Price Increases for Restaurants! Just Be Aware!

[mickeyluv'r]

If you look at the dining plan ofr 2010- I created a thread about this some time ago - For the first time ever - DIsney introduced seasonal pricing for DDP.

In the Past Disney has done 'seasonal pricing' mostly for very strict vacation periods. It started with surcharges on the specific holiday day - and exclusions on what is now called Tables in Wonderland specifucally onthe major holidays.

Last year the whole Easter two week period (I think) was considered a 'holiday period.'

It might be - that just as DDP has seasonal pricing for the whole season that individual meals also now have seasonal price increases.

In any event, DDP for all of the spring season Feb 12 - April 10 is $47, instead of $42 for adults and $13, instead of $12 for kids.

 

[mickeyluv'r]

If you look at the dining plan ofr 2010- I created a thread about this some time ago - For the first time ever - DIsney introduced seasonal pricing for DDP.

In the Past Disney has done 'seasonal pricing' mostly for very strict vacation periods. It started with surcharges on the specific holiday day - and exclusions on what is now called Tables in Wonderland specifucally onthe major holidays.

Last year the whole Easter two week period (I think) was considered a 'holiday period.'

It might be - that just as DDP has seasonal pricing for the whole season that individual meals also now have seasonal price increases.

In any event, DDP for all of the spring season Feb 12 - April 10 is $47, instead of $42 per day for adults and $13per day, instead of $12 for kids.

 

[SnowWitch]

Wow!! After our last trip, which we prepurchased the deluxe dining for, I left feeling like I had paid alot of $$$ for so-so food. We ate had several @ TS restaurants and found the food to have declined from our previous trips. I was already pondering not doing the dining plan on future trips due to the overwhelming feeling that dining is steadily declining in quality. Now Disney wants to increase the buffet cost and have a seasonal dining plan price. This just encourages me to be more frugal with my $$$ other than jumping on the "oh well I will just buy the dining plan" attitude.

 

[TDC Nala]

All individual TS meals didn't have the "official" seasonal price increases. It was just buffets and all you can eat restaurants. This doesn't mean a la carte restaurants didn't raise their prices on some items a bit; they may have.

What is now Tables in Wonderland has always had "blackout" dates on the major holidays.

 

[D&DDisney]

This makes offsite even more attractive for us. I realize that we are in the minority though.

I'm with you on this. Unless we get FREE DINING for the weeks we are going, we always go offsite for eating.

 

[Mad Hattered]

You can rent a car for a week for less money than one meal for a family of four at Cape May. We ALWAYS have a car.

 

[Planogirl]

You can rent a car for a week for less money than one meal for a family of four at Cape May. We ALWAYS have a car.

That puts things in perspective doesn't it?

 

[TDC Nala]

Not to me - it's not a better deal for one person. And if I drive to dinner, no wine.

 

[Burnt Toast]

General word of warning... All Ears (who I love!) and other fan sites =/= Disney. Everything is subject to change without notice, so if something does change (like prices) and the fan-sites hasn't had any reports of it from their members or just haven't gotten around to update their pages for that location, then it can be wrong.

Use internet fan-sites as a tool for general information on a location, but it's not the gospel because they are NOT Disney.

 

[PaulaSB12]

Not to me - it's not a better deal for one person. And if I drive to dinner, no wine.

Same for me I sometimes feel like having a cocktail, or like last year I was at Victoria and Alberts and had a glass of champagne to raise a toast to my uncle who had just died. If I am driving I can't do that. I also prefer to stay on site because if I want to be with people I can go out and be with people and if I feel then need for solitude I can go hide some where.

 

[JennSaint]

I am glad we are renting a car and will eat off-site a few times!

 

[hildyp]

My husband and I just had dinner at Cape May on Saturday night 1/23/2010. The total for the 2 of us including taxes but before tip was $63.98

 

[cigar95]

My husband and I just had dinner at Cape May on Saturday night 1/23/2010. The total for the 2 of us including taxes but before tip was $63.98

I can add to this - I just came back from the front desk at Cape May ten minutes ago, on my way back from my workout - the adult price is $30.99, it is NOT $35.99. that price sounds like the upcharge with crab legs, but if so, it is still optional.

 

[Planogirl]

I think that $30.99 is still expensive....

 

[cigar95]

I think that $30.99 is still expensive....

Pricey indeed. But the increase over the previous price is just two bucks - that's a bit more realistic.

 

[LAWalz23]

Ate at Cape May two days ago and the price was $30.99 pp and included all you can eat crab legs.

 

[honeydiane1953]

You know what that means-the DDP will be going for next year again then.

Does anyone know when the DDP will start up for this year?

 

[disneyfav4ever]

Not to me - it's not a better deal for one person. And if I drive to dinner, no wine.

I agree. That and I wouldn't want to drive anyway, I think I'd get lost.

 

[livndisney]

We just had lunch at the buffet at Trails End/Fort Wilderness Saturday and it went up to 16.99 from 14.99 (posted on Allearsnet). The food choices were very limited from what I remember in the past.

 

[tartemis]

The whole situation with the disney food is starting to really make me mad. I DO think it is a ploy to entice people to the DDP. But, I think it is a double ploy, in that once they get almost everyone switched to the DDP, they can decrease the quality of food with less complaints -- when you aren't specifically paying a set amount for a particular dish or dinner, I bet people are less willing to pay for mediocre food.

If prices continue to increase and quality continues to decrease we will probably not be heading back to Disney for quite a while.

And I will NEVER buy DDP -- I won't aid their conspiracy.