new disney dining credit offer

[myaquarium]

I can’t see the larger restaurants in downtown Disney ( is t still called this) being too happy with no dining plan options. Many people only visited the big ticket options because it was on the dining plan. Can’t see me paying $75 for a mignon steak the size of a small burger and 4 fat chips with garnish. Add $15 fir a bottle of beer. No thanks.
However I do see the quick food places blaze pizza Earl of sandwich become more popular than ever as people try to stretch the new Disney budget as far as they can.
The sooner they open up a few greggs the better for us brits.

[aprilshack]

Considering i had the dining plan on my booking before they took it off, I would of thought they might of added this on for people whom have missed out this year. Its not much staying in a value resort but would at least pay for snacks.

[loldis]

Originally Posted by Floridatilly

So the dining credits is per room not per person?
How will they work it out? X amount of credits per night? Per room?
Any idea on the amount for moderate/deluxe hotels?

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It's being discussed in this thread if you want more details: https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/sho... php?t=1188689

But to sum up - it's no longer credits, it's a fixed $ value per night per room, depending what tier the hotel is in. Here's an excerpt from the T&Cs from the email...

Receive Disney Dining Credit of US$36 per room for each night of a confirmed eligible stay in one of the Tier 1 Participating Disney Resorts; US$61 for each night of a confirmed eligible stay in one of the Tier 2 Participating Disney Resorts; US$68 per room for each night of a confirmed eligible stay in one of the Tier 3 Participating Resorts.

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I am assuming Tier 1 are the existing value hotels, 2 is moderate and 3 is deluxe but can't say for certain whether they will be moving hotels around tiers, and which hotels will be eligible. Will know more once the offer is released on Thursday.

[loldis]

Originally Posted by myaquarium

I can’t see the larger restaurants in downtown Disney ( is t still called this) being too happy with no dining plan options. Many people only visited the big ticket options because it was on the dining plan. Can’t see me paying $75 for a mignon steak the size of a small burger and 4 fat chips with garnish. Add $15 fir a bottle of beer. No thanks.
However I do see the quick food places blaze pizza Earl of sandwich become more popular than ever as people try to stretch the new Disney budget as far as they can.
The sooner they open up a few greggs the better for us brits.

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The Disney Springs restaurants are quite popular with locals, so they're not going to be affected by a change in DDP either way. And a LOT of the domestic travellers (which account for most visitors) were probably already paying OOP.

But it definitely will be interesting to see if there's any knock on effect for pricing across WDW property though, as many people do believe the prices are inflated by DDP. They've never seemed that different to any other popular tourist destination to me, so I'm not expecting much change.

[myaquarium]

Originally Posted by loldis

The Disney Springs restaurants are quite popular with locals, so they're not going to be affected by a change in DDP either way. And a LOT of the domestic travellers (which account for most visitors) were probably already paying OOP.

But it definitely will be interesting to see if there's any knock on effect for pricing across WDW property though, as many people do believe the prices are inflated by DDP. They've never seemed that different to any other popular tourist destination to me, so I'm not expecting much change.

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I always thought the Americans received the dining plan as well.
It seemed so popular that during the last 10 or so years we were always greeting at any restaurant in Disney with the question welcome-dining plan or not.
Hopefully your right and they won’t miss the masses who used the plan to frequent theses over priced places.

[Bozza]

Originally Posted by myaquarium

I can’t see the larger restaurants in downtown Disney ( is t still called this) being too happy with no dining plan options. Many people only visited the big ticket options because it was on the dining plan. Can’t see me paying $75 for a mignon steak the size of a small burger and 4 fat chips with garnish. Add $15 fir a bottle of beer. No thanks.
However I do see the quick food places blaze pizza Earl of sandwich become more popular than ever as people try to stretch the new Disney budget as far as they can.
The sooner they open up a few greggs the better for us brits.

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Brits on the Free DDP eating a bit more upscale than they may otherwise will be a drop in the ocean relative to the numerous US visitors, most not on Free DDP as well as locals.

[loldis]

Originally Posted by myaquarium

I always thought the Americans received the dining plan as well.
It seemed so popular that during the last 10 or so years we were always greeting at any restaurant in Disney with the question welcome-dining plan or not.
Hopefully your right and they won’t miss the masses who used the plan to frequent theses over priced places.

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They could always purchase the plan if they wanted to, but free dining for US visitors is a very limited offer unlike ours. So many (particularly regulars and DVC owners) tend to pay OOP.

Servers probably ask if you're on DDP or not since there are restrictions on what you can order. I'm sure they've had plenty of people order extra sides, starters or alcohol (before it was included) and then kick off when they got a bill to pay. So it's easier to ask up front.

[Bozza]

Originally Posted by myaquarium

I always thought the Americans received the dining plan as well.
It seemed so popular that during the last 10 or so years we were always greeting at any restaurant in Disney with the question welcome-dining plan or not.
Hopefully your right and they won’t miss the masses who used the plan to frequent theses over priced places.

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They could buy the Dining Plan which may or may not actually represent a discount depending on where they dined and what they chose.

Free Dining was offered to US punters, but far more sparsely than the UK offering which has traditionally been the carrot dangled to get us to commit to a WDW holiday a year or more in advance.

As there's no dining plans at all currently, US visitors will currently be paying cash just like us.

[pdcdad]

I presume you can add this to an booking already made for 2022? I was told that I could when I booked so fingers crossed. There are only 2 of us so not to bad an offer for us.

[Mickey2021]

How early can you book park reservations?