.Credits that is available to them.
Huge fan, thank you for your content.It's helped me on multiple disney trips.
Does magic kingdom have a firework dining reservation?
My only question is if I can convert the quick service credits to snack credits or is that not a thing anymore?
Heads up everyone! The San Angel menu says the carne asada is NOT included on the Disney dining plan :(
If one of the adults in the party is picky (super picky) can you pay out of pocket for their meal and use the credit at a later date? We have done this in the past, just wondering if it is still OK.
I'd avoid any sit-down breakfast with kids at Disney World. Making rope drop is far more important than eating a big breakfast.
Any idea if the Bon voyage breakfast, Be our guest Breakfast or 1900 Park fare breakfast will be back by 2025?
One was able to switch out quick services for table service but I guess you cannot now
We used it from the start until 2020 close. Actually, our trip was canceled in 2020 which we had the free plan. We always enjoyed the old plan and hope we will like the new one on our upcoming trip in March. Question, you used to be able to buy up your plan. Say you get a free dining in the quick service , but you could pay the difference and get the full service cheaper. Is that still available?
I have the DFB Guide to Maximizing the DDP. Can anyone tell me what the purple ribbon with the star in it means. I see it throughout the guide but I can't find where it says what it means.
The Funnel Cake stand in Epcot is also not showing up on the MDE app as accepting the dining plan.
Note that disney plus free dining is only for US residents guests
Canadian too.
I had to speak to three different cast members in order to get the deal. Smh.
Can DDP be used in the resorts?
Yes, they can be used except for V&A.
Yes and they have anything listed on the Disney site as well
can you use the dinning plan if you stay offsite
Hi. We are excited to try the dining plan in April. I have two questions, since Easter is in march this year do you see April to be less busy? And second, does the different resorts have different refillable mugs? Have you guys done a video of the different mugs at each resort?
The mugs are the same across all the resorts.
I had that happen several years ago when Easter fell in March, so we made plans to go in April thinking the crowds will be less than at Easter time... make sure you check when Passover is, because I know the schools in NY and other places do give that time off also... the parks were actually more crowded at that time then they were at Easter time according to all the CM's at that time
If I am mobile ordering Yorkshire county fish would I be able to differentiate a kids meal credit for that? Or is it only at the counter. We will have two adult dining plans and one kids and my kids love fish and chips so I would order them one to split, can I say that that’s a kids quick service or do I have to use an extra adult when mobile ordering?
Is a Kid that will b 8 or 9 Nezt trip: are his credits b Kids credits or Adults? Especially for meals he won't join us. He is Autistic and will b with Babysitter
Excellent video. It cleared a lot of my questions
The Plaza Ice Cream Parlor in MK does not show up on the MDE app as part of the dining plan.
Is Garden grill serving turkey or chicken right now? I need to know because I don't want to go if they have turkey
Regarding the specialty refillable cup: if you grt a dining plan for 5 day (nights), do you get a NEW refillable cup everyday????
No it is one cup per person for the entire trip
HOW LONG HAVE WE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! IMPATIENTLY TAPPING MY FEET SINCE 2020 💀
Do you get a drink with each meal?
With that free dining plan deal, you also have to get the park hopper ticket
With the ddp does it start when your room booking start or when your tickets start?
So we arrive tuesday evening, but dont start in the park till thursday. So tueaday, and wednesday we would have the credits for those days or does it start on the thursday?
I am actually on my way today (yay!!). My TA explained it begins on the first day of my trip (even if my room isn’t ready) and expires at midnight on our last day.
Oh amazingthank you so much.
Does the app tally how many credits you have/let you know what's left?
Yes! you can check what you have left during your trip
Hello! Question about the Epcot live entertainment reserved seating… it says garden grill is included. We already have a garden grill reservation but the festival dining packages haven’t been announced yet (flower & garden). Will we get “grandfathered In”
To the special package? Or will I need to cancel our current reservation and make a new one to include the live concert special seating??
We have dining credits per room on our stay. Does that mean we will have to pay for the resort mugs or would we get them free? Xx
The mugs are included in the cost of the plan.
Can tips be paid with a Disney Gift card, if using the Disney dining plan?
Yep!
Any idea what restaurant you will find the noodles and beef at 3 minutes? Thank you
that is at Lotus Blossom in EPCOT
Ok. We are headed to Disney World in the fall and have the standard dining plan…..you mentioned placing mobile orders….can I order for my family on the mobile order so we are placing one big order and have it use all of our quick service credits or would it only use MY quick service credits? I’m trying to learn as much as possible before we go. Also have these credits been available to use on Halloween party snacks and quick service meals in the past?
