I'm not sure how this works. We just bought AP's ( actually we have the vouchers). Does Disney ever offer free dining to AP holders without buying additional tickets? Should I book something for November with just a RO discount and then hope for an AP discount to come out later? It is just a short trip for DH and I before moving over to Bonnet Creek.
First off, book ! lol, yes you should book with the current discount and then HOPE something better comes out for APs, which usually DO get better discounts, but its possible they might not. A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush right ?
As for AP discounts with Free Dining, Edit: appears no FD with APs, although I had read otherwise, a little more looking around looks like this is not the case.
HOWEVER, I don't know if you can get a refund on the APs you bought, because there is a great combination solution. You can book the FD discount, and then you can upgrade your tickets to Annual passes, they will discount the APs by the value of the tickets you purchase ...
The other option of course is to buy the minimum number of days tickets to qualify.
I would say to do the math between Room only, and minimum days tickets with FD, and see what would save you more, book that now, and then if a better AP discount is offered, snag that.
Don't forget that with APs you can get a Tables in Wonderland card, which saves you 20% off Food and Alcohol purchases, so FD might not be AS good of a deal as it otherwise would be, depending on family size, length of stay, and "level" of resort.
