The first Disney Dining Plans were announced for Walt Disney World in 2005 and seem to change each year. The currently available plans would be nearly unrecognizable to 2005 Disney guests. In 2020, due to Covid restrictions, Walt Disney World discontinued all dining plans, and they were not returned to the parks until January 9, 2024, and are now fully available. Please note that Disneyland has never had a dining plan available to guests, and the dining plans are only available at Walt Disney World.
2025 Disney Dining Plan Calculator
This Disney Dining Plan calculator will give you the estimated cost of adding a dining plan to your Disney vacation package. More information on dining plans is available below, and this price may not be accurate if Disney Discounts are available that include free Disney dining or other dining discounts.
Please note that is an estimate. Your Mouseketrips agent can give you an exact price for your dates of stay.
If you would like to get a quote for a Walt Disney World or other Disney vacation, please feel free to contact us for a free, no obligation Mouseketrips quote.
2025 Disney Dining Plans
For 2025, Walt Disney offers 2 different dining plans, the Disney Quick Service Dining Plan and the Disney Dining plan.
Disney Quick-Service Dining Plan
The quick-service plan is great for families on the go, that want to grab lunch and dinner at a quick-service restaurant rather than sitting down for a lengthy meal each day. The quick-service dining plan includes the following for each person 3 and older in your party:
- 2 Quick-Service Meals per night
- 1 Snack/Nonalcoholic Drink per night
- 1 Resort-Refillable Mug
You can see all currently available Quick Service restaurants here: 2025 Disney Quick-Service Restaurants
The cost of the Disney Quick-Service Plan for 2025 is $59.14 per adult per night and $24.70 per child per night of your stay.
Disney Dining Plan
The Disney Dining Plan is great for those who want to take some time to relax during the day, as the Disney Dining plan includes one table service meal, which can be a character meal or nice lunch or dinner. The Disney Dining Plan includes the following for each person 3 and older in your party:
- 1 Quick-Service Meal per night
- 1 Table-Service Meal per night
- 1 Snack/Nonalcoholic drink per night
- 1 Resort-Refillable Mug
The cost of the Disney Dining Plan for 2025 is $97.70 per adult per night and $30.78 per child per night of your stay.
To get an estimate of the cost to add either plan to your Disney vacation package, please use the Disney Dining Plan Calculator above.
You can see all currently available restaurants, both quick-service and table-service, here: 2025 Disney Dining Plan Restaurants
What is included with a Disney Dining Plan
Based on the descriptions, you may not know exactly what is and is not included. Please note that all taxes are included in the plan. Here is a quick description of what each meal includes:
Quick-Service Meals
Meals redeemed at breakfast, lunch or dinner will include:
- 1 Entrée
- 1 Nonalcoholic Beverage (or Alcoholic Beverage, for Guests 21 and older)
Table-Service Meal
Meals redeemed at breakfast will include:
- 1 Entrée
- 1 Nonalcoholic Beverage (or Alcoholic Beverage, for Guests 21 and older)
-OR-
- 1 Buffet or Family-Style Meal
- 1 Nonalcoholic Beverage (or Alcoholic Beverage, for Guests 21 and older)
Meals redeemed at brunch, lunch or dinner will include:
- 1 Entrée
- 1 Dessert
- 1 Nonalcoholic Beverage (or Alcoholic Beverage, for Guests 21 and older)
-OR-
- 1 Buffet or Family-Style Meal
- 1 Nonalcoholic Beverage (or Alcoholic Beverage, for Guests 21 and older)
Alcoholic Beverages
Guests 21 and older may choose either one nonalcoholic beverage or one-single serving mixed cocktail, beer or wine (where offered) as part of their meal.
A single-serving alcoholic beverage includes items such as:
- Beer or Cider
- Wine or Sangria
- Mixed Drinks and Specialty Cocktails
Nonalcoholic Beverages
Guests 10 years of age and older can choose one nonalcoholic beverage (including specialty beverages where offered) as part of their meal.
