Free Dining

[Miaka1]

When are u going. We booked CBR

November 13th -22nd

 

[xxDisneyDancerxx]

When are u going. We booked CBR

Sept 27-oct3

 

[pinkle]

Sept 27-oct3

That's crazy. Deluxe will be beautiful

 

[jeanelle]

After seeing everyone having such difficulty with this, I have to say I love my TA. I had a message at 7:27 Eastern Time this morning saying that we had the free dining offer with the same dates and the same hotel and class of room. I am so happy!!!!!

 

[pinkle]

I've been on hold 53 minutes - it is an eery silence.

Keep waiting it took me 90 minutes

 

[Astylla]

I'm just curious, what has been everyone's luck so far? I called in a few hours ago about an existing reservation and the CM (who was fantastic btw) tried to find me so many different options but there was so little available. She even checked the room only discount and that was essentially sold out too! We are going the end of September. I never knew free dining day was this difficult! We've never had discount availability issues and we tend to go at the highest times during the summer.

I got the heads up early on west coast time ( around 3am PDT due to insomnia) and had my choice of moderates and room types online with no issues. I chose CBR Water/Pool view for December 15th-21st.
I think I beat the rush because within an hour or two I saw the boards light up with issues..

I think it heavily depends on dates and so many who are changing their packages to free dining can easily take up those allocated rooms/room types even quicker.

 

[wdiosa]

Do they ever add more rooms if everything books up crazy fast, like it sounds like it has today? Or is that just wishful thinking?

 

[939913Noles]

Over an hour now. This is exhausting. Seriously, I love all things Disney but there has to be a better way.

 

[mummabear]

Well I tried calling several times and gave up on that, it costs me $2 each time it connected to tell me all lines were busy.
Did end up being able to book a package at another value with FD, will have to call later and get our other reservation cancelled if they can't add FD to that one (since my original booking is almost $200 cheaper) and move our 2nd room only reservation to the same hotel hopefully.
Kicking myself as I was up all night with the baby and would have seen this like 8 hours ago if only I had looked in the right thread....

 

[939913Noles]

Closing in on 2 hours. Ugh.

 

[nardoneje]

Started calling at 6:59am this morning (since there was no modify reservation option in MDE for me). Used this number: (407) 939-1936. It took me over 20 minutes of busy signals and messages that they were having phone problems, but I finally got through and sat in creepy silence for 20 more minutes hoping my call wasn't disconnected. We were booked in a Cars Suite at AoA, but there were no Cars specific suites left so I had to book the "Family Suite" category which means they'll stick us in whatever suite is open. Hopefully in a few days some Cars specific rooms will open back up. My boys were really looking forward to it.
Also added another day to our tickets and upgraded to DDP and we are STILL saving over $1,000!

 

[939913Noles]

2 hours and 8 minutes later an awesome cast member named Miranda got us exactly what we wanted. took a long time to get that pixie dust but it was worth it.

 

[Canuck16]

2 hours and 8 minutes later an awesome cast member named Miranda got us exactly what we wanted. took a long time to get that pixie dust but it was worth it.

 

[arthropodtodd]

Was on hold 90 minutes the first time but my call was dropped so i had to call a second time. Ugh. Two hours of busy signal followed by two hours on hold. But got it all worked out and got switched to free dining at Art of Animation starting 10/30. The lady on the phone couldn't find an available suite for the life of her even though the site showed availability. So i had to push her to try again. She told me that she did not know there was free dining until she got to work this morning.

 

[mummabear]

So in my rush to secure a room I didn't notice that we needed to buy hoppers or waterparks and more, hoppers have been chosen-can I change it to wP&M instead?

 

[smitch425]

So in my rush to secure a room I didn't notice that we needed to buy hoppers or waterparks and more, hoppers have been chosen-can I change it to wP&M instead?

Yep

 

[CanadianPaco]

I wonder... does everyone in your party have to have the same option? (I know, I should have asked) DH and I would better use Park Hoppers while the kids would better use the Water Park and More. Curious...

 

[smitch425]

I wonder... does everyone in your party have to have the same option? (I know, I should have asked) DH and I would better use Park Hoppers while the kids would better use the Water Park and More. Curious...

Yes, but it is only around $26 total to add the other option to each person's ticket.

 

[mouseearstx]

I couldn't even attempt to call until after work (close to 6:00 pm). I got the "all circuits are full" message about 8 times before I got throught, but then I was talking to a real person within 5 min. I was worried we weren't going to get what we wanted, but we had no trouble booking CBR, standard view, for mid September. We had already purchased our plane tickets, so our dates were locked in. After reading through everyone's experiences, I realize that we really lucked out!