Free Dining Card For Ap Members!

[kiddisney]

just one other question on the dining card - does anyone know if you can get it staying at the Fort Wilderness Cabins? A lot of people said that the CM are sometimes not sure about the card, and when I called, they asked for a code, and I told them that it's supposed to be w/the AP, and then they said that it's not available for Fort Wilderness. We're going w/in the right days - but they said that the resort was wrong. Also they said that I needed a code - does anyone have one for this.

thanks in advance

 

[StrwLady]

Congrats to those getting the Dining Card! It's nice to see that Disney is taking care of their AP holders! Now don't for get to keep an eye on the discounts that some restaurants offer AP holders. Most seem to be M-F for lunch but check out the passholder site or your passholder booklet and use your dining card at those places to get a little extra value!

 

[Gator Kate]

The code for AP holders with the dining card is FFD. The same offer for FL residents' is FEV. A few other codes I've come across that don't include dining card are : FEX 9/30-12/23 AP
FEY 9/30-12/23 FL

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

This whole dining card thing is going to be a mess, I'm afraid!

I was booked in Dec. with a AAA rate because there were no rooms with an AP rate. A very nice CM tried and tried to find something for me at Pop with no luck. Today I found that if I add one night I can get the AP rate, and thus the Dining card. I called CRO to book it, they said it wasn't available. Um, is is online! So she told me to book it online.

I booked online, called back to cancel the original and modify the new one to take of the extra night we don't need. Nope. They won't remove the extra night AND the dining card isn't on the ressie. The Passholder site says "call OR click Book Now" for the dining card and AP room rate! So after nearly 40 minutes ont he phone she SAID she got it fixed. But I still have an extra night that needs to be modified off sometime in the near future.

I will keep calling until I get a CM who can take off that 5th night. The dining card promo requires TWO nights, so going from 5 nts. to 4 should NOT mess up the dining card or the room price. We can't go for 5 nights, and our airfare is already booked.

 

[ss0414]

Jackskellingtongirl:
Just a ? you may or may not be able to answer. I'm too lazy to go through the entire thread. I recently booked a Poly resv through the website with the AP discount. My reservation is going to need to be cut short by a few nights. Am I reading your post to say that they won't cut nights out of your original reservation? Forgive me if I'm not understanding, but now I'm nervous. I haven't called disney yet to change the check-out date because I can't decide on how long to stay.
Thanks,
Ruby

 

[DisneyFreaks]

We booked our 2 night stay with the AP discount code that included the free dining card. Our stays are friday and saturday nights. I just read on the Passholders website that the free dining card is for stays sunday through thursday only. Has anyone else been told this? The CM I booked with said nothing about it and told me we had the free dining card. Any thoughts on this?

 

[angey77]

We booked our 2 night stay with the AP discount code that included the free dining card. Our stays are friday and saturday nights. I just read on the Passholders website that the free dining card is for stays sunday through thursday only. Has anyone else been told this? The CM I booked with said nothing about it and told me we had the free dining card. Any thoughts on this?

We are booked for just a Friday and Saturday night and were told we received the free dining card. My email confirmation didn't reflect it, but when I called back, another CM confirmed I do have it. So, I better!

 

[Big Vic]

We booked our 2 night stay with the AP discount code that included the free dining card. Our stays are friday and saturday nights. I just read on the Passholders website that the free dining card is for stays sunday through thursday only. Has anyone else been told this? The CM I booked with said nothing about it and told me we had the free dining card. Any thoughts on this?

I read that too.

I booked a stay online (12/14-17, Fri, Sat and Sun) at the AP rate and it shows a free dining card on the ressie. I also amended a ressie to an AP rate for 10/25 - 29 (Thurs - Mon), it doesn't show a free dining card on the update, and I didn't think to ask when talking with the CM. Guess I need to check on that.

This stuff gives me a headache.

 

[DisneyFreaks]

Our confirmation didn't have anything about the free dining either so my DH called to check and they said it was on there. Now I'm not so sure after reading the passholders site. You would think the CM's at CRO would at least inform guests about these things when they book or check what days the dates fall on. Has anyone staying just friday and saturday nights had it written right on your confirmation? It's starting to worry me that ours didn't.

 

[shoes99]

We have 2 nights at Pop Century 12/13 to 12/15, and 3 nights at Animal Kingdom Lodge, 12/15 to 12/18. We have the AP rate and get $25 with the value reservation and $75 with the deluxe reservation. It is not noted on our printed reservation.

 

[yooperfan]

What is the dollar value of the Dining Card if you are staying at a deluxe and do you get more than one if you are staying, say, 6 nights?

 

[DisneyFreaks]

What is the dollar value of the Dining Card if you are staying at a deluxe and do you get more than one if you are staying, say, 6 nights?

I believe it is $75 at a deluxe resort. And from what I understand it is one dining card per AP booking. We booked two moderate rooms at the AP rate and the CM told us we have two $50 cards added to our reservation.

 

[Babyboo]

I booked an AP rate from 12/17-12/19 should I have got a dinning card??

