The Lunching Pad

The Lunching Pad: dining at Magic Kingdom Park — location and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

3.8· 115 Google ratings

The MouseHub take

The Lunching Pad is an outdoor counter-service kiosk in Tomorrowland, at the base of Astro Orbiter. The board is short, and lunch and dinner run off one list. An All-Beef Hot Dog with a choice of side runs $11.79, the Cuban Hot Dog with diced ham, pickles, Swiss fondue, and Dijonnaise runs $13.49, and the Queso Fundido Hot Dog matches it. Two warm pretzels sit at $8.49 each. Breakfast trades the hot dogs for a Breakfast Bowl, potato barrels under a cheese omelet, chili con carne queso, and sour cream, at $11.29. You order at the window or send it ahead with Mobile Order, and the seating is a ring of outdoor tables, umbrellas over some of them.

Treat this as a refuel between Tomorrowland rides rather than a meal that seats your group. Disney bands both menus at $14.99 and under per adult, and the hot dogs arrive with a side, so it feeds you better than the kiosk look suggests. The trade is comfort. Birds work the tables and the umbrellas miss half the seats. Anyone who wants a chair indoors, or chicken and burgers instead of hot dogs, walks to Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe in the same land.

At a glance

Best for
Anyone who wants a hot dog or a warm pretzel between Tomorrowland rides with nothing to book
Skip if
You want a table out of the sun, or an entree that is not a hot dog
Worth ordering
Cream Cheese Pretzel, Mickey Pretzel, All-Beef Hot Dog, Sticky Bubble Bread
Reservations
There is nothing to reserve. Disney lists it as a quick-service kiosk that takes Mobile Order, so you walk up or send the order in from the app.
Value
Both menus are banded at $14.99 and under per adult. A pretzel is $8.49 and the plain hot dog is $11.79 with a side, and visitors rate the pretzels as the thing worth the money.

The good

  • The stuffed pretzel is the reason to stop
    The Cream Cheese Pretzel is a warm stuffed pretzel filled with sweet cream cheese, $8.49. Visitors say the warm filling keeps the dough from drying out and the whole thing eats like a dessert.
  • The hot dogs come with a side
    The All-Beef Hot Dog is $11.79 served with a choice of side, and the two featured dogs at $13.49 come the same way. That is a lunch rather than the snack the kiosk looks like.
  • Mobile Order gets you past the window
    Disney runs this as a Mobile Order location. Visitors describe sending the order from the app and collecting it in a few minutes instead of standing at the register.
  • The line keeps moving
    Reviewers single out the cast members here for being kind about it and for working the orders through at a steady pace, even when the window is backed up.
  • Breakfast is a real menu here
    The Breakfast Bowl is potato barrels topped with a cheese omelet, chili con carne queso, and sour cream for $11.29, alongside Sticky Bubble Bread, sweet bread rolled in cinnamon, caramel, and warm spices, at $6.49.
  • The featured dogs go past ketchup
    The Cuban Hot Dog carries diced ham, pickles, Swiss fondue, and Dijonnaise. The Queso Fundido Hot Dog carries queso fundido, street corn relish, and spiced tortilla strips. Both are $13.49 with a side.
  • You never leave Tomorrowland to eat
    The kiosk sits at the base of Astro Orbiter, in the middle of the land rather than off it. Reviewers with tired families keep naming that as the reason they stopped.

The bad

  • The umbrellas miss half the tables
    Shade out here is whatever the umbrellas cover, and visitors describe landing at a bare table in full sun. On a summer afternoon that ends the meal early.
  • Birds work the tables
    Visitors report flocks moving in on dropped food and going after unattended trays. Leaving a pretzel while you go back for napkins is a mistake.
  • The only entree is a hot dog
    Lunch and dinner is three hot dogs, two pretzels, and a sweet bread. Visitors after chicken, a salad, or anything lighter come away with nothing.
  • Tables come to you already dirty
    Visitors describe spilled drinks and cheese sauce left on the surfaces through the busy hours, with staff unable to reset tables between parties fast enough.
  • It is loud out there
    Astro Orbiter runs overhead and the Tomorrowland walkway carries crowds past the seating on both sides. Visitors describe having to raise their voices across a table.

Veteran tips

  • Send the order in before you walk over
    Place it in My Disney Experience a ride or two ahead and the food is waiting when you reach the window. Visitors say the difference is largest through the lunch rush.
  • Aim for an umbrella table
    The covered seats go first. If they are gone by the time you have food, eating before noon or after four is the better plan in summer.
  • Send someone for a table first
    One of you holds a seat while the other collects the order. At midday that is the difference between sitting and eating standing up.
  • Keep a hand over the tray
    The birds go for open food, so cover what you are not eating and do not walk away from a tray at all.
  • The Mickey Pretzel already includes cheese sauce
    It is $8.49 served with the sauce, so there is nothing to add at the register. A second cup of Cheese Sauce is a separate $1.00 if you want one for the table.
  • Do not save this for dinner
    Lunch and dinner come off one list, so the evening board is the noon board. Book a table somewhere else if you want an entree with a knife.
  • Carry wipes for the surfaces
    The outdoor tables collect syrup and cheese sauce between parties, and a pack in the bag saves the wait for a cast member with a cloth.
  • Order the frozen carbonated drink
    Disney lists frozen carbonated beverages alongside the food here, which is the Tomorrowland answer to a July afternoon on an unshaded table.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed .

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