Free Dining POP then to BLT Question

[curemyreed]

Thinking about changing our plans from a 7-day, 6-night Free Dining plan at the Pop Century. Instead we would check in POP Thursday, check out Sunday using Free Dining. Then check-in at Bay Lake Tower studio with rented points on Sunday and check out of there on Wednesday. Doing it that way has me WAAAAY confused!!!

Here's what I need to know:

1. Can I purchase 7 day MYW w/ PH tickets when buying the FD vacation even though I would only be staying at POP for 4d/3n with Free Dining? In other words can I purchase length-of-stay MYW PH for a split-stay between POP and BLT which was not booked through Disney reservation directly ? I know Free Dining is NOT an option for DVC stays, but I do want to enjoy the cost savings of a 7 day ticket vs. buying a 4 day AND a 3 day ticket.
Not understanding how that would work, really, as the tickets were actually cards linked to our room last time. Would I just take that POP card to check-in at BLT and they put the remaining days onto our KTTW issued at BLT? Or..does the computer system show all this somehow...and if so do I show up on both systems....CRO-booked POP and owner-booked BLT?

2. Is Free Dining for each day or each night of stay?

3. Who's the leader of the club that's made for you and me? Just seeing who's still paying attention after that mind-numbing first question!

TIA!

 

[n2mm]

I'll try to help since I've done this. Yes you can buy a 7 day ticket and when you get to BLT the front desk can take your remaining days off and put them on your new BLT KTTC (we did this last August with a 2 night stay at Pop and a 6 night stay at BCV). The FD would only be based on your nights (3) and have to be used by midnight of your checkout day. What you propose is what we do often. Keep in mind, you can just buy a one day base ticket and just upgrade it at the resort after checking in too.

Generally we get a room (AP) for one night and buy the delux ddp. (We have no ticket requirement, so that doesn't come into play.) Then we move to our DVC resort the next day. This gives us our first and second days to use 3 TS credits. We generally will eat at some of the better places, then once we are in our DVC resort we eat some of our meals in our room and dine at the less expensive places (like 50s PT, Whisp.Canyon, Cap. Grill, GF Cafe). This works perfectly for us, since with the delux dine we also get our mug, which we carry with us through the move to the DVC resort.

 

[winterman]

n2mm is correct. We did exactly what you want to do in Sept. But we started with 5 nights at ASMu with free dining and 8 day tickets. Then we moved to POFQ (room only) for 5 more nights. The concierge desk in the POFQ moved our remaining tickets to our POFQ KTTW. And we used our remaining dining credits before midnight of the day we made the switch.

 

[curemyreed]

Thank you both for answering my questions!