2016 Free Dining Watch

[LovingDisney2012]

I start talking and my husbands eyes glaze over. I have no idea why! I then go find one of my kids and if that doesn't work I call my mom and she doesn't even like Disney! She keeps thinking once the kids are gone I won't go.....what's wrong with her!
So happy to find people I can relate to and prove I'm not crazy!

My kids love for Disney to be a surprise so, while I want to talk about it with my husband, I have to hide it from the kids.

 

[1sttimedisneymama]

So...tomorrow's the 18th! Anyone think tomorrow will be release day?

 

[X96msm]

So...tomorrow's the 18th! Anyone think tomorrow will be release day?

I hope so!!! I have a feeling I will be up all night!

 

[DennisandAngel]

Haha my hubby says..."I'm gonna need a beer first if we're going to talk disney..."

My husband does the same! He's sitting out this trip. We are doing a girls trip and all the boys are staying home!! Disney husbands are the best!! Shopping, people watching, and fingers crossed free dining!!!!

 

[Sharongal74]

My kids love for Disney to be a surprise so, while I want to talk about it with my husband, I have to hide it from the kids.

My 23 DD isn't going with us this time and my 15 DD is having fun being in on the secret since we aren't telling our 11DD yet. Last time they had no idea til we woke them up to go to the airport at 4:30am. That was fantastic! So much fun to see the surprise!

 

[Double the fun]

Hello, from a super newbie!
I need some help from all of the many experts here. Many thanks in advance. I have only been to WDW once as a kid over 25 years ago so bear with me. We were able to find a simply amazing deal on round-trip plane tickets from Salt Lake City for $113 each plus 15,000 miles direct on Delta. So we are locked onto our dates at this point. We are flying in on 11/13 at 11:21pm. We currently have a room only reservation at AoA in a LM room 11/13-11/21. Now I have learned all about the FD possibility and I am wondering if I can still make it work doing a split stay if it does start on 11/15? Would I be able to change my original reservation in the LM room to 11/13-11/15, and then make a new reservation in a cars suite from 11/15-11/21, or move to POP from 11/15-11/21 since the LM rooms aren't eligible? I don't mind not being able to go to a park on 11/14 since we are getting in so late on 11/13. We are a family of four with 2 year-old twin boys.

 

[goldnvalli]

Same boat. My husband doesn't care to go and quite frankly he is more expensive and needy than any of us. So me and my SIL take the kids and split the room price. Works out wonderfully for all of us. Saves us both money by splitting the hotel, we have each other to help with kids and my husband gets a week "stay-cation" by himself during hunting season. WIN-WIN!!

Me too! My husband is not a Disney person so I take my sister and the two kids. We have a blast.

 

[goldnvalli]

I hope so!!! I have a feeling I will be up all night!

If it is then it's just for dv holders and we would have to call in? Correct?

 

[disneyfav4ever]

So...tomorrow's the 18th! Anyone think tomorrow will be release day?

i hope so, though I just have a gut feeling it's going to be the 25th. I'll still be checking all night though.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

If it is then it's just for dv holders and we would have to call in? Correct?

Not necessarily, it could be open to everyone at once.

 

[X96msm]

If it is then it's just for dv holders and we would have to call in? Correct?

Last year it was open to everyone.

 

[NJDIZGIRL]

If offer comes out for Disney credit card holders how will we know first?

 

[Mickeycrocs]

Last year, after booking FD, I changed resorts, and my husband didn't know until we got there lol.

 

[Disneylover99]

Hello, from a super newbie!
I need some help from all of the many experts here. Many thanks in advance. I have only been to WDW once as a kid over 25 years ago so bear with me. We were able to find a simply amazing deal on round-trip plane tickets from Salt Lake City for $113 each plus 15,000 miles direct on Delta. So we are locked onto our dates at this point. We are flying in on 11/13 at 11:21pm. We currently have a room only reservation at AoA in a LM room 11/13-11/21. Now I have learned all about the FD possibility and I am wondering if I can still make it work doing a split stay if it does start on 11/15? Would I be able to change my original reservation in the LM room to 11/13-11/15, and then make a new reservation in a cars suite from 11/15-11/21, or move to POP from 11/15-11/21 since the LM rooms aren't eligible? I don't mind not being able to go to a park on 11/14 since we are getting in so late on 11/13. We are a family of four with 2 year-old twin boys.

