Has anyone gotten a FD or discount for the week of October 14th ?

[maryj11]

I have been hearing that this week is blacked out. My daughter did get a 10% off pin with this week included. 10 % is just not enough for us. I was wonder if anyone else had gotten a pin for this week for a discount or FD ? I'm so hoping that they have .

 

[saskdw]

Oct 5th to 18th is blacked out on my fall/winter PIN for FD.

 

[maryj11]

Yes I know but I was hoping that someone has gotten a different kind that included that week

 

[saskdw]

Pretty sure all the FD PINS they sent out are the same. They don't custom make them for different people. I think the only way you will see FD that week is if reservations are down and they put out a late promo to fill some rooms.

 

[maryj11]

I hope they do, I have no idea why this is blacked out ? The Garnter group is there the 21-25 I think and the PGA is in November.

 

[danceintherain]

Unfortunately, the earliest pins usually have the highest availability. Any subsequent discounts likely will have less availability. A good rule of thumb is that the discounts that are offered to fewer people have the highest availability. The availability left over by the time they get to the general public discounts is generally pared down. The amount of a discount usually goes down as well.

Also, since they allow people to continue getting a package discount for their entire trip if they check in on a day that is included, they seem to stop offering discounts prior to dates that they're expecting the resorts to be filled to capacity. So even though the first few black out dates might not actually be all that crowded, the later ones will be (at the hotels).

Basically, 10% is probably the best you can do for those dates, and even so, since room only discounts don't have the same rules as packages (at least that's what I remember reading), your rate will be calculated nightly, meaning you might only get the 10% off for part of your stay.

 

[summerlady]

This is no longer relevant since I received this PIN way back in January via email: it was for free QSDP for mods and values and free DDP for deluxe. No black out dates, at least as far as I researched, and it was good up until right around Christmas. So of course I grabbed it and booked for this October, arriving on the 15th. Still hoping FD will be offered and I'll switch over, but for now I'll keep what I have. Last year our October week was blacked out, no FD, no room discount...first time in years without a discount of some sort.

 

[TheRatPack]

Some of the free dining pins received covered all dates except some in November. But the majority of them do have those few October dates blocked out

 

[maryj11]

I guess we wont know until they come out for the public

 

[dskib]

I booked back in March for a 30% discount for that week - Oct 15-20. Thank goodness. I thought for sure that it wouldn't be blacked out for free dining this year, but it looks like it is Free dining usually works out better for us as we never stay deluxe, but I'll take the 30%!!

 

[TheRatPack]

We booked the week of the 13th with a PIN too, it was 35% or something like that....and it saved us quite a bit. Still FDing would save us about 700.00 more if I'm figuring correctly. That week is blocked out from what I've been reading though...so now we're debating on whether to change the dates if FDing comes out.

 

[maryj11]

We booked the week of the 13th with a PIN too, it was 35% or something like that....and it saved us quite a bit. Still FDing would save us about 700.00 more if I'm figuring correctly. That week is blocked out from what I've been reading though...so now we're debating on whether to change the dates if FDing comes out.

Same here we would save around $700.00 with free dining. Did you get your pin for 35% a long time ago or recently ? I'm figuring it has been awhile back ?

 

[TheRatPack]

Yea it was a couple months ago, first PIN we'd ever gotten.

 

[maryj11]

Wish we had more than 10 % off

 

[mommyof3princess27]

We booked the week of the 13th with a PIN too, it was 35% or something like that....and it saved us quite a bit. Still FDing would save us about 700.00 more if I'm figuring correctly. That week is blocked out from what I've been reading though...so now we're debating on whether to change the dates if FDing comes out.

If your dates are flexable, and FDing does come out and itll save you more, Id switch

 

[bellemeeko1]

Anyone know why or what is going on that the week of October 13th-20th is blacked out? I know F&W is going on, but even at Shades of Green they have that week blocked out for any kind of discounts.....they usually follow Disney's lead.

 

[maryj11]

I would like to know too. It is odd because I do not know anything that is going on. I have been going to the Offical Disney site checking out different dates to see what types rooms were available and this week has every type available. The week after that does not have some available like for instance I checked AKL poolview and it was not available for the 21st - 26th only bunkbed pool view was. It doesnt seem like a lot of rooms are taken for that week so it beats me ?