Bounce back/ free dinning 2008

[jwboucher]

Just got back yesterday and a flier was left in our room for the bounce back for free dining 2008. The dates are 8/30/08-9/27/08. Seems alot shorter than this year.

Oh....I was there from 8/26 to 9/1. I didn't see it on TV or get a flyer. I don't think I would have went for it though...I don't like the dates. My daughter would have to miss a lot of school. I heard they were offering free dining in the UK starting 8/10. I would go for that.

 

[bell.of.the.ball]

I dont know if I would have booked it but this is the second time I was ther during Bounceback and heard nothing about it. It is really begining to bug me. I was there during Tday at the CBR when the offered free dining to guests staying at the resorts and no word of it. Lucky I was able to book the free dining with the visa code but I liked the bounce back dates better. Now again I was at SSR and no word of it , no flyer, no word on the bottom of my dining recipts( I checked) I dont think I will go but I would have liked the chance to decide that for myself.

 

[jwboucher]

I dont know if I would have booked it but this is the second time I was ther during Bounceback and heard nothing about it. It is really begining to bug me. I was there during Tday at the CBR when the offered free dining to guests staying at the resorts and no word of it. Lucky I was able to book the free dining with the visa code but I liked the bounce back dates better. Now again I was at SSR and no word of it , no flyer, no word on the bottom of my dining recipts( I checked) I dont think I will go but I would have liked the chance to decide that for myself.

I was at SSR too. Maybe they figured that they already gave us enough.

 

[cdrn1]

We checked out yesterday from Pop and the offer was on a flier that we got at check in. We didn't book it but now I am sorry we didn't. We check in again on the 27th so I am hoping that we will get the flier again since it's prior to the 28th.

 

[LisaY]

It was in the folder they give you when you check in. Since some of you missed it, maybe they didn't give it out until Sept. 1? Just a guess. I booked it, but wasn't given the option to upgrade to the deluxe plan. Didn't even think to ask, either.

 

[jwboucher]

It was in the folder they give you when you check in. Since some of you missed it, maybe they didn't give it out until Sept. 1? Just a guess. I booked it, but wasn't given the option to upgrade to the deluxe plan. Didn't even think to ask, either.

We checked in on 8/26. That is probably why we didn't get it/

 

[dclfun]

We're at Pop right now and got the flyer, plus it's advertised on the in-room TV channel for Pop. I spoke with someone last night at Ohanas who is currently at CBR and had heard nothing about the promo. When I called the # listed it mentioned only that you must currently be s/a a Disney owned and operated resort ( hence no Swan/Dolphin) but it didn't exclude any resort guest from booking. My guess is once again it's being marketted at only select resorts. I gave the flyer to the other guests who planned to book it also.---Kathy

 

[dclfun]

I forgot to add....it's now up to 14 days for a ressie vs. the bounceback promo last year which was a max of 10 days. I was first told only 10 nights then the CM checked and was surprised to see it can be now booked for the longer timeframe. This CM said she'd booked about 15 ressies yesterday afternoon with the promo!---Kathy

 

[4greatboys]

I booked yesterday for 9/27-10/2.



FYI--if you tried to book on Saturday they were down for a system upgrade all day so Im sure you can still call now and book.

 

[thunderbird1]

This is really a dumb question but what is bounceback? We went last Dec and paid for our dining, did we mess up?

No. Free DDP was not available in December. The "December bounceback" refers to folks who were there in December having the opportunity to book a return trip with free DDP for the following August and September. No one else who was there with you December got the DDP for free.

 

[skw444]

We just got back from staying at POFQ from 9/3 - 9/8 and we had the flier in our room and booked our trip for 9/08.

 

[blallred]

I booked yesterday for 9/27-10/2.

Is this for the 2008 Bounceback dates? If so, I thought that you had to book between 8/30-9/27/2008 to get the offer. From what I understand we can no longer book the last day of a promo and carry it over through the rest of our vacation. Wouldn't that mean that 9/27 would be the only day eligible for free dining? Someone please correct me if I am wrong. I would LOVE to be wrong. I wanted to originally book 9/26-10/4/2008 but it would suck to only get 2 days with free dining.

 

[Madformickey]

it is good up to 10 days as long as you check in by the 27th, we passed as we would rather go in december next year for the christmas party, but did we ever eat like never before. I think i had a total of 7 or 8 rootbeer floats in 9 days,lol, but i didnt pay for it, so all is good.

