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Test Your Disney Smarts!
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1. Which restaurant has the best view at Walt Disney World? A. LakeView Restaurant, B. The California Grill, C. Cindarellaâ??s Royal Table

2. Afternoon milkshakes for two kids will cost you: A. $5.72, B. $8.38, C. $12.59

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4. When is the best time to take the kids on Dumbo the Flying Elephant? A. Before 10 a.m. or after 9 p.m., B. Immediately following lunch, C. At exactly 3:15 p.m.

5. Which Disney theme park is five times the size as the Magic Kingdom? A. Disneyâ??s Hollywood Studios, B. Epcot Center, C. Animal Kingdom

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1. Select the time of year for your visit: Walt Disney World is busiest Christmas Day through New Yearâ??s Day. Thanksgiving weekend, the week of Washingtonâ??s birthday, the first full week of November, spring break for colleges, and the two weeks around Easter are also times when visitation can peak at 92,000 visitors in a single day. The park is far less crowded during the off season, but be advised that the parks often open late and close early during that time. You can find detailed charts and info on the best times to visit in The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World.

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An insider guide to theme park dining plans

Starting today, and over the next several Wednesdays, we will take a look at some of the "extras" to amusement parks offers to sell them, in addition to your basic admission ticket.

First up: dining plans.These can be great ways to pay in advance for your food during the visit amusement park, potentially making your meals less expensive that they would have been had you paid as you had gone through the park; But if not you are careful, you could find yourself paying for meals, who do not eat, and locked out of eating choices you had wanted to try.

Disney Dining plan, offered at Walt Disney World and in a more limited form by Disneyland, differs from other parks plans, it is simply a salary in advance level, with a fixed number of meals and snacked covered by the plan.It is also accessible only to persons who are ordering their vacations through Disney. Universal and SeaWorld, on the other hand, offers "all you eat"-style plans can be bought be anyone, including day guests. These plans do not require an advance purchase, either, and may be purchased on-site, inside the Park.

Disney Dining Plan

If you do not plan to stay in one Walt Disney Worlds onsite Hotels during your next trip to Disney World, well, convince Disney hopes that its eating plan might help you to change your mind.It is only available for guests of Disney's hotels, who order a vacation package through Disney.
Epcot's Biergarten Restaurant

The advantage of the Disney Dining Plan is to do a Disney World vacation more of an all-encompassing experience, one minus the hassle of paying for individual meals and snacks.Priced as part of a package, proposes Disney also, selecting the package eat can save visitors over spending to pay for their hotel room, theme park tickets and meals separately. even better for customers, Disney frequently offer steep discounts on his vacation packages during the off seasons (mainly when children are in school in Florida), eating plan a free add-on.

Walt Disney World offers three variations on his eating plan: Quick-service plan with 2 quick-service meals and two snacks per person per night in your stayRegular dining plan, with a table-service meal, a quick-service meal and one snack per person per nightDeluxe dining plan with 3 meals (table-service or quick-service) and 2 snacks per person per night

You can also add a wine option on your plan for an additional fee. All packages include one refillable drink mugs per person, which can be refilled at your hotel's quick-serve restaurants.

Note that the Disney Dining Plan makes not include tips on table service restaurants.(Please don't stiff your server!)

If your intent to Disney Dining Plan is to create an all-encompassing experience, don't forget that by staying in the onsite hotel, you don't want to get the free or paid them breakfast, as you might in many production site hotels. so if you want to avoid paying out-of-pocket for any meals during your Disney vacation, go with the Deluxe Dining plan, the only option, which covers three meals per day.

You should also know that some restaurants sometimes will collect two meal credits, rather than just one, including The Hollywood Brown Derby and Le Cellier. And Bistro de Paris, the restaurant Epcot, who won the 2010 Theme Park Insider Award for best amusement park restaurant, absolutely accept not Dining Plan credits. so even if you select the Deluxe Plan, you can still end up paying in the parks.

Visit the website Disney Dining Plan for more information, including the complete list of participating restaurants.

Finally, remember that only selecting a Disney Dining COMMUNITY does not guarantee you a seat at any restaurant.You must still make priority seating reservations by calling 407-WDW-your or booking online up to 180 days before the visit.

By Disneyland is a fundamental Disney Dining EU accessible for visitors, as booker through Walt Disney Travel company, which offers not only the three onsite Hotels Disneyland, but also packages with stays of several "Good neighbor" hotels.

One advance-purchase eat option that is available to all at the Disneyland Resort's World of Color picnic. These $ 15 box dinners include reserved seats on the world of Color slide show on the Disney California Adventure, which is still a hard ticket to anyone who does not arrive in the Park by opening a free FastPass reservations.

Universal meal Deal

Universals eating plans require no advance purchase, and is not limited to guests of the resort, the official, on-site hotels.It is also more all-you-can-eat package that does not include a specific number of meals, such as Disney 's, but which allows you to visit participating restaurants as often as you like.

That said, only a handful of restaurants at Universal Orlando Resort participate-three in each theme park.

At Universal Studios Florida: Mel's drive-InLouie Italian RestaurantInternational food and film festival

At islands of Adventure: Circus McGurkus Caf Stoo-pendousComic strip CafeThe Burger Digs

You can get one Entrée plate and one dessert each time you go through the line.Universal meal trade currently cost $ 19.99 for adults and $ 9.99 for children (ages 9 and under) for use in one park for a day, and $ 23.99 for adults and $ 11.99 for children, if you want to visit both parks in same day while using meal deal. prices do not include tax and children should order from the menu children.(If you visit the parks on separate days, there is no need to buy two-Park Just buy a trade. one-Park deal for each day.)

Universal meal Deal is not accepted by parker table service restaurants, including the Mythos, nor is it well on the three Broomsticks in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

Also note that drink is not included in the universal meal deal, but you can buy a refillable beverage Cup for use at participating restaurants for $ 8.99. full details (and advance purchases) are available on the website of Universal Orlando.

Universal Studios Hollywood offers an all you can Eat Pass for $ 19.95 per day ($ 9.95 for children under 48 "tall). It also gets you one Entrée plate each time you go through a line, but not drink, and its available on five of California theme park's counter-service restaurants

SeaWorld's all Day Dining Deal

SeaWorlds pass is similar to universals expect it includes (certain) spirits and are accepted at most of the parks tray-service restaurants.

The cost is $ 29.99 for adults and $ 14.99 for children (ages 3-9) plus tax. you get one Entrée (excludes baby back ribs), one side or dessert and one non-alcoholic drink which is (excludes Naked Juice) on each visit to a participating restaurant. Prices include again, not taxes.

SeaWorld's all Day Dining Deal be accepted not in table service, buffets or character meals, including sharks Underwater Grill or Makahiki Luau.

Visit SeaWorld Orlando or SeaWorld San Diego website for the complete list of participating restaurants. Price and terms for all day Dining Deal is the same in both parks.

All Day Dining deals are also available at Sea Worlds sister park, Busch Gardens Tampa.

We would love to hear in the comments, on your personal experience with theme park dining plans, including your opinion of them and advice to other theme park visitors.

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