A single-serving nonalcoholic beverage includes items such as:
- Milkshakes
- Fresh Smoothies
- Premium Hot Chocolate
- Soda, Coffee or Tea
Snacks
At Quick-Service restaurants, most Outdoor Carts and select merchandise locations, snacks may include a single serving of items such as:
- Frozen ice cream novelty, popsicle or fruit bar
- 2 scoops of hand-scooped ice cream
- Popcorn scoop (single-serving box)
- Piece of whole fruit
- Single-serve bag of snacks
- 20-ounce bottle of Coca-Cola® products, including Dasani® water
- 20-ounce fountain soft drink
- Single-serve coffee, hot chocolate, hot tea, milk or juice
- Cup of soup
- Add on toppings or sauces (e.g. side of cheese dipping sauce)
If you have any questions about what is included at your restaurant of choice, please ask your waiter/waitress or the cast member helping you, they will know what you can and cannot order.
What is not included with a Disney Dining Plan
There are a few items excluded from the Disney Dining plans:
- Snacks that are more than a single serving (such as a box of doughnuts or a jar of peanut butter)
- Items (such as popcorn or drinks) that are served in a souvenir container
- Items considered to be merchandise (such as bottle toppers, glow cubes and bottle straps)
- Special dining events offered at certain Table-Service locations
Please note, that gratuities are NOT included at table service restaurants. At the end of your meal, you will receive a “bill” that shows the total amount of your meal so that you can tip based on that amount. If you charge the tip to your room or credit card, only the tip amount will be charged, the rest of the meal, as long as you didn’t order anything special, will be paid for by the dining plan.
Disney Character Dining Experiences and Signature Restaurants
Not all table service restaurants are included with the Disney Dining Plan, and some that are included are an extra credit per night. Most table service meals require 1 table service credit in order to dine there, however, signature restaurants, some character meals and dinner shows will cost you 2 table service credits per person.
Characters Meals
- Fairytale Dining at Cinderella’s Royal Table (Magic Kingdom)
- Princess Storybook Dining at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall (Epcot – lunch and dinner only)
- Story Book Dining at Artist Point with Snow White (Wilderness Lodge)
Signature Restaurants
- Tiffins Restaurant (Disney’s Animal Kingdom)
- Citricos (Grand Floridian)
- Flying Fish (Disney’s Boardwalk)
- The Hollywood Brown Derby (Disney’s Hollywood Studios)
- Jiko – The Cooking Plan (Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge)
- Le Cellier Steakhouse (Epcot)
- Narcoossee’s (Grand Floridian)
- Topolino’s Terrace (Disney’s Riviera Resort)
- Yachtsman Steakhouse (Disney’s Yacht Club)
Please check each restaurant as some like Topolino’s is one credit for breakfast and 2 for dinner.
Disney Dinner Shows
- Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue
With the removal of the Spirit of Aloha show, the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue at Disney’s Fort Wilderness is the remaining dinner show.
How to get a Disney Dining Plan
The two Disney Dining Plans are only available to Disney Resort Hotel guests. You must book your hotel and ticket vacation packages either directly from Disney or from an authorized Disney travel agent like Mouseketrips. You can either book a package that incldues your Disney hotel and park passes or you can book a ticketless package that just includes your resort room if you have park passes already. If you book through something like Delta or Southwest vacations, you may be excluded from the dining plans. In recent years, Disney has added the availability for Disney Vacation Club members using DVC points and Annual Passholders to add dining plans to their stay. If you are booking with Mouseketrips, just ask your Mouseketrips agent to help you decide if the dining plan may be right for you, and which plans works best for your vacation.
How to use a Disney Dining Plan
When you check in for your Disney vacation, all of your Disney Dining meal credits will be added to your account, and can be used at any time during your stay. You do not need to stick to the schedule given. If you have a Disney Dining Plan, you can use two table service credits one day and two quick service credits the next day, or you can use all of your snack credits on the first day if you like, totally up to you. Quick Service meals and table service meals can be used for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner.
