Lucy Lu
Im going to orlando florida and i am researching the holiday before i go. i keep seeing ''dining plan'' what is one of these and would you suggest getting one?
where can i get one from and how much are they please?
Answer
What Does the Dining Plan Include?
With the basic dining plan, you can choose to eat at more than 100 participating Disney restaurants. For each night of your package stay, the dining plan will allow each person to get:
-- One table-service meal. For breakfast this includes juice, entree, and non-alcoholic beverage OR one full buffet. For lunch/dinner this includes entree or full buffet, dessert, non-alcoholic beverage.
NOTE: Gratuity is no longer included unless otherwise indicated. An 18 percent gratuity will be added automatically for parties of 6 or more; a gratuity may also be added for items not included in the Dining Plan, such as alcoholic beverages.
-- One quick service meal. For breakfast this includes juice, entree and non-alcoholic beverage, OR combo meal plus one single serving non-alcoholic beverage or juice. For lunch/dinner this includes entree/combo meal, dessert, and non-alcoholic beverage.
-- One snack: Eligible snacks will be indicated on the menu with a Disney Dining Plan symbol. Some examples of snacks: frozen ice cream novelty, popsicle, fruit bar; popcorn scoop; single piece of whole fruit; single serving bag of snacks; 20 oz. bottled drink or water; medium fountain soft drink; 12 oz. coffee, tea or hot chocolate; single serving pre-packaged milk or juice. Most Quick Service locations, outdoor food carts and merchandise locations selling frozen ice-cream novelties, popcorn or Coca-Cola products will also sell eligible snacks.
(Note that children age 3-9 must choose from a children's menu, if one is available.)
These credits activate as soon as you check in to your resort and can be used at any time, in any combination, during your stay.
The basic dining plan allows for some flexibility, in that one table service meal may be exchanged for one character dining experience. You may also exchange TWO table service meal credits for ONE "signature dining experience" at one of WDW's best restaurants, such as California Grill. You could also exchange TWO table service meal credits for certain categories of one Disney dinner show, such as the Hoop Dee Doo Musical Revue, or for In-Room Private Dining (see below).
The Disney Dining Plan can be used for In-Room Private Dining/Pizza Delivery as follows:
In-Room Dining -- TWO table service credits (gratuities included) will be deducted from your Dining Plan for a single serving meal. A meal will include the following items:
--Juice (at breakfast)
--Entree
--Dessert (at lunch and dinner)
--Non-alcoholic beverage
This is for single serving portions only, and does not include hospitality platters, amenities, or merchandise.
Pizza Delivery -- TWO ADULT table service credits (gratuities included) will be deducted from your Dining Plan for a pizza delivery meal:
--two non-alcoholic beverages
--one pizza entree item
--two desserts
The Dining Plan DOES NOT include the following:
-- Alcoholic beverages and SOME bottled drinks
-- SOME outdoor food carts and recreation rental counters
-- In-room mini-bars
-- Souvenir or refillable drink mugs
-- Glow cubes
-- Merchandise and Photo Imaging
How Much Does it Cost?
The addition of the Dining Plan to a Magic Your Way Vacation Package costs (prices subject to change):
--$37.99 per adult (age 10 and up) per night of stay
--$9.99 per child 3-9 per night of stay
Children under 3 do not need to purchase the plan. At table service restaurants, there is no charge for children under 3 who share from an adult's plate. However, if you order from a menu for a child under 3, you will be charged the menu price. At buffet and "all-you-care-to-eat" restaurants, there is also no charge for children under 3 who share from an adult's plate. However, if you order from a separate children's or ala carte menu for a child under 3 (rather than eating from the buffet or all-you-care-to-eat offerings), you will be charged the price reflected on the menu. At counter service restaurants, you will be charged the menu price if you order a meal for a child under 3.
Who Can Purchase the Dining Plan?
The Magic Your Way Dining Plan can only be purchased as follows:
1. If you are a non-Disney Vacation Club member, you must purchase a Magic Your Way vacation package at a Disney resort for your entire party with at least one day's park admission. The number of days for the Dining Plan will equal the number of nights you have reserved your room on the package. It has nothing to do with the number of days of park admission you have.
2. If you are a Disney Vacation Club member staying at a DVC resort on points, you may purchase the Dining Plan. You must purchase the Dining Plan for everyone in your party. No purchase of park admission is necessary. The number of dining plan days will equal the number of nights of your stay.
NOTE: The following resorts do not participate in the dining plan: The Swan, Dolphin, Shades of Green and the Downtown Disney resorts on Hotel Plaza Boulevard, which are not Disney owned or operated
What Does the Dining Plan Include?
With the basic dining plan, you can choose to eat at more than 100 participating Disney restaurants. For each night of your package stay, the dining plan will allow each person to get:
-- One table-service meal. For breakfast this includes juice, entree, and non-alcoholic beverage OR one full buffet. For lunch/dinner this includes entree or full buffet, dessert, non-alcoholic beverage.
