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[Momof2J's]

POP Century - Preferred room
12/11/11-12/18/11
6 day tickets w/park hopper
Free Quick Service
Insurance
3A/1C

Rack rate - $3092.39
Free dining - $2267.67
Savings of $824.72

 

[kerplop]

We'll be there at the same time!

Pop Century - Standard View
12/11-19 + 9 day MYW
Upgrade to regular DDP from QS
Insurance from insuremytrip.com + $85
2 Adults only

Rack rate + DDP = $2282.02
With FD + upgrade = $1722
Savings = $560

 

[Skip2MyLou]

POFQ - Standard View
10/27 - 11/5
9 day MYW Tickets
Free Basic Dining Plan
No insurance
3 Adults / 1 Child / 1 under 3

Rack Rate: $4270.84
Discounted Rate: $2921.20

Savings $1349.64

 

[goodferry]

My savings was significantly more with the AP rates, and isn't it odd they were released on the same day!

 

[mbf]

AS Movies- 2 Preferred rooms
12/14/11-12/20/11
7 day tickets w/park hopper
Free Quick Service

3A/2C (1 17 year old/1 6 year old)

Rack rate - $3870.10 (total package)
Total after FD - $3120.90
Savings of $749.20!!

**Not to look a gift horse in the mouth but shouldn't the savings be more? My calculations have 4 QS adults @ 34.99 = 139.96 x 6 nights = $839.76 and 1 QS Child @ 11.99 x 6 nights = 71.94 for a grand total of $911.70 . Am I missing something? Should I call back when the phones calm down?

 

[mom2val]

!

 

[Bilierka]

POP Century Oct 23-28 standard room
2 adults, one child,
5 day park hoppers
Net savings of 230.00(original room ressie was with PIN 35% off, so the savings are not as great as others)

Still I am very happy......

 

[WDW1st-timers]

POR
December 11th to December 22nd
10 day parks
2A / 3C
$5975.00 original
$3423.00 Now

$2552.00 SAVED........... almost $3000.00

Oh yeah....

Also note that we are going to be at Disney on the 9th and 10th but those days are under my room only ressie since I didn't qualify for free dining check in.

 

[Pinnochio]

Didn't get free dining (dates didn't match up) but i did get the AP rate @ the Beach Club...saved $597 on a 5 night/6 day trip in October...i figure the $597 will be used as my FD...wohoo!

 

[momto2inKC]

December 11-18th
Pop Century, standard
3 adults (1 adult, 1-14 yr old, 1-12 yr old)
2 day base tickets
Upgraded from qsdp to ddp
Rack rate $2,261
Discount rate $1,526

 

[KatieCollette]

POR - Preferred room
10.24.11 to 10.31.11
6 days MYW base tickets
Free Dining
3A/1C

Rack rate - $3571.71
Free dining - $2521.99
Savings of $1049.72

 

[KELLY]

AS Movies- 2 Preferred rooms
12/14/11-12/20/11
7 day tickets w/park hopper
Free Quick Service

3A/2C (1 17 year old/1 6 year old)

Rack rate - $3870.10 (total package)
Total after FD - $3120.90
Savings of $749.20!!

**Not to look a gift horse in the mouth but shouldn't the savings be more? My calculations have 4 QS adults @ 34.99 = 139.96 x 6 nights = $839.76 and 1 QS Child @ 11.99 x 6 nights = 71.94 for a grand total of $911.70 . Am I missing something? Should I call back when the phones calm down?

It sound like you have trip insurance added or they magically upgraded you to the regular dining plan. Sometimes things get thrown in or the cm used the wrong code. When we went fromt he kids free promo to FD we were magically upgrade to the RDP even though I told the cm QSDP. I just called back and it was a simple fix.

