I'm definitely hoping for a
Free Dining offer too, though I won't hold my breath since they haven't done it for May in a while

Free Dining is the only way the Dining plan will be worth it for us.
At least now we know our dates for sure - I had to wait til last Wednesday to bid for my 2014 vacation time, and we got the week we wanted - May 11th to 19th! We're waiting for the discount to come up to book the room though, since I work for a travel wholesaler and book through them instead of through Disney directly, but they have different terms and conditions so they don't just apply a new promo, it's cancel and rebook with fees.
I should have booked our flights as soon as I got my vacation dates booked though, because now the price has gone up over 100$ per person

I'd just figured I'd wait til this coming Thursday, since that's when I'm getting paid for the first time in six months, and I don't like leaving large sums unpaid on my credit card. That'll teach me! Thankfully we should be able to work something out with different routing that won't be too different in price, just a bit more of a headache!