When you arrive at the restaurant of your choice, present either your Resort ID (MagicBand, Key to the World Card, etc.) to the cast member. The credits for your meal or snack will be reduced from your total.
You are able to check all of your remaining credits via the My Disney Experience app, and your remaining credits should be printed at the bottom of your receipt. Keep a running total of how many credits are left so that you use them all or are not short at the end of your trip. Please note that all credits are good from the time you check in until midnight the day you check out, so you can check out of your hotel and still use credits in the parks that day. All unused meals or snacks expire at midnight, and you will lose them if not used by that time.
Disney Dining Plan Restrictions
A few things to know before committing to one of the Disney Dining Plans
Reservations are still required for most table service restaurants. Having a dining plan does not give you special access, it is simply a way to pay for your meal. Make sure to make reservations early.
Everyone in your party must purchase the same dining plan. You cannot purchase the kids a quick-service plan and adults a table-service plan, everyone must be on the same plan. Please not that children 2 and under do not pay for a dining plan, but they also do not get any dinig plan credits. If you are dining at a buffet, the child is able to dine freely, but at any other restaurant, you can either share or order and pay for a separate meal.
You must purchase your dining plan for your entire stay. If you are staying 7 nights at a Disney Hotel, your plan will be for the 7 nights. You will receive credits for each night of your stay.
Children age 3 through 9 must order from the children’s menu, they are not allowed to substitute adult entrees.
Not all restaurants are on the dining plan. In the theme parks and resorts, all restaurants except for a few exceptions (California Grill, Victoria & Albert’s, Space 220, Monsieur Paul, Takumi-Tei) accept the dining plan credits. However, not all restaurants at Disney Springs accept the plan, and restaurants at the Swan, Dolphin and other non-Disney restaurants are excluded as well. Please check all restaurants you are interested in before booking to make sure they are included.
Some restaurants may have menu items that are excluded from the dining plans or are an additional cost, but this is rare. Check the menus at restaurants you are interested in to see if anything is excluded.
In the past, there was some flexibility with some cast members where you could trade a table service credit for a quick service credit or two. However, this flexibility is now gone, and you must use your credits as described.
What is a Resort-Refillable Mug?
Upon check-in at your resort, all party members in your family (age 3 and older) will receive an insulated Resort-refillable drink mug. The mugs can only be used at your resort (or official neighbor resort). Mugs can be refilled at self-service beverage islands, and drinks include soft drinks, coffee, tea, water or milk at some resorts. The mug cannot be used in the theme parks or water parks, so leave it in your room when you leave for the parks. It can be refilled as many times as you want. Use of the refillable mug expires midnight the day you check out.
Old Disney Dining Plans
In the years prior to 2020, Disney offered a few additional plans which have not been reintroduced as of today.
The Deluxe Disney Dining Plan included three meals and two snack per member of your party per night of your stay. The meals could be used for either table service or counter service, up to you. This was not a great value, but was meant of someone who wanted the most flexibility for their stay.
In 2020, Walt Disney World launched the Disney Dining Plan Plus, which was between the standard dining plan and the deluxe dining plan, and included 2 dining credits (either table or quick service meals) and 2 snacks per person per night. This plan was only available for a few months until the parks were closed in March, 2020.
The Disney Premium Plan included one breakfast, lunch and dinner plus two snacks per person per night of your stay. The meals could be either table or quick service meals. The plan also included access to carriage and horse rides, golf, watersports, tennis, fishing and pony rides.
The Disney Platinum Plan included one breakfast, lunch and dinner plus two snacks per person per night of your stay. The meals could be either table or quick service meals. The plan included everything in the Premium plan plus Cirque de Soleil tickets, a Fireworks Cruise, Spa treatments, unlimited tours plus more! You really needed a vacation after your vacation if you bought either of these two plans. Both the Premium and Platinum plans were discontinued after 2016.
