Free Dining 2014 Discussion

[sbecker517]

Sorry but what is an ab room?

Alligator bayou... Where we stayed and loved it. We are 5 so had no choice, but we were happy.

 

[smitch425]

Are there still rumors that tomorrow's release won't include October dates yet? Or all dates through the end of the year will come out at the same time?

All of the dates are expected to be released. My theory is that Disney wants to lock people into a stay prior to Universal's expansion opening.

 

[BStew]

Don't worry, CBR is going through a refurb. that started in April and if I am not mistaken should be done by fall. Queen beds! It's my second choice too. Hoping for POR.

Thanks! That is our first choice (mostly for the pool for our 2 y.o.) Crossing my fingers for tomorrow!!!

 

[DisMama5]

Quick update on possible exclusions. It appears that French Quarter and Art of Animation may be excluded. I am unable to determine at this time if it's all of the Art of Animation resort or just the Mermaid rooms. Nevertheless, have a backup plan in place if you plan on staying at either of these popular resorts!

Aww was really hoping and wishing for AOA suites to be included, bummer! If anyone finds out fully tomorrow please report back

 

[crazymomof4]

Alligator bayou... Where we stayed and loved it. We are 5 so had no choice, but we were happy.

We are staying there too (unless it's excluded from FD) bc we are also 5. Never stayed there before but from pix, I like it too! The refurbished rooms look WAY better than the old design. Nice improvement IMO. I've heard the grounds are lovely and peaceful. It's many persons favorite resort section.

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

Sorry but what is an ab room?

Alligator bayou room its very log cabin like i hate them lol. I much prefer the mansion section

 

[BriarRose924]

Hi. My first post on this thread and I don't post here much at all so I hope this isn't a dumb question to ask. We are booked for September already. Free Dining would be a great perk to get. But I was trying to figure out how to run the numbers. Is there a way to see what the rack rate cost is for the resort? I'm just wondering if I can see what the savings REALLY will be if we get FD and the room cost goes up. Thanks

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

We are staying there too (unless it's excluded from FD) bc we are also 5. Never stayed there before but from pix, I like it too! The refurbished rooms look WAY better than the old design. Nice improvement IMO. I've heard the grounds are lovely and peaceful. It's many persons favorite resort section.

I didn't know they refurbished them i stayed in them 5 years ago and was rather disappointed in comparison to the mansion rooms. I will have to look at the refurb pics now u have me curious

 

[DisMama5]

Question... I saw some of you discussing using a TA or not. My question is- if you do use a TA can you still book your FP+ reservations yourself? I have always had hard time pulling up my reservation besides dining. Not sure why. So I'm worried if I book through my TA (who has been awesome on our past trips) will I have an issue making my FP+ reservations rather then if I did it myself via Disney directly.... I'm debating this time around but she truly has been a huge help because of her I've never had to sit on the phone for hours for FD lol but if it's going to effect fp+ and linking things maybe I will take control this time... Anyone know?

 

[TheRatPack]

All of the dates are expected to be released. My theory is that Disney wants to lock people into a stay prior to Universal's expansion opening.

Cool, thanks again. I guess I'll write down the GP release date and call. Hate that in all the years we've had a Disney Visa we've only been able to book early one time using it. Crossing my fingers that the GP release date has what we need.

 

[smitch425]

Cool, thanks again. I guess I'll write down the GP release date and call. Hate that in all the years we've had a Disney Visa we've only been able to book early one time using it. Crossing my fingers that the GP release date has what we need.

Hopefully your card makes it to you before Wednesday. Good luck!

 

[mcwheelee]

Hi. My first post on this thread and I don't post here much at all so I hope this isn't a dumb question to ask. We are booked for September already. Free Dining would be a great perk to get. But I was trying to figure out how to run the numbers. Is there a way to see what the rack rate cost is for the resort? I'm just wondering if I can see what the savings REALLY will be if we get FD and the room cost goes up. Thanks

Just go to the Disney site and price it out using your dates, tickets and resort...no special offers, no dining.

 

[wdw4rfam]

I didn't know they refurbished them i stayed in them 5 years ago and was rather disappointed in comparison to the mansion rooms. I will have to look at the refurb pics now u have me curious

We love the AB rooms, they are really nice. We never stayed there before the refurb, but have been there twice since. Not too rustic, trust me, I am NOT an outdoors person, we really liked the Princess and the frog theme.

 

[wdw4rfam]

By this time tomorrow, hopefully most of us DV holders will be booked or on hold...............

 

[BriarRose924]

Just go to the Disney site and price it out using your dates, tickets and resort...no special offers, no dining.

ohh ok great! thank you! I knew it was probably easier than I was thinking hahaha

 

[noelle8818]

Last year we had two rooms at POP and upgraded to the DDP and it was still cheaper than AoA

Oh wow! Thanks!

 

[dreamvaca]

You will have no issues - just tell you agent you want to book your fp reservations yourself

 

[StarDreamer]

I am so bummed that porfq might be excluded that was my backup to por standard room i was thinking of staying riverview at por but afraid i will get stuck in an ab room i don't like them at all. Would i have a better chance of not being placed in an ab room if i book riverview or garden view?

You can request a mansion building room instead of alligator bayou. That's what I was going to do when we had originally planned on staying at POR. You can make the special request with your reservation or fax one to the resort. More info here www.portorleans.org

 

[Dancegrl624]

Question... I saw some of you discussing using a TA or not. My question is- if you do use a TA can you still book your FP+ reservations yourself? I have always had hard time pulling up my reservation besides dining. Not sure why. So I'm worried if I book through my TA (who has been awesome on our past trips) will I have an issue making my FP+ reservations rather then if I did it myself via Disney directly.... I'm debating this time around but she truly has been a huge help because of her I've never had to sit on the phone for hours for FD lol but if it's going to effect fp+ and linking things maybe I will take control this time... Anyone know?

You can do the FP yourself or have your TA do it for you. You just have to login to your My Disney Experience account. Dining isn't always easy to book through MDE, but FP is very easy.

 

[gweninwb]

Anyone know if you can add a guest later if you get free dining? As of now it will just be my two boys and I but it's possible that one of their aunts or cousins will end up joining us. Will that person get free dining too if we add them after making the reservation?