Disney Dining Plan By nicolemm on Mar 01, 2008 - Updated Oct 15, 2011

When traveling to Disney there are many dining options. Choosing the one that is perfect for you and your family may take a little work, but is definately worth the effort and could save you hundreds of dollars.

On our last Disney vacation, we booked the Magic Your Way Plus Dining. The dining package included one sit down meal, one counter service (quick food) meal and one snack (basically anything under $4) per night of your stay. When booking the trip, this seemed like the appropriate package and I was worried that it may not be enough food. Boy was I wrong.

By the end of our eight days, we had eaten so much food, that we couldn't even finish using the counter service credits we still had. On top of that we had spent so much time at table service restaurants, getting to the restaurants and waiting for our reseravation, that it consumed to much of our trip.

While the convenience of having everything paid for in advance is great, on future trips we will pay out of pocket for a few table services that we really want and let our stomachs, not our dining plan, guide us through the rest.