The Official Free Dining Watch 2007 Thread

[katieloubear]

Well, Lets just hope it's their idea of an APril Fools joke and will let us have free dining tomorrow!

So could it actually be seen at midnight tonight? ....may become another late night for me..

 

[M2DD's]

After reading about TA(travel agent) sites offering MYW with dinning for the month of September I called my local TA.She said the promotion also showed up in her system and tried to book me a package for 8-30/9-11 and got an error come up. She contacted disney about her system error and they told her the promotion was comming out this week and to try later in the week. They were still updating their system.The default date showed up 8-26. Hopefully the FD will be out this week.Anyone who has time to call their local TA and see what response they get and let us know.To me this makes me that the FD is actually true and not just a rumor.
Hope this helps.
laura

 

[Pooh Friend]

Okay, so today at 7:05am I have my husband call Disney, April 1st (now I realize I was a day early yesterday) and the CM said, "there is no free dining yet, but call back real soon." And this is NOT an April fool's joke!

 

[America]

Where will it show first?
Will it be the Disney website or is it a different site?

 

[mickeyhat]

I'm pretty sure they only allow a certain number of rooms with these deals at each resort at one time. Does anyone know how many rooms they would allow at POP at one time with a free dining offer? We haven't had a problem in the past, but these offers get more and more popular. Just wondering.

 

[lovesdumbo]

If I book a 10 day trip, and length of stay passes are required...will I be able to upgrade those to season passes when I get to WDW? Surely I would be able to do that!!!

I'm sure you will be able to do that.

Thanks so much "lovesdumbo"!!!! Your are definatly right! I hope having 2 ressie won't be too much of a hassle. i.e. let us keep the same room etc

Thank You! Thank You!

You may want to try to get those extra 1 day tickets removed from your 2nd set of room keys so noone uses them by mistake. I had to do it at the resort last year (they couldn't do it at guest relations at a park) and the first person I asked didn't know how to do it but luckily someone overheard and knew how and did it for me.

I don't think they will change the ticket requirement. The whole MYW theme is based on being able to pick the type of ticket that works best for your family.

I believe the limited dates (for the general public) is due to the success of the UK and bounce back programs.

I think the UK deal required length of stay passes.

MY DH and I will be going to the BCV for our second DVC trip. We will be staying in a studio and have invited my son (soon home from Iraq) and his wife. She has never been to the world We are going September 9-16. If they stay with us, that would certainly save them money on the room however they have only been married a year and have never taken a honeymoon. My son can stay at Shades of Green for $79 a night. They can get discounted park tickets, and they will have a car because they are driving from Little Rock. I was wondering if they stayed at a value resort and got free dining if that would be cheaper. They are trying to buy a home so we are looking for the best price! Can someone help me out?

It would definately make sense to stay at Pop with free dining. The dining plan can be a good deal even when you pay 38.99/day for it. So they would only be paying $5 for both of them(the difference between Pop and SoG).

Thanks to your DS for his service!!!

 

[sanbornangel]

So to get free dining, they would have to book a room and a ticket hopper?

 

[lovesdumbo]

So to get free dining, they would have to book a room and a ticket hopper?

Just a 1 day base ticket. $71 per adult. They could upgrade that ticket or use it some other time. It expires 14 days after first use but won't expire if you don't use it.

Unless they change the rules and required a length of stay pass but not too many believe they will do that.

 

[Ladybugsy]

Another question...I still have one day base tickets from last year. I had a season pass last year and didn't need to use them. Now I'm buying ANOTHER base ticket (1 day) for everyone in my family of 5. Is it possible that I could use BOTH 1 day base tickets to upgrade to a season pass? It sure would be nice to get 130-140 dollars off each pass. All of this and free dining...Am I asking too much? lol.

 

[disneyjunkie]

I'm pretty sure they only allow a certain number of rooms with these deals at each resort at one time. Does anyone know how many rooms they would allow at POP at one time with a free dining offer? We haven't had a problem in the past, but these offers get more and more popular. Just wondering.

I'm wondering the same thing. I have a feeling the number of allotted rooms may be low due to the other two programs.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Pop August 26-September 4.

 

[MickeyT]

disneyjunkie,
Love that picture of your son. And by all the trips you show planned, you truly are a disneyjunkie and deserve the best deal possible!!!!

 

[goofy613]

I don't understand how they can offer free dining and only have it limited to so many rooms at each resort. So from reading these boards everyone who has already made a reservation will get the free dining and the people calling to make new reservations may be squeezed out. I never used the free dining since I have not gone to the World during this time. We are planning a trip for the end of September and hoping for the free dining. I just checked my Disney Visa account and it says that there are currently no offers but nothing else on the page. The other day I had different options to look at. I wonder if they are getting ready to announce something. After reading this board and some of the others (that I will not mention) you wonder what the truth is.......Free dining or not.......who will be the first to know or post? I made my reservations but need to make the deposit. I keep holding out until I hear something. But my TA from dreams unlimited said she would apply free dining to my reservation if it comes out. Can she do that after I have paid the deposit on my existing reservation? Maybe I am not making sense but its early and I had a late night....