How has the Disney Dining Plan Changed
In one word, tons! The 2005 Disney Dining plan included one table service meal, one counter service meal and one snack per person per day. The cost was $35 per adult and $10 per child age three through 9, and gratuities were included. The table service meals included an appetizer, entree and dessert plus drink, it was a lot of food! I did this plan several times in 2025 and 2006 with my family, it was a screaming deal and we NEVER finished a meal. I often skipped the appetizer or dessert, it was just too much food.
Is the Disney Dining Plan Worth it?
There isn’t a simple yes or no answer to this question. It depends on your plans, your family, which restaurants you like, etc. My suggestion is to use the calculator above to figure out the cost of the dining plans for your stay, then look at the menus where you plan on eating and do the calculations. For this year, the plan isn’t an obvious deal like it was in 2005. In most cases, you will break even or maybe save 10 – 20%.
Let’s look at a typical day, and assume you have the Disney Dining Plan for your famly of 4 (2 adults, 2 younger kids ages 4 and 8). On this day, you will have one table service credit, one counter service meal and one snack per person. Your day is in Epcot, and you plan on eating at La Cantina de San Angel for lunch (quick service restaurant) and Chefs de France for dinner (table service restaurant) plus grabbing a snack along the way. Looking at the menus, here are your costs for the day:
- La Cantina de San Angel: $66
- Snack (ice cream): $26
- Chefs de France: $182
- Total price: $274
These prices were estimated by choosing average price options at each restaurant. The total price of your meal could be higher or lower depending on your choices.
The cost of the dining plan for this one day is $256 based on the calculator above, meaning you saved about $18 this day, or about 7%.
The one HUGE plus I see for most people is that your food is paid for in advance and budgeted. While you may only break even, the fact that you can sit down and order exactly what you want and know that it is paid for already is a big deal.
Personally, we at Mouseketrips think the Disney Dining Plan is a good value for most people, especially first time visitors. It gives you the best and easiest Walt Disney World experience possible.
How is the Disney Dining Plan not worth it?
There are ways to use your dining plan that make it not a good deal:
- Forgot to use your credits fully
- Typically, buffets are not a good deal (most character meals are buffets).
- If your kids (especially teens) are picky eaters, the plan may not be for you, as paying full price for a teen and ordering a kids meal just doesn’t work.
- Usually, signature restaurants and dinner shows aren’t great deals, as they are rarely double the cost of a regular table service restaurant. Again, check the menus.
- Paying for the Disney Dining Plan when you don’t plan one dining at table-service restaurants.
However, don’t focus so much on getting a good deal that you regret missing something on vacation. If your daughter has to dine with the princesses or she will die, just do it. When you get home you won’t remember the $20 your saved, but you will always remember not taking your little girl to dine with Cinderella.
If you have any questions as to wheather one of the dining plans works for your family, jsut ask your Mouseketrips agent and they will walk you through the pros and cons of each plan.
Disney Free Dining
From time to time, Disney has released a discount that has become to be known by Disneyphiles as Disney Free Dining. Typically this discount gives each person traveling one of the Disney Dining plans for free when you pay full price for your room and park passes. This discount typically has requirements that include a minimum resort stay and minimum length of park passes, so it is not available to everyone who can typically purchase a dining plan.
For 2024, there were two Disney Free Dining discounts made available, we would expect something similar for 2025:
Released January 3, 2024 for Disney + Subscribers only – July 1 – October 3, 2024
Released April 9, 2024 for Disney VISA Cardholders only – July 1 – 31, September 1 – 7, December 9 – 21, 2024
Both of these discounts included free Quick-Service dining plan for guests staying at a Disney value or moderate resort and free Disney Dining plan for guest staying at a Disney deluxe or deluxe villa resort. Both discounts required some extra requirement, one required you were a Disney + subscriber, the second that you had a Disney VISA. For 2025, it is unsure exactly what we will see, but stay tuned.