Is The Rancho Del Zocalo Fantasmic Package At Disneyland Worth It?

Fantasmic is this spectacular show that starts at night at Disneyland. (It's at Disney World too!) It stars Mickey Mouse and he battles villains with cool effects. You'll see princesses and princes, plus other loved characters. The show runs about 25 minutes. 

At Disney World there is ample seating. But at Disneyland, you have to stand. Unless you get a Fantastic dining package where you'll have a reserved spot to watch. This can be beneficial because who wants to be shoved against other people at the end of the day? There is a premium package where you can dine at a fancier sit down restaurant like Blue Bayou. The food is said to be delicious and you get to sit on actual chairs for Fantasmic, but it's pricier at $89 a person. 

Or there's the cheapest package, or standard package as they politely call it, which we did, at Rancho Del Zocalo, a quick service spot located in Frontierland. Their food is a Mexican-Korean fusion and it costs $35 per guest ages 10 and up or $25 for ages 3-9. 

You get the following:

• entree
• sides
• drink
• dessert

Here's the menu:

Here's the kids menu and the drinks:

You can make reservations for this 60 days in advance via the Disneyland app, website, or phone. There's lunch from 11 AM- 3:30 PM and dinner from 3:30-8:30 PM but the menu is the same for each. You can pick which Fantasmic show you'd like to see when making the reservation: during busy times of the year, there's 2. We opted for the earlier one at 9. You're given these tickets to give to the person when you head to the reserved seating area:

It tells you where to go for the show. Harbour Galley is that spot with those viral chocolate chip cookies. And yes, I thought about the Fast Passes that looked like this back in the day. *Sniffs* 

In the restaurant, there's a special spot to pick up the food for the Fantasmic dining experience. Our reservation was at 1130 and there was no wait so I recommend an earlier lunch time if it's available. 

Natalie and I had the Sweet & Savory Carne Asada which was tender with lots of flavor. I was worried it might be chewy, but it was perfect:

Tommy had the Chile Verde Riblets and he was impressed with them. Both meals were winners. 

Each dish comes with Radish Slaw, Cilantro-Lime Rice, Korean Potato Salad, and Refried Beans. The rice was amazing! I wish we got more of it. All the sides were gobbled up. 

The dessert is a Cortadillo, which has jam and a vanilla cake & frosting. It was tasty. It reminded me of a strawberry Pop Tart kinda except obviously in cake form:

There's plenty of seating inside & out. Plus there was a spot outside to fill water bottles, so that was nice as well. 

Is The Fantasmic Package Worth It?

I thought so. We had reserved spots for Fantasmic so we didn't have to scramble to show up early. I noticed people start to get spots around 7 and the show didn't even start until 9. We had until 845 to show up and I believe we got there at 830. It wasn't horrible sitting on the ground, but those have struggle with this might want to opt for a premium Fantasmic experience to get an actual chair. 

Plus, as I mentioned, we were impressed with the food. 

As you see, our view was pretty awesome:

If you attempt to book at 60 days and don't find anything, keep trying! I found the reservation for Rancho Del Zocalo a day before. People cancel all the time, so you might get lucky. 

Have you ever seen Fantasmic?