Full List of Restaurants on 2024 Disney Dining Plans (and What’s Missing)
Walt Disney World has released the complete* list of 222 participating restaurants for the 2024 Disney Dining Plans. This shares all of the counter and table service restaurants confirmed as being eligible on the two tiers of DDPs that’ll be available next year, plus commentary about what’s missing. (Updated September 3, 2023.)
Let’s start with the basics, which is that that Disney Dining Plans are now available to purchase for Walt Disney World Resort hotel arrivals beginning January 9, 2024. This now includes both full Walt Disney World vacation packages and ticketless resort hotel + Disney Dining Plan reservations.
Here are all of the details and changes for the 2024 Disney Dining Plan. This is the paid version of the Disney Dining Plan, not Free Dining. As of right now, only the Quick-Service Disney Dining Plan (QSDDP) and standard or regular Disney Dining Plan (DDP) will are bookable for 2024.
The Deluxe Disney Dining Plan (DxDDP) and Disney Dining Plan Plus (DDP+) will remain unavailable. (We discuss the potential reasons for not restoring the DxDDP and DDP+ yet here.) It wouldn’t surprise us if those tiers are eventually restored, but it may not be until later in the new year, or even 2025. Walt Disney World likely needs to gauge demand, dining capacity, and more before complicating the DDP (again).
Against that backdrop, Walt Disney World has updated its dining portal to list the 222 restaurants that will participate in the DDP and the 119 restaurants that will be eligible for the QSDDP. Unfortunately, Walt Disney World has not organized these lists into categories or any easily-digestible manner, so we’re just going to give you the same info-dump they’ve released.
2024 Disney Dining Plan Eligible Restaurants (All)
4 Rivers Cantina Barbacoa Food Truck
50’s Prime Time Café
ABC Commissary
Akershus Royal Banquet Hall
Ale & Compass Lounge
Ale & Compass Restaurant
Amorette’s Patisserie
The Artist’s Palette
Avalunch
B.B. Wolf’s Sausage Co.
Backlot Express
Backstretch Pool Bar
Banana Cabana
Bar Riva
Barcelona Lounge
Be Our Guest Restaurant
Beach Club Marketplace
Beaches & Cream Soda Shop
Beaches Pool Bar & Grill
Biergarten Restaurant
Big River Grille & Brewing Works
Blaze Pizza
BoardWalk Deli
The Boathouse
Boatwright’s Dining Hall
Boma – Flavors of Africa
Cafe Rix
Cape May Cafe
Cape Town Lounge and Wine Bar
Capt. Cook’s
Casey’s Corner
Catalina Eddie’s
Centertown Market
Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’
Chef Mickey’s
Chefs de France
Chicken Guy
Cinderella’s Royal Table
Cítricos
Cítricos Lounge
City Works Eatery & Pour House
Columbia Harbour House
Connections Café & Eatery
Contempo Café
Cookes of Dublin
Cooling Hut
Coral Reef Restaurant
Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café
Courtyard Pool Bar
Cove Bar
Creature Comforts
Crêpes À Emporter by La Crêperie de Paris
Crew’s Cup Lounge
Crockett’s Tavern
The Crystal Palace
D-Luxe Burger
Dahlia Lounge
The Daily Poutine
The Diamond Horseshoe
Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo
Dockside Diner
The Drop Off Pool Bar
Earl Of Sandwich
The Edison
El Mercado de Coronado
Enchanted Rose Lounge
End Zone Food Court
Enzo’s Hideaway
Everything POP Shopping & Dining
Fairfax Fare
Fantasmic Dining Packages
Fife & Drum Tavern
Flame Tree Barbecue
Flying Fish
The Friar’s Nook
Garden Grill Restaurant
Gasparilla Island Grill
Gaston’s Tavern
Geyser Point Bar & Grill
Golden Oak Outpost
Good’s Food to Go
Grand Floridian Cafe
