2018 Free Dining Watch Thread V3

[schriverl]

Having to rebook - will you now have to pay resort parking?

Yes. It's a new reservation. But it's only $13 a day. You're gonna save more than that with free dining.

 

[txwdwmom]

Always love waking up to an email from my TA who got us the offer at 5:30am when it dropped! Excited!

 

[gleamnglow]

...Hello from the other side! I was able to get an All Star Music standard room! Even though I was right there at 5 AM when booking open, there were so many glitches with checking out on my Macbook, that I ended up switching to mobile. It had kept saying "We are unable to process your order at this time. Please call this number ir try again later." By the time I got everything figured out, it was 5:30 AM.

I went back to sleep for an hour, and now my toddler is demanding breakfast. Congrats to everyone who got what they wanted, and good luck staying awake today!

 

[cassie58]

Check! Beach Club - - rock on! Have to change the footer

Just curious -What time did you get through? Online or phone? Been trying to modify Beach Club reservation since 5:00am for week of Dec. 22nd and no luck - just kept showing standard price. Tried as a new reservation as well, but just standard price. Now of course site down.

 

[Stitchglitch]

Logged in 4 times overnight. Got on at 650 to see that it opened already (I knew bc the site was crashing too-seriously all the disney money and the site crashes!). Had to switch from pop to asmu but I got it!!! Called them at 7 just in case it didnt work while I was making my way through the modification and at 701 it was already a 60min wait! When I went back to check my changes it was all wonky but my email was right and then I could not get the site to work at ALL. So glad I logged in before 7!! Thanks so much to the group!

 

[Tk0021]

I tried to cancel my old reservation and it will not go through. I gave up and will try later

 

[Lisa LSR]

For those who modified existing reservations to add free Dining (no other changes), did your price stay the same?

My price went up by about $200. I had booked a few months ago before the price increase. I had hoped I would be able to keep the same rate. Still happy with what I got but plan to shop around now that I have dining secured on that reservation.

**UPDATE : I posted this somewhere down the thread but wanted to mention again in case. My cost didn't go up at all! I was looking at the wrong balance. Yay!

 

[Darnasty]

Congrats to all of you who got what you wanted!!
November dates were so limited did anyone get Pop for November???
I got my dates changed but had a client really wanting Pop and no go!

Got pop for November 24-30 but I kept having to try over and over it wouldn’t let me at first.

 

[sandym718]

I was up but nothing for the Poly. I’m now considering renting points for a Studio as I think that would save us a lot more than a RO discount

 

[lorilclevelandrn]

Anyone know if Nemo suites were included in offer? I had to switch to LK bc Nemo unavailable. Unsure if included or snagged too quickly.., regardless, super happy!

 

[coolingjupiter]

So disappointed that my stay (four nights) isn’t long enough! Woke up a few times throughout the night to check. Oh well. Happy for everyone who got what they wanted!

 

[DriftingInStars]

Having to rebook - will you now have to pay resort parking?

We don’t drive/rent a car but otherwise yes I would have.

 

[Tk0021]

Wanted Pop 11/24-12/05 but no availability. I've been refreshing since 5 LOL!

Anyone know if/when they release more rooms?

I got two rooms at pop and I went online about 5:30 est. I could only get standard though.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

So disappointed that my stay (four nights) isn’t long enough! Woke up a few times throughout the night to check. Oh well. Happy for everyone who got what they wanted!

Did you try modifying your reservation? Some people are reporting success with booking 4 nights, even though it's advertised as 5 night min. I would give it a try!

 

[bluejasmine]

Bummed the rumor was correct and Contemporary was not included. We were already pretty set on staying there, so no FD for us. The convenience of walking to MK with almost-2yo twins is worth the price of dining..... I guess.

GF is on the FD list and is next door to MK you can take the monorail right over to MK I would look at that as a possible option

 

[Ahuck06]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! Free dining for the 3rd time because of this board! Been up since 3am but too excited to sleep. Cant wait to wake my girls up for school & tell them the good news

 

[rockinrhonda]

For those who modified existing reservations to add free Dining (no other changes), did your price stay the same?

My price changed

 

[Sparty1833]

Well that was stressful. Had to change my kids age in their profile to match the age at time of travel mid transaction. While making my parents room reservation. AKL in December, here we come!

 

[Lisa LSR]

Mine was the same down to the last penny. I had been a bit worried about that, but it all worked out fine. I also kept the same reservation number.

Terri

UPDATE: Earlier I said my price went up $200 when i added FD. It didn't! My mistake!

 

[bluejasmine]

For those who modified existing reservations to add free Dining (no other changes), did your price stay the same?

No mine dropped $657 would have been more but had to add the park hopper option and pay difference between QS and regular DDP..