Where to find info on "Food plan" for Disneyland?

[Amyg]

While I realize that DL's food plan is not at all like the WDW's DDP, I am interested in looking into it but could not find it at the DL website. I wanted to know the cost pp and what is included. Can someone help me?

Thanks!

 

[DizMe]

For some reason, it's really hard to find this on the Disneyland website. I'll try to link to it but if the link doesn't work, go to the home page at Disneyland.com and plug in some dates for "hotel/ticket reservations." After you enter those, you'll get a page that asks which hotel you want and how many days in the park etc. There is a thing that asks if you want a dining plan and dining plan is a link, so click it and you'll see the prices and how it works.

http://bookdlr.reservations.disney....strPageName=2007_Guest_STD_DiningOption_PopUp

 

[DizMe]

I see that link didn't work, so I'm going to try to paste in the information from the site:



Disney Dining

Whether dining in Disneyland® Park, Disney's California Adventure® Park, Downtown Disney® , or one of the three Hotels of the Disneyland® Resort, Guests will find a variety of dining choices around every corner! For an extra touch of magic, don't miss our Disney Character Dining experiences, available at these locations (priority seating required*) :

Goofy's Kitchen, Disneyland® Hotel (serving breakfast, lunch and dinner)

Lilo and Stitch Aloha Breakfast, Disney's Paradise Pier® Hotel

Chip 'n Dale Critter Breakfast, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa

Minnie and Friends Breakfast, Disneyland® Park

Disney Princess Celebration Character Lunch/Dinner**, Ariel's Grotto in Disney's California Adventure® Park

Disney's special dining plans make it easy for you to sample a bit of everything while using vouchers instead of cash. Dine in the Magic includes breakfast with your favorite Disney Characters, a Breakfast in the Park, and snack and meal vouchers. The snack and meal vouchers are redeemable at cafes, snack spots and restaurants throughout the Disneyland® Resort. Simply choose the dining plan that works best with your vacation and add it to your package.

Resort Character Breakfast
one breakfast per person.
Adult/Junior $27.25
Child $14.80

Disney Princess Celebration Lunch
one lunch per person.
Adult/Junior $27.25
Child $17.30

Disney Princess Celebration Dinner
one dinner per person.
Adult/Junior $27.25
Child $17.30

Goofy's Kitchen Dinner
one dinner per person.
Adult/Junior $35.90
Child $14.80

Donald's 3 Days of Disney Dining Plan
8 Disney Dining choices per person.
Adult/Junior $92.05
Child $69.65

Goofy's 4 Days of Disney Dining Plan
10 Disney Dining choices per person
Adult/Junior $134.33
Child $97.03

Minnie's 5 Days of Disney Dining Plan
13 Disney Dining choices per person
Adult/Junior $185.25
Child $126.88

Mickey's 6 Days of Disney Dining Plan
15 Disney Dining choices per person
Adult/Junior $215.59
Child $152.22

*Priority Seating is required for all table service restaurants in Disneyland® Park, Disney's California Adventure® and the Resort Hotels. Please call Disney Dining up to 60 days in advance to arrange Priority Seating (714) 781 - DINE

Some restaurant locations may charge a nominal fee for guests 2 years and under.

** Voucher for Princess Celebration Character Lunch/Dinner may be applied to the cost of any meal at a Resort Table Service restaurant open for lunch or dinner, including Character Dining. Daily operating hours may vary. Applicable Table Service locations include: Ariel's Grotto, Steakhouse 55, Hook's Pointe, Goofy's Kitchen, PCH Grill, Yamabuki, Storyteller's Cafe, Napa Rose, Blue Bayou, Carnation Cafe, Vineyard Room, Wine Country Trattoria.

 

[bumbershoot]

DizMe, that link worked for me!

Further to the info, if, for instance, you click on the 3 day dining plan, you find a pop-up with (I'm editing out some info):

Donald's 3 Days of Disney Dining Plan
Disney's special dining plans make it easy for you to sample a bit of everything while using vouchers instead of cash. For an extra touch of magic, don't miss our Disney Character Dining experiences.......

