DDE CArd - Annual Pass Holders

[jjbescher]

I have been looking all over for more information about the DDE Card.

I can not find it. I have even tried using the search option and it gives me a blank screen or says it can not find anything about it. I am trying to gather whatever information I can about how much the DDE Card is and what I discounts are given, so I can figure out if it is worth it for me. I have heard if I drink a lot of alcohol it is definitely worth it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
jon

 

[PrincessV]

From Disney's website:

Now you can savor the flavors of the Disney restaurants you love and save big too! The Disney Dining Experience Membership includes Theme Park restaurants like Crystal Palace and Pizzafari, Character dining, and even upscale Resort restaurants like California Grill. Passholders receive $20 off the regular price of the Disney Dining Experience Membership. For only $65, join* this culinary club which boasts a buffet of benefits. It's the ultimate food lover's feast.

Benefits include:

20% discount on all food and beverages at over 70 participating Resort hotel and Theme Park restaurants (discount is valid for a party of up to 10 Guests).
Resort and Theme Park parking for dining purposes
Invitations to special member-only food and wine events, winemaker dinners and celebrity chef dinners
And more!

Blackout dates for the Disney Dining Experience are Mothers Day, Easter Sunday, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Here's the most current list of restaurants participating in Disney's Dining Experience. You can print this page for future reference.

Disney's All-Star Movies Resort – World Premiere Food Court
Disney's All-Star Music Resort – Intermission Food Court
Disney's All-Star Sports Resort – End Zone Food Court
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge – Boma - The Flavors of Africa, Jiko - The Cooking Place, Victoria Falls
Disney's Beach Club Resort – Beaches & Cream Soda Shop (excludes take-out shop), Cape May Cafe, Martha's Vineyard Lounge
Disney's BoardWalk – ESPN® Club, Flying Fish Cafe, Spoodles, Bellevue Lounge
Disney's Eagle Pines and Osprey Ridge Golf Club – Sand Trap Bar & Grill
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort – Shutters at Old Port Royale
Disney's Contemporary Resort – California Grill, Chef Mickey's, Concourse Steakhouse, Outer Rim Lounge
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort – Maya Grill
Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground – Crockett's Tavern, Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue (9:30 p.m. show only), Trail's End Restaurant
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa – 1900 Park Fare, Citricos, Garden View Lounge, Grand Floridian Cafe, Mizner's Lounge, Narcoossee's, Victoria & Albert's (excludes Chef's Table)
Disney's Old Key West Resort – Olivia's Cafe
Disney's Polynesian Resort – Kona Cafe, 'Ohana, Tambu Lounge, Disney's Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show (Late show only)
Disney's Pop Century Resort – Classic Concoctions, Everything Pop Shopping and Dining
Disney's Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter - Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory, Scat Cat's Club
Disney's Port Orleans Resort – Riverside - Boatwright's Dining Hall, River Roost
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort – The Turf Club
Disney's Vero Beach Resort – : The Green Cabin Room, Shutter's and Sonya's (except Sunday Brunch)
Disney's Wide World of Sports™ – Official All-Star Cafe
Disney's Wilderness Lodge – Artist Point, Territory Lounge, Whispering Canyon Cafe
Disney's Yacht Club Resort – Yacht Club Galley, Ale and Compass Lounge, Yachtsman Steakhouse, Crews Cup Lounge
DOWNTOWN DISNEY® – Marketplace - Cap'n Jack's Restaurant
DOWNTOWN DISNEY® – Pleasure Island - Raglan Road™ Irish Pub and Restaurant
DOWNTOWN DISNEY® – West Side - Planet Hollywood®
Epcot® – L'Originale Alfredo di Roma Restaurant, Chefs de France, Nine Dragons Restaurant, San Angel Inn Restaurante, Bistro de Paris Restaurant, Le Cellier Steakhouse, Biergarten Restaurant, Restaurant Marrakesh, Restaurant Akershus, Rose & Crown Pub & Dining Room, The Garden Grill, Coral Reef Restaurant
Disney-MGM Studios – Hollywood & Vine, 50's Prime Time Cafe, Tune-In Lounge, Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano, Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant, The Hollywood Brown Derby
Magic Kingdom® Park – The Crystal Palace, Cinderella's Royal Table, Liberty Tree Tavern, The Plaza Restaurant, Tony's Town Square Restaurant
Disney's Animal Kingdom® Theme Park – Tusker House Restaurant, Pizzafari, Flame Tree Barbeque, Restaurantosaurus