Grandstand Spirits
Gurgling Suitcase
Harambe Market
Hollywood & Vine
The Hollywood Brown Derby
The Hollywood Brown Derby Lounge
House of Blues Restaurant & Bar
Hurricane Hanna’s Waterside Bar and Grill
Intermission Food Court
Jaleo by José Andrés
Jiko – The Cooking Place
Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar
Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen
Katsura Grill
Kona Cafe
Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe
La Cantina de San Angel
La Crêperie de Paris
La Hacienda de San Angel
Landscape of Flavors
Le Cellier Steakhouse
Leaning Palms
Leaping Horse Libations
Les Halles Boulangerie-Patisserie
Liberty Square Market
Liberty Tree Tavern
Local Green Orlando Food Truck
Lottawatta Lodge
Lotus Blossom Café
Lowtide Lou’s
The Lunching Pad
Main Street Bakery
Maji Pool Bar
Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano
The Mara
Mardi Grogs
Maria & Enzo’s Ristorante
The Market at Ale & Compass
Marketplace Snacks
Martha’s Vineyard
Maya Grill
Meadow Snack Bar
Morimoto Asia
Morimoto Asia Street Food
Muddy Rivers
Narcoossee’s
Nine Dragons Restaurant
Nomad Lounge
Oasis Bar & Grill
‘Ohana
Olivia’s Cafe
Paddlefish
The Paddock Grill
Paradiso 37, Taste of the Americas
Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe
Pepe by José Andrés
Petals Pool Bar
Pinocchio Village Haus
Pizza Ponte
Pizza Window
Pizzafari
PizzeRizzo
Planet Hollywood
The Plaza Restaurant
The Polite Pig
Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant
Rainforest Cafe at Disney Springs
Rainforest Cafe at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Refreshment Outpost
Refreshment Port
Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Regal Eagle’s Distinctly Patriotic Smokehouse: A Salute to All Foods, But Mostly Barbecued Meats (aka the Muppet Meatery)
Restaurantosaurus
River Roost
Riverside Mill Food Court
Rix Sports Bar & Grill
Roaring Fork
Ronto Roasters
Rose & Crown Dining Room
Rosie’s All-American Café
Roundup Rodeo BBQ
San Angel Inn Restaurante
Sanaa
Sanaa Lounge
The Sand Bar
Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory
Satu’li Canteen
Scat Cat’s Club
Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant
Sebastian’s Bistro
Shiki-Sai: Sushi Izakaya
Siestas Cantina
Silver Screen Spirits Pool Bar
Singing Spirits Pool Bar
Sleepy Hollow
Smokehouse at House of Blues
Snack Shack
Sommerfest
Spice Road Table
Splitsville Dining Room
Spyglass Grill
Steakhouse 71
Steakhouse 71 Lounge
Story Book Dining at Artist Point with Snow White
Sunshine Seasons
Surf Doggies
Swirls on the Water
T-REX Cafe
Tambu Lounge
Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina
Teppan Edo
Terralina Crafted Italian
Territory Lounge
Three Bridges Bar and Grill
Tiffins Restaurant
Toledo – Tapas, Steak & Seafood
Tony’s Town Square Restaurant
Topolino’s Terrace – Flavors of the Riviera
Tortuga Tavern
Trattoria al Forno
The Trolley Car Café
The Turf Club Bar & Grill
The Turf Club Lounge
Turtle Shack Poolside Snacks
Tusker House Restaurant
Tutto Gusto Wine Cellar
Tutto Italia Ristorante
Typhoon Tilly’s
Via Napoli Ristorante & Pizzeria
Victoria Falls Lounge
Warming Hut
Whispering Canyon Cafe
Woody’s Lunch Box
World Premiere Food Court
Yachtsman Steakhouse
Yak & Yeti Local Food Cafes
Yak & Yeti Restaurant
YeSake Kiosk
Yorkshire County Fish Shop
Again, that’s the full list as of Fall 2023. Some of these restaurants are table service restaurants, others at counter service restaurants, and a handful are snack spots. Their eligibility falls along those lines.
