Next trip is November 2015' who's going us?

[mjallemand]

Last year all of them were included except for Art of Animation Little Mermaid rooms and AllStar Movies.

Cool. Ideally a Little Mermaid room was our first choice, but we can switch to Pop Century if that means saving a bunch of money in the process.

 

[amber_cntrygrl]

Cool. Ideally a Little Mermaid room was our first choice, but we can switch to Pop Century if that means saving a bunch of money in the process.

Hopefully one day, once the new has worn off, Little Mermaid will be included. I don't see that happening any time soon, but I'd love to stay there too, because that's my favorite movie..but I love getting free dining more.

 

[italian alps]

So excited to plan our November trip. i think I'm becoming obsessed with this site and a few hundred others!! A couple questions.....what is the VISA offer and what are the bennies and what/or who do you have to be to get a PIN? thanks!!!!

 

[loveshak22]

So excited to plan our November trip. i think I'm becoming obsessed with this site and a few hundred others!! A couple questions.....what is the VISA offer and what are the bennies and what/or who do you have to be to get a PIN? thanks!!!!

Nobody knows how PINs are distributed. There are a lot of theories but at the end of the day some people get them and some don't. Some have said they went online and ordered a vacation planning DVD from Disney and then got a PIN. One time I booked ADRs and not a resort and then I got a PIN (my theory is they knew I was coming but assumed I was staying offsite so they were trying to entice me with a discount). Late Fall last year I logged into my account and started looking at resorts this Fall hoping it would trigger them to send me a PIN...but nope! Haha - I tried!

The Disney Visa Rewards card is a Chase Visa credit card. There's the basic with no annual fee and the premier with a $49 annual fee I think. That the one I have. The benefits are you can sign up and get a signup offer. Sometimes it's $50 statement credit for the basic and $100 for the premier. And they wave the annual fee for a year. Now I think I saw the other day it was $100 statement credit for the basic and $200 for the premier. Sometimes people get offers in the mail for signup offers of up to a $250 Disney Gift Card. Then with the basic card you get 1% on purchases towards reward points to use for anything Disney related. With the premier card you get 1% on most purchases but 2% on Disney purchases, gas, and groceries. And you can use your points for Disney purchases or flights. I've done both. And a lot of times Disney special offers open up to cardholders a week before the general public. And you get 15% off tours and 10% off some Disney restaurants.

It's not the best rewards credit card overall but if you are planning a Disney trip it can help a lot.

For example, you are going in November. If you opened up the premier card now you'd have to meet whatever purchase requirement they have for the $200 credit and then you could go purchase one set of tickets - say a 3 day park hopper set which I think runs around $360, give or take. Apply the $200 credit and you'll pay $160. If you are married your spouse can do the same thing and you'll save $400. Then between now and when you have to pay your vacation in full you put all your purchases on this card. Let's say with gas, family groceries, dining, cell phone bills, etc. you spend $2,000 a month. That's a minimum of $20 in rewards, but since groceries and gas are 2% it will be more - probably $30. Let's say your 45 day mark for your trip you have to pay October 1 then between May and September you earn $30 x's 5 months you'll earn $150 towards your vacation. I say September because you have to order a redemption card and have enough time for it to be mailed to you by October 1. I wish they could just link the two systems so they could apply the credit through the Disney travel line so you didn't have to make sure to order the card in time, but they can't yet. Then once you purchase your vacations, let's say it's $2,500, you'll get 2% points on that for $50. Then you can earn some more before your actual trip and get another redemption card at the park for a little extra pocket money.

So this is just an example. Your spending habits may or may not make it worth it and you must, must, must pay the card off on time every month or the interest will outweigh any savings benefit you earn from points.

If you have good credit you can also look at an airline based credit card and can usually get enough of a signup bonus to pay for a couple of tickets!

Edit: I just went and looked on the website and you can earn 2% on dining on the premier card as well. But the signup bonus is the standard $50 for the basic card and $100 for the premier. Not the $100 and $200 I stated above, although I do see that on occasion.

 

[ahiller12]

We'll be there for our first trip from Nov. 14-21, staying in a 1-bedroom at BLT. Really hoping for a room discount or free dining, but those are our dates no matter what! Hoping crowds will be light!

 

[ThistleMae]

I am booked at Poly for Nov. 18 to 28th. Waiting for Southwest to come out with their Nov. rates....on May 14th! I booked through a travel agent and got a really good room rate. FD isn't allowed with this rate, but that's okay.....we are paying for food out of pocket. May 21st we will be able to book our ADR's. I have my list ready to go. Does anyone know where to look for the November 2015 calendar for park hours and the Christmas Party?

 

[vicarrieous]

I am booked at Poly for Nov. 18 to 28th. Waiting for Southwest to come out with their Nov. rates....on May 14th! I booked through a travel agent and got a really good room rate. FD isn't allowed with this rate, but that's okay.....we are paying for food out of pocket. May 21st we will be able to book our ADR's. I have my list ready to go. Does anyone know where to look for the November 2015 calendar for park hours and the Christmas Party?

