Joe-you are such a true Disney fanatic! I am amazed at the time and effort you out into your research. Every time DH thinks I'm bonkers over Disney, I tell him he hasn't seen you in action yet!
This...
is why I asked. It hasn't even been around for 10 years, let alone 15. Unless there were free dining PINs for 5 years before it was offered to the public. Anyone know the answer to that?
We have done FD in May, June, Sept, Oct, and Dec. I don't remember PINS starting for a couple of years after it started. I don't get them so can't say for sure but don't remember them offered before the start of FD. 
It started in 2005 and we were there, not counting this fall we have done FD 15 trips with it
If anyone saw my post yesterday on the original forum, I am waiting for a call from a Disney Visa manager that is suppose to be contacting their Disney rep to see if there is a promo coming (loooong story) but IF she calls me back (not holding my breath) I will post it here so we can all be ready to go!!!
She also couldn't tell me if the DV holders would get an early release
so no help at all and she sure didn't tell us anything that we didn't already know 
I think Black is our best source of information
wdwmaw said:It started in 2005 and we were there, not counting this fall we have done FD 15 trips with it
It started in 2005 and we were there, not counting this fall we have done FD 15 trips with it
Did anyone else stay at POP for FD and got the dining plan when you got appitizer, entree, and dessert, now that was some free eating
Welllll, I just got my call from the Disney Visa manager, her name was Dawn. She said that she had just gotten a call back from their Disney rep and wanted to get back in touch with me. She said that the Disney rep told her that there is nothing out there yet for FD but if FD is offered it should be released in the next couple of weeks with their September promo's. Really???? we already knew that
Sorry guys
I KNOW! It was a total bargain the first time we used the plan (2006). We gladly paid for it without batting an eye - with 3 kids and 5/7 table service being character meals it was a no brainer! My memory puts it at about $35 per adult and $10 per child. There was no way you could feed a child, in the parks, for a full day and not spend more than $10. We would tip above most of the time, because we felt like we were stealing!!
times they have changed ..... I'll bet historical prices and inclusions are posted somewhere. I pulled out our 2006 Birnbaums recently and was shocked at how much hotel and ticket prices have risen since then. Still love spending my vacation dollars at Disney though!!!! I do worry though what it will cost my own children to bring their children on trips. It's a long way off though.....maybe by then we'll have saved enough to purchase a home in Golden Oak and the grand kids can come and stay and eat for FREE whenever they want!!! All they'll have to do is pay Nana (future me) in hugs and kisses!!!!! 
a girl can dream, right?
And some of them don't know until one of us tells them.
