Is The Disney Dining Plan Worth It NOW? 

Worth it if you use your table service credit at Buffet/Family Style restaurants (i.e. Boma or 'Ohana). You don't get an appetizer at other table service restaurants. You only get a drink, entree, & desert with a table service credit, but at a buffet you get everything AND can get 1 additional drink from the drink menu.

We buy Disney gift cards before going, at Target for 5% off. We use those while at the parks for food & merch. We can be completely flexible about where & when to eat. Much simpler and saves $$$.

Thanks for the in-depth analysis, Emma! As always, A++ content and information. And I love how Quincy came in as a chaos demon and completely destroyed any sense of order. You both play off each other so well, it's a joy to watch.

My daughter and I are doing a girls trip in July and purchased the Table service plan. That gives us 6 months to pre pay and dine at places we would otherwise have not because of the cost to have to pay all at once. We will strategize and maximize our meals for it. We have plans for Ohana, Homecomin’, Steakhouse 71 and Boma for breakfast. And one other option we haven’t decided on yet. I love the dining plan and I’m so glad it’s back! But I agree it is not for everyone.

Do not forget that gratuity/tip is NOT included on table service meals.

Our family did the plan a couple time pre-pandemic and we had so many snack credits left over and it just was not something we were interested in managing. Easier to just pay at the point of sale for us because sometimes it's just too much food.

I can’t eat enough to justify the cost of the plan, BUT the crazy excel sheet planner in me wants to see what it would take to be worth it 😂

Emma’s face and segue into the alcohol portion of the deal after Quincy’s outburst were gloriously accurate. 😂

For us as a family of 5 with 4 adults the free dining promo beats the room discount, but if we had to pay it wouldn't be worth it. I do love knowing that I can eat what i want without worrying about cost.

I am from Australia. The Dining Plan makes sense for me, so I can prepay for most meals at a set point in time, at a known exchange rate and we also only have the one International Transaction Fee if their bank charges it. I am also an Annual Passholder, so I am getting the QS plan only… and will use my prepaid Mastercard with US$ loaded for any table service meals, so I can get my AP discount there.

We took our 2 year old in 2021 and they gave her her very own meal at every table service restaurant! We had dinner at CRT and she got a whole meal of mac and cheese and fruit and we didn’t have to pay. Same thing at Crystal Palace!

Great to see dining plan back. We won’t be opting for it on our next trip, we got a dining credit deal staying in a moderate and got $1000 dining credit to use which is great!

Could you do a cost breakdown/spreadsheet of what you normally spend vs the cost of the ddp? I appreciate the advice about value for non-alcoholic drinkers too.

Emma's glasses are so cute! <3 Love Love LOVE!!

DDP is a Must for us. We love using the Snacks for the Festivals. We love the Mugs.

Tons of great information and honest feedback about the DDP. Thanks for sharing!

Love Quincy's rust loungewear so so much! Hi from freezing Michigan!

Quincy and Emma are relationship goals. :)

Omg I love Eurovision! Such a great movie!

I believe it will be worth it for our family of 5 adults. We are going to stay at Disney World (Art of Animation) between Jan 21-27, 2024 (6 nights). We booked all 6 Table Service meals 2 months in advance of our arrival to the buffet dinners per night (Crystal Palace at Magic Kingdom, Garden Grill at EPCOT, Boma at Animal Kingdom Lodge, Hollywood & Vine Dinner Fantasmic Show Package, Tusker House at Animal Kingdom Theme Park, and at Rainforest Cafe (not buffet) in Disney Spring on our night of arrival (from Canada.) We will do 1 Theme Park per day and use the last 2 days to park-hop to the areas we want to go back to for certain rides/shows/fireworks. 4 of us are over 21 so we most likely will get the cocktails/alcoholic beverages or expensive mocktails per meal to maximize the cost. It has been over 10 years since we've been to Disney World and it will be our daughter-in-law's first time in Orlando, FL so we are all excited! We plan to use all our Quick Service meals for breakfast or lunch per day per theme park. All snacks will definitely be used in every theme park and at Disney Springs.