When will Disney finalize the restaurants for the 2017 Dining Plan?

[TeamEvansGo]

Looking at the official listing for the 2017 Dining Plan, it seems there are a lot of restaurants that either haven't been added yet, or are being excluded compared to last year. (Currently AK has no restaurants listed for TS Dining Plan credits)

I know that this is probably not the final list, and that they will probably add more restaurants as they finalize the plan. So does anyone know when they usually finalize the listing? My ADR date is in the beginning of November, so I'm hoping it's before then!!

 

[purple figment]

Currently only the Disney owned/operated restaurants are on the list. The third party restaurants have until the end of December to sign their contracts for next year so a complete list will not be published until close to the end of the year or early next year. However, it is pretty safe to assume that any restaurant participating in this year's plan will probably be on next year's. Over the years only one restaurant dropped out after being on the plan and it later re-joined.

 

[Hopefully]

I agree. The final list will be published at the beginning of 2017. It is safe to book anything on this years plan. If by some long shot somewhere drops out, you could cancel

 

[FreeDiningFanatic]

Um, what if my trip is January 1? I have Art Smith's Homecoming booked for early that week.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

Um, what if my trip is January 1? I have Art Smith's Homecoming booked for early that week.

1) Take your best guess.
2) At the worst, you pay OOP.