Bounceback Questions

[wendy welcher]

I am leaving in a week for the poly and am hoping for a bounceback offer. I would like to book a trip in early June for a 2 bed villa at Bay Lake. Does anyone know how the bounceback offers work? Are there stipulations for which resorts you may book and are there blackout dates? And last but not least, what kind of discount or promotions do they typically offer? Thanks a million!

 

[Nohal]

We just returned on Sat and the current bouceback offer in the room is for "stays most nights 8/17-9/27/12". Check the Disney website under special offers and see if there are any with the dates you plan to go. You may have to wait a little while as they are always putting out specials.

 

[Seahunt]

Bounceback offers change throughout the year. The current one (and the one you will probably see next week) is to be able to book ahead for next years Free Dining for dates 8/17-9/27/12, so unfortunately that won't work for the June dates you wanted.

Kind DISer jgraney106 posted a picture of the flyer from her room so you can see what they look like:

This is the bounceback that I had in my room:

It runs from 8/17 thru 9/27/2012. Quick service for values and regular dining for the moderates. Be on the look out for this in your room.
Looks like maybe general public will maybe eventually get this . Lets hope!
The lady at the reservations said it was first placed in the rooms on 8/8/2011.

Remember to call 8844 from your resort room before check out to ask about BB offers.

 

[wendy welcher]

Thanks so much! Everyone on this site is incredibly helpful! I am going to check with the rest of my party to see if they can travel during the time frame you both have given me. On the chance that they cannot, do you think the offer may change around the 8th? Is there a new offer every month, quarter, or is there no rhyme or reason? Sorry to have so many questions!

 

[Seahunt]

All I can base this on is how it's been over the past years, so this could change at any time, but it used to be that this Free Dining BB offer would continue to be offered to resort guests until sometime in October - and then it would be pulled and a new room discount BB would begin with dates into the next year.

BUT then last year there was NO room discount BB offered after the FD BB - the FD offer just continued. And the FD offer was opened to the public so people complained that the BB was what anyone could get and was nothing special. And then CMs even started telling people that they were no longer going to be offering any BB offers in the future.

Well we know that didn't last because all of the sudden a BB did appear again (I think last of Jan), with these dates:
(of course this BB has now expired)

The bounceback was 40% Villas, 40% Deluxe, 35% Moderate
For most stays:
2/27/11-3/5/11, 5/8/11-5/27/11, 5/31/11-6/4/11, 8/21/11-10/8/11, 10/23/11-10/29/11, 11/13/11-11/19/11, 11/27/11-12/3/11, 12/11/11-12/17/11.

And that BB ran a lonnnnggg time before expiring.

So now after all that explainin', all I can offer is you probably will get the FD BB as pictured for those dates next summer (that you don't want) - but you just never know, it could change at any moment

 

[padawans]

I would call 8844 from your room and ask. I have heard the housekeepers don't always remove expired bb, or put new bb offers in rooms in a timely manner. It never hurts to call and check. I will be there in Oct and Dec, and am hoping to get a room discount bb offer that will be good in May. Good luck

 

[wendy welcher]

Thanks everyone! If it changes during my stay (10-4 thru 10-11) I will be sure to pass it along. Keeping my fingers crossed!

 

[MissRoseRed]

We are at POP now with Deluxe Dining. We're nearing the end of a 12 day stay and there is no BB offer in the room. We've done BB for several years, and the offers have always been waiting when we checked in. Do they deliver them at the end of your stay now?
I'll call the number before we leave, but just wondering if anyone has any insight.

More on the DxDP when we get back... If I ever come out of the food coma...

 

[tinka-belle]

We were at CSR for two weeks and never got the flyer in our room. Mousekeeping didn't have any on the cart when we asked. But I just called the 8844 extention and booked my 2012 FD!

 

[MissRoseRed]

We were at CSR for two weeks and never got the flyer in our room. Mousekeeping didn't have any on the cart when we asked. But I just called the 8844 extention and booked my 2012 FD!

Cool

 

[bbear400]

We just returned from a week at All Star Sports. We had the BB offer shown(free QSDP at Value, Free DDP at mod and deluxe) in our room from day one and booked for next September at POFQ before we left. We had about 4 different sets of friends there at the same time as us and none of them had the flyer in their rooms, yet two of them called because I told them about it and were able to book the BB. I do think it is kind of bad that some folks get the flyer and some don't. If you don't have one in your room and don't follow these boards or have someone tell you, you'd never know it was an option. I am just glad we got ours booked. It will be our first time staying in a moderate since it was only $200 more now that the upgrade to DDP from QSDP is so high. Now I just have to be patient and wait a whole year before we go back.