2015 FREE DINING THREAD _ All Questions HERE!!

[DISNEY1975]

No, they were the same price for me. It gave an option of Park Hopper or Water Park & More with no price listed or I could upgrade to both for $110.

That happened to me Monday, but when I went to checkout, I got a pop up stating "One of the offers in your cart is no longer available", then it reverted to the regular price.

 

[Boardwalk Gal]

I just looked up my dates and wow! A bunch of the higher end properties are available now, including Contemporary for $14,000

You better off buying DVC for that price!! LOL!!!

 

[LollieInwonderland]

So still nothing for us...not even a room discount available :/ stinks

 

[Chubby]

A few pages back it was mentioned that when a room is cancelled it does not pop back as being available for the promotion

I dont think the CM that said that knows what they are talking about. They also said more rooms will probably not be opened up.

This doesn't jive with the fact that Pop was sold out of FD on monday for my dates and then had some open on Tuesday morning. Either they made more rooms available for the promotion or cancelled rooms go back into the inventory (more likely). Both can't be false and still have myself and others see rooms pop up that were previously sold out

 

[Aubrav]

Did you go for it?

No I have to stick with value lol

 

[wdw4rfam]

No I have to stick with value lol

I'm pretty sure if you can afford $14,000, you don't need free dining!!! Who does that? Just think you still need airfare, tips, spending $$....

 

[tabistar]

Just for the record, its 7pm Wednesday night and Im still traumatized by Monday! This is the first time I could get myself to log into anything Disney related

I'm the opposite- I've been obsessed with everything Disney, trying to find out what my odds are of getting a discount of some kind. Refreshing here constantly and searching the Disney website 40 times a day to see if anything is available

 

[DISNEY1975]

I'm the opposite- I've been obsessed with everything Disney, trying to find out what my odds are of getting a discount of some kind. Refreshing here constantly and searching the Disney website 40 times a day to see if anything is available

I wish you luck! I had to change my dates. I lost some of my dining (including Be Our Guest), but Im finally satisfied.

I originally booked the Polynesian for 09/17 - 09/25. (Booked last October) $8100 ish
I made my ADRs in March for those dates. Got everything I wanted.

Tried to modify for free dining, and they wanted me to upgrade to Club Level for $8400 with the free dining.
I decided to move to the Grand Floridian, same dates, w/ free dining for $7300 ish
I then talked to my husband and he said to move to Beach Club and add an extra day. Extra day was not available, so same dates at BC for $6000 ish.
THEN.... I came on these boards and saw someone got the Poly for dates a week earlier than mine in regular garden view.
SO...I checked and tinkered with dates. Finally got it 09/12 - 09/20 for $6300 ish.

Flights for those dates were also a lot cheaper than my original dates, so I saved about $350 there too. Only problem is I lost BOG, but Ill gladly take what I got over getting some grey stuff!

 

[tabistar]

Our dates aren't flexible more than a day before/after (9/26-10/2) and we're pretty set on staying at CBR, so that's where most of my problems are coming from. Oh well, we're going whether we get a discount or not. But it sure would be nice to have one! Especially since we plan on paying for my 2 sisters and their 5 kids to go with us in 2016 (eeek!); we could use all the savings we can get!

 

[ml sumner]

I just looked up my dates and wow! A bunch of the higher end properties are available now, including Contemporary for $14,000

Think I'll be staying where I'm at lol

 

[DISNEY1975]

Our dates aren't flexible more than a day before/after (9/26-10/2) and we're pretty set on staying at CRB, so that's where most of my problems are coming from. Oh well, we're going whether we get a discount or not. But it sure would be nice to have one! Especially since we plan on paying for my 2 sisters and their 5 kids to go with us in 2016 (eeek!); we could use all the savings we can get!

Remind me again where CRB is? Do you mean Caribbean Beach?

 

[Aubrav]

I'm pretty sure if you can afford $14,000, you don't need free dining!!! Who does that? Just think you still need airfare, tips, spending $$....

Right lol. I changed my package because I couldn't stomach $3100. $2700 was just right and only WITH dining included.

 

[tabistar]

Remind me again where CRB is? Do you mean Caribbean Beach?

Yep, Caribbean Beach. Meant to say CBR, not CRB. Darn typos

 

[jenineh]

SO we really wanted to stay at Coronado. Had to give it up because it wasn't available for my dates. Then I got the idea from these boards to add a day and amazingly it worked Coronado was available and it was cheaper 230.00 (even with the extra day) then the CBR Pirate room which we really didn't want. Thanks everyone for the tips!

 

[donp]

SO we really wanted to stay at Coronado. Had to give it up because it wasn't available for my dates. Then I got the idea from these boards to add a day and amazingly it worked Coronado was available and it was cheaper 230.00 (even with the extra day) then the CBR Pirate room which we really didn't want. Thanks everyone for the tips!

I think that this is an important message for folks. I don't remember them doing this in the past, but it is a good lesson. So, it sounds like they might have an allotment of 7-day stays, 6-day stays, etc. They may have several of the one above or below your number of days, but maybe no packages allotted for your number of days. Having peeps with a little flexibility of their days going and trying different number of days is a great tip.

 

[donp]

Just as a reminder for people as well who are trying to shave 5% off their trip--don't forget those Disney gift cards bought with your Target Red Card . . .

 

[redkel]

Just as a reminder for people as well who are trying to shave 5% off their trip--don't forget those Disney gift cards bought with your Target Red Card . . .

Target also carries Southwest gift cards in $100 increments. Just note that you can only use up to 4 different methods of payment per transaction at SW!

 

[DISNEY1975]

Just as a reminder for people as well who are trying to shave 5% off their trip--don't forget those Disney gift cards bought with your Target Red Card . . .

BJs Wholesale Club also sells discounted Disney Gift cards. (and I think I remember someone posting Costco does too)

 

[PirateD]

I need some advice on how to handle everyone's MDE accounts. In my rush to book FD in the middle of the night, I booked my brother's family under my login and my sister's family under my dad's. I didn't have either of their logins and was trying to book two rooms at the same time on two different devices to ensure that I got all four rooms. Currently, my MDE says that I am managing my brother's family profile. I'm assuming that my dad's says the same for my sister's as she said that she couldn't access hers from her MDE.

I guess my question is what do I do now? This is our first experience with MDE/FP+ so I have no idea how to link or give family members access. I was going to call once everything settles down but I'm not even sure what I would request. I will probably be the one making all of the FP+ reservations so should I just continue to manage my brother's family? Is there a way to make him the "manager"? Should I try to be the "manger" for everyone? Is that even possible with us split on two different accounts? Sorry for all the questions, but this is all new to me and I'm not sure what the best way to proceed would be.

 

[donp]

I need some advice on how to handle everyone's MDE accounts. In my rush to book FD in the middle of the night, I booked my brother's family under my login and my sister's family under my dad's. I didn't have either of their logins and was trying to book two rooms at the same time on two different devices to ensure that I got all four rooms. Currently, my MDE says that I am managing my brother's family profile. I'm assuming that my dad's says the same for my sister's as she said that she couldn't access hers from her MDE.

I guess my question is what do I do now? This is our first experience with MDE/FP+ so I have no idea how to link or give family members access. I was going to call once everything settles down but I'm not even sure what I would request. I will probably be the one making all of the FP+ reservations so should I just continue to manage my brother's family? Is there a way to make him the "manager"? Should I try to be the "manger" for everyone? Is that even possible with us split on two different accounts? Sorry for all the questions, but this is all new to me and I'm not sure what the best way to proceed would be.

That sounds like a great project for the IT folks--would call them and tell them your plight. Usually the wait time is very minimal.