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Comprehensive Guide to Walt Disney World Dining

OVERVIEW
If you can’t or won’t follow the meals recommended in the itineraries (those in the basic itinerary are listed at bottom of this page), use one of two tools.

The thumbnail in the right (click to open; when open, click again to enlarge) rates the Walt Disney World table service options by both appeal to kids and appeal to adults.

The pages linked below have the same options ranked in order to help you pick your destinations.

Character Meals and Dinner Shows Ranked in Order

Table Service Meals at the Parks Ranked in Order

Table Service Meals at the Resorts Ranked in Order

COMPLETE LIST OF DINING SITES IN THE BASIC ITINERARY

The dining sites in the basic itinerary were selected based on how well-loved they are by families, kid-pleasing menus, how effectively they achieve their show intent, value for money, and convenience.
Magic Kingdom:

  • Liberty Tree Tavern (Character Meal until 1/4/09)
  • Cinderella’s Royal Table (Character Meal)
  • Pecos Bill Café
  • Crystal Palace (Character Meal)
  • Dole Whip at Aloha Isle (Snack)

Hollywood Studios:

  • Backlot Express
  • 50’s Prime Time Café
  • Sci-Fi Diner (Snack)

Epcot:

  • Akershus Banquet (Character Meal)
  • Sunshine Season Food Fair
  • San Angel Inn
  • Boulangerie Patisserie (Snack)

Animal Kingdom:

  • Flame Tree Barbecue

Resorts:

  • Whispering Canyon Skillet Meal (Wilderness Lodge)
  • Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue (Fort Wilderness, Dinner Show)
  • Chef Mickey’s (Contemporary, Character Meal)
  • Beaches and Cream (Beach Club, Snack)
  • 1900 Park Fare (Grand Floridian, Character Meal)
  • Dole Whip at Captain Cook’s (Polynesian, Snack)
  • Plus your hotel’s counter service and your hotel room!

Downtown Disney:

  • House of Blues Gospel Brunch
  • Rainforest Café

DINING LINKS

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