Quick Service Dining Prices Increase Across Walt Disney World

Walt Disney World raised quick-service dining prices today at nearly every location on property. Most items went up 50 cents to $1.

This is the third price increase story in two days. Annual Passes and 2027 tickets went up yesterday. Today it is lunch.

Quick Summary

• Quick-service prices are up at nearly every Walt Disney World location
• Most items rose between 50 cents and $1
• Fountain drinks went from $4.79 to $4.99 across property
• Coffee went from $4.29 to $4.99 — a 70-cent jump, the largest percentage move among the staples
• Some entrées rose considerably more than $1
• The increases are already in effect

The Across-the-Board Changes

Two items moved everywhere:

• Fountain drinks: $4.79 → $4.99
• Coffee: $4.29 → $4.99

Coffee is the one to notice. A 70-cent increase on a $4.29 item is about 16% — more than double the typical increase on the rest of the menu. Coffee and fountain drinks are also the two things a family buys repeatedly across a park day, so a 20-cent soda increase lands four or five times before dinner.

What Changed, by Park

These are examples rather than a full list — Disney does not publish a change log, so this is a sample of what to expect.

Magic Kingdom

• Casey’s Corner Chipotle Barbecue Pork and Street Corn Mini Corn Dogs: $10.99 → $13.49
• Columbia Harbour House Beer-battered Fish Platter: $13.99 → $14.99
• Columbia Harbour House Chicken Platter: $10.99 → $11.99
• Main Street Bakery Caramel Macchiato (Grande): $6.25 → $6.45
• Sleepy Hollow Snacks Waffle with Sweet-and-Spicy Maple Chicken: $12.99 → $13.99
• Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe Buffalo-Ranch Chicken Strips: $12.99 → $13.99

EPCOT

• Yorkshire County Fish Shop Beer-battered Fish and Chips: $14.49 → $15.49

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

• Backlot Express Chicken Strips (4 pieces): $10.99 → $11.99
• Ronto Roasters Ronto Wrap: $13.99 → $14.99
• FØØD by Swedish Chef Frozen Fanta Blue Raspberry Slushy: $16.50 → $18.00
• Dockside Diner Bacon Macaroni & Cheese: $10.49 → $10.99

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

• Flame Tree Barbecue 1/2 Chicken: $13.79 → $14.79
• Pizzafari Cheese Pizza: $11.29 → $12.49
• Kusafiri Coffee Shop Beef and Chicken Rice Bowl: $16.99 → $17.99

Resorts

• Contempo Cafe Roast Beef Sub: $13.99 → $14.99

The Two Outliers

Most of that list sits in the 50-cent-to-$1 band Disney’s increase is described as. Two items blew straight through it.

Casey’s Corner mini corn dogs: $10.99 → $13.49. That is $2.50, or about 23%. On a Main Street U.S.A. quick-service item. Casey’s is one of the busiest counter-service windows at Magic Kingdom, and this is far and away the most aggressive single increase on the list.

FØØD by Swedish Chef frozen slushy: $16.50 → $18.00. A $1.50 increase on a drink that was already $16.50. An eighteen-dollar slushy is a number that does not need commentary.

Pizzafari cheese pizza: $11.29 → $12.49 also deserves a mention at $1.20 — a cheese pizza is the default order for a kid who will not eat anything else, and it is now over $12.

What This Actually Costs You

Disney’s own framing is that a family of four ordering entrées and drinks could pay several dollars extra per meal compared to yesterday.

Run that forward. Four entrées at roughly a dollar more each, plus four drinks at 20 cents more, is about $4.80 per meal. Two quick-service meals a day across a five-day trip is roughly $48. Add coffee for two adults each morning at 70 cents more and you are near $55 for the trip.

That is not catastrophic on its own. The problem is that it lands on the same week as a 7.4% Incredi-Pass increase and a $20 bump to peak single-day tickets. <a href=”https://dismornings.com/?p=22950″>We covered both of those yesterday</a>, and the cumulative picture is the real story rather than any single number.

How to Soften It

A few things that still work:

Refillable mugs at resorts. If you are staying on property, the resort refillable mug remains the single best hedge against drink pricing, since fountain drinks just went to $4.99 in the parks.

Share the large entrées. Columbia Harbour House platters, Flame Tree’s half chicken, and the Kusafiri rice bowls are genuinely large enough to split between an adult and a younger kid.

Bring your own water. Disney allows outside food and non-alcoholic drinks into the parks. A refilled bottle avoids the $4.99 question entirely. Many of the parks have filter water bottle filters, also the drink fountains at quick service locations usually have a water option.

Resort quick service is often cheaper per item. The Contempo Cafe sub at $14.99 is not a bargain, but resort food courts generally carry lower prices than in-park locations for comparable portions.

The Bottom Line

Quick-service prices are up across Walt Disney World, mostly 50 cents to $1 per item, with coffee up 70 cents and fountain drinks at $4.99. Two items — Casey’s mini corn dogs and the Swedish Chef slushy — went up far more than that.

It is in effect now. Budget a few dollars more per meal, and consider the refillable mug if you are staying on property.

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