Disney World Offers a number of Unique dining experiences.
From snack options through to fine dining.
The Disney dining plan is a pre-paid method of paying for your meals before you go.
There are 3 different plans to choose from.
Plan 1 is the quick service plan:
2 quick-service meals
2 snacks
1 refillable mug
Plan 2 is the Regular Dining
1 table-service meal
1 quick-service meal
2 snacks
1 refillable mug
Plan 3 Deluxe Dining
3 meals (any combination of table-service and quick-service)
2 snacks
1 refillable mug
Starting with the quick service option every one over the age of 2 years old will receive these meals per day
Two Quick Service Meals, per night of your resort stay
Two Snack's per night of your resort stay
One refillable mug
What does Disney consider a "quick service meal"?
Well – it includes an entrée and non-alcoholic beverage & these are walk up dining places you will find all around Disney World.
You also get a re-fillable mug for the duration of your stay.
This will provide you with un-limited re fills from the drink stations at your resort..
If you are heading off to explore different resorts take your mug with you. As you will be able to fill it at any resort for free.
But you will not be able to use it in the parks.
There are some really great quick Service restaurants that you will get some awesome food from.
Here is a list of the quick service restaurants:
Disney's All Star Resorts
World Premiere Food Court
Intermission Food Court
End Zone Food Court
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
The Mara
Uzima Springs Pool Bar
Maji Pool Bar
Disney's Art of Animation Resort
Landscape of Flavors Food Court
Disney's BoardWalk Inn & Villas
BoardWalk Bakery
BoardWalk Pizza Window
The Belle Vue Lounge
Leaping Horse Libations
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
Old Port Royale Food Court
Disney's Contemporary Resort
Contempo Cafe
Cove Bar
The Sand Bar
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Cafe Rix
Pepper Market
Siestas Cantina
Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
Meadow Snack Bar
P & J's Southern Takeout
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Gasparilla Island Grill
Beaches Pool Bar and Grill
Courtyard Pool Bar
Disney's Old Key West Resort
Good's Food to Go
Turtle Shack Poolside Snacks
Disney's Polynesian Resort
Captain Cook’s Snack Company
Oasis Bar & Grill
Disney's Pop Century Resort
Everything POP Shopping and Dining
Disney's Port Orleans Resort
Riverside Mill Food Court
Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
Artist’s Palette
Backstretch Pool Bar
The Paddock Grill
Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Roaring Forks Snacks
Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resort
Hurricane Hanna’s Grill
Beach Club Marketplace
Ale & Compass Lounge
Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park
Avalunch
Cooling Hut
Lottawatta Lodge
The Warming Hut
Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park
Leaning Palms
Lowtide Lou's
Snack Shack
Surf Doggies
Typhoon Tilly’s
Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Creature Comforts Starbucks
Flame Tree Barbecue
Harambe Market
Pizzafari
Restaurantosaurus
Yak and Yeti Local Food Cafes
Disney's Hollywood Studios
ABC Commissary
Backlot Express
Catalina Eddie’s
Fairfax Fare
Min & Bill's Dockside Diner
PizzeRizzo
Rosie’s All American Café
Starring Rolls Cafe
Sunshine Day Cafe
The Trolley Car Cafe Starbucks
Epcot
Electric Umbrella Restaurant
Fife and Drum Tavern
Fountain View Starbucks
Katsura Grill
Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe
La Cantina de San Angel
Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie
Liberty Inn
Lotus Blossom Cafe
Promenade Refreshments
Refreshment Cool Post
Refreshment Port
Sommerfest
Sunshine Seasons
Tangierine Cafe
Yorkshire County Fish Shop
Magic Kingdom Park
Be Our Guest (breakfast, lunch)
Casey’s Corner
Columbia Harbour House
Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café
The Friar's Nook
Golden Oak Outpost
The Lunching Pad
Main Street Bakery
Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Café
Pinocchio Village Haus
Tomorrowland Terrace Restaurant (seasonal)
Tortuga Tavern (seasonal)
Disney Springs
Aristocrepes
B.B. Wolf's Sausage Co.
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza
Bongos Cuban Cafe Express
Cookes of Dublin
Daily Poutine
D-Luxe Burger
Earl of Sandwich
The Express at Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe
FoodQuest
Food Trucks at Exposition Park
Marketplace Snacks
Morimoto Asia Street Food
The Smokehouse
Starbucks at Disney Springs West Side
Wolfgang Puck Express at Disney Springs Marketplace
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
ESPN Wide World of Sports Grill
The Regular Dining Plan explained.
1 table service entitlement, per night of your resort stay. The table service meal will include an entrée, dessert and non-alcoholic beverage per guest.
1 counter service entitlement, per night of your resort stay. The counter service meal includes the same things outlined for the quick service dining plan.
2 snacks, per night of your resort stay
1 refillable mug, per guest
As with the quick service you get the un-limited re-fill mug.
But now you also get 1 table service meal per day of your vacation.
This is where if you are not an American it can get confusing.
In the USA it is customary to tip at a service restaurant.
