for those of you who have already booked free dining

[ptmmg]

do you all have the Disney Visa card?
I was told I had to wait until the 4th ,and to call early because there were only a limited amount of rooms and hotels that were being offered. I am hoping the suites at the all stars are included in this deal it would save us over $1000.
If you already booked did you find you had any problems getting the hotel of your choice?

 

[TyRy]

I had an e-mail this morning from my TA - Deb at Magic for Less - and she had already switched us over, and yes we had originally booked with a Disney Visa card.

 

[littleladykaty]

For some reason I was able to add Free Dining to my existing package with zero problem...got same reservation and everything...no problems at all!!! YAY!!!

 

[robinb]

When I made my reservation, the CM asked me for the first 6 digits of my credit card to make sure I had the Disney Visa card. I don't know if I could have put the reservation on another card since I went ahead and put it on the Disney Visa to get my points.

 

[musicwoman]

Anyone know if the Contemporary is on the "List" of hotels to choose from. I have a reservation through AAA and would LOVE to hear that the Contemporary will count towards the free dining.

 

[Dicecatt]

do you all have the Disney Visa card?
I was told I had to wait until the 4th ,and to call early because there were only a limited amount of rooms and hotels that were being offered. I am hoping the suites at the all stars are included in this deal it would save us over $1000.
If you already booked did you find you had any problems getting the hotel of your choice?

I do have the Disney Visa, I did change my reservation today, and I had to cancel my family suite! I was told that it is not available to the suites, just like any other discount yet. I ended up booking guaranteed connecting 2 rooms, it actually came out cheaper but with the fridge rental it will be about the same. I moved to Movies instead of Music which I think the kids will enjoy more anyway. I was a little upset, but it saved me $539.99, so I'll get over it.

 

[Dicecatt]

By the way, she also told me that it was 5 days free dining, which confused me...We are staying for 7 nights, so the money I am saving is not equal to 7 days of dining, but I took what I could get. I'm still searching for more info because the CM seemed confused.

 

[Fourfun]

do you all have the Disney Visa card?
I was told I had to wait until the 4th ,and to call early because there were only a limited amount of rooms and hotels that were being offered. I am hoping the suites at the all stars are included in this deal it would save us over $1000.
If you already booked did you find you had any problems getting the hotel of your choice?

Yep have the card... Its great... Free $$$ every month... You can change if you are already booked.. We had already booked and I went to the TA this morning and changed our ressies.. One less day in the parks... But well worth the $1150 we saved ........ cant beat that

 

[Cupmom]

Book this morning with my Disney Visa
7night at WL me DH, DS13, DS5
7 day hoppers
free dining

$2570

My AAA package was over 3000

 

[pinseeker11]

Yep, booked with my Disney Visa 2 months ago. Changed the ressie this morning and saved ~$700!!! I am restraining from shopping right now!!

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

By the way, she also told me that it was 5 days free dining, which confused me...We are staying for 7 nights, so the money I am saving is not equal to 7 days of dining, but I took what I could get. I'm still searching for more info because the CM seemed confused.

I'd call em back. I just got it for 10.

 

[Belle Belinda]

Hi! just wondering if it's only 5 days of dinning do you have to buy 8 days of park tickets or can you simply buy 5 days of park and add the dinning plan

 

[alicenwonder99]

Anyone know if the Contemporary is on the "List" of hotels to choose from. I have a reservation through AAA and would LOVE to hear that the Contemporary will count towards the free dining.

I just booked this morning for the Contemporary for the last week of September with the free dining. I did use my Disney Visa for the deposit, but the CM never asked me if my VISA was a Disney Visa. Maybe there's some way they can tell...???? NOt sure.

Anyway, it was $2230 for 4 nights at the Contemporary including 4 day tickets for 5 (3 adults, 2 kids)...oh, and the free dining of course.

 

[buzzmom3]

I changed my ressie to include free dining for 7 days. I think the Cm was confused, I would call back.

 

[tinker&belle]

I had paid with a different card. When I switched today I put another 200 down with my DV, and the other 200 was reapplyed toward the balence owed. (They said it could be refunded, but this works too)

 

[musicwoman]

Hmmmm. My AAA reservation is for 7 days - 6 nights 2 adults 3 children 1 room and 7 day hopper passes w/dining. It comes to $2758. I am hoping when I call on Monday to my AAA travel agent she can give me another price quote w/out the AAA discount and with the free dining and not changing anything else. I just pray that there are some rooms left at the Contemporary to use the free dining discount on!!

OOPS!!! I looked at what I still owe!! The original $ for this package is $3340!

 

[dadto1]

Book this morning with my Disney Visa
7night at WL me DH, DS13, DS5
7 day hoppers
free dining

$2570

My AAA package was over 3000

Got the exact sime price for the same package!

 

[poohluvrs]

So Im guessing you cant use the AAA room rate plus free dining, you have to pay rack to get free dining plan? For those booking deluxe resorts this may not be as great a deal???

 

[bicker]

It is definitely a better deal for folks booking value resorts, and for folks booking full rooms.

 

[tabrizia]

We actually changed the dates we were going to get this package. It technically is costing us about $100 more, but standard rooms were no longer avaliable at Animal Kingdom Lodge (we had to go pool view) and we added two nights to our stay. Overall, I'm really happy with this, even though I'm not technically saving any money compared to my previous reservation. I am getting the extra nights and room upgrade for the same cost as food would have been so it works for me.

It was pretty effortless to change the reservation though hubby was on hold for awhile when doing it.