******Official 2017 Free Dining Plan Watch, Wait, and Dream

[elle325]

Also the kiddos might have fun with the punch cards.

 

[TeamBlack]

I'll be up Monday morning. But this lack of credible intel is discuraging. IF its a Monday drop, would that imply its a general public offer and not a DV early access?

 

[squirrel]

I like the idea for our next trip because we'll have such a large group and I need to keep track of who has used what. The receipts just tell me numbers and I need to keep track of who has used what because we will have three rooms.

That makes sense for a large group.

I guess for me it's more of a pain since there is only the two of us. Not sure I will even need to keep track if I don't get FD (I have a certain amount that I have figured out, if it's more than that I will stick with the room discount and the Canadian Ticket discount).

 

[Flippinurfins]

Hi all! I'm super new but I'm watching this thread like a hawk! We have the luxury of being super flexible with our travel dates so I'm really hoping to snag free dinning. I've only done free dinning once and it happened to be what looks like a rare offering in February. At the time we stayed at Boardwalk so we got the regular DP. This time we will most likely be in a Value. It sounded like you could upgrade from the QS dining plan to the regular dining plan by paying the price difference. Anyone know if that's accurate? Thanks! Hope we all get some info soon!

 

[squirrel]

Hi all! I'm super new but I'm watching this thread like a hawk! We have the luxury of being super flexible with our travel dates so I'm really hoping to snag free dinning. I've only done free dinning once and it happened to be what looks like a rare offering in February. At the time we stayed at Boardwalk so we got the regular DP. This time we will most likely be in a Value. It sounded like you could upgrade from the QS dining plan to the regular dining plan by paying the price difference. Anyone know if that's accurate? Thanks! Hope we all get some info soon!

You can, I don't have the prices for you. I didn't think it was worth it for me - you also have to add in the cost of the tip for each TS. Even if I get free dining, I will pay for one TS (TH RoL package-breakfast).

 

[Neeky78]

I'll be up Monday morning. But this lack of credible intel is discuraging. IF its a Monday drop, would that imply its a general public offer and not a DV early access?

DV holders haven't had early access to the offer for a while. They accessed the offer at the same time as the general public, but their qualifying dates for fd started a week earlier. So, if for example, the general public could get free dining for check ins starting from 8th of August, DV holders could get free dining for checks in starting from 1st of August. But everyone, general public and DV holders, were all online/on the phones on the same day, scrambling for free dining!

 

[menotyou21]

Wow, really? Is it good for the entire stay, like a week long stay, I should read more into it.

Last year I held a season pass to all parks for SW & BG, but I still had to buy the $35 plan each day. For my family of 6, we bought 4 the first day. Way too much food. My kids are snackers, so rest of trip I bought 2 or 3 per day depending who was going. Every hour at SW is insane. Plus I could grab a plate or 2 on the way to a show or ride. It wasn't a Disney line! lol

 

[menotyou21]

https://www.disboards.com/threads/dining-plan-punch-card.2530536/page-182#post-56757365
I know you weren't asking me, but see if these help! I may have to do something like this. . .

lol. Thank you.....we are all in this together. So any reply is appreciated.

@Azjenn - agreed. I'm far from creative so I'm extra thankful for these types! I deal in numbers not creativity. Lol

 

[squirrel]

Last year I held a season pass to all parks for SW & BG, but I still had to buy the $35 plan each day. For my family of 6, we bought 4 the first day. Way too much food. My kids are snackers, so rest of trip I bought 2 or 3 per day depending who was going. Every hour at SW is insane. Plus I could grab a plate or 2 on the way to a show or ride. It wasn't a Disney line! lol

I thought you weren't allowed to share, otherwise I would totally do it for my niece and I.

 

[menotyou21]

https://www.disboards.com/threads/dining-plan-punch-card.2530536/page-183#post-57195023
Those dis creative people are pretty amazing!

I just read this thread a little......WOW. That thread had been going for 7 years!!!!

 

[menotyou21]

I thought you weren't allowed to share, otherwise I would totally do it for my niece and I.

That's what it says. But the staff would give us extra plates. A couple times they gave us extra rolls because they saw me splitting them up between the kids. lol

 

[Neeky78]

Although I want fd to drop asap, I don't want it to drop just now because the keyboard on my lapdog is playing up!
I've inexplicably lost the keys for 3, E, D and C, which are all in a vertical line.

I'm on my mobile at the moment (I usually am for DIS) but I need my lapdog for MDE!!! The app doesn't cut it!!

I'm not freaking out. Really. I'm not. I'm also NOT hitting the keys so hard it hurts my finger while swearing.

 

[SCBENGAL]

Although I want fd to drop asap, I don't want it to drop just now because the keyboard on my lapdog is playing up!
I've inexplicably lost the keys for 3, E, D and C, which are all in a vertical line.

I'm on my mobile at the moment (I usually am for DIS) but I need my lapdog for MDE!!! The app doesn't cut it!!

I'm not freaking out. Really. I'm not. I'm also NOT hitting the keys so hard it hurts my finger while swearing.

What brand laptop is it? Could be a driver issue.

 

[smallworldnh]

I am Szia

Jó reggelt to you! and Sok szerencsét for free dining!

 

[scrappinginontario]

It sounded like you could upgrade from the QS dining plan to the regular dining plan by paying the price difference. Anyone know if that's accurate? Thanks! Hope we all get some info soon!

Hi, yes it is quite possible to do this and many people do! Our family enjoys table service restaurants and the Break that these five is so we upgeadrveach Year. It's well worth it to us!

 

[Neeky78]

What brand laptop is it? Could be a driver issue.

I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver. I took the keys off and compressed aired them. Rebooted. Removed battery.

As it's a column, I'm resigned to having to remove the keyboard and clean the ribbon.
But I don't really have time for it at the moment.

 

[CK1734]

Think I got everybody!

What are the PMs for?

 

[KimBean]

Hi all! I'm super new but I'm watching this thread like a hawk! We have the luxury of being super flexible with our travel dates so I'm really hoping to snag free dinning. I've only done free dinning once and it happened to be what looks like a rare offering in February. At the time we stayed at Boardwalk so we got the regular DP. This time we will most likely be in a Value. It sounded like you could upgrade from the QS dining plan to the regular dining plan by paying the price difference. Anyone know if that's accurate? Thanks! Hope we all get some info soon!

There is some change too but basically $21 adult, $4 kid

 

[sharonabe]

Hmmm. I have a question here then. I can't eat much off the entree section. Was going to have the other 3 order entrees and I was going to pay OOP for appetizer for my lunch. Will they not let me do that? I can't eat pasta or pizza dough.

You will probably be okay since you are ordering something. They may look at you sternly and say, "you may not share!" but if you explain your not being able to eat pasta or pizza, they should fine with it. What Via Napoli will not let you do is use one credit to feed two people; most other venues have no problem with that.

 

[sharonabe]

TY to the one who told us about paying oop for one person's meal. We will pay out of pocket for my son's meal at the HBD. We already plan two meals being shared. (My hub and I both want the duck, and lamb so we will each get one and share, now we were already going to cut a piece of duck and lamb for the DS to try something new too.)

Sorry, but I'm getting confused with who is who. By looking at your photos, I'm guessing your DS is a Disney adult, so your plan will work. However, if he's a Disney kid and you save his credits, you will have two kid's credits to use and no adult credits to go with them. Also, if you're doing the F! pkg at HBD, they will charge you the F! package price for everyone, no matter what they eat.