Park Crowd Levels and Free Dining?

[marshall4539]

Thanks everyone! We have been in Sept twice (sept 2008 and 2010), and the crowds were great... But I am worried that the crowds will be very heavy because free dining will only be 3 weeks long... Which means that people will be changing their dates to fit in free dining...

 

[TheDisney411]

Thanks everyone! We have been in Sept twice (sept 2008 and 2010), and the crowds were great... But I am worried that the crowds will be very heavy because free dining will only be 3 weeks long... Which means that people will be changing their dates to fit in free dining...

Actually, if you check in by the last date of the free dining promo, which a lot of people are doing, you can have the discount applied to your entire stay, up to 14 nights. So essentially, the FD offer will actually encompass up to 39 calendar days.

 

[msjprincess]

I leave on September 3, good timing here.

MTE

We're going 8/22-9/2. We're a party of 8, I don't want to compete with FD crowds to get ADRs.

 

[DebbieB]

Park crowds consist of onsite guests, offsite guests, locals in for the day. It may increase onsite guests but will likely decrease offsite guests (staying onsite instead) and it isn't a big time for locals.