2016 Free Dining Watch ~ Part 2

[ThisMommyLovesMickey]

I was only able to get a pirate room at cbr. Anyone else notice very limited availability?!

 

[TabGray]

I was able to modify! I had to switch from POR to CBR for our dates (12\12 - 12\22) . I'm so excited I can't sleep! Thank you all for the great tips. Good luck!!!!!

 

[smallworld101]

I am able to do a new reservation - but I have airfare tied into my original one? What will happen with airfare??? Am I messed up w/ that?

 

[1sttimedisneymama]

What dates? I was able to snag standard at CSR for Dec.​

Sept 17-24

 

[Ambehnke]

Yeah last week of sept was super slim pickings

I agree I think I'm going to book POR Royal Rooms... Really wanted poly but don't want to stay club level.. Second choice was contemporary and they have NOTHING. Been checking and mulling for an hour and a half. Funny as there was TONS of availability yesterday but today nothing available with free dining, 25%, OR RACK RATE!

 

[Jordyn1123]

Black and Steve yall are AWESOME!!!!! Got my POR preferred room! Thank you thank you!!!!!! My hubby just woke up for work and I got to share the good news!!

 

[DarkAngel]

Sad that there were no Oct dates oh well, can hope they will include it later or a UOC comes available booked alternate dates in dec when school is out, maybe can go then, we shall see

 

[Michigan_tinkerbell]

why cant i get port orleans?

 

[frannn]

Was just checking to add a day to my bounceback FD for late August (as BB offer starts a few days later). It would be an extra $150 on top of the increase in the cost for the room and DP upgrade from CS plan to reg, I'm assuming for the recent rise in ticket & DP prices. Plus, only AS Sports was the only AS Standard room available. I'll end up saving more by just booking a room only and paying for food OOP for that extra day. Lucky for me the Awaken Summer offer added standard rooms at AS Mu (where I have BB FD) so now I don't have to switch rooms in the morning to start my pkg WOOT

 

[VanessaN]

So this year you had to purchase a 5night/6day package to get the deal....wasn't it last year you had to do a minimum of 2(or3) nights?

I was able to get the free dining with a 3 night stay.

 

[Mike_Mac]

Already had a CBR standard room booked for 5 nights in mid December with base tickets. FD was available online, but I had to add the qualifying park hopper tickets to get the dining offer. When I went to change my reservation, the add-on costs to get FD came out to $425 for 2 adults and one small child spending four days at the resort. We REALLY want to stay at CBR this time, so dropping to another, less expensive resort isn't an option.

Since we were originally going to pay for meals out of pocket (dining plans tend to give us more food than we want), we can just about get all the meals we want for the cost of upgrading to FD. I'll wait till summer and see if WDW extends the RO offer past November.

Research on this thread has been very useful!

 

[CaraMiaBelle]

You're more than welcome!
And we don't even require that you sip coffee while thanking us.

Bahahaha!
But having coffee now anyway, so I may as well drink it in your honor...

 

[Attracted to Beasts]

Wilderness for only $250 more than CBR or POR? Wow that's awesome! I was looking Wilderness in Dec. and it was $2,000 more than CBR or CSR. Do they jack up WL prices in Dec. that much or did I miss something?

The price per night at the CBR preff is $246 yet the price at WL standard is $293 (end of August) since I really wanted a cheap CBR or POR but only the more $$ ones were available it doesn't cost us much more a night to the standard at WL.

 

[1sttimedisneymama]

So question for your guys RR with free dining was $2900 my TA has a deal for POFQ FOR $2550 or CBR for $2524. Which would you do (all have dining included).

 

[SJSloan]

Hope everyone got what they wanted! Seriously went live right after Dis went down..around 4:05 am EST.

Yeah that was weird. But I got almost what I wanted. There were no standard rooms at CBR for my dates but I got Pool/Water for just a little bit more.

POP in December looks like it's sold out. That was fast!

CBR standards are gone too for Dec.

Thank you Black and Steve!! I got exactly what I wanted-CBR standard room with free dining from 11/26 to 12/3!!! So excited!

I didn't see any Standard rooms at CBR.

 

[CamiandCarson]

Pop or Coronado for only a little over $100 more??? It will be me, hubby, and our 3 kids. We have stayed at Caribbean before and my husband didn't like how spread out it was and the number of bus stops. Is Coronado the same way??

 

[black562]

Bahahaha!
But having coffee now anyway, so I may as well drink it in your honor...

Maybe we have to give inaccurate information and guarantee it to be 100% confirmed to be thanked while sipping?

Sorry, lack of sleep has me being a bit whimsical today.

 

[CaraMiaBelle]

Thank you Black and Steve!! I got exactly what I wanted-CBR standard room with free dining from 11/26 to 12/3!!! So excited!

I will be there then also!

 

[Mike_Mac]

was anyone able to modify? or did everyone have to make a new res?

Was able to modify, but I had to refresh several times. For a while, the site said to call, but then the change buttons suddenly appeared. After I was done, they disappeared again.

 

[TabGray]

Let me tell you, I have never gotten FD and am ridiculously excited!!! We got POR for 8 days. Woo hoo! Thanks for the tip Black!

Jealous! I wanted POR so badly, but I was able to switch to CBR and get it. Congrats on your score!!!