Question about free dining for a short stay??

[WishingMom]

Silly question??? Can you take advantage of free dining if you are only staying onsite for one night? We are overnighting at WDW before our Disner cruise!

 

[MommyGina]

Here are the restrictions.

Vacation Packages
FREE Disney Dining Plan when you buy a non-discounted 4-night/5-day room and ticket package at select Disney Resorts for arrivals most nights during select dates from 10/2010 to 9/2011.

 

[vicki_c]

The minimum ticket requirement is 2 days. I do not know what the minimum nights' stay are but I don't believe it is 4/5 day thing posted above - meaning you don't have to purchase a full 4-5 day hotel + tickets package to get free dining. The Disney site even says "For example, purchase a 4-night/5-day non-discounted Magic Your Way package at select Disney Moderate Resorts and save $599 for a family of 4."

The new gift card offer does require a 5 night or longer stay.

The DU link I saw does say 4/5 days with a 5 day ticket - not saying that's an example - but I don't think that's right from what I have seen on quite a few other TA links.

Edited: Came back to edit. I found this on Mousesavers:
October 2010 - September 2011 FREE Dining Package

You can get FREE dining when you book a full price 4-night/5-day or longer 2010 or 2011 Magic Your Way vacation package for stays most nights 10/1/10 - 10/7/10, 10/22/10 - 10/28/10, 11/12/10 - 11/18/10, 11/27/10 -12/2/10, 12/10/10 - 12/21/10, 1/1/11 - 1/5/11, 1/9/11 - 1/13/11, 1/21/11 - 2/3/11, 2/11/11 - 2/17/11, 2/25/11 - 3/3/11, 5/27/11 - 6/2/11 and 8/19/11 - 9/29/11.

To qualify, you must purchase a vacation package that includes at least 4 consecutive hotel nights at an official Walt Disney World resort, plus at least a 5-day theme park ticket.

But I'm still skeptical or at least confused. Disney's own site doesn't say this is a minimum in the 2 links I saw (weirdness - I have 2 links that are not exactly the same), just as an example. So I retract my certainty!

 

[Faldred]

I don't have a reference, but I was under the impression that the minimum stay was 3 nights with a minimum 2-day MYW base ticket.

 

[ShellyLynn3630]

I don't have a reference, but I was under the impression that the minimum stay was 3 nights with a minimum 2-day MYW base ticket.

I think that this is it.

 

[GrandFloDrms]

Im pretty sure you only need 2 nights, 3 days.

 

[vicki_c]

I saw a note from Mary W. / Mousesavers in another thread saying she has updated her site to properly reflect the shorter stay/ticket requirements for both free dining and the gift card.