Dining Plan Question...some places no longer taking it?

[pinkrose]

A friend of mine was down in WDW last week and said that she passed a few counter service places with signs out front that said "We no longer accept the dining plan" She couldn't remember what places they were. Does anyone have any information on this? Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[RonAnnArbor]

Not within the parks - the counter service all accepts it -- she might have been referring to restaurants in Downtown Disney perhaps?

 

[pinkrose]

I'm not sure. I'll ask her today. Thanks

 

[Monty]

Wolfgang Puck's Cafe has announced that they will no longer honour the Disney Dining Experience card [can't remember the effective date], maybe that's what the signs were?

 

[pinkrose]

Wolfgang Puck's Cafe has announced that they will no longer honour the Disney Dining Experience card [can't remember the effective date], maybe that's what the signs were?

That could be it. I hope so anyway. Thanks!

 

[prprincess]

Does anyone know if someone keeps an updated list of participating restaurants online? I know that the Disney websites only updates the dining brochure every so often.

 

[pinkrose]

I asked her and she said that it was in the parks and what the sign said was "We are not taking the dining plan at this time". *shrugs*

As for an updated list, I'd love one as well.

 

[prprincess]

I couldn't find an updated list anywhere online, so I called Disney Dining and they confirmed.

 

[Pioneer Hall]

I asked her and she said that it was in the parks and what the sign said was "We are not taking the dining plan at this time". *shrugs*

As for an updated list, I'd love one as well.

Was it a consistent problem or just something she noticed one time. If it was just a one time thing, there could have been some sort of problem with the system in general. I check in about the dining plan often and as far as I know there have been no major changes.

 

[RonAnnArbor]

There was absolutely no problem with the dining plan at any of the regular counter service restauarants WITHIN the park last week. The privately owned restaurants in DD (and RC at AK) are NOT under obligation to take the dining plan. If she saw the sign in the park, there was a computer problem and it was not the counter changing their plan...if the computer scanning system goes down and they resort to a regular non-computer based cash system, they have no way of checking your card for the plan.

 

[pinkrose]

Thanks guys. I bet that's what it was then (it was in the parks). I just wanted to check since we have the plan for our trip in Nov. I appreciate it!!! :wave:

 

[Floridasunshine]

Yeah, I ran into this issue this week at an ice cream cart stand, she said I could not do the snacks on the Disney Dining Plan as their computer system was down at the moment. I just shrugged it off and paid cash. The pessimistic side of me briefly thought that that particular vendor did not want to deal with the plan ... but I guess the computers COULD have been down....

 

[kal1484]

Yeah, I ran into this issue this week at an ice cream cart stand, she said I could not do the snacks on the Disney Dining Plan as their computer system was down at the moment. I just shrugged it off and paid cash. The pessimistic side of me briefly thought that that particular vendor did not want to deal with the plan ... but I guess the computers COULD have been down....

Could have? more likely they WERE down. Those little hand held thingys are pieces of crap! They weren't probably not wanting to deal with you, seeming that most the transactions are DDP, we get used to it.