Free dining question

[yooperfan]

I'm confused. I am an AP holder hoping for at great rate on room only in Jan.
I know if they offered FD we would have to pay rack rate for the room. My questions...Do you have to buy a 1 day pass if you get free dining? Also, If we went with paying for dining and taking the AP rate instead, would we still have to buy a 1 day pass because it is a package or not?

 

[Sandisw]

AP can book the dining plan without buying the ticket. So, I think you could do it with a room only AP discount.

For free dining, you do have to buy the ticket, even though you are AP holders.

 

[buzznina]

PP is correct AP holders can purchase a dining plan seperately and will not need to buy a ticket. That is what I did for our October trip and I saved about $300.

 

[aubriee]

AP can book the dining plan without buying the ticket. So, I think you could do it with a room only AP discount.

For free dining, you do have to buy the ticket, even though you are AP holders.

True! I'm doing it both ways this year. For my solo Sept/Oct trip to CSR the AP discount beat free dining, so I took the discounted room and paid for the DxDDP (no park ticket purchase required). However, for my Dec CSR trip I have two other adults going with me so free dining was a better deal. I lost the room discount, but got free dining for all three of us. I had to purchase one day park tickets to get the free dining though.