Disney Dining Plan

[jujubiee4]

At one time, we were going with another family. The plan was to get one deluxe plan between both families and split it. That would have been awesome. If I remember right it was 1.5 TS plus a snack /pp/day for around $50.

That is interesting. I thought you could not do that.

 

[shawthorne44]

That is interesting. I thought you could not do that.

Everyone in the room has to get the same dining plan for the entire stay.
But we were going to swap out the kids on the reservations.

 

[pigletgirl]

i did exactly that one snowy day this past winter. I literally looked up everything that I know my family would eat, and where. We were about even, with a slight savings with the dining plan. Add to that the convenience of pre-paying and the resort mugs, the dining plan is a no brainer for my family.

It's the same for our family as well.

 

[JessicaW1234]

Do people think that free dining would return, or just the option to purchase a dining plan?

 

[shawthorne44]

Do people think that free dining would return, or just the option to purchase a dining plan?

Free dining won't return until Disney gets scared by low crowds.
Dining plan makes money for Disney, so that will return.

 

[Robbie Cottam]

Free dinning is usually park or a package to bring people to the parks. It is usually often only the QS plan….

 

[Faldred]

Free dining is a package discount, which is generally used instead of room rate discounts or other bundled items. The types and amounts of discounts vary as occupancy in the resorts do - they want those rooms full, and when they're not, they offer deals to get them filled up.

When the dining plans start returning, free dining offers will likely also show up, but again, the types of offer and the availability (dates and limited quantity) of them will depend on what resorts are seeing booking shortages.

As with any package discount, do compare the offer against other offers available at the same time to see which one actually works best for your vacation.