Now Disney suggest an 18% figure, so you will need to budget this in for all service meals.
There are many different table service locations at the parks & resorts.
These are the 1 table credit locations.
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Boma - Flavors of Africa
Sanaa
Disney's BoardWalk Inn & Villas
Big River Grille & Brewing Works
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
Shutters at Old Port Royale
Disney's Contemporary Resort
Chef Mickey's
The Wave...of American Flavors
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
Las Ventanas
Maya Grill
Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
Trail’s End Restaurant
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Grand Floridian Café
Cinderella's Happily Ever After Dinner at 1900 Park Fare
Supercalifragilistic Breakfast at 1900 Park Fare
Disney's Old Key West Resort
Olivia’s Café
Disney's Polynesian Resort
Kona Café
Ohana
Ohana's Best Friends Breakfast featuring Lilo & Stitch
Disney's Port Orleans Resort
Boatwright’s Dining Hall
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
Turf Club Bar & Grill
Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Whispering Canyon Café
Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resort
Beaches & Cream
Cape May Cafe
Captain's Grille
Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Donald's Dining Safari at Tusker House
Rainforest Cafe
Yak & Yeti Restaurant
Disney's Hollywood Studios
50’s Prime Time Café
Disney Junior Play 'n Dine at Hollywood and Vine
Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano
Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant
Epcot
Akershus Royal Banquet Hall (Princess Storybook Dining)
Biergarten Restaurant
Chip 'N' Dale's Harvest Feast at The Garden Grill
Chefs de France
Coral Reef Restaurant
La Hacienda de San Angel
Nine Dragons Restaurant
Restaurant Marrakesh
Rose and Crown Pub & Dining Room
San Angel Inn Restaurante
Spice Road Table
Teppan Edo
Tokyo Dining
Tutto Italia
Via Napoli
Magic Kingdom Park
Be Our Guest (dinner)
A Buffet with Character at The Crystal Palace
The Diamond Horseshoe
Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
Liberty Tree Tavern
The Plaza Restaurant
Tony’s Town Square Restaurant
Disney Springs
Bongos Cuban Cafe
House of Blues Restaurant & Bar
Morimoto Asia (breakfast, lunch)
Paradiso 37
Portobello Country Italian Trattoria
Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant
Rainforest Cafe
Splitsville Luxury Lanes
T-REX
Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe
We now have the signature locations that take 2 Table Service credits per meal.
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Jiko - The Cooking Place
Private Dining (Room Service) B,L,D
Disney's Art of Animation Resort
Pizza Delivery (2 adult table-service credits per meal)*
Disney's BoardWalk Inn & Villas
Flying Fish
Private Dining (Room Service) B,L,D
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort
Pizza Delivery (2 adult table-service credits per meal)*
Disney's Contemporary Resort
California Grill
Private Dining (Room Service) B,L,D
Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue - tiers 2 & 3 seating for the 5:00 and 7:15pm seatings. Tier 1 for the 9:30pm seating.
Mickey’s Backyard BBQ
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Citricos
Narcoossee’s
Private Dining (Room Service) B,L,D
Disney's Polynesian Resort
Disney's Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show
(tiers 2 & 3 only)
Private Dining (Room Service) B,L,D
Disney's Pop Century Resort
Pizza Delivery (2 adult table-service credits per meal)*
Disney's Port Orleans
Pizza Delivery (2 adult table-service credits per meal)*
Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Artist Point
Private Dining (Room Service) B,L,D
Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resort
Yachtsman Steakhouse
Private Dining (Room Service) B,L,D
Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Tiffins
Disney's Hollywood Studios
The Hollywood Brown Derby
Epcot
Le Cellier Steakhouse
Monsieur Paul
Magic Kingdom Park
Fairytale Dining at Cinderella’s Royal Table
Disney Springs
The BOATHOUSE
The Dining Room at Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe
Morimoto Asia (dinner)
The last of the three plans is the Deluxe Dining plan. Anyway, the Deluxe Dining plan will include for each guest over the age of 2:
3 meals, per night of your resort stay
2 snacks, per night of your resort stay
1 refillable mug
What sets this plan apart from the Quick Service and Plus Dining plans is the way the meal credits are used.
With the deluxe dining plan, there's absolutely no distinction between a counter service meal and a table service meal. If you use a meal entitlement at a table service location, you will be able to order an appetizer, entrée, dessert and non-alcoholic beverage. All of it will be covered by your dining plan. For all meals that require 2 table service entitlements on the Plus Dining plan, you will need 2 meal entitlements on the deluxe dining plan as well.
This plan I believe is ideal for those looking for unique dining experiences & there are many at Disney world.
Guests planning on doing a lot of table service meals that are considered signature dining
You can plan on a sit down breakfast in the morning, a light lunch of something using a snack credit, and then a signature dinner.
For anybody else, this plan is almost certain to be too much food, too much money and require too much time. If you've got kids under the age of 10 just itching to get to a ride, they will be disappointed if they are being dragged to a restraint because of a reservation.
Good Luck!
