Another on Free DDP...haven't seen the answer to

[Honeystar120608]

I was thinking about going in Nov, but wondered everyones opinion.
I would love dlx free dining. Do you think they will offer the dp they have always offered for free or just the quick service dp? I realise they don't offer the dlx, I would pay the diff of course.
What are the approx dates for the dining? I read until the end of Sept? IS this true? Anybody know the dates from past years? I have read the bounceback dates, but Im not sure if the dates would be the same for me now.

Anyway, what does everyone think? IDeally, there will be dh and I, our 3 and 4 yr old, My parents and 14 yr old sister. We would like to do the Carribean Beach Resort. Im open to Pop as well.

 

[Cinderumbrella]

To this point, they have only offered free dining in late August-September (the height of hurricance season, and the beginning of the school year which had been a really slow time at WDW). Last year they did offer it for a small window in December, which shocked most of us!!

I wouldn't say it ain't gonna happen, but I wouldn't count on it either. Between Jersey Week at the beginning of the month and Thanksgiving at the end, they never seem to have an issue filling the resorts in that month. Even the infamous 40% pin code floating around right now only includes 11/15-11/21 in the deal.

If a discount would come out for that time, in the past it has been announced mid to late August.

 

[LoveTwoTravel]

I asked a ressie CM this last week and he said that the DDP is a staple (and the most popular) so he doubts FD would be offered WITHOUT the reg (so that means the Deluxe would be available for the upgrade). As long as the reg is offered, it doesn't matter if the QS is offered "free" or not as you can use the reg the same (not getting the most value out of it if you do that, but there's nothing wrong with doing that if you prefer CS/QS to TS).