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Paddlefish
The short answer
The seafood restaurant aboard the stationary paddleboat at Disney Springs, formerly Fulton's Crab House. At lunch, ten sandwiches average $21.10, lobster roll included. Dinner's thirteen mains average $37.85, and seafood boils run $22 for mussels to $70 for a whole Maine lobster. It takes the Disney dining plan.
- Where
- The Landing at Disney Springs, aboard the stationary paddleboat on the lake. Free parking in the Lime and Orange garages; boat or bus from most Disney resorts. No park ticket needed.
- Cuisine
- Seafood and American, fine/signature dining, à la carte
- Reservation
- Book a few days ahead
- Booking opens
- 60 days ahead, 6:00am Eastern — and if you are staying at a Disney resort, day 60 books your whole stay, up to ten days. Off site, it is 60 days for each date separately, so the same table is gone before your window opens. Work out your date.
- Typical meal
- about $57 a head before tax · average entrée $40.08, dessert $12.00, drink $4.99 on Disney’s menu, read Sep 21, 2026
- Dress code
- Resort casual
- Noise
- moderate
- Non-resort guests
- Yes — you do not need to stay here
- Dining plan
- Table-service plan, 2026 — not yet confirmed for 2027 · Disney’s own listing, Sep 22, 2026. Disney Food Blog notes that restaurants not owned by Disney often confirm late in the year. · what a credit buys here
$30.53cheapest$51.63median$79.85dearest
Mean main course from Disney’s own menu. Drinks, sides and tip are on top. Read Sep 21, 2026.
Is it worth the money?
At lunch, yes. At dinner, the seafood boils are the reason to come.
Lunch is the value. Sandwiches average $21.10, and a lobster roll at $35 on a lake-view paddleboat is a fair treat by Disney Springs standards.
The boils are the reason to come for dinner. Snow crab at $60 or a whole lobster at $70, with corn, potatoes and cornbread, is a meal you cannot easily get elsewhere on property.
The Cirque du Soleil dining package is $65 per person — a glass of Sauvignon Blanc, an appetiser, an entrée and a dessert, per Disney's menu. It is the structured way to eat here before the show.
It takes the Disney dining plan. Disney's own page shows it as plan-accepted.
Read the menu carefully. It lists the steamer seafood twice, has two different dishes called "Shrimp Pasta", and has one description attached to the wrong dish. None of this is a reason not to go. It is a reason to ask your server before you order.
Who it’s right for
Seafood lovers. Anyone at Disney Springs for Cirque du Soleil. Groups sharing a seafood tower. Lunch eaters who want a lobster roll. Dining plan users.
Who it’s wrong for
Vegetarians, with few options. Anyone with a serious shellfish allergy. Anyone who wants a steakhouse dinner — there are two steaks here, at $54 and $58, on a menu built around seafood.
What is actually good
Read from Disney's own lunch and dinner menus on 12 September 2026.
Thirteen dinner mains, $24 to $58, averaging $37.85. The seafood runs from crispy shrimp at $24 and catfish at $27 to swordfish at $40 and Florida grouper at $48. Mahi is $32, shrimp and grits $33, salmon $35 and stuffed cod $39. From the land, chicken is $27, a pork chop $33 and braised short rib $42. The steaks are an 8oz filet at $54 and a 16oz porcini-rubbed rib-eye at $58.
Five seafood boils, $22 to $70, each with corn, red potatoes and cornbread. PEI mussels are $22, littleneck clams $25 and Key West pink shrimp $39. Snow crab is $60 and a whole Maine lobster $70.
Disney's dinner menu lists the crab, lobster and shrimp twice — once as "From the Steamer", with corn and new potatoes, and again as "Seafood Boil", with cornbread added — at identical prices. The lunch menu carries only the steamer section. They are counted once here, as boils. Ask which you are getting.
Lunch adds ten sandwiches, $15 to $35, averaging $21.10. A chicken Caesar wrap is $15 and a beef-and-mushroom burger $18. The 9oz burger is $21, fish tacos and a crab-cake BLT are $23, and a Maine lobster roll is $35. Half-and-half combinations of chowder, salad and half a wrap are $17 to $18. Seven of the dinner mains are also on the lunch menu.
Seven starters, $15 to $21, from fried green tomatoes to Hokkaido scallops. A four-person crab guacamole is $38, and a chilled seafood tower for four $75. Oysters are market price.
Two more menu errors worth knowing. Two different pastas are both called "Shrimp Pasta". The $28 one has shrimp; the $25 one is burrata and cherry tomato, with no shrimp listed. And a "Pick Two" spread at $22 carries a description — white wine, garlic, lemon butter — that belongs to a different dish.
Disney bands dinner $$$, "$35 to $59.99 per adult", and lunch $$. The $37.85 dinner average sits inside its band. Seven of the thirteen mains cost more than $34.99, and none cost more than $59.99.
Portions
Generous seafood-house plates. The boils are full meals on their own. The seafood tower and crab guacamole are explicitly for four. Sides are $7 to $12 and sized to share, which is how the menu labels them.
Allergies and dietary needs
Pescatarians are spoiled, and several dishes are labelled gluten-free on Disney's menu — the steamer seafood, filet, chicken breast, green and wedge salads, and most sides. Vegetarians have less: the piquillo pepper hummus, fried green tomatoes, salads, and the burrata pasta (whose name says shrimp). Asparagus and green beans are marked vegetarian. Shellfish is everywhere, so a serious shellfish allergy is a poor fit.
Common questions
- How much is Paddlefish at Disney Springs?
- Thirteen dinner mains ran $24 to $58 on Disney's own menu in September 2026, averaging $37.85. Seafood boils are $22 to $70. At lunch, ten sandwiches average $21.10, from a $15 wrap to a $35 lobster roll.
- Is Paddlefish the old Fulton's Crab House?
- Yes. Disney's own description calls it "Paddlefish (formerly known as Fulton Crab House)", aboard the same stationary paddleboat at Disney Springs.
- Does Paddlefish take the Disney Dining Plan?
- Yes. Disney's own page shows it as dining-plan accepted.
- Is there a Cirque du Soleil package at Paddlefish?
- Yes — a $65 per person prix fixe with a glass of Sauvignon Blanc, and a choice of appetiser, entrée and dessert, listed on Disney's dinner menu.
- What are Paddlefish's hours?
- Lunch 11:30 AM to 3:55 PM and dinner 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM, per Disney's page in September 2026.
Sources
- Walt Disney World official — Paddlefish dinner menu, read in a browser on 12 September 2026. Thirteen mains $24–$58; five seafood boils $22–$70; the same crab, lobster and shrimp also listed as "From the Steamer"; two dishes both named "Shrimp Pasta"; seven starters $15–$21; the seafood tower for four; sides $7–$12; and the $65 Cirque du Soleil dining package. Menu and prices re-read through Disney's menu service on 13 September 2026. — Disney official · checked
- Walt Disney World official — Paddlefish lunch menu, read in a browser on 12 September 2026. Ten sandwiches $15–$35; half-and-half combinations $17–$18; seven of the dinner mains; the steamer section only. Menu and prices re-read through Disney's menu service on 13 September 2026. — Disney official · checked
- Walt Disney World official — Paddlefish restaurant page: "Paddlefish (formerly known as Fulton Crab House) is a seafood-centric restaurant and lounge located aboard an iconic, stationary paddleboat"; lunch 11:30 AM to 3:55 PM, dinner 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM; lunch banded "$$", dinner "$$$ ($35 to $59.99 per adult)"; marked dining-plan accepted. Menu and prices re-read through Disney's menu service on 13 September 2026. — Disney official · checked