Has Disney announced buffet surcharges for 2010 yet?

[Tiger926]

Have we seen any confirmation that Disney will have buffet surcharges as they have the past few years? I know they've raised the DP with tiered pricing, but what about those who don't get the DP? I would think they would be doing surcharges again? We stopped getting the TIW card as we go in July as I'm a teacher, so hit July 4th blackout date, but we also would hit the surcharge rate for the time we are there in July as we go for 2 weeks. Being DVC we are being told that we aren't subject to tiered pricing, but I was wondering about the buffet surcharges as I like to have all options open to us as we eat at least 1 TS per day, and sometimes 2 on certain days.

Anyone know, Tiger

 

[Tiger926]

No one knows about the buffet surcharges for this year? Hmmm...when has Disney normally announced these? An extra $4-$5/per adult at each meal really adds up.

Thanks, Tiger

 

[TDC Nala]

They're probably happening, but can't find the dates anywhere. Probably a week to two weeks around Easter, the period between just before Memorial Day until just after July 4 (in 2009 it was July 11 so look for something similar), and about a week before Christmas until just after New Years.

 

[Tiger926]

They're probably happening, but can't find the dates anywhere. Probably a week to two weeks around Easter, the period between just before Memorial Day until just after July 4 (in 2009 it was July 11 so look for something similar), and about a week before Christmas until just after New Years.

Thanks, Nala. I thought maybe I missed it as we just had a very rough couple of weeks with a death in the family. I guess I didn't miss anything!

I knew about July 9th, as we are always there at that time, but we adjust our dates in July, so at some point, we are hitting most of those surcharge weeks it seems.

Thanks so much for your help - I think we'll stick with DVC DP as we aren't subject to tiered pricing (so far!).

Happy eating, Tiger