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Seasonal Dining Dates Revealed for a Disney World Character Meal

Seasonal Dining Dates Revealed for a Disney World Character Meal


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Dates have been announced for these fan favorite meals. Find out when you can dine with your favorite characters during your holiday meals.

Dining Reservations

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When dining at Disney World the food is one thing that comes to mind. It is highly recommend to secure dining reservations in order to dine at those must-do Disney restaurants. Character meals are very popular, and a great way to get a little rest time and meet your favorite Disney pals.

Dining reservations can be made up to 60 days in advance. Disney has changed some of the ways you can modify a current dining reservation.

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Guests now can cancel their dining reservation up to two hours before their reservation time, giving guests more flexibility. Note: this doesn’t affect pre-paid dining experiences.

Another change Disney has made is you can no longer modify your reservation if you are within that two hour window. You can read more about that HERE.

Seasonal Dining at Hollywood and Vine

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Hollywood and Vine is a table service restaurant at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. It is served buffet style for all three meals. At breakfast, meet your favorite Disney Jr friends. You can see a breakfast review from Jaelyn HERE.

Lunch and dinner offer a character experience with Minnie and her friends. What’s even better is they meet in some very unique outfits depending on the season! Each dining experience offers themed character outfits and decor.

Five Different Dining Experiences

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Did you know there are five different seasonal dining experiences at Hollywood and Vine? You can visit at different times during the year and get to meet the characters in different costumes!

The seasons are: Silver Screen Dine, Springtime Dine, Summertime Dine, Halloween Dine and Minnie’s Holiday Dine.

Earlier this year we shared that Disney had only released the dates for the Silver Screen Dine, Springtime Dine and Summertime Dine which you can read more about HERE. We now have the dates for the other two dining seasons!

Holiday Dining Dates Announced

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The Halloween Dine will run from August 11, 2023 – November 4, 2023. The Holiday Dine will begin on November 5, 2023. At this time there is no posted end date for this dining experience. However, it will likely end shortly after the New Year.

Halloween Dine runs from August 11, 2023 through November 4, 2023. The Holiday Dine will begin on November 5, 2023. There is no end date for the Holiday Dine dining experience.

Are you excited for these seasonal dining dates being released? Will you be planning a meal at Hollywood and Vine to experience these fun seasonal costumes and decor? Let us know in the comments below and share this post with a friend.

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Mary Bridget Murray

Tuesday 30th of May 2023

Are the fantasmic dining packages part of this seasonal dining ?

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