Free Dining Fall 2015? (and a whole lot more)

[mindy327]

Just booked POP Sept 28th-Oct 2nd.... Crossing my fingers!!! The saving for the 4 of us with free dining will be tremendous! Never done it before so hopping
on for updates. Yippee.

 

[ThistleMae]

Yeah....so many folks are waiting for free dining this fall! My daughter and her family can only go if they get free dining. They are a family of five and the cost is too prohibitive if they have to pay for food. Some families spend $ 7000 to
$ 12,000 for a Disney Vacation. So I'm here with my fingers crossed....so we can all go!

 

[PirateD]

I plan to stay at every resort at least once in my life. We did Animal Kingdom Lodge our first time with my son and I would love to do it again. Our second time wad POR, which I stayed at when I was younger and it was called Dixie Landings. This year might be POR again because it is a GREAT resort, but if FD is not available there we will probably do CBR or CSR

I want to stay at each resort at least once as well. On my bucket list!

Sounds like a great plan to me!!!

Yeah....so many folks are waiting for free dining this fall! My daughter and her family can only go if they get free dining. They are a family of five and the cost is too prohibitive if they have to pay for food. Some families spend $ 7000 to
$ 12,000 for a Disney Vacation. So I'm here with my fingers crossed....so we can all go!

I hope they can go too! It really can make a huge difference!

 

[ammag]

The summer offer that just came out apparently requires that you stay during the entire time of the promotion. I am a little worried because our trip is October 30-nov 8 and November 1-8 hasn't gotten free dining in the last but they usually allow it for your stay as long as you have at least one night during the promo. Anyone else worried?

 

[vrajewski10513]

The room discount? Yes, the room discount its on a day to day basis so if only 2 of your 10 days are within the promo you would only get those two days discounted. Free dining doesnt work the same. As long as you check in during the promotion you will get it for your whole trip.

 

[smitch425]

The summer offer that just came out apparently requires that you stay during the entire time of the promotion. I am a little worried because our trip is October 30-nov 8 and November 1-8 hasn't gotten free dining in the last but they usually allow it for your stay as long as you have at least one night during the promo. Anyone else worried?

Room discounts only apply to dates covered in the offer, with the rest being rack rate. It has been this way for years.

 

[Honeybee83]

Just booked POP Sept 28th-Oct 2nd.... Crossing my fingers!!! The saving for the 4 of us with free dining will be tremendous! Never done it before so hopping
on for updates. Yippee.

You really should wait to book until the free dining promo comes out. The more people who book in advance, the less likely Disney is to offer a promo/ the more exclusions and blackouts may happen. That's why both port orleans resorts were excluded last year. Enough people booked in advance so they didn't need to offer a discount. We know we're going in October, but we won't book until the discounts are released to the public.

 

[petrymom]

I am also waiting to book!!!! I am hoping for free dining also for the week of Sept 19-26th. I need free dining to do Disney. If it doesn't happen, I will be looking into Universal or another Florida option. Fingers crossed and pixie dust........

 

[RedWolf95]

You really should wait to book until the free dining promo comes out. The more people who book in advance, the less likely Disney is to offer a promo/ the more exclusions and blackouts may happen. That's why both port orleans resorts were excluded last year. Enough people booked in advance so they didn't need to offer a discount. We know we're going in October, but we won't book until the discounts are released to the public.

Ditto.... we've done FD in October each year from 2010-2013 (skipped 2014 to do Universal). We all want FD but if everybody books now then there will be no reason to offer it. Not only were there exclusions last year but compared to previous years there were VERY few dates available. It really is better to wait until the promo comes out and then book, yeah you might not get the exact resort you want but having stayed at POR, CBR, and CSR they are all great and better to get any of them with FD than your first choice without FD.

 

[aaarcher86]

You really should wait to book until the free dining promo comes out. The more people who book in advance, the less likely Disney is to offer a promo/ the more exclusions and blackouts may happen. That's why both port orleans resorts were excluded last year. Enough people booked in advance so they didn't need to offer a discount. We know we're going in October, but we won't book until the discounts are released to the public.

