If you have an annual pass and are going in August/Sept do you still get the free dining option or do you only get it if you purchase the regular tickets?
We upgraded to AP's last trip and booked for free DDP for next Sept. We had to book a package with tickets in order to get free DDP, but just got the one day base tickets (~$70 for adults) which we'll save for a future trip. You can certainly still use your AP's instead of the tickets you purchase with your package, and the couple hundred $$ in tickets (which won't be wasted--we'll just use them another trip) is well worth free DDP to us.
We upgraded to AP's last trip and booked for free DDP for next Sept. We had to book a package with tickets in order to get free DDP, but just got the one day base tickets (~$70 for adults) which we'll save for a future trip. You can certainly still use your AP's instead of the tickets you purchase with your package, and the couple hundred $$ in tickets (which won't be wasted--we'll just use them another trip) is well worth free DDP to us.