The Disney Dining Plan is returning to Disney World in early 2024, but while we wait for that perk to come back, there’s a NEW dining discount coming soon!

Early this year, Disney announced the new Dining Promo Card discount, which is essentially a gift card that you get when you stay at a Disney-owned hotel that you can use for food throughout Disney World. The offer announced in January was for trips from July 1st, 2023, and September 14th, 2023, but now there’s a NEW Dining Promo Card offer available!

This updated Dining Promo Card promotion is available for guests who are buying room-and-ticket packages for trips in late 2023 and early 2024. It’s valid for trips that take place most nights from October 27th through November 1st, 2023, most nights from November 25th through November 29th, 2023, most nights from December 9th through December 25th, 2023, and most Sunday to Tuesday nights January 9th through March 5th, 2024.

When you purchase a package that includes the Disney Dining Promo Card, it comes with your hotel room, theme park tickets, and a digital Disney Dining Promo Card (essentially a gift card for food).

You can get a gift card up to $200 per room, per night if you stay at one of the following hotels:

• Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
• Disney’s Beach Club Villas
• Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
• Disney’s Old Key West Resort
• Disney’s Riviera Resort
• Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
• Disney’s Beach Club Resort
• Disney’s BoardWalk Inn
• Disney’s Contemporary Resort
• Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
• Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
• Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
• Disney’s Yacht Club Resort

Note that it’s $200 per room per night, meaning if you book a 5-night stay, you’ll receive a total of $1000 on your gift card.

You can receive a gift card up to $120 per room, per night, if you stay at one of these hotels:

• The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort
• Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
• Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort
• Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter
• Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside

And you can receive a gift card up to $60 per room, per night, at any of these hotels:

• Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort
• Disney’s All-Star Music Resort
• Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort
• Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
• Disney’s Pop Century Resort

Here are some details you should know about the offer:

• The number of packages available for this offer is limited.
• Everyone in the same room must be on the same package.
• Advance reservations are required.
• Minimum 4-day theme park ticket required.
• Minimum 4-night length of stay required.
• Tickets are valid beginning on date of check-in and must be used within a limited number of days, depending on length of ticket. Visit disneyworld.com/usage for details.
• $1,000 Disney Dining Promo Card for stays at select Disney Deluxe and Deluxe Villa Resorts. The value of the Disney Dining Promo Card is determined by Disney Resort hotel and length of stay.
• One Disney Dining Promo Card per room (not per guest) — valid for room-and-ticket packages that include up to $1,000 on a Disney Dining Promo Card. If a package includes more than $1,000 on a Disney Dining Promo Card, the value will be distributed across more than one Disney Dining Promo Card.
• Cannot be combined with any other discount or promotion.
• Offer excludes the following room types: campsites, 3-bedroom villas, and Club Level Rooms & Suites at Disney Deluxe Resort hotels.
• Gratuities are not included.
• Theme park reservations are required. Through January 8, 2024, to enter a theme park, both a theme park reservation and valid admission for the same park on the same date are required for Guests ages 3 and up. View the theme park reservation availability calendar.

You can use the Dining Promo Card to pay for dining at “select participating food and beverage locations at the Walt Disney World Resort.” Some locations will not accept the card, including restaurants at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Hotels and Swan Reserve Hotel, restaurants at Four Seasons Resort Orlando, and restaurants at Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels.

Merchandise shops and candy kitchens also do not accept the Dining Promo Card. Most other food and beverage locations in Disney World accept the Disney Dining Promo Card.

After you check into your Disney hotel, the digital Disney Dining Promo Card will be sent to your email. The cards for this promo expire after March 21st, 2024.

To use your card, you simply present the digital gift card or a printed copy of the email when you buy food and beverages in Disney World. It can also be used for Mobile Orders.

You will receive the amount for your entire stay when you arrive (so if you’re staying for four nights and qualify for a $200 gift card per night, you’ll receive the $800 when you arrive — not $200 each day), so you can use it all in one day or spread it out throughout your trip.

Here are three different ways to check the balance on your card:

• Visit “Disney Gift Card” to check online
• Call (877) 650-4327
• Ask a food & beverage location to check it for you

The card is also redeemable at some food and beverage locations in Disneyland Resort and other Disney Resorts in the United States.

If you have questions about where you should eat in Disney World, the best way to spend your Dining Promo Card, booking dining reservations, etc. — we have you COVERED! Our DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining has all of the answers you need and more.

Also, our friends over at Small World Vacations can take all the hassle out of planning a Disney World trip and ensure that you get the best deal possible. And get this, their services are FREE!!