Let me clairfy some questions regarding the Disney Dinning Plan included in the Magic Your Way Plus Dine Vacation Package. Remember this plan is part of a vacation package and cannot be sold separately*
The current price for the Magic Your Way Plus Dinning Package is:
37.99 per Guest (age 10+) per
night of your stay
10.99 per Guest (age 3-9) per
night of your stay
Plus the cost of your Disney Resort room and Magic Your way tickets.
(Everyone in room must be on the same package and ticket options.)
You can choose any length Magic Your Way Ticket (from 1 to 10 days) regardless of the length of your Resort stay, but everyone in the room must choose the same ticket length and options on this package.
The number of entitlements on the dine plan is always based on the number of
nights on your resort stay not the number of days, and is not based on the length you choose for your Magic Your Way Ticket.
But one of my questions is, is a full service meal on the dining plan the same regardless of how much the meal would actually cost? For example, say we ate at a table service restaraunt one day which was roughly $20 per person, and then ate at another one another day which was higher priced at, say, $35 per person. Would they both be equally covered under the dining plan, or is there a price limit on it as well?
Correct, there is no price limit on what you order and you do get to order from the regular menu. At a Table Service Restuarant, simply choose 1 appitizer, 1 entree, 1 desert, and any non-alcoholic beverage, and the plan covers the entire meal including tax and gratuity.
Another question: Say we check in Monday night around 5 PM. Do we still get the snack, the counter service and the table service for Monday, or does it start on the first full day there? And what about check out day? Do you still get all three for the day you check out? Or, again, is it only for the full days you are there?
With the plan you get 1 Table Service Meal, 1 Counter Service Meal, and 1 Snack per Guest (age 3+) per
night of your stay but you can use them at any time, in any order thoughout your stay.
For example if you have a family of 4 (all over the age of 3) and stay for 4 nights (5 days including arrival and departure), your family gets 12 of each entitlement (4 guests x 4 nights) that can be used by anyone in the room at any time until each entitlement is depleted. Any unused entitlements will expire at midnight on the date you are scheduled to check out. As long as you each most or all of your meals at Disney Restaurants (which as others have said will save you time too) the average Guests will save over 30% or more on their dining, and eat better then they would if they paid al a carte.
Just what is a signature restaraunt?
There are 12 signature Restuarants that count as 2 of your Table Service entitlements per Guest. These include:
Jiko - The Cooking Place (Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge)
Yachtsman Steakhouse (Disney's Yacht Club Resort)
Flying Fish Café (Disney's Boardwalk Inn)
California Grill (Disney's Contemporary Resort)
Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Review Dinner Show (Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campgrounds)
Mickey's Backyard BBQ Dinner Show (Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campgrounds)
Citricos (Disney's Grand Floridian Resort)
Narcoossee's (Disney's Grand Floridian Resort)
Disney's Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show (Disney's Polynesian Resort)
Artist Point (Disney's Wilderness Lodge)
Cinderella's Royal Table (Magic Kingdom Park)
The Hollywood Brown Derby (Disney-MGM Studios)
All Character Meals (excluding those held at Cinderella's Royal Table) count as only 1 table service entitlements per Guest.
Signature restaurants menu items cost on average twice as much (or more) per Guests then most other table service locations on property, hence the reason for counting as 2 table service entitlements. As such, the average Guest will save twice as much dining at a signature restaurant using this plan.
That's what I'm confused on and need some clarificiation. From what I can tell, the big French restaurant in EPCOT is pricier than the Brown Derby, yet you say that the Brown Derby is a "signature" eatery whereas France is not. Is it based on something other than price, then, or is France a signature restaraunt as well?
There are two restuarants in France at Epcot
Les Chefs de France (France/downstairs) - counts as 1 table service meal
Bistro de Paris (France/upstairs) - this location is NOT included on the plan at all.
If anyone has any other questions about the Disney Dining Plan or any other Disney Vacation Package, please feel free to post, or PM me anytime!
Hope this helps!:sohappy:
* The Disney Dining Plan can be added to a Disney Vacation Club Reservation booked with DVC points and the Guest is staying at a Disney Vacation Club property.