 

[4greatboys]

Is this for the 2008 Bounceback dates? If so, I thought that you had to book between 8/30-9/27/2008 to get the offer. From what I understand we can no longer book the last day of a promo and carry it over through the rest of our vacation. Wouldn't that mean that 9/27 would be the only day eligible for free dining? Someone please correct me if I am wrong. I would LOVE to be wrong. I wanted to originally book 9/26-10/4/2008 but it would suck to only get 2 days with free dining.

The girl I booked with said you could and when I got my conf emailed it showed free dining on the ressie.

 

[blallred]

The girl I booked with said you could and when I got my conf emailed it showed free dining on the ressie.

Oh YAYYYYY!!! I am so glad to hear that. Thanks for the replies and I will be sure to book the later dates then.

 

[Princess April]

I am totally going to check into this when we check in (9/22) !!!!!
I want to do basically what we did again this year... 5 days 6 nights with free food!!!!! Also, I know I asked this before but as of yet I have gotten no answer... how much $$$ are we looking at for next years vacation?? Anyone have any ideas?

 

[thunderbird1]

it is good up to 10 days as long as you check in by the 27th, we passed as we would rather go in december next year for the christmas party, but did we ever eat like never before. I think i had a total of 7 or 8 rootbeer floats in 9 days,lol, but i didnt pay for it, so all is good.

Mmm. . . root beer floats. (Where's the drooling smiley?)

Actually it's been reported that the maximum package for next year is 14 days. The max length for packages increased from 10 days to 14 on January 1, 2007, which meant those who booked through the bounceback last Nov/Dec were only able to book 10 days, while those of us who waited (not so) patiently until April were able to book 14 days. Good things come to those who wait!

I am totally going to check into this when we check in (9/22) !!!!!
I want to do basically what we did again this year... 5 days 6 nights with free food!!!!! Also, I know I asked this before but as of yet I have gotten no answer... how much $$$ are we looking at for next years vacation?? Anyone have any ideas?

Value season at value and moderate resorts runs through 10/1. If you check out by 10/2, your entire stay would be in value season, for $82/night at value resorts or $149/night at moderate resorts. If your stay extends beyond 10/2, you will be in regular season, and your nightly rate will jump up to $99 (weekdays)/$109 (Fri-Sat) for values or $165 (weekdays)/$175 (Fri-Sat) for moderates. It's a little more for preferred rooms, and add 12.5% room tax (13.5% for the all-stars). Found this info here on the DIS:

http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/disney-rates-2008.htm

Then add in whatever ticket types you'll need (#A/#C; parkhopper or not; wpf&m or not; no expiration or not) and you'll come up with your package price. I'd do it for you but there are too many variables. Ticket prices are here on the DIS:

http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/tickets.htm#tickettypes

It's getting more and more complicated to calculate this stuff, isn't it? If you just want the bottom line, try pricing a trip on the WDW web site for a room/ticket package without dining. (Afterthought--can you check 2008 online rates yet?) The free DDP packages are the same price as a room/ticket package at rack rates.

 

[bell.of.the.ball]

We checked in on 8/26. That is probably why we didn't get it/

Our GG of 4 rooms checked in on the 27 and heard nothing or was given anthing about it either. I have my check in pack nothing in there either. and who has time to watch TV at disney?

 

[LBKMAMA]

ok....we get there on the 27th of this month and I want to book something right away so I don't lose out.
9/24 to 10/1 for 7 nights......we hope to do Universal and SeaWorld this time too, but I'll worry about that later.

???'s - if I book 2 rooms and want to change it to one will that be a problem?
if i need to shorten the days will that be a problem?
Can you just book it with a 1 day ticket and add days or PH to pkg after we finalize details and check out other options?

Thanks for you help.....

 

[lkneller]

didn't know anything about this. We actually agreed before we left home that we would book again if they had another promo. I am very disappointed that we were not told about this while we were there and able to book.

Last December we had no intention of returning to Disney for 2007, but when they offered the promo we were swayed into committing to Disney for yet another vacation. It is really good marketing because once you have that reservation you stop looking at other alternative vacations.

We surely would have committed our vacation again for 2008 if we would have known.

They always say things happen for a reason. So I guess we just weren't meant to return to Disney in 2008.