I posted this on another thread, but will relay my experience here.
I was in WDW in June and booked a bounce-back room only for next April. I have an AP, my husband does not. My daughter also booked a couple of rooms, so we are traveling with two other families (I have my own reservation). The other parties (also room-only) want to add the
DDP, so I was curious how (if) that would work with our BB RO and with my AP. I called and here is my experience:
I am able to change my Room-Only bounce back to a "ticket-less" package with the dining plan, no ticket for me (AP), was told I can easily purchase a 5-day hopper ticket separately for my husband. The original room-only reservation would need to be cancelled, and my one-night deposit refunded, and the reservation re-booked as a package with a new confirmation number and $200 deposit. I AM ABLE to keep the awesome bounce-back rate with the new reservation. The CM "Cyrus" (who was AMAZING and super knowledgeable and confident), said that once I reserved the bounce back my rate is "locked-in" and I can modify it however I need to. It did not matter that I was out of the 7-day period.
So, essentially, I am able to do everything I want to do! Unfortunately, I was not ready to pull the trigger as the call was for information only, and I need to coordinate with 2 other families, but I really wanted to just in case the next CM was not as helpful

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