That only applies if they aren't going to go without a promotion. If you'll go either way, book whatever you want.

 

[Honeybee83]

Under (a whole lot more), we went last year when DD was 2. She was free entry so we didn't have to worry about her magic band. What do you do for littles who don't want to keep their band on, but need it for park entry and fastpass. She doesn't like to have anything "on" for more than about 30 min.

 

[aaarcher86]

Nothing. Just keep it in your bag or on your arm.

 

[englishrose47]

I would to see FD for the Fall , as my 20 year old GDs want to go FD will be the only way

 

[LouFapp]

Under (a whole lot more), we went last year when DD was 2. She was free entry so we didn't have to worry about her magic band. What do you do for littles who don't want to keep their band on, but need it for park entry and fastpass. She doesn't like to have anything "on" for more than about 30 min.

We peeled the excess part off my sons. It will no longer fit my wrist, so i actually clip it to mine.

 

[Honeybee83]

That only applies if they aren't going to go without a promotion. If you'll go either way, book whatever you want.

I disagree. As much as I absolutely love Disney, let's face it, they are there to make money. The more people who will hold out and wait to book, regardless of if they will go with or without free dining, the more likely it is that better special offers will be made and with fewer exclusions. Waiting for the announcement can only help your odds, booking now can only hurt them. My family is going in October for certain, with or without free dining, but we are still waiting to book.

 

[aaarcher86]

I disagree. As much as I absolutely love Disney, let's face it, they are there to make money. The more people who will hold out and wait to book, regardless of if they will go with or without free dining, the more likely it is that better special offers will be made and with fewer exclusions. Waiting for the announcement can only help your odds, booking now can only hurt them. My family is going in October for certain, with or without free dining, but we are still waiting to book.

That's your prerogative. But I'm not holding out on a booking if I'm going.

I'll book what I want, for when I want, within my budget. If something comes out to lesson the cost, great! If I'm going either way I'm not going to chance not getting what I want.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Most folks who are going anyway want to have something locked down, rather than wait and find out they can't get what they really wanted in the first place. Makes sense. And holdouts on the DIS won't make much difference, this is but a tiny microcosm of Disney guests.

 

[bond24seven]

That's your prerogative. But I'm not holding out on a booking if I'm going.

I'll book what I want, for when I want, within my budget. If something comes out to lesson the cost, great! If I'm going either way I'm not going to chance not getting what I want.

Yea, I am with you on that one... If I am planning a Disney vacation, I am going with or without free dining and will book what I want early. If it happens to come out, and I need to change resorts to get it, as long as it is somewhere I want to stay... Its a blessing!

 

[Honeybee83]

Yea, I am with you on that one... If I am planning a Disney vacation, I am going with or without free dining and will book what I want early. If it happens to come out, and I need to change resorts to get it, as long as it is somewhere I want to stay... Its a blessing!

I understand that feeling. I'm just hoping that any little bit I can do might make a difference, even if it is small. I can understand both sides, and don't get me wrong, it's hard to wait to book. I just know that there are already going to be a ton of people to book early in hopes of getting the free dining. If we can offset the impact of those people, even a little, it's worth it in my opinion. If I can help to influence anyone to wait, and those people influence others too, you never know if it will have an impact overall or not. I hope we all end up getting what we're hoping for, and get to save a bit of money in the process. I am certain we will all have a magical and memorable time regardless. I also know that the free dining can be make it or break it for some families so I guess I'm willing to hold off for a bit in hopes that it benefits us all in the long run, that's all. I hope yall each have fun vacations though regardless of when you book.

 

[SouthJersey]

PIN#'s are sent out before general offers and usually have less restrictions.

Where do they get sent to? I'm an active Disney Visa holder and I've never gotten any promotion in the mail >.< Just the 'benefits' mailer.