When this list first came out, we cautioned against putting too much faith in it. However, it’s been several months since then, with third party contracts and details starting to firm up. The most notable recent additions are all of the restaurants in the France pavilion, minus Monsieur Paul. This isn’t a huge surprise, but is significant since these are usually among the last restaurants added–sometimes France doesn’t even join the DDP restaurant roster until after the start of the calendar year!
When it comes to currently operational restaurants, this list doesn’t include Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue, which is one of like 5 restaurants that Walt Disney World has already singled out as participating in the 2024 Disney Dining Plan on a different page. Given that there’s a separate section for it on another page, it’s safe to assume this list is wrong about Hoop-Dee-Doo.
Speaking of Fort Wilderness, another conspicuous omission is the recently-reimagined Trail’s End Restaurant. This is now a food court instead of a buffet, but there’s every reason to believe it’ll participate in the Disney Dining Plan. Yet it’s absent from the list and its individual page also says “Dining Plans Not Accepted.” That’s probably wrong.
The most conspicuous omission of all is (still) California Grill.
Previously a 2-credit Signature Restaurant, the most logical explanation for why California Grill isn’t on the list is its prix fixe menu. There are other restaurants (like Be Our Guest) that do prix fixe menus and the Disney Dining Plan, but California Grill is nicer than Be Our Guest.
What’s possible is that California Grill is so popular that Walt Disney World doesn’t think the DDP is needed, and is willing to start the year without it. That looks increasingly like it’ll be the case. However, our bet is that’ll change over the course of 2024, as other restaurants that do accept the Disney Dining Plan will eat into California Grill’s popularity.
Another glaring omission is Space 220 Restaurant in EPCOT. This is owned by Patina Group, which operates many restaurants around Walt Disney World–including Via Napoli in EPCOT.
All of Patina’s other restaurants are on the list above, which means that Patina has negotiated and reached terms with Walt Disney World on the rest but not Space 220. Even though this is disappointing, it makes sense. Patina wanting to take a wait and see approach on demand with the still-new Space 220 would certainly make sense.
This is another one that we wouldn’t be surprised to see added to the 2024 Disney Dining Plan once the year gets underway and ADRs slow down for Space 220. Or maybe they won’t slow down, and Space 220 can maintain its stratospheric demand even without the DDP. (At the very least, we’d bet that the new restaurant smell wears off over the course of the year and it’s added to the 2025 Disney Dining Plan.)
Sticking with EPCOT, there are two less-surprising snubs: Monsieur Paul in France and Takumi Tei in Japan.
The third parties in both France and Japan have now negotiated their contracts and the rest of the restaurants in their respective World Showcase pavilions are now participating in the 2024 Disney Dining Plan. These two are almost certainly the exceptions because they have pricey prix fixe menus that don’t fit within the normal parameters of the DDP.
With that said, Monsieur Paul was pretty unpopular pre-closure and needed everything possible to fill tables. When both it and Takumi-Tei reopened, demand was sky-high, even with absurd price increases. Both have since returned to reality, and ADRs are much easier at both. It would not surprise us in the least if either or both are last-minute additions to the 2024 Disney Dining Plan, with funky rules as to how credits work.
Although the list is now much closer to being finalized (it’s probably 99% accurate for the first quarter of 2024, though), it’s likely that this is still not yet a comprehensive list of all restaurants that will ultimately participate in the 2024 Disney Dining Plan.
As you may know, many restaurants at Walt Disney World are owned and operated by third parties. (If you didn’t, sorry to burst that bubble.) This isn’t just at Disney Springs, which is home to chains and outposts of renowned celebrity chefs. It’s also true at some resort restaurants, and in both EPCOT and Animal Kingdom. This includes Homecomin’, Maria & Enzo’s, Morimoto Asia, Chefs de France, Via Napoli, Coronado Springs dining, and more.
Walt Disney World negotiates with these third party restaurants about the terms of their participation in the Disney Dining Plan. Actually, “negotiate” might be a strong word; I don’t have insight into the process, but assume it’s more a take it or leave it offer by Walt Disney World with uniform contract terms.