Entertainment & Dancing

DOWNTOWN DISNEY® Pleasure Island*
Half-price admission for each Club Member, except for specially priced events.
Atlantic Dance Hall – Disney's BoardWalk
Admission is free for members and guest.

 

[mousiemom]

I purchased the DDE card in Jan. of this year cause we were going to wdw 6 times this year. our 1st trip it paid for itself. we save so much $ on our dining. we usually get an alcohol drink before our meal and you save 20% of that bill alone. we love it!! i found a lot of info on it under deb's website. it has the number, etc.
good luck!
mousiemom

 

[jjbescher]

Thanks for your responses. I even looked on Disney's website. That is exactly what I am looking for.

jon

 

[tkldisney]

On Disney's website its under passholder information. You can also find info on allears under dining, then discounts.

 

[shoes99]

http://www.wdwinfo.com/disneydiningexperience.htm

 

[dburg30]

I'm going in Dec and may get an AP. If I do I will be getting the DDE. Now, do I have this right. I'm arriving on Saturday. I can upgrade any tickets I have to an AP at resorts or any theme park guest services correct? But to get the DDE card I have to goto the guest services at Epcot, or at least that's where you pick up your temp card? Now they are only open m-f correct? So does that mean that I cant take advantage of the DDE til monday?

 

[krissylynne]

I'm going in Dec and may get an AP. If I do I will be getting the DDE. Now, do I have this right. I'm arriving on Saturday. I can upgrade any tickets I have to an AP at resorts or any theme park guest services correct? But to get the DDE card I have to goto the guest services at Epcot, or at least that's where you pick up your temp card? Now they are only open m-f correct? So does that mean that I cant take advantage of the DDE til monday?

I called and ordered mine. I went to Epcot the next day and picked up the card. I do believe that they are open when the parks are open. It was located in the front of the park on the right. Here is a tip for you. I got our card in my name. I should of put it in my husbands name. I had to pay for everything, which he normally does. So instead of me tending to the kids, we had to switch roles which is fine, but easier the other way. So, whoever in your family typically takes care of the check, put it their name. THey want to see id along with the card.

 

[dburg30]

Anyone else, I've heard the place in epcot was only open M-F to take care of the DDE, if Krissy is right, that's awesome, but I'd like to know for sure. Or what day did you do it Krissy?

 

[dburg30]

OK, so maybe you can pick it up at a guest relations office, which are open during park hours, but to actually ORDER THE CARD has to be done m-f 9-5 or 9-6, and since I wont be arriving til Saturday, I wont be able to order the card til Monday. I cant upgrade to an AP til I get there since it's part of my package.

 

[krissylynne]

Anyone else, I've heard the place in epcot was only open M-F to take care of the DDE, if Krissy is right, that's awesome, but I'd like to know for sure. Or what day did you do it Krissy?

we were there during the week I believe. We did go to thier guest relations in front where you make dinning reservations and get birthday pins and what not. I would call the number where you get th DDE card and they will tell you for sure. You will get the best answer when you call. I think I am right, but I dont want to lead you astray.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

If you purchase an AP on site, and do not have the voucher in advance, it is possible to get a temporary DDE card. Also this works if there is very little lead time between your ordering the card and your arrival.