 

[n2mm]

I had thought of booking this and was crunching the numbers online. Seems you have to check in on the particular day it says and only CERTAIN resorts qualify for this feature. For example, if I checked in at A/S Sports on Dec. 9 for 2 days it's on my ressie, but if I book Pop on Dec. 9 for 2 days it is NOT on my ressie. If I check into the FQ it is not on my ressie, but if I change to check in to POR it is. HOWEVER, if I change my ressie and try to arrive on Dec. 8 to Sports (the one that did offer it) I lost the dining card, because it only works if I checked in on Dec. 9, however I could add another additional night at the end and still get it if I keep my check in on Dec. 9.

The website DOES say only certain resorts have this extra perk and you have to make sure you book a resort that has it available. I see alot of folks on this thread think they might have it, but I don't think so. You need to check to see that you are checking in on the particular day it's offered as the website says you HAVE to be flexible with you dates in order to get this perk. Not sure if many of you have checked the AP website, but you can crunch you numbers there to see if it's available at certain resorts. Once you get the resort you want, you need to select this offer, then the next page will list what the offer is and either says the dining card is added or it will just say AP room discount offer only. This offer is completely different than the regular AP discount offer that is out. Good luck.

THIS IS FROM THE AP WEBSITE

Great rates also available at these resort categories:

Select Disney Value Resorts in a standard room

$59 per night plus tax* for stays most nights: Dec 9 - 15, 2007, Sunday through Thursday stays only
Includes a $20 Disney Dining Card with a 2-night or longer stay.


$79 per night plus tax* for stays most nights: Oct 21 - Nov 3 and Nov 11 -17, 2007, Sunday through Thursday stays only
Includes a $20 Disney Dining Card with a 2-night or longer stay.


Additional per-adult charges apply if more than two adults per room.


*The number of rooms available at these rates are limited. Other room types are available at varying rates. See important details.

The Disney Dining Card is a great way to sample food and wine from around the world during the Epcot® International Food & Wine Festival, or grab a tasty treat during the holidays!

Ask about this special Disney Dining Card offer for stays at select Disney Moderate and Deluxe Resorts during the same travel dates.


Book online now by selecting the "Book Now" button or call (407) 560-PASS (7277)† to make your reservations. Please be sure to mention the promotional code FEM for Select Disney Value Resorts and promotional code FER for Select Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts.

Don't miss this limited offer! Book Now!

THIS IS WHAT YOU RESERVATION WOULD SAY IF YOU GET THE DINING CARD

Disney's All-Star Sports Resort
Date December 09, 2007 Date December 11, 2007
Staying for 2 nights, 3 days
Adults 2 Children 0
Room Type Standard
Room Tickets None
Package Room Only
Package includes This reservation includes one $20.00 Disney Dining Card.

Special Rate Oct. to Dec. Annual Passholder Room Only

 

[shoes99]

I booked an AP rate from 12/17-12/19 should I have got a dinning card??

You have to check in by Dec 15th to get the promotion, and also you have to ask for the special code, it is not automatic...

 

[DisneyFreaks]

All the confusion about this was giving me a headache so I called to double check and explained that our stay is NOT during sunday - thursday. The CM I talked to checked our reservations at CSR for oct 26-28 and said YES we do have the free dining cards. Two of them at $50 each. She stated that as long as we booked with our AP's and used the code for the free dining card offer we would get the DC. She said the sunday through thursday deal was for guests not using the code. Has anyone else called and been told differently?

 

[onehotdisneymama]

We have one ressie for TH-FRI, and one ressie for SAT-SUN, in Dec. When we received our e-mail confirmation both ressies had the Dining Card listed on each one. Very nice to have Disney recognize the APs.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Jackskellingtongirl:
Just a ? you may or may not be able to answer. I'm too lazy to go through the entire thread. I recently booked a Poly resv through the website with the AP discount. My reservation is going to need to be cut short by a few nights. Am I reading your post to say that they won't cut nights out of your original reservation? Forgive me if I'm not understanding, but now I'm nervous. I haven't called disney yet to change the check-out date because I can't decide on how long to stay.
Thanks,
Ruby

Sorry! I haven't been back to this thread for awhile! The rule has always been that you can take nights off if you need to - the CM was just being snarky. I called back that night and another NICE CM did revise the Pop ressie to the dates I needed. BUT in the interim DH decided he wanted to stay at AKL.

That set off a whole other mess. I could book AKL online for the exact dates we needed WITH the dining card. I called and they said there was no availability at AKL. So I went back and booked AKL online. I was able to get our exact dates, add in our Magical Express info, pay my deposit and print out the confirmation that shows a $75 dining card. Our stay is Wed-Sun. I don't recall seeing anything about days of the week when I was juggling all this around, but maybe I just missed it?

 

[dclfun]

I didn't see any restriction regarding days of the week either and booked my ressie online via the AP link. It showed the dining card will be given at check in which I printed out for our records. I've never had a problem modifying a ressie either including taking days off. Adding days depends on availability.---Kathy

 

[DisneyFreaks]

I didn't see any restriction regarding days of the week either and booked my ressie online via the AP link. It showed the dining card will be given at check in which I printed out for our records. ---Kathy

The restrictions are listed on the AP website. I didn't see them either before booking but I've called several times to check and have been told each time that we have the free dining card even though we don't fit into the restricted days listed. I guess we will see at check-in if the CM's I've talked to know what they're doing. Keeping my fingers crossed anyway.