Are you ready for some GOOD and BAD news about Disney World dining packages? Great — you’re in the right place! Disney just quietly updated their website with some big updates coming soon for Fantasmic! Dining Packages!
Fantasmic! || ©Disney
Disney World is no stranger to AMAZING nighttime entertainment, and one of our favorite shows is Fantasmic! Now, Fantasmic! saw some changes back in 2022 that made the show even better. And since there is always a lot of demand for this show, you might have to line up WELL in advance to catch it each night.
Of course, there is a way to make getting seats for Fantasmic! easier, and that’s by purchasing a Fantasmic! Dining Package. However, some big changes are coming to the dining packages that we need to tell you about.
Here’s how the Fantasmic! Dining Package works. You make a reservation at a select restaurant in Disney’s Hollywood Studios and pay a set price for a meal that includes a few courses, a non-alcoholic drink, and a a voucher for reserved seating for a Fantasmic! evening show. So it’s basically a way to get a guaranteed seat for Fantasmic!
Fantasmic!
Great, right? I know! But we’ve got a couple of big changes on the horizon!
Fantasmic! Dining Package Price Increase and Addition of Alcohol
Here are those BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS: according to the Disney World website, the prices for the Fantasmic! Dining Packages are about to go up on August 29th. BUT there’s also some good news: the packages will include one alcoholic beverage for those in the party who are 21 and older.
Here are details on how the packages will change:
- 50s Prime Time Cafe includes an entrée, dessert, a non-alcoholic beverage or an alcoholic beverage for 21+. Lunch and dinner will increase from $54 per adult and $23 per child to $60 per adult and $23 per child
- Hollywood and Vine includes one full buffet, a non-alcoholic beverage or an alcoholic beverage for 21+. Breakfast will increase from $59 per adult and $39 per child to $65 per adult and $39 per child. Lunch and dinner will increase $75 per adult and $49 per child to $81 per adult and $49 per child
- Mama Melrose’s includes an entrée, dessert, a non-alcoholic beverage or an alcoholic beverage for 21+. Lunch and dinner will increase from $56 per adult and $23 per child to $62 per adult and $23 per child
- Sci-Fi Dine-In includes an entrée, dessert, a non-alcoholic beverage or an alcoholic beverage for 21+. Lunch and dinner will increase from $51 per adult and $23 per child to $57 per adult and $23 per child
- Hollywood Brown Derby includes an entrée, dessert, a non-alcoholic beverage or an alcoholic beverage for 21+. Lunch and dinner will increase from $77 per adult and $31 per child to $83 per adult and $31 per child
Hollywood Brown Derby
Heads up that you can use the Disney Dining Plan for your dining package: you’ll use one table service credit for 50’s Prime Time Cafe, Hollywood & Vine, Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano, and Sci-Fi Dine-In. You’ll use two table service credits for Hollywood Brown Derby.
Also, if you are planning on booking a Fantasmic! Dining Package, you will still need to have a valid park ticket for Hollywood Studios plus select guests will need a park pass reservation for that park on that day.
Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant
You will also need to make a reservation for the dining package on the Disney World website or the My Disney Experience app.
Stay tuned to DFB for more!
Everything you need to know about the Fantasmic! Dining Package
Now, if you want our thoughts on whether or not Fantasmic! Dining Packages are a good deal for the money, and details on everything else Disney World Dining related, we gotchu!! Check out our DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining below!
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We love the Fantasmic Dining Packages, especially since we also love table service. I will say this – how the seating is done has changed over the years, and it has been managed well, and it has been managed poorly. Something we noticed on our last trip was that monitoring of the reserved seating area was moderate (not the best we’ve seen, not the worst), but when we visited, the area was opened up VERY early to all guests. The other seating areas were not full when they took down the ropes and stopped monitoring (at least 10-15 minutes before the show started). While the overall seating area probably completely filled up eventually, part of the upcharge for this experience should mean that your seating experience is a little more civilized throughout the event – not just in terms of the seat that you’re able to claim when you get there, because if too many people are able to push in around you, in front of you, the worthwhile quality of the seat you chose may be gone. IMO Disney needs to either keep the area for only those who have paid for the upcharge throughout the experience (and adjust the available area DOWN as needed), or stop charging for this fake perk. Yes, I said I love the packages, we love having guaranteed seats right where we want them. But there have been times when how Disney has managed (or not managed) the reserved area in a way that has been very disappointing.