2008 Disney Dining Plan Restarant Rankings -- Includes TOP-25 TS and CS Restaurants!

[robinb]

Hi everyone! I took some time this week to do rankings for the DDP in 2008. Remember to look at the "Credits" page to see the assumptions I made.

Here it is:
http://personalpages.tds.net/~rb/DIS/MYW%20Dining/DisneyDiningRanking2008.htm (http://personalpages.tds.net/%7Erb/DIS/MYW%20Dining/DisneyDiningRanking2008.htm)

Be aware that it may not be complete as the participating restaurants may change.

For those of you looking for the 2007 version, it's still here:
http://personalpages.tds.net/~rb/DIS/MYW%20Dining/DisneyDiningRanking.htm (http://personalpages.tds.net/%7Erb/DIS/MYW%20Dining/DisneyDiningRanking.htm)

ETA: Now that I have data from 2007 and 2008, I also did a comparison on how much value we are losing from each restaurant, so I also did this spreadsheet:

http://personalpages.tds.net/~rb/DIS/MYW%20Dining/DDP-2007-2008-Compare.htm

Note: Some of the differences are also due to price increases.

[Cookie5nupe]

Wow.....thx

~cookie

[mom2mykids]

You ROCK! Thanks for your hard work!:woohoo:

[gomomgo]

Great info - thanks!!!

[jjohnson]

Thank for for taking the time to update us Robin. I was quite surprised at a few who made the top of the list.

[pigby]

Thank you so much - a brilliant resource - interesting to note that we have picked several restaurants that are at/near the top. Probably a good choice for us to book CSR as our resort also.

[aubriee]

Wow! That was alot of work! Thanks for sharing!

[leahjade]

thanks for all your hard work!
Is the Wolfgang Cafe that's listed as 2nd the upstairs restaurant? Because I think that's even more expensive than the $44.83 you have listed. Man, some of the prices have really gone up!

[CharacterFan]

thanks, it's interesting to see that all my choices are near the top of the list execpt for the 2 character meals we're doing.

[robinb]

thanks for all your hard work!
Is the Wolfgang Cafe that's listed as 2nd the upstairs restaurant? Because I think that's even more expensive than the $44.83 you have listed. Man, some of the prices have really gone up!No, I used the prices from the downstairs restaurant which is on the DDP.

[JimMIA]

Great job, as always!

But what I really want to know is how you guys managed to buy AKV in 1997???

[robinb]

Great job, as always!

But what I really want to know is how you guys managed to buy AKV in 1997???
LOL! I bought OKW in 1997, BWV in 2002 and AKV in 2007 :). We sold OKW to buy AKV.

[FFerret]

Cool!
Thank you!!!

[Maraena]

I've been seeing some requests for this so thought I'd bump it back to the first page.

Dear Mods, you might want to adjust the link in the FAQ since it's showing the 2006 plan.

[kimis]

Thanks for your very hard work! Do you have any lists that would have allowed snacks for 2008? I wish I was as organized as you are! Thanks again!

[melomouse]

Robin - THANK YOU!!

So many times over the last few weeks I've read posts on this board and thought, "Where's the link to that awesome spreadsheet???" Hopefully, folks will check them before posting!

:wizard: Thanks for adding pixiedust to our trips!!

[robinb]

Thanks for your very hard work! Do you have any lists that would have allowed snacks for 2008? I wish I was as organized as you are! Thanks again!
I used to help keep a snack list online, but I stopped getting updates from the person who was doing it. Snacks are now all "single serving" only so the list will be much smaller. Think popcorn, bottled water and ice cream bars.

[familyS]

Thank you Robin! You are much more ambitious than I am.

It still is a good value, and easy to eat more than our money's worth every day, but not as great a value as before. This is our first time using the plan, so I guess we won't really know what we are missing (at least my family won't ;) )

:goodvibes

[ghost1000]

Excellent work there but I'm a bit confused by the Hoop De Doo and Spirit of Aloha show. In particular why their value per credit reduced this year? I was thinking it should be the same since it is a single price that includes tax and gratuity.

[robinb]

Excellent work there but I'm a bit confused by the Hoop De Doo and Spirit of Aloha show. In particular why their value per credit reduced this year? I was thinking it should be the same since it is a single price that includes tax and gratuity.Ohhh ... good point. I think I missed that but I thought I took that into account. Let me take a look at it, okay?

[LSchrow]

nice job, robin :thumbsup2
i'm sure it was a lot of work, but we certainly (as well as hundreds more, i'm sure :) ) appreciate it.......it was interesting to see the majority of our ADRs on the "most expensive" list (btw, we based our ADRs on previous experiences, not price), with the balance not making the list at all
thank you :thanks:

[Tricia1972]

Giving this a bump, because it seems to be a popular question lately :)

[Harmony]

Double Bump! :)

Thanks to the OP! I printed out this great info! :)