NOTE: Gratuity is no longer included unless otherwise indicated. An 18 percent gratuity will be added automatically for parties of 6 or more; a gratuity may also be added for items not included in the Dining Plan, such as alcoholic beverages.
-- One quick service meal. For breakfast this includes juice, entree and non-alcoholic beverage, OR combo meal plus one single serving non-alcoholic beverage or juice. For lunch/dinner this includes entree/combo meal, dessert, and non-alcoholic beverage.
-- One snack: Eligible snacks will be indicated on the menu with a Disney Dining Plan symbol. Some examples of snacks: frozen ice cream novelty, popsicle, fruit bar; popcorn scoop; single piece of whole fruit; single serving bag of snacks; 20 oz. bottled drink or water; medium fountain soft drink; 12 oz. coffee, tea or hot chocolate; single serving pre-packaged milk or juice. Most Quick Service locations, outdoor food carts and merchandise locations selling frozen ice-cream novelties, popcorn or Coca-Cola products will also sell eligible snacks.
(Note that children age 3-9 must choose from a children's menu, if one is available.)
These credits activate as soon as you check in to your resort and can be used at any time, in any combination, during your stay.
The basic dining plan allows for some flexibility, in that one table service meal may be exchanged for one character dining experience. You may also exchange TWO table service meal credits for ONE "signature dining experience" at one of WDW's best restaurants, such as California Grill. You could also exchange TWO table service meal credits for certain categories of one Disney dinner show, such as the Hoop Dee Doo Musical Revue, or for In-Room Private Dining (see below).
The Disney Dining Plan can be used for In-Room Private Dining/Pizza Delivery as follows:
In-Room Dining -- TWO table service credits (gratuities included) will be deducted from your Dining Plan for a single serving meal. A meal will include the following items:
--Juice (at breakfast)
--Entree
--Dessert (at lunch and dinner)
--Non-alcoholic beverage
This is for single serving portions only, and does not include hospitality platters, amenities, or merchandise.
Pizza Delivery -- TWO ADULT table service credits (gratuities included) will be deducted from your Dining Plan for a pizza delivery meal:
--two non-alcoholic beverages
--one pizza entree item
--two desserts
The Dining Plan DOES NOT include the following:
-- Alcoholic beverages and SOME bottled drinks
-- SOME outdoor food carts and recreation rental counters
-- In-room mini-bars
-- Souvenir or refillable drink mugs
-- Glow cubes
-- Merchandise and Photo Imaging
How Much Does it Cost?
The addition of the Dining Plan to a Magic Your Way Vacation Package costs (prices subject to change):
--$37.99 per adult (age 10 and up) per night of stay
--$9.99 per child 3-9 per night of stay
Children under 3 do not need to purchase the plan. At table service restaurants, there is no charge for children under 3 who share from an adult's plate. However, if you order from a menu for a child under 3, you will be charged the menu price. At buffet and "all-you-care-to-eat" restaurants, there is also no charge for children under 3 who share from an adult's plate. However, if you order from a separate children's or ala carte menu for a child under 3 (rather than eating from the buffet or all-you-care-to-eat offerings), you will be charged the price reflected on the menu. At counter service restaurants, you will be charged the menu price if you order a meal for a child under 3.
Who Can Purchase the Dining Plan?
The Magic Your Way Dining Plan can only be purchased as follows:
1. If you are a non-Disney Vacation Club member, you must purchase a Magic Your Way vacation package at a Disney resort for your entire party with at least one day's park admission. The number of days for the Dining Plan will equal the number of nights you have reserved your room on the package. It has nothing to do with the number of days of park admission you have.
2. If you are a Disney Vacation Club member staying at a DVC resort on points, you may purchase the Dining Plan. You must purchase the Dining Plan for everyone in your party. No purchase of park admission is necessary. The number of dining plan days will equal the number of nights of your stay.
NOTE: The following resorts do not participate in the dining plan: The Swan, Dolphin, Shades of Green and the Downtown Disney resorts on Hotel Plaza Boulevard, which are not Disney owned or operated
Jerry Falwell denounced Tinky Winky for being gay. What did he think of the White Power Ranger?
MRF
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/276677.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Oliver#White_Ranger
http://images.google.com/images?q=%22white+power%22
Answer
The facts about Falwell cannot be denied:
A February 1999 article in the National Liberty Journal, published by evangelical pastor Jerry Falwell, warned parents that Tinky could be a hidden homosexual symbol, saying "he is purpleâthe gay pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangleâthe gay pride symbol."
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A spokesman for Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co., who licenses the characters in the United States, said it was just a magic bag. "The fact that he carries a magic bag doesn't make him gay. It's a children's show, folks. To think we would be putting sexual innuendo in a children's show is kind of outlandish."
October 1987: The Federal Election Commission fines Falwell for transferring $6.7 million in funds intended for his ministry to political committees.
February 1993: The Internal Revenue Service determines that funds from Falwellâs Old Time Gospel Hour program were illegally funneled to a political action committee. The IRS forced Falwell to pay $50,000 and retroactively revoked the Old Time Gospel Hourâs tax-exempt status for 1986-87.