In our Disney Dining Plan Info & Review post, we reverse-engineer a dollar value for each type of DDP credit, with $45 being the amount ascribed to a table service credit. (That number could end up being higher or lower for 2024–we don’t yet have pricing.) Walt Disney World does the same (minus the reverse-engineering part) and sets a reimbursement rate for these third parties.
In other words, if a third-party table restaurant chooses to accepts the Disney Dining Plan, they are paid a rate below the actual value of each DDP credit, with Disney also taking their cut. For example, the third party might be paid $25 by Walt Disney World for each credit that’s redeemed. (This is an example and $25 is not the actual amount restaurants are paid–we don’t know the true amount.)
What we do know is that it’s low enough that third party restaurant operators have to weigh the low reimbursement rate against the ubiquity and guest adoption rate of the Disney Dining Plan. For third party restaurateurs, it’s a lesser of two evils scenario: do these venues accept reduced profits per meal or a reduced fill-rate for tables?
Inevitably, nearly all third party restaurants end up choosing the former. The final participant list for the 2024 Disney Dining Plan will be almost identical to what it was in 2020…plus all of the new restaurants that have opened since then, minus whatever has closed or changed names.
There’s always a chance a restaurant or two will “break ranks” and opt out of the 2024 Disney Dining Plan. If anything, that seems more likely than has happened in the past. Walt Disney World restaurants have gotten used to operating without the DDP in the last few years, and business has been booming during that time. However, I can only think of a few instances of this ‘opt out’ happening over the last decade.
Currently, a few high profile restaurants are not on the above list of participants in the 2024 Disney Dining Plan.
Of those, STK is about the most logical restaurant to drop the Disney Dining Plan. It doesn’t cater to the normal DDP crowd–it’s something of an anomaly of Walt Disney World dining, eschewing families for convention guests and locals on date night. (STK not accepting the Disney Dining Plan would probably be best for all involved.)
Ultimately, this exact same scenario with the Disney Dining Plan plays out every single year. Readers usually start asking about exclusions in the fall, with some understandable “freaking out” closer to Christmas. In the past, it hasn’t helped that info on DisneyWorld.com is often inconsistent from page to page.
This is precisely why we’re not putting complete faith in even the list that Walt Disney World just published. We’ll keep you posted and update this list accordingly when Walt Disney World adds or removes restaurants from the list of 2024 Disney Dining Plan participants.
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Your Thoughts
Have you had issues with any Walt Disney World restaurants accepting the 2024 Disney Dining Plan? Are you expecting Space 220 Restaurant, Chefs de France, or other restaurants that aren’t currently on the list to accept the DDP in 2024? Do you agree or disagree with our assessment? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
I’m wondering if Space 220 will/can split the difference and offer DDP for the restaurant, but not the lounge. We’ve been to both a few times and prefer the lounge, so much so that we don’t book the restaurant unless we’re going with folks who have never been to either. On our more recent trips I’ve been seeing a lot of ADR availability for the restaurant and almost nothing for the lounge so I think other guests may share our preference. Offering DDP for the restaurant only could lure guests back there (and maybe free up the lounge a bit for the rest of us.)
We had always been a family that added the dinning plan for each trip. We did take advantage of free dinning when it was offered. Now after the past few years of having to pay as we go I have learned that now with the dinning plan coming back that it’s crazy how much money it cost. My husband and I just got back from a 8 day trip and we had all 8 nights scheduled with table service dinners and a few that would cost you 2 credits on the dinning plan and we did counter service for lunch and a snack and getting us a Starbucks coffee each day and the resort mug, I cam out after the cost and tip added in and I tip well way cheaper than what I would pay for the dinning plan with tips not included. Before we had to pay on our own because you couldn’t get the dinning plan I would have never believed how much money I would save. So for our family we will skip paying for the dinning plan on our trips. The only way I could see doing it is if free dinning is offered again and we just pay the difference to upgrade to the table service plan. I just wonder if other families have realized the difference now after paying as you go with no dinning plan.
Did I just miss it or is Skipper’s Canteen really not on the list?
