Welcome to the Disney Parks Moms Panel, Ella! It's so exciting that you're visiting Walt Disney World Resort for the first time in March, and using the
Disney Dining Plan is a great idea. I love going on vacation knowing that all my meals and snacks are already taken care of!
My husband and I love trying different restaurants all throughout Walt Disney World Resort, so we often find ourselves wanting to eat at different theme parks than we've spent the day at. This is why every time we're on vacation, we add the
Park Hopper option to our tickets. With the Park Hopper, you can visit multiple theme parks per day! If you and your family are spending the day meeting your favorite Disney Characters at Magic Kingdom Park, you're welcome to leave and come back to that same park, but if you'd like to enter a different theme park for your dining reservation you need to have a ticket with Park Hopper.
If you don't want to add Park Hopper to your tickets, you can still leave Magic Kingdom Park and enjoy an excellent meal at a Resort Hotel or Disney Springs and come back to the park on the same ticket. We like to make a dining reservation at a restaurant at a Resort Hotel on the
monorail line, something like
'Ohana at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort or
Cítricos at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. This way we can hop back on the monorail after our meal and finish out the evening by watching Happily Ever After on Main Street U.S.A.!
Have a magical day, Ella!
Jessica