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TheDisneyGang6 · 07-12-2012, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by angieand3rs

The card holder's website says it's a 6 night/7 day stay required. Is it different for the public?

Everything else I've heard says 4 day/5 night 2 day base ticket?

http://www.disneyrewards.com/offers/wdwfreedinejuly12

Those number of nights quoted on the Disney Visa page or in WDW promos are just for advertising purposes. All free dining proms have a 3 night minimum/14 maximum for booking and require a 2 day base ticket.

CanadianGuy · 07-13-2012, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by TheDisneyGang6

Those number of nights quoted on the Disney Visa page or in WDW promos are just for advertising purposes. All free dining proms have a 3 night minimum/14 maximum for booking and require a 2 day base ticket.

What they said!

Andrea464 · 07-13-2012, 09:10 PM

Does Disney ever extend the FD dates? I was disappointed to find that our check-in date was not included (especially since it isn't during Columbus Day weekend or fall break periods). I'd be willing to move a day or two to fit in!

CanadianGuy · 07-14-2012, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrea464

Does Disney ever extend the FD dates? I was disappointed to find that our check-in date was not included (especially since it isn't during Columbus Day weekend or fall break periods). I'd be willing to move a day or two to fit in!

Well it can happen and it has happened... but, I certainly can't say you should expect it... more than likely, these are the dates...sometimes they increase early December dates..

What is your current check in date?

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Andrea464 · 07-14-2012, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by CanadianGuy

Well it can happen and it has happened... but, I certainly can't say you should expect it... more than likely, these are the dates...sometimes they increase early December dates..

What is your current check in date?

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10/13. I can move it a few days, but not all the way back to the next date (10/19).

CanadianGuy · 07-15-2012, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrea464

10/13. I can move it a few days, but not all the way back to the next date (10/19).

Ouch. Clearly they have carved out those dates because they feel those dates are busy enough with out a promotional offer.

Unless there are a rash of cancellations on those dates, I really wouldn't count on them becoming included.

:-(

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paudams4542 · 07-20-2012, 04:00 AM

Almost all of the information is placed in the article. It is a god feature.

crazy4tig · 07-20-2012, 12:51 PM

would someone be able to give me the January 2012 dates from last years free dining promo? please

chiefs614 · 07-21-2012, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by crazy4tig

would someone be able to give me the January 2012 dates from last years free dining promo? please

here is a handy tool with all proma dates for the past 3 years.
http://www.mousesavers.com/historicalwdwdiscounts.html

kddisney502 · 08-01-2012, 09:42 AM

Free dinning has been extended to Dec. 20. Now those arriving Dec. 14 - Dec. 20 can take advantage of FD.

You can book online or by phone. All other dates are the same.

jagfanjosh3252 · 08-21-2012, 07:20 AM

I have never done free dining before, so I have a question.

I'm an AP holder, so I know FD is usually not the way to go. Question is: If I am staying 6 nights, can I just buy a minimum ticket (2 day base) and still get FD for the remaining days?

smidgy · 08-21-2012, 10:39 PM

yes, that's what we are doing. if you don't use the tickets you have to buy with the package at all, they don't expire (the 14 day limit doesn't start until first use) so you can use them when your passes expire. use the tickets for the First day,(of your future trip) then bridge the 2 day ticket to whatever you need for that future trip

mizliz · 08-31-2012, 12:55 PM

we already have a flight booked to arrive on Nov. 30, so I'm missing FD by one day. Has anyone here ever had any luck paying for the extra day, without actually being present? could I book for the 29th, checkin online, but arrive on the morning of the 30th and still get the FD?

ctl · 09-14-2012, 04:05 PM

When checking in with the FD package, do they combine the ticket as part of your resort card, or can you ask for the actual separate tickets (2day base ticket). I already have tickets that I bought before the price increase so if I book to get FD for next year, I don't want to have to use the 2 days at that time, but save them for later. Does anyone know how to get the tickets separated from the resort card key if you don't plan to use them at that time?
Thanks.

kimmar067 · 09-14-2012, 06:42 PM

....I may be wrong here, but I was under the impression that Free Dining was until Dec 20, not the 13th....

