Question about free dining and bounceback

[GenGen22]

Does free dining usually have the same dates as the bounce back offer for free dining? I'm just curios if they add more dates or if it will be the same. I was hoping for free dining either checking in 11/12/18 or 12/11/18 and these days are not on the bounce back.

 

[sharonabe]

Does free dining usually have the same dates as the bounce back offer for free dining? I'm just curios if they add more dates or if it will be the same. I was hoping for free dining either checking in 11/12/18 or 12/11/18 and these days are not on the bounce back.

Free dining does not have the same as the bounceback and is usually fewer dates.

 

[GenGen22]

Free dining does not have the same as the bounceback and is usually fewer dates.

Oh good so, there is still hope for me.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Usually the public offer has fewer dates than the bounceback, not more, and not the same.

I can practically guarantee there will not be FD for a date including an 11/12 checkin, however. That's Veteran's Day Monday.

 

[GenGen22]

Usually the public offer has fewer dates than the bounceback, not more, and not the same.

I can practically guarantee there will not be FD for a date including an 11/12 checkin, however. That's Veteran's Day Monday.

Actually I meant the day after veterans day. Sorry that was a mistake on my part.

 

[GenGen22]

I meant check in on Tuesday 11/13. This is my preferred date.

 

[sharonabe]

Oh good so, there is still hope for me.

Of course there's always hope, but as aurora says, the Nov date is Veterans week, so highly unlikely. Your Dec date WAS included last year, so, fingers crossed.

 

[GenGen22]

Of course there's always hope, but as aurora says, the Nov date is Veterans week, so highly unlikely. Your Dec date WAS included last year, so, fingers crossed.

I did see both of these weeks were included in the last couple of years but when I saw the bounce back dates I got a little worried. Thanks everyone!

 

[revdisney33]

We have had free dining over Veterans Day in 2014 and 2015.

 

[sharonabe]

We have had free dining over Veterans Day in 2014 and 2015.

It was not included in 2016 or 2017. Disney is reducing dates for this, not increasing, so I would not expect it to be included this year.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

You look at that week now and a lot of availability is odd. This suggests either people are booking hoping for FD (self-defeating), or that FD just is not needed to fill units.

 

[DisBuckMan]

You look at that week now and a lot of availability is odd. This suggests either people are booking hoping for FD (self-defeating), or that FD just is not needed to fill units.

If the entire month of January is any indication, I'm not sure Disney needs to offer ANY incentives for guests to visit for a while.

I've been casually monitoring wait times via the app all month, and I've been quite shocked at the wait times...even on attractions with historically short wait times.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

If the entire month of January is any indication, I'm not sure Disney needs to offer ANY incentives for guests to visit for a while.

I've been casually monitoring wait times via the app all month, and I've been quite shocked at the wait times...even on attractions with historically short wait times.

Some of that may be staffing. Maybe. I've heard crowds are nuts all month, though.

I think the public FD offer for late summer/fall will be enough to say they had one, but the behind the promo availability will be laughable, and largely attach to the most expensive rooms.