Free dining coming back!

[wintermom]

Yes, you can still get the free dining if is within those dates posted>

I could not keep my AAA discount however. My AAA agent was able to get
me the free dinning but I lost the AAA package rate, still a saving of about
$200.00 for 4 nights at WL.

Good Luck
Wintermom

 

[soccerchick]

I don't know if this helps anyone but I am considering booking the Wilderness Lodge (woods view) for 5 days/4 nites with MYW park hoppers and the free dining and the pricing was around $1490 for 2 adults. My other options were Animal Kingdom for $1360, Pop for $875, Boardwalk for $1785. Right now, I'm booked at the Dolphin for $99 a nite for 4 nites (approx. $500 after taxes & fees) and 5 day park happers are around $230 (total of $460 for 2 adults) each plus airport transportation (around $60, i think). It's a total of $1020.....I'm debating if the free dining is worth it or we should just keep what we have & wing it on the food. Any opinions?

If it is worth it or not totally depends on your eating habits and restaurant preferences. How do you like to spend your time at the parks and resorts? Are you getting hoppers? My family ate very differently (frugally) on our last trip (I was activey losing weight on WW and DD was 2). We also drove down that trip and could leave easily to get groceries, go to cheaper fast food,etc. We ate breakfast in the room each morning (which was fine w/me) except for CRT. This trip we are flying, haven't decided about a car rental yet, and DD is no longer free and our DS2 can eat a lot! We are taking a longer, slower paced trip w/ more breaks built in so the free dining was a no-brainer for our family of four and we booked several character meals. Last trip we budgeted for 4 "nice" meals, 3 of which were character meals. At Le Cellier last trip, just for the three of us (and DD ate off the kids menu) the bill was $100 including tax and tip.

I'd suggest going through your touring plans (they can certainly be sketchy) and looking over the menu on Allears. You can price things out and see if you are better off w/ or w/o the plan.

 

[disneypryncess]

Thank you for your imput! I'm taking my mom, so we are definately having a more relaxing, slow paced trip and we do love the nice sit down meals, so I believe that it might also be the way for us to go!
Thanks again!