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Best Ways to Spend Disney Dining Plan Snack Credits

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The Walt Disney World Dining Plan offers a convenient, affordable way to enjoy snacks and meals throughout the theme parks and resorts. There are several dining plans to choose from, which include quick service meal, table service meal and snack credits. The snack credits are the easiest to redeem and the variety of choices is amazing. A snack identifying logo appears on every menu, and when you check in at your resort you will be given a list of all snack credits. Try out some of my favorites.

  

One of the best tips for using your snack credits it to not spend them on water, soda, or anything under $3. To maximize your dining plan, try focus on snacks that are more expensive, larger portions and share easily. A few of the items listed below seem like a silly choice to “waste” a snack credit on, but we know they are fan favorites, so items like popcorn quickly make the snack list!

11. Aloha Isle: Adventureland, Magic Kingdom

If you’re a fan of Dole Whip, we’re sure you’ll love this sweet treat. Have you tried the Pineapple Upside Down Cake? It comes with a generous helping of that special magic we call Dole Whip! The portion is fare and sizeable enough to share with a mate – or eat it all by yourself! We won’t judge!

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10. Main Street Bakery (Featuring Starbucks): Main Street, Magic Kingdom

Snack credits here include any size Frappuccinos, Smoothies, Espresso, coffee, tea, a variety of muffins, Danish, brownies, fresh fruit, bottled water, orange juice, whole or lowfat milk, etc. This is a great way to jumpstart your early morning visit to the Magic Kingdom.

9. Packaged Snacks—Dumbo’s Storybook Circus: Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom

There are a multitude of bagged candy and salty snacks for sale at Dumbo’s Big Top Souvenirs. In my opinion, this shop has the greatest number of choices, like gummies, chocolate covered candies, trail mixes, cotton candy, and many others. These prepackaged snacks are a great way to satisfy those in between meal snack attacks.

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8. Sweet Treats—Main Street Confectionery: Main Street, Magic Kingdom

As soon as you pass in front of this pleasant little candy shop, you will notice the delightful aroma of freshly baked cookies, cupcakes, and other sweet surprises. Once inside this turn of the century confectionery, you will find yourself surrounded by every kind of scrumptious fruity, chocolaty, and salty delicacies just waiting to be bought and consumed. Here’s a small sampling of some of their yummy choices: several different flavors of fudge, chocolate dipped strawberries, cake pops, specialty cupcakes, chocolate dipped pineapple spears, rice krispie treats, packaged snacks, and much more. I challenge anyone to walk through this shop and not be tempted to try one of many scrumptious choices.

7. Jalapeno-Stuffed Pretzels—Harambe Fruit Market: Africa, Animal Kingdom

For a salty snack, try a warm salty Mickey pretzel, or even better, here at the Harambe Fruit Market, a very popular snack is the jalapeno cheese pretzel. This special pretzel is warm and stuffed with savory jalapeno cheese, giving it just the right amount of kick to wake up your taste buds. The Harambe Fruit Market has many other snack options, but this jalapeno stuffed pretzel is a great way to satisfy your salty craving.

6. Woody’s Lunch Box: Hollywood Studios

With the opening of Toy Story Land came a new favorite dining spot – Woody’s Lunch Box.  While there aren’t a lot of seats to be snagged, the area has plenty of creative places to sit for a few minutes and enjoy a meal. The menu boasts satisfying sandwiches and an amazing tater tots nacho. But the item that we love the most is the raspberry Lunch Box Tart. Of course, for our chocolate lovers, there is a gooey chocolate-y version as well!

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5. Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café: Tomorrowland, Magic Kingdom

Here at Cosmic Ray’s, you can grab a snack, a chair, and spend a few moments being entertained by Sonny Eclipse, an animatronic alien lounge singer who delights the audience with his songs and comedy routine. It’s a really cool way to relax and have a meal or snack of chili cheese fries, regular fries, yogurt, chocolate or carrot cake, and a variety of beverage choices.

4. Asian Snacks—Yak and Yeti Local Food Cafes: Asia, Animal Kingdom

If you’re visiting Disney’s Animal Kingdom and get the urge for some Asian cuisine, you won’t have to go far to find some delicious Asian snacks. Follow the directions to Asia where you will find the Yak and Yeti Local Food Cafes and choose from chicken fried rice, pork egg rolls, a basket of French fries, or for your sweet tooth, try the pineapple coconut cake or the triple chocolate mousse. These snacks are a nice break from the usual snack offerings.

3. Popcorn: All Disney Parks

At most Disney theme parks, including Walt Disney World, you will find popcorn carts in several places throughout all the theme parks, but my favorite place to get my daily dose of Disney’s delicious popcorn is at Dumbo’s Storybook Circus. The calliope style organ music, rides, and the Big Top Souvenir Shop, plus the aroma of freshly popped popcorn enhances the atmosphere of a real live circus. Many Disney visitors have remarked that Disney popcorn is the “best tasting popcorn in the world”. That is because Disney popcorn is vegan and gluten-free. Popcorn is naturally gluten-free, but at Disney parks, the kernels are popped in a combination of coconut, corn, and canola oil, and seasoned with kosher salt. Use a snack credit and find out for yourself what makes Disney popcorn so special.

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2. Plaza Ice Cream Parlor: Main Street, Magic Kingdom

This small corner old-fashioned ice cream parlor is very popular and is one of the best places to satisfy your craving for a delectable, luscious, creamy, ice cream treat. My favorite choice is the All-American sundae (vanilla and chocolate ice cream with hot fudge, peanut butter drizzle, whipped cream topped with a cherry. I can almost taste it right now. Other cool menu choices are an ice cream sandwich, one or two scoops of ice cream on a cone, or try an ice cream float. Find a place to sit along the parade route and enjoy your yummy dessert while enjoying one of Disney’s magical parades.

1. Corn On The Cob: Liberty Square Market, Magic Kingdom

This small vendor located just outside of the Hall of Presidents attraction in Liberty Square is sometimes overlooked by passers by, but on the menu is one of my all time favorite snacks, roasted corn on the cob. There are other choices here, like baked potato, baked sweet potato, carrot and celery sticks, fresh fruit, fruit cups, packaged chips, assorted beverages, and more. They are all good choices, but the corn on the cob is so different and delicious. There are shakers filled with different spices to sprinkle on your corn, but it really doesn’t need any extra flavor, because the savory smoky taste, and the tender and juicy kernels are all you need to thrill your taste buds.

Walt Disney World’s Dining Plan is definitely something to consider when you are planning a vacation at a Disney Resort. There are certain dates during the year that the Dining Plan is free at select Disney Resorts. If you are lucky enough to secure the free dining plan, you could easily save hundreds of dollars on your meals alone. I have listed a small sampling of the many snack credit choices available throughout the Disney theme parks and resorts. Have fun choosing your favorites!

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About Cecilia

I am a working mother of four adult children, 2 granddogs, and one grandcat. I have been a Disney fanatic since 1959, when my parents took my sister and I on a journey across the country to Disneyland. Needless to say, we were thrilled, and this became our vacation destination for the next 10 years. Later, when Walt Disney World was opened, we travelled to Florida and discovered a whole new Disney experience, and WDW became our new vacation destination. Now, our extended family members are all Disney Fanatics and always ready to talk about anything Disney.

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