What's better? 35% off room or free dining?

[Luv2Scrap]

I've got a mod booked at 35% off - can't decide if free dining would be a better deal...

 

[Ginger03]

I've got a mod booked at 35% off - can't decide if free dining would be a better deal...

depends on how many adults and children you have in your party- children who are disney adults make free dining a better deal in many cases.

 

[jlk806]

How many people for us the room discount would be better our son is 2 but for a bigger family the FD may be a better deal.

 

[Luv2Scrap]

Sorry, it's myself and ds13. Every way I've figured it, free dining is coming out on top. I'm just so scared to change - 35% off sounds so great!

 

[luvthatdisney]

Just go to the wdw website and price out your exact dates, etc... and leave off the dining. That will be what you will pay on FD. You will be paying rack rate for the roomm, which is where the difference come in.

In our case, we have decided to stay club level at BC, which with the 40% off deluxe the PIN is the better deal by $250. If I would have stayed in a standard room (no club level) FD would have been the better deal saving me about $100 compared to the PIN.

I just played around on the wdw website to see the alternatives. But to get the FD rate, just leave off the the dining package. Also be sure you did not click though one of the other promotions (kids stay free, etc.) before pricing as that could give you incorrect information.

 

[robinb]

Will you purchase the DDP anyway?

A moderate during Value season (8/15 - 9/30) is $149 for weekdays and $159 for weekends. A 35% discount with tax savings is $58 and $62 respectively. The DDP costs $42 per adult and $12 per child. If you are a single traveler, the 35% discount is better. If you're traveling with a child 9 and under it's about a wash. If you are traveling with any more people free dining is better.


ETA: I see there are two "adults". In that case it would cost you $84 to buy the DDP on your discounted rate. Free dining is the way to go if you want to use the DDP. You can look at it this way: the DDP will cost you $58 per day on weekdays and $62 on weekends. If you don't think you will spend that much money on dining the 35% discount is better.

 

[CanadianGuy]

Sorry, it's myself and ds13. Every way I've figured it, free dining is coming out on top. I'm just so scared to change - 35% off sounds so great!

Mods average about 170 a night..

Two adults on FD is savings of almost $80 a night.

35% off is about $59 off a night.

For two adults, a 35% off doesn't get better than FD til your nightly room rate exceeds $225 a night.

 

[Luv2Scrap]

Thanks for the thoughts. Looks like I should go with free dining.

 

[chrismartinique]

% off is better. with FD Disney is saying how your saved value is spent --- on food. May be you don't want to eat the way the dining plan says you must eat.... then it is not really a promo for you. With % off that money is in your pocket to use however you want... at least this is how we view the free dining esp when we stay deluxe. I would rather have that % off money to use how I want then Disney's plan for us to eat all week. Now if they stacked the promos... well that would be a different story Then it would truly be a "sale" cuz face it Disney isn't losing out anything with any of their promotions. We are their captive audience and we keep coming on back no matter

 

[a1tinkfans]

Mods average about 170 a night..

Two adults on FD is savings of almost $80 a night.

35% off is about $59 off a night.

For two adults, a 35% off doesn't get better than FD til your nightly room rate exceeds $225 a night.

Thanks for posting this...this frenzy had me so confused, I dumped my 35% pin and added free dine instead for 3A (1is a teen) Meanwhile, since I was able to do that, I decided we could now do POLY for a few nites as a quick trip, DH loves that Bar atmosphere , WOoHoo Can't wait to Surprise him....Now figuring out where to "request" since we've visited often but have not stayed there..

 

[2ofUs]

Keep in mind that VALUES this year will only include free QUICK SERVICE dinning, not the full plan. You can pay to upgrade though.