2018 Dining Plan includes specialty and alcoholic beverages

[TeamEvansGo]

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/plans/

What does everyone think? This certainly increases the value.

 

[JoanneDisFan]

It won't benefit those of us who don't drink. I know my kids enjoy the occasional specialty drink, but I think I will do oop and pocket my savings.

 

[Allison]

This certainly increases the value.

That would have to be considered in context with the price. Do we know what the price increase is at this point?

 

[Hopefully]

I agree with @Allison It needs to be considered in relation to the price.
It certainly would interest me though

 

[JoanneDisFan]

https://www.disboards.com/threads/2018-disney-dining-plan-prices.3612557/

 

[jsbowl16]

For the regular dining plan you will now be able to get a beer, glass of wine, etc with your quick service and table service meal. I just looked at Pizzarizzo as an example and a glass of wine is $4-$4.50 more than a soft drink or water. If you get two glasses of wine per day, that would be worth between $10-$12 maybe more. If you have an alcoholic drink with each meal, then anything less than a $10 price increase to the dining plan would add value. The question I have is will Magic Kingdom add more alcoholic drink options because the other parks all have alcoholic drink options with quick service meals but Magic Kingdom has very few if any quick service alcohol options. Not being able to get alcoholic beverages at Magic Kingdom quick service would obviously hurt the value of the plan since most families spend the most time in that park.

 

[Faldred]

Plan prices are up from 2017, but not by significantly more than the typical annual increase. Even with this, it's still going to be hard to break even or better for adults on QSDP or DDP (DxDP remains, as always, a good value deal assuming you really do want to eat like that), but maybe not quite as hard as previous years.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

It's a 9% increase. Probably not horrid if you do want the drink, but steep if you don't (especially when you consider the declining food quality IMHO)

 

[jsbowl16]

Plan prices are up from 2017, but not by significantly more than the typical annual increase. Even with this, it's still going to be hard to break even or better for adults on QSDP or DDP (DxDP remains, as always, a good value deal assuming you really do want to eat like that), but maybe not quite as hard as previous years.

We save money on the regular dining plan every year. It just depends on what you want to eat. I read somewhere that the dining plan went up by 5% or so last year and food prices at Disney overall increased by almost 10% so the dining plan is a greater value in 2017 than it was in 2016. If you enjoy alcoholic beverages or specialty drinks with each meal the 2018 change will make it even more worth it. If you don't, then there will be less value than last year.

 

[babybunny223]

I am reading the details to say that if you have the regular dining plan, you receive an alcoholic beverage with your Quick Service and another one with your Table Service. So, 2 alcoholic drinks per day? For some reason, that seems generous, am I right?

 

[jsbowl16]

I am reading the details to say that if you have the regular dining plan, you receive an alcoholic beverage with your Quick Service and another one with your Table Service. So, 2 alcoholic drinks per day? For some reason, that seems generous, am I right?

Yes that is what it says on the link posted by the OP.

 

[Faldred]

I am reading the details to say that if you have the regular dining plan, you receive an alcoholic beverage with your Quick Service and another one with your Table Service. So, 2 alcoholic drinks per day? For some reason, that seems generous, am I right?

You can use your beverage entitlement at any CS or TS to get a specialty drink (including alcoholic), beer, wine, etc. (assuming the location has any of the above on offer).