Free Dining 2007?

[BTown]

Ok, first of all, let me preface this with saying I'm sorry for asking, what is probably the millionth question about whether or not free dining will be offered this year.

Since my last trip to WDW, which was in October, I've made myself stay away from these boards in an effort to curb my never ending desire to go to Disney World. Well, it hasnt worked, because I'm planning my next trip, but I'm 4 months behind on these boards, and all recent WDW news.

Now, here are my questions.

Will free dining be offered this year?

I've heard something about a "bounce back" program which offers free dining to those who went to WDW in the fall.Of the people in my party who would be going, I went to WDW in October, two others went in Novemeber, and two have never been to WDW. If this program works like I think it does, that would qualify me, and two others for free dining, but what about the folks who have never been? Would they qualify since they are in our group/part of our package?

Also, we are planning our trip for the first week of Sept. If we were to go ahead and book our room and tickets now, and then in April Disney announces free dining, would we be able to change our reservations to one with free dining? Has anyone done this?

Thanks in advance for the help, and additional info is greatly appreciated.

B

 

[thunderbird1]

First of all, congrats on being able to stay away from the disboards for so long! I haven't been as successful curbing my addiction--I think I may need a 12 step program.

Second, congrats on falling off the wagon! We're happy to have you back among us, drinking the kool-aid once again. Mmm, Disney kool-aid.

I'm sorry to say the bounceback offer had to be booked while you were staying at a WDW resort in November or December. If you didn't book it during your stay, you can't book it now. I'm afraid you'll just have to join those of us waiting and hoping for an offer to the general public.

In the past, people with existing package reservations have been able to add the free dining when it became available. But the offer is subject to availability, and there are a limited number of free dining packages for each resort. In the past, people have reported having to change dates or resorts in order to convert their existing packages into free DDP packages.

There is much speculation around here that if the resorts are already too booked up, they may not have another free DDP offer. So if you'd go whether or not free DDP is offered, you should go ahead and book now, and if free DDP becomes available, it's an added bonus. If you'll only go if free DDP is offered, you may be better off waiting. But you have to decide for yourself.

 

[Maria395712]

love to hear when they release info
maria

 

[BTown]

Thunderbird, thanks for the info. I'm generally pretty up to date on this sort of thing, but I guess I'm behind. Anyway, I'm going to keep my fingers crossed. I was finally able to convince a group of friends into putting up the money to go to Disney World, and I used free dining as the deal breaker, so let's hope Disney comes through for us...