November hours aren't out, but the MVMCP dates are already out. You can find them on Disney's website under special events.

 

[Trinity88]

We'll be there for our first trip from Nov. 14-21, staying in a 1-bedroom at BLT. Really hoping for a room discount or free dining, but those are our dates no matter what! Hoping crowds will be light!

We'll be there Nov 11-19 staying in a 1-bedroom at BLT too! We rented dvc points, so can't use free dining, but hopefully it comes out for you! Crowds should be light at that time too.

 

[Funfire240]

Hopefully one day, once the new has worn off, Little Mermaid will be included. I don't see that happening any time soon, but I'd love to stay there too, because that's my favorite movie..but I love getting free dining more.

It is a beautiful resort IMO. We stayed there the first week the LM rooms opened (was awesome knowing we were in a brand new room!). Somehow thanks to these boards I managed to get my free dining switched to there from ASSp when they opened up reservations for the rooms. I know we were lucky to get that! My DS, now turning 5 in 2 weeks, was just about 2 1/2 so he doesn't remember staying there and was going crazy over the pictures of the resort. DD and I would love to stay there again but can't seem to convince DH to without any type of discount.

On another note - we finally have our dates set at October 31 - November 8!!! Now I just have to figure out where to stay...

 

[Peytonthe1st]

Our family is cruising on the Fantasy from 11/28-12/5 and planning a week (almost) at WDW beforehand. Right now it looks like we'll be arriving on 11/22 and checking out 11/28 (morning of the cruise). I am still researching and planning and have not booked anything except the cruise just yet. It will be our first trip to WDW.

 

[ThistleMae]

Our family is cruising on the Fantasy from 11/28-12/5 and planning a week (almost) at WDW beforehand. Right now it looks like we'll be arriving on 11/22 and checking out 11/28 (morning of the cruise). I am still researching and planning and have not booked anything except the cruise just yet. It will be our first trip to WDW.

Wow...super nice combo vacation! Pace youself, you will get tired!

 

[vicarrieous]

I lied! November hours are out Check them out too!

 

[Peytonthe1st]

Wow...super nice combo vacation! Pace youself, you will get tired!

I'm a marathon runner, we don't get tired! Ha!

No, but seriously, the reason we booked the cruise to occur after our WDW trip was so we would have sea days to relax. We are no strangers to "busy" vacations. They fit our family's collective personality. =)

 

[wehrengrizz]

November hours aren't out, but the MVMCP dates are already out. You can find them on Disney's website under special events.

I am booked at Poly for Nov. 18 to 28th. Waiting for Southwest to come out with their Nov. rates....on May 14th! I booked through a travel agent and got a really good room rate. FD isn't allowed with this rate, but that's okay.....we are paying for food out of pocket. May 21st we will be able to book our ADR's. I have my list ready to go. Does anyone know where to look for the November 2015 calendar for park hours and the Christmas Party?

There's a thread on here too that has the dates listed out. I saw yesterday you can book your tix for MVMCP too!!

 

[ahiller12]

We'll be there Nov 11-19 staying in a 1-bedroom at BLT too! We rented dvc points, so can't use free dining, but hopefully it comes out for you! Crowds should be light at that time too.

We considered renting but paying in full with no cancellations and having to get trip insurance made me nervous. If FD or a room discount comes out, then I think it will be close in price, but if not, then I am paying way more than I need to be which will make me not happy.

 

[kingd4066]

We are booked for Nov 12-18th and HOPING for Free Dining or a pin code. Complete newbie here so not sure I have a chance at a pin code, but one can dream

I booked our trip a few years ago, we went loved it and immediately started the planning for the next year. I have booked 2 trips since then, I signed my husbands email up with a MDE account after our first trip and he now gets a "Unique Offer Code" every season. It was how we were able to book POR last year when they took away Riverside with the General Public and Visa offers (we are a family of 5). We got a FD UOC last year for this May as a "Come back to the magic offer". I get so mad at him for getting those codes!! LOL Not really, I reap the benefits too! Good luck to you I hope you get some Pixie Dust! (I hope we get an offer soon!)
CBR 11/13-11/22

 

[boundfordisney]

we will be there from November 28th to December 5th, still trying to make my mind up on which resort!

 

[mjallemand]

Alright, just mapped out my itinerary for the week; or at least the "Which park we'll be at on which day" part of it. I still need to fill in the blanks for restaurants between now and May.

 

[mjallemand]

We'll be there for our first trip from Nov. 14-21, staying in a 1-bedroom at BLT. Really hoping for a room discount or free dining, but those are our dates no matter what! Hoping crowds will be light!

Why are so many posters in this thread booking and THEN hoping for free dining? Surely you should be doing that the other way around, no?

 

[kidsfirsttrip]

Another November hopeful. Waiting to book if free dining or a pin comes our way. Otherwise will probably wait until Jan 2016 or even Nov 2016. Our tentative dates are 11/12-11/21. Went just about the same time last year. I found it more crowded than I expected but I hadn't been since the millennium! We followed Easywdw recs and did really well. Stayed at CBR hoping for POR but would settle for CSR. If the price is right would def do CBR again.