Disney with Special Needs: Who Wants What? Tips for Making the Most of Your Dining Plan

By now if you’ve been venturing along with me you know that my family has a variety of circumstances and needs that come into play when it comes to planning and enjoying our trips to Disney. Sensory issues, age gaps, heart issues, and service dogs aside, there is one set of needs that probably make us more like a lot of other families heading to the World on vacation than our others, but still need to be taken into consideration every day of our trip. This, of course, is eating. Read more

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Thrifty Thursday: Making the Most Out of the Disney Dining Plan!

My family loves the Disney Dining plan!  We usually opt for the Magic your Way Plus Dining where you get one snack, one counter meal, and one sit down dinner for each person, every night you stay at the resort.  We have found a way to get three full meals out of this meal plan, which is great because the way this plan is set up, it doesn’t account for 3 square meals. Read more

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Thrifty Thursday: Is the Disney Dining Plan Right For You?

When folks ask for my help with planning their Disney vacations, once the dates are decided, there are then usually two major discussions that we have. The first is, where to stay. And the second is, should they get a Dining Plan? So let’s chat about this today, because like most things about planning a Disney vacation, the answer depends on your family. Read more

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Disney World Deliciousness: Disney Dining Plan Changes

11880484_10153097642121662_6150487709430939460_nOne of our favorite things to do at Disney World is to eat at the MANY different restaurants that are located in the parks, the resorts, and at Disney Springs (Downtown Disney)! There are so many options, it would take YEARS to eat at them all…but we’re up for the challenge!!

Disney offers Dining Plans for resort guests, DVC members and Annual Passholders that help make eating to your hearts content even easier! There have recently been some changes made to the Dining Plan that have made it even better for all of us loyal Mouse Fans!! Read more

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Disney with Little Ones: Should I Buy the Dining Plan? (Part 2)

11221815_10101706188262114_7032818403538453335_oLast time I left you with a vague answer to the question above: It’s complicated. I thought I would be able to compare apples to apples with buying the dining plan vs. not buying it, but there are a lot of variables, or oranges, as it turns out.  Read more

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