FREE DINING for DISNEY VISA CARD HOLDERS!!

[mckinfam]

You have to book six nights to get the free dining? Wasn't it a minimum of three or four nights in previous promotions?

 

[jhaig]

Tried to get FD at Contemporary and had no luck at all. Tried also at BLT and the CM said both of those resorts had no availability for the current FD promo. I'm guessing it's because they don't have trouble filling those rooms without FD so why offer it?

 

[Sunnywho]

no POR rooms for 5 for the week after thanksgiving
I went ahead and cancelled our reservation. Any chance alligator bayou rooms will be offered on Thursday?

 

[DisneyMom5]

You have to book six nights to get the free dining? Wasn't it a minimum of three or four nights in previous promotions?

No, it's three. Disney likes to promote bigger stays by showing more nights in the promo.

 

[NBFUN]

http://www.disneyrewards.com/offers/wdwfreedinejuly12

I booked from Dec. 10-15 (5 nights) for the FD promotion, did it have to be for 6 nights like the link states? The CM had no problem with my 5 nights...

Thanks!

 

[mommyof3princess27]

no POR rooms for 5 for the week after thanksgiving
I went ahead and cancelled our reservation. Any chance alligator bayou rooms will be offered on Thursday?

well if there isnt any availability now, it may be limited or none at all on Thurs

 

[Brave]

I booked from Dec. 10-15 (5 nights) for the FD promotion, did it have to be for 6 nights like the link states? The CM had no problem with my 5 nights...

Thanks!

No, those quoted nights that appear in the verbage on/in Disney advertising are just used as an example. All free dining promos have a 3 night minimum and a 14 day maximum.

 

[TheRatPack]

Guess I'm waiting until Thursday. We have a Disney Visa but they lowered our limit a few years back. It's irritating because now we barely have enough to put down a deposit on our two rooms.....so we've been using our Chase Southwest instead. I called to see if we could just list the card on our reservations (I've seen some people are able to do that and not pay more down) but sadly was told no

I did go ahead and change our dates though....since the free dining dates didn't include our check in dates of the 13th of October. Funny, the CM kept saying December and got me all scared.....I do NOT want to wait until December for my trip LOL

 

[momof2twinboys]

Woo Hoo! Just got an email from our TA that she changed our reservation to FD - I emailed her Friday and told her I would be out of town this week and asked her to check for FD on the 12th - so glad they offered it early for Visa - we didn't have to change our resort.

 

[Disneyfreak616]

Just booked our Free Dining!!! POR RGR December 10th-17th!

 

[smitch425]

Okay, the ticket increase price, has got to be wrong. I just called and added a free dining code to a reservation for Royal Rooms that were booked long before the ticket increases and there was no upcharge for the new ticket prices. If some of you are being told that you are having to pay the ticket increase prices that infomation is incorrect. You need to check your confirmation email and see if your confirmation number is still the same. I hope some unknowing/unknowledgeable CM has not cancelled your old reservation and booked you under a new package with the ticket increase prices. Or just maybe add up the numbers and see if the CM thinks you are being charged the increased ticket prices, but you really aren't.

Ever since they started free dining in 2005, I have booked early every year, before the annual ticket prices increased, and later booked a free dining dicount/code and have NEVER had to pay for the new ticket prices.

Something is not right here . . . .

Just a thought, but I was already booked with a 30% code, and I know I saw others posts that said they were booked with other codes as well before making the switch to free dining. Was the Royal room you got FD for already booked with some other promo or was it at regular prices? Maybe that is why there is a difference.

 

[Brave]

Just a thought, but I was already booked with a 30% code, and I know I saw others posts that said they were booked with other codes as well before making the switch to free dining. Was the Royal room you got FD for already booked with some other promo or was it at regular prices? Maybe that is why there is a difference.

It was booked at full price, no discounts.

