Reviews of Disney’s QUICK SERVICE Dining Plan
Reviewed by Claire Review Date: 09/29/2018
Rating: (10) Recommended
The Quick Service Dining Plan was the best for our family. Not having to worry about budgeting for meals, it was all loaded on our Magic Bands. This meal plan is absolutely great if you are not wanting to pay tips on a table service meal which can be additionally very costly if choosing the Dining Plans.
Pros:
Quick Service is what it is...quick. Ordering off your phone app and then picking it up at the counter when ready is a great bonus and so convenient.Cons:
You don't get Character Dining experiences like on the Dining Plan. You would have to make a reservation for a Table Service Meal. Whether you can use like two Quick Service credits for this I do not know. Maybe this is one to find out when I'm next there but I am assuming not.So I would budget that as an extra paid meal.Reviewed by Eeyorelover6977 Review Date: 09/28/2018
Rating: (10) Recommended
I have used the quick service dining plan now for the past 5 years and I love it. I would NEVER go without it. I love that I do not have to worry about carrying money around or being tied down by reservations.
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pre paidCons:
NoneReviewed by GinaDD Review Date: 08/25/2017
Rating: (10) Recommended
We were fortunate to get the free quick dinning promotion offered for late August. We were disappointed (at first) that the free promotion didn't include sit-down service. But as we ate "around the world" we discovered that counter service at WDW goes well beyond burgers and nuggets. We found really great, inventive counter service meals. This plan was also accepted at many of the third party restaurants at Disney Springs. (The Polite Pig was a favorite!)
Pros:
Plentiful portions!Cons:
—Reviewed by LISAE Review Date: 08/16/2016
Rating: (10) Recommended
When we have visited in October/November and February we have felt the need for many table service meals and have really enjoyed them. On our previous summer visit two years ago we found that the table service meal was more like an endurance test during two weeks in the Florida sun.
This time we had the quick service dining plan for our two weeks (last week in July and first week in August).
We found that this was still too much food in the hot weather but enjoyed having the freedom of not having booked reservations.
We ordered water from garden grocer before our arrival, if we hadn't we would have needed to use credits for this.
In the event we brought quite a few snacks back home with us as we found it impossible to eat all the allowance of food.
It did give us the flexibility to have lots of frappucinos and ice-cream sundaes. Also as we weren't necessarily eating two full meals a day we did on occasion order pizza and salad and eat one large meal.
Definitely a must-do for me in the Summer and not having to allow for tips was an added bonus.
Pros:
ideal for a Summer meal planCons:
wouldn't be enough food for us in cooler weather.Reviewed by SwappingBows Review Date: 01/30/2020
Rating: (9) Recommended
I used this dining plan on my last trip, as we went the week between Christmas and New Years. I knew it would be crazy, so I did not want to be tied to any sit down reservations. I think it was the greatest thing! No one in our group went hungry, we had to scramble to spend SIX meals and FOUR snacks before we left! It was amazing!
Pros:
Easy to use.Cons:
Obviously Sit down dining is amazing though!Reviewed by Koon Review Date: 01/01/2016
Rating: (9) Recommended
Our family loves this plan as we use snacks for breakfast and that makes it an all-inclusive vacation. There's no considering if you need to choose a cheaper item in the menu for this meal, and if you play your cards right, multiple people can eat off of one credit since at some places the portions are plentiful! A great choice!
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FlexibilityCons:
—Reviewed by bellebookworm9 Review Date: 01/11/2014
Rating: (9) Recommended
My party of four used the quick service plan for the first time from 1/6-1/10. We were able to get it for $21.99/person/night with a cast member discount and that made it an excellent value. It saved my family (three people) probably $250. We only used the refillable mugs once, so they weren't a great asset, but even without those our savings would have been around $200.
We enjoyed meals at Landscape of Flavors (breakfast/lunch/dinner), Sunshine Seasons, Boulangerie Patisserie, Columbia Harbour House, and Be Our Guest. We also had several table service meals that we just paid for out of pocket. If I were able to get the plan at a discount, I would use it again.
Pros:
Plenty of food, great choicesCons:
Cost vs. out of pocket without discountReviewed by kclhendrickson Review Date: 03/06/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
I am thrilled that we chose this dining plan!I loved that it was already "paid" for and it felt like we were eating for "free" at each meal.There were several enjoyable options at each park and hotel, and we enjoyed having a different dessert option at each location (yum!- but not good for the waistline).
I also liked the variety of "snack" options both in the park and at the hotel.
My only disappointment was that french fries were the side for most adult meals. When I actually ordered apple slices one day I got an incredulous look from the cast member. I would have liked as many options for sides as the kids (yogurt, carrots, apples, grapes, cookies, heck- even a side salad option would have been wonderful!).
You will NOT go away hungry with this plan, and it saved us on "tipping" and allowed us to have one table service meal that we paid for out of pocket and was well worth it.
Pros:
variety of options to use dinning plan atCons:
lack of "healthy" type options for adultsReviewed by tlynn Review Date: 09/29/2018
Rating: (7) Recommended
Splurge on the one with sit down option
Pros:
Fast and easy to use. Lots of locations to use. The snack credits can be used on a variety of items.Cons:
I wrongly thought the sit down meals were all character dining. There are many great restaurants that are considered sit down like momma melrose, sci if diner, etc that I did not realize were considered sit down. I would spend the extra money to get one sit down.Reviewed by sabu1953 Review Date: 09/08/2013
Rating: (7) Recommended
We have visited many times....and we thought we could do it this trip on the QS dining plan....we were wrong. Seems as if almost all of the good things are gone from the menus, or recipes have changed since last year. Even the snacks (Mickey Bar is half as thick as last year) seem to have been either cut in size or just "cheapened out". Would go back for the regular plan again including the sit down dinners...but would have to reconsider just this plan. When it first started, it was a great deal, but now.........
