help!! Disney Dining Plan 2017 & Cornado Springs

[Earning my ears]

We are staying at Cornado Springs in April and are on the disney dining plan. Cornado Springs is the only disney resort NOT MENTIONED in the dining plan. I understand the non-disney restaurants have to negotiate but this has always been included. I'm sure we will want to eat there at least once during our trip. What's up??

 

[MakiraMarlena]

The restaurants at Coronado Springs are all run by a third party (not by Disney). They will not renegotiate until December. So you won't see them on the list until at least January. But they've never dropped out.

 

[crabbygal902]

Edit: I didn't realize that they weren't Disney owned. Well, whaddaya know?

The restaurants at CS are all owned by Disney, right? I would assume that they have been left off as tweaks are made for 2017, nothing more. Lots of folks love Pepper Market since it is a great value on the DDP.

 

[Earning my ears]

Thanks - I didn't know that.... I just didn't want to pay out of pocket when I had the dining plan. I was thinking of changing my reservation......

 

[MakiraMarlena]

CSR is the only Disney resort that has food service entirely run by a third party. Used to be only the pool snack bar was Disney operated, but I don't know if it still is.

Likely there is no need to change your reservation. The dining plan has been around since 2003. Only one restaurant ever dropped the plan, and it was added back on after a few years (and that was Fulton's, which is now closed and will become Paddlefish...not anything at CSR).

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Edit: I didn't realize that they weren't Disney owned. Well, whaddaya know?

The restaurants at CS are all owned by Disney, right? I would assume that they have been left off as tweaks are made for 2017, nothing more. Lots of folks love Pepper Market since it is a great value on the DDP.

No, the CS restaurants are operated by the same third-party as operate San Angel Inn and La Cantina de San Angel.