07-13-2012, 09:10 PM	#18
Andrea464 Mouseketeer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 206	Does Disney ever extend the FD dates? I was disappointed to find that our check-in date was not included (especially since it isn't during Columbus Day weekend or fall break periods). I'd be willing to move a day or two to fit in! __________________ Andrea Leonard Annabelle 1980's: Offsite; 1996: Offsite high school trip; October 2010: Pop Century- First family trip!; October 2012: Second family trip, Happy Anniversary trip! June 2013: DisneyLand with my family & sister's family!

07-20-2012, 12:51 PM	#23
crazy4tig Earning My Ears Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 69	would someone be able to give me the January 2012 dates from last years free dining promo? please __________________ MeDHDS(21) DS(18)DD(10)DS(8)DS(5) DMDB 1996 off site2000 All Star Music2006 Port Oreans Riverside2007 Port Orleans French Quarter2009POP 2010 Port Orleans French Quarter (with an awsome discount)2011 POP

08-01-2012, 09:42 AM	#25
kddisney502 P: What's the problem with Goofy? L: Wish I knew, he's fine with Pluto. Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: US Posts: 764	Free dinning has been extended to Dec. 20. Now those arriving Dec. 14 - Dec. 20 can take advantage of FD. You can book online or by phone. All other dates are the same. Last edited by kddisney502; 08-01-2012 at 09:44 AM. Reason: FD extended to Dec. 20

08-21-2012, 07:20 AM	#26
jagfanjosh3252 #1 fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Jacksonville, Fl Posts: 630	I have never done free dining before, so I have a question. I'm an AP holder, so I know FD is usually not the way to go. Question is: If I am staying 6 nights, can I just buy a minimum ticket (2 day base) and still get FD for the remaining days? __________________ Go Jaguars!

08-21-2012, 10:39 PM	#27
smidgy dimples Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: chicago area Posts: 5,610	yes, that's what we are doing. if you don't use the tickets you have to buy with the package at all, they don't expire (the 14 day limit doesn't start until first use) so you can use them when your passes expire. use the tickets for the First day,(of your future trip) then bridge the 2 day ticket to whatever you need for that future trip __________________ links to hubby Nebo's Trip Reports: Coronado Springs Eternal! P.O.T.C. ,On Stranger Rides, "Hurricane Lee!" From Oil Wells to Jingle Bells Smidgy and the Grump Honey, I Shrunk the Checkbook Still Feeding Nebo Guess Who's Coming to Free Dinner! If it's Tuesday, This Must be Epcot

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07-20-2012, 04:00 AM	#22
paudams4542 Earning My Ears Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: 4540 Hazel Rd #204 Bartlesville, OK 74006 Posts: 2	Almost all of the information is placed in the article. It is a god feature.

08-31-2012, 12:55 PM	#28
mizliz Mouseketeer Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 88	arriving the day after fd we already have a flight booked to arrive on Nov. 30, so I'm missing FD by one day. Has anyone here ever had any luck paying for the extra day, without actually being present? could I book for the 29th, checkin online, but arrive on the morning of the 30th and still get the FD?

09-14-2012, 04:05 PM	#29
ctl Mouseketeer Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 343	On the Tickets with the FD? When checking in with the FD package, do they combine the ticket as part of your resort card, or can you ask for the actual separate tickets (2day base ticket). I already have tickets that I bought before the price increase so if I book to get FD for next year, I don't want to have to use the 2 days at that time, but save them for later. Does anyone know how to get the tickets separated from the resort card key if you don't plan to use them at that time? Thanks. __________________

09-14-2012, 06:42 PM	#30
kimmar067 Kimmie Moo Boo Boo I’m SERIOUS..milk just fell from my --- udder Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: "Exit 16W" of the Land of the Last! Posts: 77,920	....I may be wrong here, but I was under the impression that Free Dining was until Dec 20, not the 13th.... __________________ July 1992~off-site Dec 1999~CSR Feb 2001~DxL Nov 2001~Dolphin July 2002~CBR Aug 2002~WL Feb 2005~AKL/concierge Feb 2005~AKL Aug 2006~PoP C Aug 2006~AKL Dec 2007~DolphinJuly/Aug 2010~Mystic Dunes "That's IT! The absolutely, positively VERY LAST Marino....." "We WEREN'T the 'Castle Family', We Didn't..." "The Trippie Who Hath..."

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