Buy 4 get 3 Free-but what if we can only stay 5 nights?

[tallpkb]

I have an interesting question. We are planning a trip for 4/21-4/26, since I have a conference there on the 24th & 25th (at Coronado Springs). But, we can only stretch the dates from the 21st to the 26th, which is 5 nights. We also want 4 days of tickets and Dining. Anyone know if we can sign up for the special and get 7 nights, then leave 2 days early? Does the free offer include 3 days of free tickets/food if we pay for the 4 days? Hope this makes sense!

 

[Luv2Roam]

You can do that, that I am aware.
However the 4/3 does not include food. That offer does include tickets and the resort.
If it were me I would see what other offers are available that suited me better.

 

[Lollipop's Mom]

You might be better off booking a AAA rate if it is available. Probably works out cheaper.

 

[LadyOmega]

I agree with the PP's, you might need to look into other offers. That said, if you can't find anything that works better, you do not have to actually buy 3 extra nights. Think of it as "book 4, get UP TO 3 free". So if you can only stay 5 nights, you can book 4 and get the 5th free.

As previously mentioned, the offer only includes room and base tickets - dining is not included in the promo but can be added on at full price for all nights.

Hope that helps.

 

[mbanks21]

You would get 1 night free, does NOT include dining, dining would be for all 5 nights, tickets you can do for 4 if you want

 

[su_A_ve]

I'd suggest you look at the new posted room only rates. They are available in package versions as well, and would probably be cheaper as all room rates are discounted.

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My .02...

 

[justplaingoofy]

As other posters have mentioned it may be less money to check other room only rates. If you do the room only though you cannot purchase the dining plan. (doesn't sound like you have an ap or dvc)

Also, if you are purchasing the dining plan you would not want to book for the 7 nights if you are only staying 5 nights because you would have to pay the cost of the ddp for those other nights.

 

[su_A_ve]

The new room-only discount rates that are now available, have options to make it a package including dining. The discount is the same (and on the room portion).

 

[justplaingoofy]

The new room-only discount rates that are now available, have options to make it a package including dining. The discount is the same (and on the room portion).

Room only reservations are very different than packages. They cannot turn a "room only" into a package. Therefore you cannot add the dining plan to room only rate. (except ap/dvc)

There are some room only for the good neighbor hotels, downtown disney area & Dolphin that you can add tickets to, but cannot add the ddp.

 

[julezdisney]

You should call to confirm, but you would get 1 night free and you would still get 3 days free on a ticket and could pay to make them non-expiration for the remaining 2 days. I haven't done the math to know if that would make any sense to do or not.

 

[Donnainnj]

If you do book the package you may want to consider booking it including the night of the 26th, if you are leaving later in the day so you won't be homeless that afternoon. I guess this would only work if you can also use the extra dining credits.
Donna

 

[catne]

Room only reservations are very different than packages. They cannot turn a "room only" into a package. Therefore you cannot add the dining plan to room only rate. (except ap/dvc)

There are some room only for the good neighbor hotels, downtown disney area & Dolphin that you can add tickets to, but cannot add the ddp.

We were able to do this...we booked the "room only" rate for 2 nights in January through the Special Offers section on the Disney website...that discount was good for about $100 a night off our room at the Contemporary. AND then we added 2 day base tickets AND we added DDP - all that was available on-line. First it quoted the room only rate, then allowed you to select ticket choices & dining choices. And through all that, it kept the discount on the room. Which was about a 27% discount. We later upgraded to DxDDP (over the phone.) AAA would have given us a 20% discount on the room.

To the original question, 4 for 3 when you can only stay 5. That's exactly what I looked into when the offer first came out because we were thinking of doing 5 days at WDW in January. The answer was if you buy a ticket to make it a package, you can buy just a 5 day ticket, but if you then add the DDP, you will pay for all 7 nights on the dining plan because it's sold for length of stay which would technically be 7 nights on this deal. So even if you check out after 5 nights, you still paid for 7 nights of dining (no refunds for unused meal credits - and you have to pay for the DDP in advance.) That's what I was told anyway. So this idea would only work out if you think you could use 7 nights worth of credits in 5 (if you're thinking about doing some 2-credit table service meals like signatur dining or dinner shows, it just might work out for you.) As others have said, the only way to know for sure is to do the math. If they will let you book it as pay for 4, get 1 free then you should be able to pay for just 5 nights of dining, but when I called about it, the CM said the system wouldn't let her book it as 4 + 1 free...

 

[mbanks21]

We were able to do this...we booked the "room only" rate for 2 nights in January through the Special Offers section on the Disney website...that discount was good for about $100 a night off our room at the Contemporary. AND then we added 2 day base tickets AND we added DDP - all that was available on-line. First it quoted the room only rate, then allowed you to select ticket choices & dining choices. And through all that, it kept the discount on the room. Which was about a 27% discount. We later upgraded to DxDDP (over the phone.) AAA would have given us a 20% discount on the room.

To the original question, 4 for 3 when you can only stay 5. That's exactly what I looked into when the offer first came out because we were thinking of doing 5 days at WDW in January. The answer was if you buy a ticket to make it a package, you can buy just a 5 day ticket, but if you then add the DDP, you will pay for all 7 nights on the dining plan because it's sold for length of stay which would technically be 7 nights on this deal. So even if you check out after 5 nights, you still paid for 7 nights of dining (no refunds for unused meal credits - and you have to pay for the DDP in advance.) That's what I was told anyway. So this idea would only work out if you think you could use 7 nights worth of credits in 5 (if you're thinking about doing some 2-credit table service meals like signatur dining or dinner shows, it just might work out for you.) As others have said, the only way to know for sure is to do the math. If they will let you book it as pay for 4, get 1 free then you should be able to pay for just 5 nights of dining, but when I called about it, the CM said the system wouldn't let her book it as 4 + 1 free...

Dining is based on the number of nights booked, NO way around that. And could you explain the first part of your post? You booked the room only and paid the deposit and got a confirmation number right? How did you add tickets and dining? Online? Or did you call? Because if you book a room only it is IMPOSSIBLE to add dining to it. Even if you book an AP room only, it will be cancelled and rebooked. I dont care who you are, it is IMPOSSIBLE 100% IMPOSSIBLE to have a room only and have dining added to it. (not sure how DVC works so Im not talking about that)


EDIT- Okay I reread your post. You didnt book a room only and THEN add tickets and dining, you priced out a room only but booked a package instead with a room only discount. Thats not what the PP was talking about, they were talking about someone actually having a room only discount (12 digit confirmation number) and wanting to add dining to it which as I stated is I M P O S S I B L E

 

[catne]

Dining is based on the number of nights booked, NO way around that. And could you explain the first part of your post? You booked the room only and paid the deposit and got a confirmation number right? How did you add tickets and dining? Online? Or did you call? Because if you book a room only it is IMPOSSIBLE to add dining to it. Even if you book an AP room only, it will be cancelled and rebooked. I dont care who you are, it is IMPOSSIBLE 100% IMPOSSIBLE to have a room only and have dining added to it. (not sure how DVC works so Im not talking about that)


EDIT- Okay I reread your post. You didnt book a room only and THEN add tickets and dining, you priced out a room only but booked a package instead with a room only discount. Thats not what the PP was talking about, they were talking about someone actually having a room only discount (12 digit confirmation number) and wanting to add dining to it which as I stated is I M P O S S I B L E

Right-I was pricing out the Special Offer for room-only discount on the website, got the quote for the rooms. But didn't book it until after I added the tickets & DDP options, so I guess at that point it became a package. Point I was trying to make was you could get the nice discounted room offer within a package.