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Cutbacks coming for Fantasmic! Dining Package and Star Wars Guided Tour

Cutbacks coming for Fantasmic! Dining Package and Star Wars Guided Tour


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Hollywood Studios is making adjustments to the Star Wars Guided Tour and Fantasmic! Dining Packages.  The Star Wars Guided Tour will lose the Dessert Party and the Fantasmic! Dining Package will lose the appetizer selection.

Effective October 1, 2017, the Star Wars Guided Tour at Hollywood Studios will remove the Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular Dessert Party from its offering.  You’ll still be offered the reserved viewing for the fireworks, but the dessert party won’t be offered as a part of the tour.  The cost will drop from $121.22 down to $99.00 per person including tax.  I’ve never recommended this tour as it is something you can do easily by following my Star Wars Day plan on Character Locator.

Effective January 1, 2018 the Fantasmic! Dining Packages will lose their appetizer option.  The option was offered at Mama Melrose and The Hollywood Brown Derby.  Hollywood and Vine is a buffet offering.

You’ll receive:

  • One entrée, dessert and non-alcoholic beverage at Mama Melrose and The Hollywood Brown Derby or one buffet at Hollywood and Vine
  • One ticket for guaranteed seating at Fantasmic! in a reserved area

The pricing that will be effective January 1, 2018 will be:

Hollywood & Vine – Buffet

  • Breakfast (Disney Junior Play ‘n’ Dine) – Adult $41 ; Child $24  (plus tax and gratuity)
  • Lunch and dinner (Minnie’s Seasonal Dine) – Adult $59; Child $35  (plus tax and gratuity)

Mama Melrose Ristorante Italiano

  • Lunch / Dinner – Adult $42; Child $18 (plus tax and gratuity)

The Hollywood Brown Derby

  • Lunch / Dinner – Adult $62; Child $22 (plus tax and gratuity)

The price will drop $3.00 for Mama Melrose and the Hollywood Brown Derby but remain the same for the Hollywood and Vine Buffet.

What do you think of these changes?

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Becky

Sunday 6th of August 2017

Grrrr. I just booked the Guided Tour, and the CM said NOTHING about the changes to the tour.

Angela

Saturday 5th of August 2017

Hi, why do you feel that the Star Wars tour is a waste?? Just curious. I was going to do that..

kennythepirate

Saturday 5th of August 2017

Waste of money because you can do all that stuff for yourself. Only extra charge item would be the Dessert Party. Just follow the plan on www.characterlocator.com

Jayne Townsley

Saturday 5th of August 2017

Our dinner at H&V was $50 the week of the 4th. It's gone up $9? We didn't feel it was worth the $50!

kennythepirate

Saturday 5th of August 2017

This is the Fantasmic! Package, not regular dining.

Tammi

Friday 4th of August 2017

I did Mama Melrose on my last visit and it was definitely too much food with the appetizer. I did have it boxed up and ate it later in the week in my hotel room though (fortunately I had a microwave in my room or I wouldn't have been able to).

Sara

Friday 4th of August 2017

Why do they ALWAYS take away appetizers? We don't eat their desserts. We don't eat sugar and the sugar free selections are poor at best. Why can't they let us choose appetizer or dessert?

kennythepirate

Saturday 5th of August 2017

You could ask

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