Is there Free Dining in August??

[MickeyMonstersMom]

I know I've seen threads on the topic, but now that I want to know I can't find the information anywhere! At any rate, I'm at WDW 8/10 to 8/13, and I'm hoping that if there is Free Dining, it won't start until after I leave.

TIA

 

[TDC Nala]

If you mean this year, the booking window has passed for free dining, so it can't be booked for 2008 any longer.

When you could book it, you had to book a rack rate room/tickets package with a checkin on or after August 24, but no later than September 20.

For the time that you are going, the only persons eligible to book free dining were residents of Great Britain.

 

[MickeyMonstersMom]

... a checkin on or after August 24, but no later than September 20.

For the time that you are going, the only persons eligible to book free dining were residents of Great Britain.

Yay! I did not want the Free Dining - I book room-only. I tried Free Dining in its second year (in August) and found the parks were too crowded to enjoy. I was hoping that the promotion started this year *after* I left: hopefully, I'll have lower crowd levels for my stay.

Thank you!

 

[jlewisinsyr]

I don't think the free dining was the cause of the parks being packed. August is still high season but start to slow down until just before Labor Day weekend which then peaks again. After Labor Day weekend, the parks slow down a quite a bit. The days/week you are going is most likely still going to packed and hot!

Restaurants on the other hand are a different story, their capacity level is high no matter which month/day you go because with or without free dining, a lot of people still choose a dining package.

 

[MickeyMonstersMom]

I don't think the free dining was the cause of the parks being packed. August is still high season but start to slow down until just before Labor Day weekend which then peaks again...

I was basing my opinion on just having been there twice in August, once before Free Dining was instituted and once during the promotion (not very scientific!). I know the later in August we go, the slower it will be. I'm just hoping that lots of people who might have gone during "my" week (lol) decided to wait and take advantage of the Free Dining, leaving me with more elbow room.


P.S. Howdy, neighbor! I'm in Cortland...