The credits are given to the room, not to the individual person. If you placed an order for your family, the credits would come out of your room's total.
I’m so happy the DDP is back. When we would take our yearly week at WDW the DDP made the trip so much better.
is there anyway to buy a dining plan without a package?
Only if you're a Disney Vacation Club Member or Annual Passholder
Carne Asada at La Hacienda de San Angel isn't included in the Disney Dining Plan.
Our dining plan is only $36 per day for 2 of us!!so really it's like saying 2 meals for price of one with $36 off bill
Do you know what restaurants in disney springs that except dinning plan?as we don't eat at the disney parks
Do you have any advice on DDP and gratuity? Because I’m English and not used to paying the servers wages on top of the price of the dining plan 😅
If I remember correctly Disney puts a suggested amount on the bottom. I’m in my 20s and growing up my parents always told me to tip at least 10% of the bill. Now days I think the norm is closer to 15-20% of your total bill. For me personally even living in the US my whole life I feel like the tip rate keeps getting crazier and crazier. My husband and I generally stick to the 10% rule and if the service was exceptional and/or we have some extra money in our budget to spend we’ll try to get closer to the 15% range.
@kristenhale2946 Thank you that's really helpful. It's one of the reasons that I won't be doing any 2 credit dining locations because I've been saving for this trip for 5 years and I Don't want my budget to go on tips lol and have no money left over for a few souvenirs or emergencies. I don't know why I'm so anxious about it lol. Also adding tax onto things is alien to us as it already has tax added over here
As someone who worked in dining for 5 years here's my suggestion 15 percent is ur baseline if the service is just fine 15 percent if it's awful go to ten if it's great to to 20 and up
Can you use the snake for an alcohol drink?
I love these hackes😁
Where r u staying (if you don’t mind telling me)
Is it true that the pineapple upside down cake, spring rolls, and mr. kamal's fries are all no longer snacks???
I did see that Kamals is no longer a snack but unsure on the others
Our next trip will be the first time using the dining plan, how does it work if you want to mobile order for your whole family on your account? Will everyone’s credits show up on your app? Or will the credits come off of your own personal credits?
When you connect everyone on your app, their credits show up under meal plan
As someone who only orders the plant based meals and doesn’t really drink alcohol, I think I’ll be skipping the DDP lol. I’ve done the math and it doesn’t add up to be worth it!
Yes! We always tell people to do the math! It looks like a great deal on paper, but if you’re not ordering the most expensive thing on the menu you’re probably leaving money on the table
I keep going back and forth with the dining plan, I have several picky eaters and several light eaters.
Light eaters can be tricky. Consider the buffets, especially the character buffets, that way everyone can eat as little or lot as they want, and buffets always have food for picky eaters. Almost all of them are one table credit, so just avoid the two table credits (ankershuse after breakfast, cinderellas Royal table, etc).
If you are doing a buffet between lunch and differ, you can get snacks in the morning, and split one snack between two or even three light eaters so they will all be hungry at buffet time.
We are a family of picky light eaters ... we decided to get gift cards instead of the dining plan that way the meals are pre paid but closer to the budget we want to spend ... and any left over money goes towards our next trip! It has worked out much better for our family 😊
We have never used the dining plan. We are on our 18th Disney world trip. We use our hotel discount instead.
❤ AJ
DDP isn’t worth it for our family anymore. In 2019, my 3kids were under 10, so a lot less expensive. Also, 2 snacks per day. Now, they are all over 10, but of course don’t drink alcohol, and sometimes eat from the kid’s menu. So I would be wasting money with the DDP. It’s sad because it was easy and I didn’t mind splurging on character meals.
Would appreciate a 2025 dining plan video 😊 thanks
As far as i can tell the Carne asada is not available on dining plan
Oooh i need hacks!
will there be a release for Quick-Food Service RESTAURANTS???
I was specifically wondering about the ahi nachos and y'all answered!
Wait… i can fill the refillable cup with COFFEE??????
Awe yeah less then 10 mins gang
no fancy drinks kind of stinks.
That is not very nice! Most Disney cast do an outstanding job for not a lot of money
Don't do it. Just get gift cards for dining.
First!
Unless they have changed Cinderella’s castle it’s not worth it.