 

[kctmom]

Original booking (12/22 - 12/29) - 7 nights:
$4135.80 - POFQ Riverview, 8 Day Hopper, DDP (2A/2C) NO PROMO

New Booking (12/17 -12/26) - 9 nights:
$3184.08 - PQFQ Standard, 8 Day Hopper, FD (2A/2c)

Savings: $951.72

 

[disneychick0412]

November 5th-12th
All Star Music-Preferred Room
Regular Dining Plan

Original price $2180
New Price $ 1690.14

Savings of $489.86!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ShellyShellfish]

November 13-24 (11 nights)
All Star Movies - Standard Room
Upgraded to DDP
10 day MYW base tickets
2 Adults
2 Children (1 under 3 years old)

Rack rate: $3,321.36
FD rate: $2,419.69

Savings: $901.67!!!!!

 

[murphnjamie]

Original booking: 10/24 - 10/31
7 nights - Coronado Springs - standard room (30% off code)
2 adults, 2 kids 10 and 7
7 day basic tickets - no park hopper
with basic dining plan = $3,019.72

With free dining:
7 nights - Coronado Springs
$2385.70

Total savings = $634.02

 

[dbennett3899]

Alright so after a rough morning I had to take a break from everything Disney, but I’m better now so here is my rollercoaster ride in a nutshell… Friday I heard about the FD rumor and as Danny became more and more confident that FD was to come out I planned an emergency Disney meeting ( I’m the Disney Liaison for the family). I explained to them the situation and because we had originally planned to go on October 21st it was looking more and more likely that we needed to switch dates to the 23rd to take advantage of FD. So we made the switch, and changed our plans around a bit. We actually liked the new plans better than the old ones , we even saved money on flights. Fast forward to this morning. Woke up at 630AM. Jumped on to Dis and joined all you guys in the wait. Called at 7am, as I’m on hold Dis goes down. Now like all of you, I’m flying blind! I use your guys info all the time. Now I have to rely on other sites, which now are saying that my dates have been blacked out, now I’m freaking out. 2 hours later DIS is back up (kinda) people are saying that there getting FD for my dates and some people are saying that there are not, I finally get a CM who says that my dates are indeed blacked out. NOO! I hang up and notice that the Disney web site was updated and you could now book online. I also noticed my dates were included so I was very confused! I end up booking 3 brand new reservations w/ Free dining, call Disney AGAIN so I can find out what’s going on and to cancel the first reservations. After another 55 minutes on hold I get the NICEST CM I have ever had! She apologized that the first CM had no idea what she was doing over and over, told me that my dates were indeed included and added them to my original reservations, as well as cancelled the new ones that I just created! WOW, talk about your roller coaster ride. So after 4 hours of pure insanity…IM GOING TO DISNEY! And I’m EATING FOR FREE!!!

Thanks Danny for the heads up man!

 

[TheHafflys]

Original booking: 11/13 - 11/19
6 nights - Pop Centrury - standard room
2 adults, 2 kids agegs 2 and 1...FREE
6 day Park Hopper Tickets with Regular dining plan = $2,061

With free dining upgraded from QSDP to Regular Dining:
6 nights - Pop Century, upgraded to Preferred room = $1,522

Total savings = $539!!!

Very happy, thank you Danny for making me aware of this offer. I have been googling for weeks looking for when special offers would come out, and your post was the first I found. I am way too excited again for our upcoming trip. Thank you!!!

 

[mbf]

It sound like you have trip insurance added or they magically upgraded you to the regular dining plan. Sometimes things get thrown in or the cm used the wrong code. When we went fromt he kids free promo to FD we were magically upgrade to the RDP even though I told the cm QSDP. I just called back and it was a simple fix.

Thanks. When I get home and can check my AOL mail I will look at the itemized bill. I checked and we are still showing QSDP (I told the guy we didn't need the upgrade as my fam cannot be trusted to get to ressies) Won't even mention it to my Dh until I figure it out as he is happy enough with what we already saved Thanks for the advice!

 

[disneycrazy2004]

I just booked Free dining for next year
Aug 19 - Sept 1, 2012 - 13 nights
POFQ - $3927.00
2A/2C (will be 14 and 12)
Very excited because I checked the package without the free dining and for the same dates came out to $6607.00
Savings : $2680