Donald's 3 Days of Disney Dining Plan
8 Disney Dining choices per person.
Adult/Junior Meals included
Character Breakfast 1
Breakfast in the Park 1
$5 Voucher 3
$10 Voucher 2
$15 Voucher 1

Child Meals included
Character Breakfast 1
Breakfast in the Park 1
$5 Voucher 4
$10 Voucher 2


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From Dis knowledge...the vouchers do not get change back. So if you buy a $3.00 water with a $5 voucher, you will lose $2. If you buy two waters for $6 and use a $5 voucher, you will have to give $1 of your cash to make up the difference. Etc, and so on.

It's been best described as a way to pre-pay most of your food, and that works for some people. For others...not so much (me, for instance).

Hope that extra bit helps!

 

[DizMe]

I have to agree with Bumbershoot--to me, the dining plan is more trouble than it's worth. I have a friend who loves it, but I don't care for it myself. I wouldn't mind if it saved you any money, but it doesn't. It's just the convenience of having it paid for before you leave. I've read others' reports of using Disney Dollars in the same way, which makes more sense to me if you have a Disney store nearby. You can just periodically get Disney dollars and then have them for your trip. I, myself, use dh's credit card/cash

 

[Amyg]

Thank you sooo much!

 

[michellelovesthemous]

We just got our vouchers and the must've increased the snack 'cause the voucher is now worth $6.50...or has disney food prices gone up???

 

[DizMe]

We just got our vouchers and the must've increased the snack 'cause the voucher is now worth $6.50...or has disney food prices gone up???

I think Disney food prices have gone up! At least, I know they raised the prices on the character meals and certain other items, so it wouldn't surprise me to find that they raised prices across the board.

 

[calypso*a*go-go]

It looks to me like the vouchers really don't save any money -- so they are basically just a convenience?

 

[bumbershoot]

It looks to me like the vouchers really don't save any money -- so they are basically just a convenience?

That's my opinion of it.

I remember when planning, I added up the total cost you pay, and the vouchers, and with the exception of the character meal, where it depended on what you chose, it's pretty much $1 paid for $1 in voucher/credit.

 

[JadeDarkstar]

so it works in down town disney too? like rain forest cafe?

I didnt know that i have 5day plan and its gona be grate but i wanted to eat down ton disney too i hope what im reading is right..ty

 

[DLR29]

so it works in down town disney too? like rain forest cafe?

I didnt know that i have 5day plan and its gona be grate but i wanted to eat down ton disney too i hope what im reading is right..ty

Sorry, but I've heard on here that the vouchers don't work for DTD restaurants or food places.

 

[bumbershoot]

Hmm. Odd. It does state

Whether dining in Disneyland® Park, Disney's California Adventure® Park, Downtown Disney® , or one of the three Hotels of the Disneyland® Resort, Guests will find a variety of dining choices around every corner!

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Of course, they do not state that you can use vouchers there, just that DTD has dining choices. And it does.

http://www.disneymouselinks.com/disney-dining-plan.aspx:

Since the vouchers are not good at Downtown Disney, you also need to consider where you plan on eating before purchasing one of the Dining Plans. If you will strictly be eating at Disneyland or Disney's California Adventure, or eating at many character meals, this may be a good plan for you.

 

[ubaisore]

The 0nly reason I have gotten the vouchers since the change where you dont save any money is that I used it when I changed my existing reservation. I had a ressy for October before the 4th night free promotion...they charge $25 if your price goes down so I "added" the meal plan and it ended up virtually the same price as my original reservation and i saved the $25 change fee since my total package didn't decrease

 

[JenDisneylandlver]

I would probably only get the plan if it saved me money. Since pre-paying for meals isn't really that big of a concern for us. Even then I'd probably only do it for the shortest amount of days they allow. Since I love eating offsite and in DTD so much.

I can't justify the costs, since we save so much eating offsite for many of our meals. Not to mention the variety.