Free Dining question.

[Disme4]

It’s been so long since I have had the Disney dining plan and or the free dining and I can’t remember so I’m reaching out to anyone who knows the answer to this question.
Question is - If a free dining promotion opens up during the middle or end of the week that I have a packaged booked at Disney World, would I be able to try and get free for that entire week?

 

[Lynne G]

I would think you’d have to change to whatever difference in price your package is, versus the free plan one, and the switch in type of free package you want, is available to be booked for your time you are there. But I would think you’d have to have two reservations, I’m not sure you can only add it part of your stay. I think you can only add the day before you check in. Once you checked in, not possible. But you may want to ask Disney that to confirm.

Most free plan packages include rack rate for hotel, and a minimum number of days of park hopper tickets. That may or may not be as cheap as you paying OOP, and keeping your current rate.

But yes, if you do get a free plan, it is good for the number of nights your reservation is for. A 6 night 7 day package, would have 6 credits of dining, per person, and a mug for each in the room, good to use at resort or any Disney resort for around 14 days.

 

[sorahl1]

fwiw - one trip we were arriving a day before the Free Dining started, so we had two reservations - i had to go to guest relations early on the second day and check out/check back in. it worked for us
Good Luck!!

 

[Mle8308]

You would need 2 separate reservations if you wanted free dining that started in the middle of your reservation and you would need to meet the stay/ticket requirements for the package. However, there is no free dining for everyone being offered currently, it ended mid February (the D+ free dining promotion). It may come back at some point. If paid DDP, you would also need separate reservations. You have to purchase (it that is what you want to do) the DDP for your entire reservation/stay. So, to buy it for only part of your trip, you would need separate reservations.

 

[Disneylover99]

If a free dining promotion opens up during the middle or end of the week that I have a packaged booked at Disney World, would I be able to try and get free for that entire week?

No. The free dining promo. needs to be offered on your check in day in order to get it for up to two weeks.

 

[Disme4]

No. The free dining promo. needs to be offered on your check in day in order to get it for up to two weeks.

That’s the answer I was looking for. Thank you very much for this information.

 

[cableguynoe]

Planning on going January 2025. Probably last week.
But our dates are flexible if we needed to adjust to the dining plan if it got us some good savings.

Any idea how soon we might know if it'll be available in January?

 

[Tom_E_D]

Planning on going January 2025. Probably last week.
But our dates are flexible if we needed to adjust to the dining plan if it got us some good savings.

Any idea how soon we might know if it'll be available in January?

I don't believe they have offered "free dining" for January stays, although they have offered a "free dining card" that included some stay dates this past January. The "card" offer has a dollar limit per day and isn't the Disney Dining or Quick Service Dining plan. I believe the card offer became available last September 6. (source)

EDIT: To clarify, the "free dining" offer provides everyone in the room with either the Disney Dining Plan or the Quick Service Dining Plan, based of which category of room you are staying in. The "free dining card" offer gives you a card that has a dollar limit per day (per room not per person) based on the category of room you are in. The card can only be used to purchase food at Disney and related restaurants, food kiosks, etc. If you have more than one person staying in your room, the "free dining" offer is usually the much better deal.

 

[cableguynoe]

I don't believe they have offered "free dining" for January stays, although they have offered a "free dining card" that included some stay dates this past January. The "card" offer has a dollar limit per day and isn't the Disney Dining or Quick Service Dining plan. I believe the card offer became available last September 6. (source)

EDIT: To clarify, the "free dining" offer provides everyone in the room with either the Disney Dining Plan or the Quick Service Dining Plan, based of which category of room you are staying in. The "free dining card" offer gives you a card that has a dollar limit per day (per room not per person) based on the category of room you are in. The card can only be used to purchase food at Disney and related restaurants, food kiosks, etc. If you have more than one person staying in your room, the "free dining" offer is usually the much better deal.

Thank you for the response. The free dining card doesn't sound too bad if it was offered.
I saw free dining for January 2025 and was super excited. But then realized i had somehow stumbled into a UK Disney offer