 

[krystalleigh1]

Ok, I have been watching this thread for a while and have some questions:

First, I keep hearing about people only buying 1 day passes with their package. Are they just going to the World 1 day? Or are they buying the rest of the passes somewhere else to save a little $$? Confused.

Next, since there probablly won't be other discounts at the time, is it better to book with a TA or directly with Disney? Is there a difference? Does it really matter?

 

[HLAuburn]

I don't understand how they can offer free dining and only have it limited to so many rooms at each resort. So from reading these boards everyone who has already made a reservation will get the free dining and the people calling to make new reservations may be squeezed out. I never used the free dining since I have not gone to the World during this time. We are planning a trip for the end of September and hoping for the free dining. I just checked my Disney Visa account and it says that there are currently no offers but nothing else on the page. The other day I had different options to look at. I wonder if they are getting ready to announce something. After reading this board and some of the others (that I will not mention) you wonder what the truth is.......Free dining or not.......who will be the first to know or post? I made my reservations but need to make the deposit. I keep holding out until I hear something. But my TA from dreams unlimited said she would apply free dining to my reservation if it comes out. Can she do that after I have paid the deposit on my existing reservation? Maybe I am not making sense but its early and I had a late night....

I don't think it's a given that if you have an exisiting reservation, you can autmatically apply the FD code to any reservation. (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). From my experience, the FD code (and other codes) are put out to fill up available rooms. Just because you have a standard booked at WL, for instance, doesn't necassarily mean the code will be available that room.

Am I missing something?

 

[n2mm]

Another question...I still have one day base tickets from last year. I had a season pass last year and didn't need to use them. Now I'm buying ANOTHER base ticket (1 day) for everyone in my family of 5. Is it possible that I could use BOTH 1 day base tickets to upgrade to a season pass? It sure would be nice to get 130-140 dollars off each pass. All of this and free dining...Am I asking too much? lol.

Sorry, but you can only upgrade one ticket per ticket. Looks like you'll be holding another one day ticket for awhile again. We still have one from last summer, but will be using it to renew my AP later this month.

 

[mickeyluv]

Has anyone ever seen a WDW offer come out in the middle of the day? I know that we were all hoping to get up this morning and see an offer on Mousesavers or Disney Visa Offer website, but could an offer come out maybe after lunch or so? Just wondering if anyone has ever seen this happen before?

 

[n2mm]

I don't think it's a given that if you have an exisiting reservation, you can autmatically apply the FD code to any reservation. (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). From my experience, the FD code (and other codes) are put out to fill up available rooms. Just because you have a standard booked at WL, for instance, doesn't necassarily mean the code will be available that room.

Am I missing something?

You are correct. Just because a person is holding a reservation at a certain resort in no way guarantees that they will get free dining on that reservation. They only have it at certain resorts for certain room types. If you are holding a standard room ressie at WL and the free offer is only to fill the woods views or courtyard views, the person will have to change their reservation to the higher price room if they want to stay at the WL. However, there could be standard rooms at the AKL, and the person could try to switch there. Often a/s Movies is a difficult one to get a package promotion at, along with standard rooms at the WL and CR. So actually holding the room at the resort and making it appear full, only hurts people's chances of getting a discount at the resort. It's a gamble. Sometimes it works out, and some times it doesn't.

 

[mrp4352]

I don't think it's a given that if you have an exisiting reservation, you can autmatically apply the FD code to any reservation. (someone please correct me if I'm wrong).
Am I missing something?

I think the key on that is you have to call back and ask them to rebook you with the free dining. Many people (non-dissers, of course) may not realize they can do this...

 

[HLAuburn]

Ok, I have been watching this thread for a while and have some questions:

First, I keep hearing about people only buying 1 day passes with their package. Are they just going to the World 1 day? Or are they buying the rest of the passes somewhere else to save a little $$? Confused.

Next, since there probablly won't be other discounts at the time, is it better to book with a TA or directly with Disney? Is there a difference? Does it really matter?

I don't know about everyone else, but we have tickets left over from last trip. We booked 10 days passes with the free hopper/water park package and added no expiration, so we have days left. In order to get "free dining", we'll have to buy 1 day passes to get the package.

As for booking, a lot of people like booking thru a TA. Personally, I like planning/booking/changing myself without having to go through someone like a TA, so I have always booked myself.

 

[katieloubear]

Has anyone ever seen a WDW offer come out in the middle of the day? I know that we were all hoping to get up this morning and see an offer on Mousesavers or Disney Visa Offer website, but could an offer come out maybe after lunch or so? Just wondering if anyone has ever seen this happen before?

You know I was thinking that same thing...good thing my phone has wireless internet...I can check all day long if I have to