Free Dining 8/26-9/22-Anyone Else Hear This?

[Goofy4Disney!]

I'm hoping for free dining as well, unfortunately our trip dates are Aug 18-26th so if the rumors are true, I'll miss the free dining period anyway .

But what is this 40% discount I keep hearing about. I booked my whole package (two actually, because we need two rooms) at full price, no discounts anywhere. Can someone fill me in? And I have AAA, should I have booked thru them instead, I've just always liked booking my own trip better. Gives me more confidence that everything is as I want it to be.

TIA

 

[kparc]

But what is this 40% discount I keep hearing about. I booked my whole package (two actually, because we need two rooms) at full price, no discounts anywhere. Can someone fill me in? And I have AAA, should I have booked thru them instead, I've just always liked booking my own trip better. Gives me more confidence that everything is as I want it to be.

TIA[/QUOTE]

AAA has the 40% discount on certain resorts. CBR has the 40% discount, however, CSR does not. That's about all I know, cause that's all we've looked into. We really want the Free Dining for the middle of August. Disney's Million Dreams looks like it is falling one Dream short!

 

[kparc]

But what is this 40% discount I keep hearing about. I booked my whole package (two actually, because we need two rooms) at full price, no discounts anywhere. Can someone fill me in? And I have AAA, should I have booked thru them instead, I've just always liked booking my own trip better. Gives me more confidence that everything is as I want it to be.

TIA


NEVERMIND!!!! GOT THE DISCOUNT WRONG!!!!! We did look into booking through AAA and got a reduced rate at CBR compared to what Disney Reservation was offering. The 40% discount was a post card Disney sent out early in the year. We didn't receive one.

Sorry about that.

 

[monami7]

today i called and made my 10 days of adr's.
i asked the cm about the free ddp.

he told me it will be a disney visa free dining promo that runs all of sept and into the beginning of october. i told him i read a message board and the impression i received from that was aug to sept 22.

he said he was familiar with the disboards but what he was informed it will not include august for the promo.

i wish the cm's would get their stories straight!
now i am confused ....

he told me to switch to a package once the promo comes out and my adr's are tied to my name and phone number so i don't have to call back for new adr's.

he ended the conversation by telling me to watch for the disney visa promo. to check the website for more info when it comes out.

I was told almost word for word this exact thing except that it was not just visa holders. My CM said yesterday that it was to be anounced anyday now on disneyworld.com and to watch for it and call back to have our ressies switched to free dining. I specifically asked if I would need to rebook and he said no that it would be applied and I would just have the DDP amount deducted from my bill. He did stress to call back as soon as it was anounced though.

 

[macraven]

I was told almost word for word this exact thing except that it was not just visa holders. My CM said yesterday that it was to be anounced anyday now on disneyworld.com and to watch for it and call back to have our ressies switched to free dining. I specifically asked if I would need to rebook and he said no that it would be applied and I would just have the DDP amount deducted from my bill. He did stress to call back as soon as it was anounced though.

i called back to disney today and the same thing was said again to me except this time the cm told me the disney visa holders would have maybe 3 days to book in before the general public could book with that code for the free dining. the cm said anyone can use the code for the free ddp but it would be offered to disney visa holders first.

 

[MouseTriper]

IF the free dining is offered again, can one book a trip with the free dining online or do you need to call or go through a TA?

Thanks!

 

[Alisha's mom Sarah]

So April 12th is a Wed. Maybe the Visa holders will be able to make ressies starting Monday the 9th.. And my 2y/o will be at her grandparents so I can get up bright and early with only my 3 month old to deal with!!!!

 

[mking624]

IF the free dining is offered again, can one book a trip with the free dining online or do you need to call or go through a TA?

Thanks!

I do know that you cannot book it online....CRO needs to be called. Now whether a TA can do it or not, I really don't know.

 

[mking624]

So April 12th is a Wed. Maybe the Visa holders will be able to make ressies starting Monday the 9th.!

Actually April 12th is a Thursday. But assuming that Visa cardholders are given a 3 day window that others have mentioned, Monday (the 9th) does make sense. This is all hypothetical of course.

Does anyone remember how long the window was for Visa holders last year? We didn't make a decision about it until a month after it started being offered, so I really can't remember.

 

[TravelinGal]

Now whether a TA can do it or not, I really don't know.

Of course a TA can book it! I don't recall ever seeing a package offered from Disney that I couldn't book for a client.

 

[DisneyDizzy]

IF the free dining is offered again, can one book a trip with the free dining online or do you need to call or go through a TA?

Thanks!

I don't know about this year but we booked free dining online last year without any trouble at all. Then again, we didn't want anything special. Just a value resort and a standard room.

 

[Alisha's mom Sarah]

Actually April 12th is a Thursday. But assuming that Visa cardholders are given a 3 day window that others have mentioned, Monday (the 9th) does make sense. This is all hypothetical of course.

Does anyone remember how long the window was for Visa holders last year? We didn't make a decision about it until a month after it started being offered, so I really can't remember.

Well that will teach me to look acroos the room at a calendar..

 

[DisneyMom5]

IF the free dining is offered again, can one book a trip with the free dining online or do you need to call or go through a TA?

Thanks!

In the past, when there were similar specials, there would be a special link on the WDW website that would put the code in for you and give you the prices. Don't know if there will be this time.

 

[MouseTriper]

I do know that you cannot book it online....CRO needs to be called. Now whether a TA can do it or not, I really don't know.

Thank you so much. I was wondering about that.

 

[MouseTriper]

Of course a TA can book it! I don't recall ever seeing a package offered from Disney that I couldn't book for a client.

Great, thank you!!!

 

[MouseTriper]

I don't know about this year but we booked free dining online last year without any trouble at all. Then again, we didn't want anything special. Just a value resort and a standard room.

Hmmm...cool, thank you!!!

 

[MouseTriper]

In the past, when there were similar specials, there would be a special link on the WDW website that would put the code in for you and give you the prices. Don't know if there will be this time.

That would make it easy!!! Thanks for the information! I so hope they offer Free Dining!!!

 

[macraven]

Actually April 12th is a Thursday. But assuming that Visa cardholders are given a 3 day window that others have mentioned, Monday (the 9th) does make sense. This is all hypothetical of course.

Does anyone remember how long the window was for Visa holders last year? We didn't make a decision about it until a month after it started being offered, so I really can't remember.

two years i did the free dining with the disney visa card. i believe it was either a 2 or 3 day closed period to book for the visa card holders, after that it was open to the general public.

many many people took advantage of it when it went to the general public.
and i believe it had a window of 6 weeks to book it in.

i can post here if i see it announced on the disney visa card holder site.
i'm sure it will also be listed on the disney website at the same time.

we hear so many rumors, who knows which ones will be the one we have been discussing. just a wait and see thing for us now.

 

[DisneyMom5]

Other than the possible unhappy people due to the dates, do you think we will be all one big peace and love party when free dining finally does come out? "Can't we all just get along?" LOL



Peace....Love....Free dining....

I do believe in free dining, I do I do....

 

[Flametamr]

I kinda snoozed and just got my Disney Visa opened today. I should be okay to get in on the window before the free DDP goes public. Just don't know if I'll get the email before hand. I'm replanning my August trip to mid September for the free food. With 3 adults and a teen I should save near a grand.