You'll only get it for the whole trip if your date falls within the dates it's offered but goes past the end date. So for example if FD was offered Sept. 15th to Sept. 30th, and you check in on Sept. 28th staying until October 6th, you would be covered until October 6th. If you checked in on Sept 14th, that date would not be covered and you have to book a split stay for that one day. Does this help?
oh sorry I missed the 2 people part - just picked up on the 4 - maybe I should go have some coffee
When you're doing the math, make sure you factor in tip on the ddp as well, since that is not included at the restaurants you're interested in.
I hope I don't have to try and switch hotels!
Hello DIS Boards! I've been stalking this thread since early March, but I couldn't resist posting any longer. Your general politeness and willingness to help your fellow travelers inspired me to post!
I grew up in California, but moved to Massachusetts in 2014. A couple of my friends from California and I were planning a trip to WDW for May, but they're staying off-site and weren't really interested in doing much planning because that's not how it works at DLR. Unluckily for me, I tore my Achilles last year and ended up having surgery to repair it three weeks ago - so I had to cancel the May trip. This is me:
Luckily for me, I have an amazing older sister, who decided that our first time at WDW should be together (because our DBfs would be sticks in the mud)! Our dates are September 4-13! Oddly enough, we didn't know about FD until AFTER we picked our dates. It was sheer coincidence that we made our hotel reservations 184 days before our vacation. Those three or four days were spent on YouTube, watching past and present episodes of the DIS Unplugged to figure out the best places to eat. I was able to wake up at 6 AM at 180 days out and get all of the ADRs we wanted.
Our current budget includes dining costs, but if we can get FD, we'll take it! We're currently staying at CBR, but already have plans to book WL on Monday if we can't get it at CBR. I'm hoping to be able to fall asleep at 8 PM or so on Sunday night and wake up at 3 AM. My sister still lives in California, so she'll be able to check before then. I'll be around with the rest of you Monday morning, hoping to celebrate the FD that comes our way!!
This worked- thank you!!!
OMG! This literally made me LOLIt's not "first world"! Once we have our holidays sorted we can go back to our lives caring for others, making our kids' lunches and saving starving children and homeless puppies.
It's really in the world's best interest that free dining drops asap.
Think of the children, Disney.
Uh oh, I dont log on for a day and the forum jumps about 25 pages. What was said? Any new information? Are we still going with what Black said to be true?
Hi everyone
I keep seeing things about FD not necessarily saving $. I don't quite understand how that is possible. Do room rates go up?
I'm looking at 5 nights at WL in December...2 adults and 2 kids with dining plan and park hoppers....It comes out to about $5300. How could FD not save $? If I take the dining plan off the price drops $1,000. Is this not how it all actually works out if FD is offered?
