bluezy
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- Sep 7, 2008
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Ok, I'm shaking my head in disbelief over how some people are so blinded by "free dining" that they don't even realize that they are losing money on the deal. I know it can be a good deal for some families depending on several factors (it saved us over $1,000 the year we used it. A room discount for the same trip would have been around $400 so it *was* a good deal for us on that trip.) I was reading some comments on a Disney-related FB page and one woman was talking about how it will just be her and her husband on the trip this fall and she was so happy to get free dining. It sounded like they've been to Disney several times in the past so she's not a newbie. She talked about how she and her husband spent nearly 3 hours each trying to get through to Disney this morning. When she finally got through there was no availability at Pop Century. Their next choice was ASMovies which was also not available. They finally ended up booking a Cars Suite. She said it's not really what they wanted -- that they don't need that big of a room since it's just the 2 of them -- but she was so excited to finally be able to get "FREE" (quotes are mine) Dining. I wanted to post, "You do realize that you just spent an extra $150+ a night to save $88/night, don't you?????" They could have booked a room at Pop without free dining; paid for the regular dining plan; and still spent less than what they're spending for "free dining" in a Cars Suite. Do people not have calculators?????
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