discount plus dining

[disneyfreak71]

I thought I saw this somewhere but a search didn't find anything. Can a room only discount be used and then later add and pay for the dining plan? If so, unlike free dining, can a 1 day ticket be purchased to make the package?

thanks!

 

[dmunsil]

I thought I saw this somewhere but a search didn't find anything. Can a room only discount be used and then later add and pay for the dining plan? If so, unlike free dining, can a 1 day ticket be purchased to make the package?

"Room-only discount" is a bit of a misnomer these days. The discount can be used on both room-only and package reservations; it's called a "room-only" discount because it can be applied to a room-only booking, whereas a package discount can only be applied to packages.

You can book a package with a room-only discount. It has to have either tickets or a dining plan to make it a package. So yes, you can book a package with a room-only discount and dining plan, and you aren't required to add any tickets at all. You can't book a ticketless package online, though; you'd have to do it on the phone or have a travel agent do it.

One thing you can't do is book a room-only reservation and then later add tickets or dining to it. That would require a cancel and rebook, because room-only reservations and package reservations are totally different as far as Disney's systems are concerned.

In practice, if you ask a Disney CM or a travel agent to add tickets or dining to a room-only, they'll just quietly rebook it for you as a package, if there's availability. But behind the scenes, it's not a change, it's a new reservation.

 

[disneyfreak71]

"Room-only discount" is a bit of a misnomer these days. The discount can be used on both room-only and package reservations; it's called a "room-only" discount because it can be applied to a room-only booking, whereas a package discount can only be applied to packages.

You can book a package with a room-only discount. It has to have either tickets or a dining plan to make it a package. So yes, you can book a package with a room-only discount and dining plan, and you aren't required to add any tickets at all. You can't book a ticketless package online, though; you'd have to do it on the phone or have a travel agent do it.

One thing you can't do is book a room-only reservation and then later add tickets or dining to it. That would require a cancel and rebook, because room-only reservations and package reservations are totally different as far as Disney's systems are concerned.

In practice, if you ask a Disney CM or a travel agent to add tickets or dining to a room-only, they'll just quietly rebook it for you as a package, if there's availability. But behind the scenes, it's not a change, it's a new reservation.

THANK YOU!