Not your fault–it’s listed under its full name: Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen
waiting for 1900 Park Fare to open, if they ever will. I mean that was always they big hit with who the characters were. Also happy Space 220 not on list. Maybe now it will ease up a little. No one knows the price of this yet and how will it effect the rack rates when you add to your trip? We all know nothing really is free in Disney…
I want it to open up too. I think they may wait to reopen it when the refurbishment of the lobby is completed so that they don’t have to deal with extra restaurant traffic during construction. That’s my guess.
tom, when I saw looked @ the dining plan early this morning, clicked on participating restaurants, California Grill and Monsieur Paul was on that list. When we got the Deluxe dining plan a good rule of thumb………$ was quick service per person……$$ -1Table service credit per person…….$$$ 3and over -2Tablesrvice credits per person. From what I am seeing as prices on the menu this may still apply. I agree that we should have a choice of app. or dessert, as they run almost the same in price. I would rather have a salad than desert.
It was displaying differently first thing this morning–I’m pretty sure that was the outdated list from 2019/2020.
If you click participating restaurants right now and filter to the regular Disney Dining Plan, you’ll see a list of 219 restaurants–and no California Grill or Monsieur Paul.
So Amare at the Swan Reserve is not on this list. Do you think this is a mistake? Also, re prix fixe menus, Sebastian’s Bistro has one and it’s on the list.
I wouldn’t expect the Swan & Dolphin restaurants to accept the DDP unless they also offer for hotel guests to purchase in the first place.
Well, duh (slapping myself upside the head), of course Amare is not on the list! None of the Swan/Dolphin restaurants are! Thanks for the reply, Tom.
I am still not surpirsed that Calfiornia Grill is not on this list. The food at Be Our Guest is mediocre. I would expect that the costs of the labor and ingredients at California Grill greatly exceed the costs at Be Our Guest. I could see Disney bringing back the DDP to this restaurant if they return to an ala carte menu. This will give Disney to upcharge for the extras.
Does anyone know the prices for DDP yet?
I think they are supposed to be announced tomorrow (May 31).
No. Tom explained in his other article today that Disney doesn’t upfront pricing. We will have to price out a package both with and without the DDP to see how much we are getting charged for it come tomorrow. Kinda sneaky on Disney’s part, but you have to do the math.
I would be more inclined to make the DDP work for us if it was an app or dessert per TS credit as opposed to only dessert. Oh well! I’m pretty sure when we “hacked” the DDP on a split DVC stay, I think in 2018, it included appetizers then. We enjoyed the experience and would do it again except for the dessert thing, we’re more appetizer people!
I can’t remember ever having appetizers on a DDP
Yes, the original DDP definitely included an appetizer, entree, and dessert, and also the tip! I don’t recall when it was changed, but in 2009 (I checked an old trip report for the date) we had free dining and got all of the above.
I am expecting that Monsieur Paul’s will not participate in the dining plan going forward. This restaurant is now a different experience and at a different price point than the other restaurants on this list. Disney should have charged more and included the gratuity in the price. Many of the servers are likely to shorted on their tips by those using the DDP.
It’ll be interesting to see whether Monsieur Paul can maintain its current ‘status’ through the rest of this year and 2024. It was never popular before, and that was at lower price points AND while accepting the DDP (albeit with surcharges and convoluted rules).
Does anyone know what the deal with 1900 Park Fare at tye Grand Floridian will be open again?
Nothing official, but our expectation is that 1900 Park Fare is redone as part of the main lobby overhaul.
Reopening between October and Christmas 2023 seems plausible, but nothing is guaranteed. I would not expect it to return before then.
I’m surprised California Grill isn’t on the list.
I am not surprised about the omission of California Grill from this list. This restaurant now serves a price fixe menu. Unless it returns to ala carte, I don’t expect California Grill to participate in the DDP.
Be Our Guest Restaurant has a prix fixe menu, and it’s on the DDP.
It’s possible that demand is strong for Cali Grill without the DDP, but my guess is that’s an oversight. I guess we shall see!