If FD does start on the 15th, I would definitely recommend booking a room only reservation in a LM room for the first few nights. Then I would switch to Pop for the FD package. Those cars rooms are so expensive without a room discount. You can use your tickets early, if you do want to go to a park on the 14th. But I would probably recommend just hanging out at AofA on the first day and you can swim in the awesome pools. Then the following day, just walk across the bridge to Pop.

 

[rymahoney]

I bought my tickets already from undercover tourist i guess free dining is out for me. If it comes out for disney visa how will we know and do we have to call?

 

[My Disney Dream]

My 23 DD isn't going with us this time and my 15 DD is having fun being in on the secret since we aren't telling our 11DD yet. Last time they had no idea til we woke them up to go to the airport at 4:30am. That was fantastic! So much fun to see the surprise!

eeeekkkk so excited... that is what i am doing with our very first wdw trip in sept with my DD 11... and we are vlogging everything so cant wait to see her response, really hoping for FD!

 

[LovingDisney2012]

My 23 DD isn't going with us this time and my 15 DD is having fun being in on the secret since we aren't telling our 11DD yet. Last time they had no idea til we woke them up to go to the airport at 4:30am. That was fantastic! So much fun to see the surprise!

I love surprises, they add to the fun! Besides, I would be over the moon if someone woke me up and said, "we are going to Disney World right now!"

 

[SunnieRN]

I apologize in advance for the length of this response/plea for advice or help.

I have been planning on this vacation for nearly a year. For those who have seen my original post, I am sorry for the repetition, but it is my family's first real vacation. My son will be 17, and heading to the military the next summer, so it is probably our last chance for a big family vacation. My daughter has been wishing for this. She is 10, and has been through 3 open-heart surgeries. She will most likely require a transplant at some point. This trip means so much. Because of this, I scoured the history of deals, and chose our dates based on them - 11/12 through 11/19. My husband, a 911 operator, had to put his request for these dates off of work in December. We are not flexible at all.

Now, I am seeing the rumor of 11/11 or 11/15. The 11/15 date scares me, and makes me believe I will not be able to get this deal. I am also seeing this rumor of DVC holders getting the first shot. I do not have a DVC. I am starting to think all of my planning is falling apart, and the promises I made my children will now be broken. I am seriously falling apart right now. I do not think I can do this trip without this deal. Please tell me if you think I am jumping the gun and there is hope. Perhaps there is another magical deal I am not aware of. I really don't want to tell my children I couldn't make this happen.

I will say that this being your first family vacation, your daughters dream trip, that you would be much happier staying on site. Disney knows how to envelope you into this awesome bubble that really makes things special and memorable!!

I am all for a split stay if the dates don't change. We are on an extra tight budget this year and have decided this will be an all cash, no charging trip. As such, if we start prior to free dining, this is our plan:

1) bring items for breakfast in our suitcase. Even the value rooms have small refrigerators and though milk and juice are higher priced in the world, you are not actually purchasing meals. Cereal, granola bars, pop tarts, etc. Not the healthiest, but it's vacation! Also the pop tarts and granola bars, trail mix etc can be brought with you to eat on the way if you're running a bit late.

2) ice water is free at any QS restaurant in or out of the park. You can bring a soft sided ice chest with you to the parks. You can pack sandwiches, either peanut butter and jelly or pick from what is available at the store at your resort. If it were for your entire vacation I would suggest garden grocer, but for a few days, your resort store should do well.

3) look at the restaurant menus here or on all ears.net. Look at what your family enjoys, as you should be able to pick quick service meals that can be split. One example is the large platter at Animal Kingdoms Flame Tree BBQ. Value resorts have pizzas, someone please correct me if it is only some of them. There will be some cost to this, but you won't be buying food at home this week, so hopefully it will even out!!

Hopefully this will help, but even more, I hope your dates are included!!!!

no DH for me but I am the family "Disney vacation planner". My BIL HATES Disney (can you imagine?). So it's just me and my kids and my sis and her two. Sis knows nothing about Disney vacation planning, has no MDE account. Only thing she knows is to send me anything she gets via e-mail or snail mail from Disney Destinations. and to give me $$ to pay for her part when I tell her to.
the family does appreciate all I do to make our family vacations possible.

I'm in the no spouse group but the planner also. My daughter grew up going to Disneyland as we lived in CA. For our Disney trips, I do most of the planning, then she schedules our fast pass options.

 

[Mickeycrocs]

I may book a BB FD when we go in September if offered, my mom is unsure if she wants to go with my dad and sister next year. Say I book the BB, can I call to have them added on with free dining too?

 

[branmack]

Watching and waiting. Need Nov 11th