New 2017 Dining Plan Prices?

[Momof2Singers]

Yeah, I came up with $46.34 per adult per day on the QS plan, $67.33 on the DDP, and $103.57 on the DxDDP.

This is what I found earlier as well

 

[disneyfav4ever]

If the deluxe is down in price this year we might have to reconsider booking that one.

 

[momtwoboys]

do you still get a dessert with the plan with the 1cs 1ts 2 snacks? or did they remove the dessert from the TS meal also. I know from the CS meal the dessert was removed. but gained 2 snacks

 

[sharonabe]

do you still get a dessert with the plan with the 1cs 1ts 2 snacks? or did they remove the dessert from the TS meal also. I know from the CS meal the dessert was removed. but gained 2 snacks

The regular DDP still has the dessert with the TS meal, but the QS meal is like the QSDP and has only entree and drink. You also get two snacks.

 

[sharonabe]

Here's my analysis and its honestly the weirdest thing! So when pricing everything out this morning in my spread sheet I noticed that the deluxe dining plan was only about a $600-$800 difference if you booked certain views...so like take the poly for example...if you added the deluxe dining plan on the difference from a lagoon view and the theme park view with the deluxe dining was only about an $800 difference and that was for a 10 day/9 night trip. It made absolutely no sense to me! Now the prices at Poly were absolutely ridiculous to start off with so we crossed poly off our list of potential resorts to stay at...but still I found that very very unusual

I'm not sure how your were pricing out the different choices, but I just did a 4 night stay at Bay Lake Towers comparison of Standard View, Lake View, and Park View. The dining plans were the exact same price for all three choices. The room price is different for each view, so maybe that was the difference you were seeing? Where you stay has no bearing on the dining plan price.

 

[Juliet25]

Wow. I remember when the regular dining plan was $33

And included an appetizer and tip!

Those prices are seriously shocking. We just came back from a free dining trip. No way would I pay that price for it; it's just too much food. We stayed two days on a RO reservation and our food bill (charged to the room) was less than $80 (for a family of five). I don't see any value in the DDP. Even the convenience of prepaying isn't worth the premium.

 

[Lisa F]

And included an appetizer and tip!

Those prices are seriously shocking. We just came back from a free dining trip. No way would I pay that price for it; it's just too much food. We stayed two days on a RO reservation and our food bill (charged to the room) was less than $80 (for a family of five). I don't see any value in the DDP. Even the convenience of prepaying isn't worth the premium.

how did you feed 5 people on $8 a day each? or did you just have one or two qs meals in the parks and the rest outside the parks?

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Wow. I remember when the regular dining plan was $33

Yes, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and Moby Dick was a minnow.

 

[Juliet25]

how did you feed 5 people on $8 a day each? or did you just have one or two qs meals in the parks and the rest outside the parks?

It was QS. We shared meals mostly. We didn't set out to save money; we just ate according to when we were hungry/what we were hungry for. The kids aren't big eaters, so the DP for my 13 yo was particularly wasteful.

It was really only one full day of food, so it was about $16 each.

 

[EPCOTatNight]

Yes, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and Moby Dick was a minnow.

Dinosaurs roamed less than 10 years ago? It was $43 just 6 years ago. Now, $63 and climbing. Ridiculous.

 

[supersnoop]

Dinosaurs roamed less than 10 years ago? It was $43 just 6 years ago. Now, $63 and climbing. Ridiculous.

That's an annualized 6.5% increase in price. Yes, it's above inflation, but it's not a "ridiculous" increase for luxury goods.

 

[EPCOTatNight]

That's an annualized 6.5% increase in price. Yes, it's above inflation, but it's not a "ridiculous" increase for luxury goods.

I wouldn't call the DDP a luxury good. The parks, yes. Dining plan, no.

 

[supersnoop]

I wouldn't call the DDP a luxury good. The parks, yes. Dining plan, no.

