re: First time Disneyworld family trip - HELP NEEDED!

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This is a PARTIAL list and more restaurants will be added throughout the year. We will update the list accordingly. For now, we recommend booking your 2016 Advance Dining Reservations based on the complete list of 2015 Disney Dining Plan restaurants.

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You're welcome. Also, he was wrong about the appetizer. It's not included unless you get the premium plan which is almost certainly too much food.

NO! We stayed at the Yacht Club ... it was fine! And at the back entrance to Epcot. We were in the same situation with a family of 5.

If you are going to eat any meals in the park, get on the meal plan.

Also, make your reservations now if you can, because you need to start trying to get the fast passes and dining reservations. Mardi Gras is pretty packed at Disney, you are already extremely late to reserving shite as well. You will have a hard time getting what you want.

If you get the meal plan, you only "break even" at about half of the restaurants per meal, and that's only if you choose one of the few most expensive meals.

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I was looking at the restaurants options and it's pretty limited. Only 3 restaurants at Epcot and only 4 at Magic Kingdom for the table service meals.

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wut?

Biergarten Restaurant (L,D)
Chefs de France (L,D)
Coral Reef Restaurant (L,D)
La Hacienda de San Angel (D)
Nine Dragons Restaurant (L,D)
Restaurant Marrakesh (L,D)
Rose & Crown Dining Room (L,D)
San Angel Inn Restaurante (L,D)
Spice Road Table (L,D)
Teppan Edo (L,D)
Tokyo Dining (L,D)
Tutto Italia Ristorante (L,D)
Via Napoli Ristorante e Pizzeria (L,D)


I will echo what several people have said....I don't think the dining plan is worth it. At least, it isn't for us based on how we "tour" the parks. I've had the plan through several iterations including the original which gave each person and app, entree, dessert AND included gratuity. That's changed considerably since then. But, we got the plan for free back then. And, it's the only way I would consider getting it again. But, free dining is usually offered in lieu of a room discount which I would prefer taking.

The "regular" dining plan works if you are hell-bent on eating a sit down, table service meal each and every day. Us? We don't. We're fine hitting counter service for most of the trip.