1994-1995: Falwell is criticized for using his âOld Time Gospel Hourâ to hawk a scurrilous video called âThe Clinton Chroniclesâ that makes a number of unsubstantiated charges against President Bill Clinton â among them that he is a drug addict and that he arranged the murders of political enemies in Arkansas. Despite claims he had no ties to the project, evidence surfaced that Falwell helped bankroll the venture with $200,000 paid to a group called Citizens for Honest Government (CHG).
November 1997: Falwell accepts $3.5 million from a front group representing controversial Korean evangelist Sun Myung Moon to ease Liberty Universityâs financial woe
In 2001 Falwell said on "The 700 Club" that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were prompted by God's wrath toward pagans, abortionists, feminists, homosexuals and the American Civil Liberties Union. Falwell later retracted these remarks, however, the fact that he said them in the first place ...says volumes about him... as does this:
In high school, Falwell was the valedictorian of his 1950 graduating class but didn't get to deliver an address because he was caught with a group that had been stealing lunch tickets.
In 1999, he said the Antichrist was probably a Jewish man alive today. Later that year, he endorsed a critique in his National Liberty Journal that said a character from "Teletubbies," a public television show for toddlers, was gay. He called Muhammad, the founder of Islam, "a violent man, a man of war" during a 2002 interview on national television.
Falwell consistently condemned homosexuality, and said in 1996 that there was nothing wrong with calling gays "perverts.
Robert Paul Reyes stated:
"Newt Gingrich has been married three times, and a couple of days ago he admitted to having an affair while leading the drive to impeach Clinton and remove him from office.
Did Falwell condemn Gingrich for his hypocrisy and adultery? On the contrary, Falwell praised Gingrich for confessing his sin and rewarded him with an invitation to deliver the commencement address at Liberty University.If you are a conservative Republican like Newt Gingrich you have a dispensation to commit adultery and engage in hypocrisy, but if you are a Democrat like Bill Clinton, you can shed a river of tears and you won't be forgiven."
The facts about Falwell cannot be denied:
A February 1999 article in the National Liberty Journal, published by evangelical pastor Jerry Falwell, warned parents that Tinky could be a hidden homosexual symbol, saying "he is purpleâthe gay pride color, and his antenna is shaped like a triangleâthe gay pride symbol."
I
A spokesman for Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Co., who licenses the characters in the United States, said it was just a magic bag. "The fact that he carries a magic bag doesn't make him gay. It's a children's show, folks. To think we would be putting sexual innuendo in a children's show is kind of outlandish."
October 1987: The Federal Election Commission fines Falwell for transferring $6.7 million in funds intended for his ministry to political committees.
February 1993: The Internal Revenue Service determines that funds from Falwellâs Old Time Gospel Hour program were illegally funneled to a political action committee. The IRS forced Falwell to pay $50,000 and retroactively revoked the Old Time Gospel Hourâs tax-exempt status for 1986-87.
1994-1995: Falwell is criticized for using his âOld Time Gospel Hourâ to hawk a scurrilous video called âThe Clinton Chroniclesâ that makes a number of unsubstantiated charges against President Bill Clinton â among them that he is a drug addict and that he arranged the murders of political enemies in Arkansas. Despite claims he had no ties to the project, evidence surfaced that Falwell helped bankroll the venture with $200,000 paid to a group called Citizens for Honest Government (CHG).
November 1997: Falwell accepts $3.5 million from a front group representing controversial Korean evangelist Sun Myung Moon to ease Liberty Universityâs financial woe
In 2001 Falwell said on "The 700 Club" that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were prompted by God's wrath toward pagans, abortionists, feminists, homosexuals and the American Civil Liberties Union. Falwell later retracted these remarks, however, the fact that he said them in the first place ...says volumes about him... as does this:
In high school, Falwell was the valedictorian of his 1950 graduating class but didn't get to deliver an address because he was caught with a group that had been stealing lunch tickets.
In 1999, he said the Antichrist was probably a Jewish man alive today. Later that year, he endorsed a critique in his National Liberty Journal that said a character from "Teletubbies," a public television show for toddlers, was gay. He called Muhammad, the founder of Islam, "a violent man, a man of war" during a 2002 interview on national television.
Falwell consistently condemned homosexuality, and said in 1996 that there was nothing wrong with calling gays "perverts.
Robert Paul Reyes stated:
"Newt Gingrich has been married three times, and a couple of days ago he admitted to having an affair while leading the drive to impeach Clinton and remove him from office.
Did Falwell condemn Gingrich for his hypocrisy and adultery? On the contrary, Falwell praised Gingrich for confessing his sin and rewarded him with an invitation to deliver the commencement address at Liberty University.If you are a conservative Republican like Newt Gingrich you have a dispensation to commit adultery and engage in hypocrisy, but if you are a Democrat like Bill Clinton, you can shed a river of tears and you won't be forgiven."
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