Inside Guide to FREE DINING at Walt Disney World 2025
A detailed look at the Disney World Free Dining Plan offers for 2025.
Enjoy a fantastic FREE dining plan when you purchase a nondiscounted minimum 3-night, 3-day package from the Walt Disney Travel Company, which includes accommodations at a select Disney Resorts Collection hotel along with a theme park ticket featuring the Park Hopper option.
This free Disney dining offer is valid for arrivals on most nights from May 27 to June 26, 2025, and from July 7 to August 6, 2025.
Additionally, packages may be available for longer lengths of stay, providing even greater flexibility for your vacation plans. The Disney dining plans feature an enticing selection of delicious meals and tasty snacks, allowing you to focus solely on enjoying the magic of your visit while eliminating the hassle of meal budgeting.
Embrace the convenience and ease of having your meals thoughtfully planned as you explore the enchanting parks and experience all the wonderful adventures that Disney has to offer.
As with past free dining plan offers, Disney is using a tiered system based on the resort category booked.
Disney Deluxe Resorts
Disney Deluxe Villas
Free Quick Service Dining Plan
Disney Moderate Resorts
Disney Value Resorts
The free dining offer excludes the following room types: 3-Bedroom Grand Villas, Cabins at Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, Bungalows and 2-Bedroom Penthouses at Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows, and Suites at Disney Deluxe Resort hotels.
Disney World Free Dining Blackout Dates
I always recommend booking free dining offers early because they do sell out. There are numerous hidden blackout dates with the broad offer dates. Disney doesn’t share what those blackout dates are for two reasons: 1) there are too many to list and 2) they change all the time as hotels begin to book up.
See, Disney provides a broad range of dates to simplify things. But the offer is not wide-opened to every resort, room category, and date. The only way to see if free dining is being offered is to plug in your travel dates.
The other thing to be mindful of here is that Disney may limit how many free dining packages it’s going to release for a given resort, room category, or date. Again, we don’t have access to that insider information, but I am pretty good at keeping track of it. For example, let’s say Disney secretly allocates 10 rooms at Disney’s Pop Century Resort for free quick-service dining on the night of June 10. Once 10 people book free dining on June 10 at that resort, the free dining offer then becomes unavailable.
So in short, book as early as possible to get the best availability for free dining.
Sample Free Dining Package Prices for Walt Disney World
Let’s take a look at some of the packages I have prepared for clients using the free dining offer. Here’s a look at a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 children ages 5 and 7). Keep in mind that children must order from a child menu when one is available. And it’s Disney, so there’s pretty much always one available.
Free Quick Service Dining
August 3 - 6, 2025; Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort, Standard View, 3-Day Park Hopper Tickets $2,719.22
July 13 - 16, 2025, Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Standard View, 3-Day Park Hopper Tickets $3,256.52
Free Disney Dining Plan
June 1 - 4, 2025, Disney’s Yacht Club Resort, Resort View, 3-Day Park Hopper Tickets $4,416.82
June 5 - 8, 2025 Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, Resort View, 3-Day Park Hopper Tickets $3,964.56
How the Disney Dining Plans Work
Basic Disney Dining Plan:
Dining plans are per person and based on the number of package nights.
For each package night, each person will receive:
1 table service meal credit
1 quick service meal credit
1 snack or beverage credit
1 Resort-refillable mug per person in your package. Mugs are refilled at the self-service beverage station at your hotel's quick-service locations for the duration of the stay.
Disney Quick Service Dining Plan:
For each package night, each person will receive:
2 quick-service meal credits
1 snack or beverage credit
1 Resort-refillable mug per person in your package. Mugs are refilled at the self-service beverage station at your hotel's quick-service locations for the duration of the stay.
See how the dining plans work in my video here, or my article here.
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Since 2010, Darren has been making Orlando vacations easy! As an Orlando resident, he is able to provide insider, expert advice on Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and Florida-based cruises.
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Details and FAQ’s on the Disney Dining Promo Card
Get a Disney Dining Promo Card when you purchase a non-discounted vacation package that includes:
A room at a select Disney Resort - minimum 4 night stay
Theme park tickets - minimum 4-day ticket
Update: This offer expires March 27, 2023
The value of the Dining Card varies on the date of check-in and your Walt Disney World resort category. It’s important to note that the amount you receive is based on the number of nights you book, not per person.
For example, if you book a qualifying 5-night stay at a Deluxe Resort in early July, you will receive a $750 dining gift card.
June 25 - June 30 and July 11 - July 31
Disney Value Resorts: $35 per night
Disney Moderate Resorts: $75 per night
Deluxe Resorts and Deluxe Villas: $125 per night
July 1 - July 10 and August 1 - September 14
Disney Value Resorts: $50 per night
Disney Moderate Resorts: $100 per night
Deluxe Resorts and Deluxe Villas: $150 per night
Email and Barcode
Once you arrive at the resort and check-in, you’ll receive an email containing a barcode for your Disney Dining Promo card. The email will be sent to the email address associated with your My Disney Experience account.
The Disney Dining Promo card cannot be added to your My Disney Experience account and therefore is not accessible on MagicBands or MagicMobile.
However, the Dining Promo Card can be added to your phone’s wallet feature, such as Apple Wallet or Google Wallet.
Tip
Be sure you know the email address that is used to log into your My Disney Experience account. Even though My Disney Experience cannot be used for the Dining Card, Disney’s system uses the email address that is associated with your account.
The email you receive will contain the balance of your Disney Dining Promo Card and your card account number.
You may need to use the card account number for mobile pickup orders at some restaurants, so keep that email handy or take a screen capture of your number, or use your mobile wallet.
The remaining balance on your Disney Dining Promo Card will be shown at the bottom of your most recent receipt, or go to Disneygiftcard.com to get your updated balance.
OrlandoParksGuy: Travel agent for Disney World, Universal Orlando, and Orlando area cruises
Is the Dining Promo Card Accepted at all Dining Locations at Walt Disney World?
The card is accepted at most Disney dining locations
Can I redeem the card for cash if I don’t use all of the funds?
No. Any remaining balance is not eligible to be transferred to cash or applied to room folios upon checkout, even if there are room charges from food and beverage locations.
If there is a remaining balance on the card all balances will expire on September 30th, 2023.
Where can I get more information on the Disney Dining Promo Card?
Disney dining locations and any resort exclusions can be found at Disneyworld.com/DisneyDinePromo
Are there any Disney World resorts that are excluded form the Disney Dining Promo Card offer?
Offer excludes the following room types: campsites, 3-bedroom villas, and Cabins at Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge.
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Darren is a Disney-focused travel agent with Magical Vacations Travel and has over 13 years of experience. Readers of the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World rate him as a Best of the Best Disney Travel Agent. Darren is also an Orlando-based travel writer with topics ranging from theme parks to cruise lines.
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