Am I correct in this (re. free dining)?

[CJ]

I have a room currently booked at the Pop Century mid-August that is at this point at rack rate ($94 a night). I have an annual pass, so if any discount becomes available I will apply it to this room. I do not intend to get the DDP (will go with the DDE instead) unless free dining is offered.

Am I correct in this assumption?

If free dining is offered I can get it as long as I pay full rate for the room and purchase a 1 day MYW pass (do I need to purchase a 1 day MYW pass for both DH & I, or can I just get one for him and just use my AP?)

 

[TarzansKat]

I had done something similar two years ago. DH and I still had annual passes then. In my experience, a 1 day ticket needed to be purchased for each person, thereby entitling both to the free dining promotion. I believe the way that it's worded is that everyone in the room needs to be on the same plan. Hope this helps!

 

[CJ]

Can I purchase two 1 day MYW passes, and DH uses both of them?

 

[momof296&02]

Can I purchase two 1 day MYW passes, and DH uses both of them?

We've done this in the past & it wasn't aproblem

 

[QueenT]

If you have an AP you no longer have to purchase the 1 day pass, and you can add dining (not sure about free dining though). Just be sure to reserve it as a package initially (no passes, no dining), & then they can easily modify when discounts are released.

If you reserve room only, they can still do it, but they have to get guest services to help them out if there is not another room available for your dates in addition to the one you have reserved.

 

[CJ]

If you have an AP you no longer have to purchase the 1 day pass, and you can add dining (not sure about free dining though). Just be sure to reserve it as a package initially (no passes, no dining), & then they can easily modify when discounts are released.

I'm confused. How can I reserve a package without passes or dining? Isn't that a room only reservation?

 

[Minnie & Me]

We have done free dining for 2 years now and we have always booked with a 1 day base pass for each person in the room. Once there, you can upgrade each pass to whatever you want.

It might not be optimally $ wise to let your DH use 2 single day tickets for entry to the parks. Essentially you will be paying $70 plus for each single day entry. I would upgrade one of his ticket to whatever number of days he need and keep your extra one day ticket for future upgrades(be it AP or MYW ticket)

 

[CJ]

We have done free dining for 2 years now and we have always booked with a 1 day base pass for each person in the room. Once there, you can upgrade each pass to whatever you want.

It might not be optimally $ wise to let your DH use 2 single day tickets for entry to the parks. Essentially you will be paying $70 plus for each single day entry. I would upgrade one of his ticket to whatever number of days he need and keep your extra one day ticket for future upgrades(be it AP or MYW ticket)

So the one day base pass you purchase doesn't expire?

 

[septbaby]

We are mixing tonics here...

With an AP you can BUY the Dining Plan w/o buying another ticket.

With Free Dining traditionally its been a package:
Room and Ticket to get the DP for free. The Ticket could be the minimum, a 1 day Base ticket (ie. no hopper, good for 1 park on 1 day, reentry allowed).

Expiration: Disney Tickets do no expire until 14 days from first use unless they have the Non Expiring option which is self explanatory.

Your husband could indeed use both Base tickets OR he could use one and upgrade it when you arrive to fit your trip (add PH or days). You could hold the second one and use it toward your AP renewal. The choice is yours.

 

[TDC Nala]

AP holders can buy a room/dining package, no tickets. They may be able to apply an AP room discount to this package.

Free dining is typically a rack rate room/tickets package. That means no discounts permitted on the room (the dining is your discount) and everyone on the reservation must buy a ticket (and they must all buy the same ticket). Because Disney doesn't allow combining discounts, it's likely they won't offer free dining on an AP no-tickets package.

Expiration: Disney Tickets do no expire until 14 days from first use unless they have the Non Expiring option which is self explanatory.

One day tickets by their very nature don't expire until they're used.

 

[CJ]

AP holders can buy a room/dining package, no tickets. They may be able to apply an AP room discount to this package.

Free dining is typically a rack rate room/tickets package. That means no discounts permitted on the room (the dining is your discount) and everyone on the reservation must buy a ticket (and they must all buy the same ticket). Because Disney doesn't allow combining discounts, it's likely they won't offer free dining on an AP no-tickets package.



One day tickets by their very nature don't expire until they're used.

That obviously makes perfect sense, but I thought maybe the one day was connected to the room ressie and would therefore expire. Thanks for the clarification!