It's part of a luxury vacation. Most people refer to it as the "all-inclusive" option. It's typically more expensive than just paying for what you'd normally eat. So, I'll stand by my "luxury good" label.

 

[Lisa F]

I wouldn't call the DDP a luxury good. The parks, yes. Dining plan, no.

of course it is! even more so than the park! You can feed yourself without the dining plan easily (as most people do). Restaurants are always considered a luxury and an all inclusive dining plan on a luxury vacation is even more so!

 

[EPCOTatNight]

Well, you can't compare normal restaurants to WDW restaurants because there is no true alternative. For those that use Disney transportation, it's a neccesity. You can't go across the street and eat like you can at every other theme park in Orlando. There isn't much that you can do besides not eat. You don't have to vacation, but you do have to eat, and when the only food around for most people is in the parks and resorts, that's more of a neccesity than a luxury. Also, you said that most people don't use the plan....so where's the data to suggest that the demand is increasing faster than peoples income? That's part of the definition of luxury goods. But, that's my opinion. You are welcome to yours, but I choose not to debate this any further. Good day.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

I've been stalking the dining plan page on the Disney's site, and the brochure was there earlier this morning. No pricing, though. Now the entire page is blanked out.

Did anyone else see the brochure and notice about half the World Showcase restaurants were missing from the table service section? We wanted to return to Chefs de France, but it wasn't listed. Neither were the restaurants from Mexico or Italy. I saw Norway, UK, Canada (2 credit Le Cellier), and Morocco represented. Oh, yeah, Japan and China were missing, too.

These are the non Disney managed places. Sadly they will cave to the "decreased" reimbursement and sign on while figuring out somewhere else to cut corners.

That's an annualized 6.5% increase in price. Yes, it's above inflation, but it's not a "ridiculous" increase for luxury goods.

Thanks for the laugh. Disney dining is "luxury"? best line of the day!

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

Well, you can't compare normal restaurants to WDW restaurants because there is no true alternative. For those that use Disney transportation, it's a neccesity. You can't go across the street and eat like you can at every other theme park in Orlando. There isn't much that you can do besides not eat. You don't have to vacation, but you do have to eat, and when the only food around for most people is in the parks and resorts, that's more of a neccesity than a luxury.

Swan/Dolphin. On property, not on the DDP. So you can eat on property without doing Disney.

For me it's worth renting a car just to escape the overpriced, poor quality food however.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

Well, you can't compare normal restaurants to WDW restaurants because there is no true alternative. For those that use Disney transportation, it's a neccesity. You can't go across the street and eat like you can at every other theme park in Orlando. There isn't much that you can do besides not eat. You don't have to vacation, but you do have to eat, and when the only food around for most people is in the parks and resorts, that's more of a neccesity than a luxury. Also, you said that most people don't use the plan....so where's the data to suggest that the demand is increasing faster than peoples income? That's part of the definition of luxury goods. But, that's my opinion. You are welcome to yours, but I choose not to debate this any further. Good day.

Eating is a necessity, but since a trip to Disney is a luxury, any food included in that trip is a luxury.

 

[Lisa F]

Well, you can't compare normal restaurants to WDW restaurants because there is no true alternative. For those that use Disney transportation, it's a neccesity. You can't go across the street and eat like you can at every other theme park in Orlando. There isn't much that you can do besides not eat. You don't have to vacation, but you do have to eat, and when the only food around for most people is in the parks and resorts, that's more of a neccesity than a luxury. Also, you said that most people don't use the plan....so where's the data to suggest that the demand is increasing faster than peoples income? That's part of the definition of luxury goods. But, that's my opinion. You are welcome to yours, but I choose not to debate this any further. Good day.

Eating in a table service is a luxury. You can bring your own food in if you want to (disney is not going to prohibit this). No one is going to starve to death because they don't get the $44/person/day minimal dining plan available - there are people who eat for less than that without even trying and who can eat for far less than that trying a little bit.

 

[senadler]

I am thinking the deluxe plan went down a little because you are losing desert if you use any credits for QS