I'm on hold for a customer service/CM manager and I'm going to ask what the deal is with the ticket increase prices and applying FD codes to an existing reservation. I don't think they can charge you those increases on an existing reservation that was booked before the ticket price increase. I would have to think that it would be a violation of the Truth in Advertising Act, or at the very least a bad customer service move.

Have you received a your confirmation email of your changes? Did your reservation number stay the same?

 

[Karlzmom]

Question for those in the know....if my DSD and family are coming to WDW for a while to visit us and I wanted to book her for the Free Dining Promo can I use my Visa Card to book now, even though I wouldn't be on the reservation? Or put another way, can you use someone else's card to make the ressie before its released to the general public?

TIA!

 

[smitch425]

It was booked at full price, no discounts.

I'm on hold for a customer service/CM manager and I'm going to ask what the deal is with the ticket increase prices and applying FD codes to an existing reservation. I don't think they can charge you those increases on an existing reservation that was booked before the ticket price increase. I would have to think that it would be a violation of the Truth in Advertising Act, or at the very least a bad customer service move.

Have you received a your confirmation email of your changes? Did your reservation number stay the same?

Reservation # is the same. I priced it on the booking website earlier and did my dates and tickets and it gave me the same price I am paying. Well, technically I had to do the difference between a 10 day ticket option and the 8 day ticket option because it no longer gives a 9 day option, but it all equalled out to my new price. I was going to try to see what the room only and the tickets only would add up to, but now I keep getting an error on the booking site saying page not found.

From my memory, I saved right around $325 on my POP room for 9 nights with my 30% off code, but when I switched to FD today I paid around $445. The CM said my tickets should be the old price (I specifically asked about it), and she thought the difference had something to do with paying the taxes for the QSDP. I think it WAS the ticket increase, not any type of taxes. Let me know what you hear!

 

[denman007]

It was booked at full price, no discounts.

I'm on hold for a customer service/CM manager and I'm going to ask what the deal is with the ticket increase prices and applying FD codes to an existing reservation. I don't think they can charge you those increases on an existing reservation that was booked before the ticket price increase. I would have to think that it would be a violation of the Truth in Advertising Act, or at the very least a bad customer service move.

Have you received a your confirmation email of your changes? Did your reservation number stay the same?

No one is forcing us to pay increased ticket prices. I am guessing since we had a 30% room discount which is no longer any good, that they are booking a new reservation and confirmation number which now has the increased ticket prices.

CM I spoke to said he thought it was due to increased ticket prices but wasn't 100% sure.

I haven't booked with free dining yet so let us know. Thanks!

 

[smitch425]

No one is forcing us to pay increased ticket prices. I am guessing since we had a 30% room discount which is no longer any good, that they are booking a new reservation and confirmation number which now has the increased ticket prices.

I haven't booked with free dining yet so let us know. Thanks!

I kept the same confirmation/reservation# when I switched from 30% off to FD this morning, but I think I did pay the new prices.

 

[FourBees]

I am curious to what you were told Brave because I spoke with a CM and a supervisor and the supervisor was insisting that I had to pay the increase because it was a new promotion. My original package was at full price for rooms and the old ticket prices. I did not have the dining plan added on. Maybe that is it maybe if you had the dining plan included like you were paying for it and then called and they reimbursed your account. I am confused but would love to hear what you were told.

 

[amy1994]

According to Mousesavers, if you are rebooking a package that was originally booked prior to the 6/3 ticket price increase, you will now have to pay the higher ticket price if you rebook with free dining.

 

[smitch425]

According to Mousesavers, if you are rebooking a package that was originally booked prior to the 6/3 ticket price increase, you will now have to pay the higher ticket price if you rebook with free dining.

Good to know that there is some additional confirmation on this from other sites. Thanks for posting!

Also, to the Disboards!

 

[denman007]

I kept the same confirmation/reservation# when I switched from 30% off to FD this morning, but I think I did pay the new prices.

I have no idea what tickets costs but I know the increase was $78.

We have 3 adult 8 day hoppers (no water). Does that come to $78 old vs new pricing?