1. Call the DDE office at 407-566-5858 between 8:30am and 4:00pm Monday to Friday (except Holidays) and give them your name, the string of letters and numbers on the bottom of the pass (starting with a "W") and your credit card information. If you are a Florida Resident and not an AP holder they will ask for your Florida Driver's license (or State ID) number.

2. Starting at 5:30pm that day, and any time it is open, you can go to the Guest Relations Window outside Epcot's Main Entrance (On your right as you face Spaceship Earth) with a photo ID and you will be given an envelope.

3. The envelope will have in it a temporary card which expires 30 days from the date of the request and a sheet of paper listing all locations which currently accept the card.

4. The plastic embossed card should arrive at your home within a month. The expiration date on the embossed card will be either the last day of the current month in the next year, or if you ordered it late enough in the month it will be the last day of the following month the next year.

Also, if you purchase it between the first and about the 7th of a month it will expire the next year on the last day of the same month. If your purchase is after the 10th, the expiration will be the last day of the following month the next year. If you order it between the 7th and 10th is anybody's guess.

 

[agnes!]

TheMouseForLess.Com has a Pocket Guide for the DDE. I've printed them out in the past and then followed the directions to make a handy pocket guide, it's much nicer than carrying around a big sheet of paper that always gets crumpled. Here's the URL...
http://www.themouseforless.com/tripplanning/discounts/DDE.shtml

agnes!

 

[janette]

Can I call the DDE office and get a card with the online confirmation number after purchasing an AP? I'd planned on using will call to get the tickets but since we arrive on the weekend can't do the DDE the same day.

Thanks.

 

[dburg30]

If you purchase an AP on site, and do not have the voucher in advance, it is possible to get a temporary DDE card. Also this works if there is very little lead time between your ordering the card and your arrival.

1. Call the DDE office at 407-566-5858 between 8:30am and 4:00pm Monday to Friday (except Holidays) and give them your name, the string of letters and numbers on the bottom of the pass (starting with a "W") and your credit card information. If you are a Florida Resident and not an AP holder they will ask for your Florida Driver's license (or State ID) number.

2. Starting at 5:30pm that day, and any time it is open, you can go to the Guest Relations Window outside Epcot's Main Entrance (On your right as you face Spaceship Earth) with a photo ID and you will be given an envelope.

3. The envelope will have in it a temporary card which expires 30 days from the date of the request and a sheet of paper listing all locations which currently accept the card.

4. The plastic embossed card should arrive at your home within a month. The expiration date on the embossed card will be either the last day of the current month in the next year, or if you ordered it late enough in the month it will be the last day of the following month the next year.

Also, if you purchase it between the first and about the 7th of a month it will expire the next year on the last day of the same month. If your purchase is after the 10th, the expiration will be the last day of the following month the next year. If you order it between the 7th and 10th is anybody's guess.

Right, but since I've booked a discounted total package, I wont be able to upgrade to an AP til I've actually checked in correct? In that case, I cant call and order the card because I dont have the AP, therefore cant have the code number on the AP. So, in my case, it still sounds like I'll have to be without the DDE for Saturday and Sunday of my arrival, and possibly part of monday as well.

 

[Eganclan]

CHESHIRE FIGMENT I NEED YOUR HELP---I have an unused 10 day non exp. hop plus 6 pluses pass that I would like to exchange next week for a regular AP. If my credit is more than my purchase(not sure) can I apply the credit to the DDE or for some form of disney credit?

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

CHESHIRE FIGMENT I NEED YOUR HELP---I have an unused 10 day non exp. hop plus 6 pluses pass that I would like to exchange next week for a regular AP. If my credit is more than my purchase(not sure) can I apply the credit to the DDE or for some form of disney credit?

When I bought my AP and my DDE card in 2006 they were completely separate deals. I had cash to pay for the DDE but they wouldn't accept payment for it at Epcot. I had to call DDE and charge it. Hope that helps!