Vegan at WDW with the dining plan...

Hello! I have been vegetarian (no meat or fish) the last two times I have visited WDW and have had no trouble.
I have a trip booked for two weeks in Sep. I’m currently doing ‘Veganuary’ and am seriously considering continuing on being vegan from now on. (No meat, fish, eggs or dairy)

One thing I am considering is how easy is this going to be in WDW? I have the full dining plan (table serve, quick serve, 2 snacks per day) and really wouldn’t like any of my credits to go to waste.

Thanks in advance

With that dining plan, you’d need advanced reservations...
I’d look at the menus when making those reservations.
Quick service restaurants also have menus online, so you can make decisions about those beforehand, too.

Do your research before you go - a lot of places both QS and TS have vegan options that sometimes aren’t even listed. Google it - there are entire blogs dedicated to this.

Yes! Do it! It's super easy to eat vegan at Disney World! Please search for blogs (i know there's a whole website dedicated to eating vegan at disney) and also cruise over to the vegan/vegetarian dining thread. A few folks like me try to exhaustively list things we found so others don't have to wonder.

I'm sure that, assuming you make adequate reservations, you can use all your credits. Unfortunately, the dining plan is never going to be a money-saving proposition for a vegan. Fortunately for your case, that's also true for vegetarians. You're just not gonna save any money on the dining plan when the vegan/veggie option is ALWAYS the least expensive thing on the menu. But at least there are lots of options! Certainly enough that you won't go hungry or leave credits unused.

Have a fun & magical vegan vacation!

Hollywoodsign said:

One thing I am considering is how easy is this going to be in WDW? I have the full dining plan (table serve, quick serve, 2 snacks per day) and really wouldn’t like any of my credits to go to waste.

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Unfortunately, as you see in the post quoted below, ALL your credits will essentially "go to waste" as in you'll be over-paying for every meal. Unless you are going with others who can truly max out the plan, I'd seriously consider dropping the dining plan.

MisplacedUnderwear said:

Unfortunately, the dining plan is never going to be a money-saving proposition for a vegan. Fortunately for your case, that's also true for vegetarians. You're just not gonna save any money on the dining plan when the vegan/veggie option is ALWAYS the least expensive thing on the menu. But at least there are lots of options! Certainly enough that you won't go hungry or leave credits unused.

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Unless you're planning to attend a lot of character meals and/or buffets, the dining plan won't really save you any money and might cost you money. I know that people like it for convenience, but for me, the numbers don't add up. You should look at some menus, make estimates, and see if the numbers add up for you. For me, they never ever have. Not even close.

As other posters have stated, there are entire sites devoted to vegan dining at WDW. This is a great site: https://vegandisneyworld.com/ and there are vegetarian/vegan threads on the DIS, also with good info. Be careful, though, as menus change all the time, so always check the official WDW site as well.

That being said, some QS restaurants have vegan options that aren't on their menu. For example, Restaurantosaurus at DAK has a vegan veggie burger that's not on the menu. I had it just a couple of weeks ago, so I assume it's still there, but I did ask someone before waiting in line. And Pizzafari at DAK will make a vegan pizza for you.

FYI, all the TS restaurants will make something for you, even if there's nothing on the menu. Just tell your server you're vegan and the executive chef will come out to chat with you. The caveat here is that some places do this better than others.

The most vegan-friendly park is definitely DAK. TH is a vegan paradise, Y&Y will make several different dishes vegan, there're carts all over the place with vegan choices, and there're the two QS places I mentioned as well.

If you're stuck with the dining plan--perhaps it's tied to your reservation and there's no way out of it?--then you can still make it "pay," I guess, by doing a lot of buffets. Boma and TH are great vegan choices.

Warning: the vegan QS choices at MK are scant these days. The Lighthouse Sandwich at CHH--vegan without the slaw--an old fave, was discontinued a few months ago. Plan carefully.

And, you might like to know that both the popcorn and Mickey pretzels they sell in the parks are vegan.

Good luck figuring it all out! It's really pretty easy to eat vegan at WDW. I personally wouldn't do the dining plan, though.