Disney free dining dates released

[ginkgoleaf]

www.wdwinfo.com/discounts/disneypackages.htm#general

August 2015 – December 2015 Free Dining Offer!

Valid for stays select nights 8/28/15 - 12/21/15.

Book a Walt Disney World vacation package that includes a 6-night, 7-day stay at a Walt Disney World resort and tickets with Park Hopper or Water Park Fun & More Option, and receive the Dining Plan for free!
Book a Disney Value Resort and get the Quick Service Dining free!
Book a Disney Moderate, Deluxe or Deluxe Villas Resort and get the Regular Dining free!
Valid Travel dates include:
8/28/15 - 10/2/15
10/25/15 - 10/31/15
11/8/15 - 11/19/15
12/15/15 - 12/21/15

Have questions about how Free Dining works? Read this!
Book by 7/10/15. Dining plans can be upgraded at an additional cost. Free dining available select nights 8/28-10/2/15, 10/25-10/31/15, 11/8-11/19/15, and 12/15-12/21/15. Offer excludes Art of Animation Little Mermaid standard rooms, Port Orleans French Quarter, All-Star Movies, 3-bedroom villas and Fort Wilderness campsites. Port Orleans Resort - Riverside is excluded from travel 10/25-12/21/15. Everyone in the room must be on the same package. Packages may be available for different lengths of stay. The number of rooms available for this promtion may be limited. All discounts are subject to availability, certain restrictions apply. Blackout dates may apply.

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Oh boo, we are thinking of going one of the excluded weeks in October. Not that I'll have any vacation time leftover but who knows.

::kicks babies::

[ssmjlm]

Two trips in a year is overkill, right?

[kittycatlove]

Apr 27, 2015 10:33:12 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

Two trips in a year is overkill, right?

No way

[ginkgoleaf]

Apr 27, 2015 10:33:12 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

Two trips in a year is overkill, right?

I was thinking the same thing!  Now if one of my FL cousins would just get married over one of those dates, we'd be golden.

[spankswife]

Also late Summer resort specials, and the "preschool package" which is 3 days for 2 adults and 1 child sun-thurs.

Not sure if these are FL resident deals or not. I live in FL so the specials automatically show up for me, but worth looking into.

[arch01]

do they do free dining only in the fall? we're not going til right around DS' 5th birthday (12/22/16), but we're hoping to go in early 2017 since 2016 is booking up fast with family obligations.

[krystee]

I want to go soooo badly. The baby would have no clue what was going on, but I'd have fun!

Alas, family weddings and holidays are taking up all our travel money and time this year.

[caramia17]

Wooo! I have a meeting in Orlando in November that falls in these dates.

So excited!

[sent]

Is it worth it to do this?

We could do it in December for my birthday. I mean DD's birthday. A 2 yr old won't notice if we celebrate on the 15th instead of the 8th, right?

[lishie]

Apr 27, 2015 10:33:12 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

Two trips in a year is overkill, right?

Never. We're doing 4 over 12 months!

I fully admit to having a problem though.

I'm fine with just a few hours in the parks, and spending lots of time relaxing at the resorts.

DH and I are actually doing an adult trip there this weekend for the Expedition Everest Challenge. We're going back with the boys in September.

[lishie]

Apr 27, 2015 13:46:14 GMT -5 @peggyolson said:

Apr 27, 2015 12:59:07 GMT -5 sent said:

Is it worth it to do this?

We could do it in December for my birthday. I mean DD's birthday. A 2 yr old won't notice if we celebrate on the 15th instead of the 8th, right?

We booked a family suite at Art of Animation - there is no way we are doing a sit down meal every day with two young kids. They're 100x more stressful than casual food-court style eating for us, so this was perfect. 

The AoA food court is actually one of my favorite food courts. I loved the Naan sandwich they had when we were there last year.

[ssmjlm]

I would love to do a weekend with just DH and I, but then no free dining. I think my mom would be ok watching E for a few days.

Although my mom has drank the Disney kool-aid and spent 20 minutes on the phone with me yesterday talking about DVC and that they don't want to spend for the polynesian, but maybe the grand floridian would be a good compromise. Uh, whut? Who are you and where is my mother?

[ssmjlm]

Apr 27, 2015 13:58:44 GMT -5 @starry said:

Apr 27, 2015 13:54:35 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

I would love to do a weekend with just DH and I, but then no free dining. I think my mom would be ok watching E for a few days.

Although my mom has drank the Disney kool-aid and spent 20 minutes on the phone with me yesterday talking about DVC and that they don't want to spend for the polynesian, but maybe the grand floridian would be a good compromise. Uh, whut? Who are you and where is my mother?

Fyi from my casual perusal of GF availability it looks like even with owning you need reservations close to 11 months out. They go FAST! (I have no desire to stay there as I'm too cheap and would stay at BLT instead)

BLT is sold out unless you do re-sale according to her (I have no idea).  I don't think they want to do re-sale.

[bcarp30]

Apr 27, 2015 12:59:07 GMT -5 sent said:

Is it worth it to do this?

We could do it in December for my birthday. I mean DD's birthday. A 2 yr old won't notice if we celebrate on the 15th instead of the 8th, right?

Not for us. We found that club level upgrades save is money because we have breakfast and snack and dinner there. No need to buy groceries, and not stuck to the dining plan, and you can get an abundance of snacks.

[lishie]

Apr 27, 2015 13:58:44 GMT -5 @starry said:

Apr 27, 2015 13:54:35 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

I would love to do a weekend with just DH and I, but then no free dining. I think my mom would be ok watching E for a few days.

Although my mom has drank the Disney kool-aid and spent 20 minutes on the phone with me yesterday talking about DVC and that they don't want to spend for the polynesian, but maybe the grand floridian would be a good compromise. Uh, whut? Who are you and where is my mother?

Fyi from my casual perusal of GF availability it looks like even with owning you need reservations close to 11 months out. They go FAST! (I have no desire to stay there as I'm too cheap and would stay at BLT instead)

I agree with Starry as to the GF availability if you want a studio. It seems to be a little easier to get a room if you want to reserve a 1 BR (but the points for that is crazy). If she really wants Poly, the point price is comparable to GF, but there are a few GF available resale that are more reasonably priced, if she's interested in GF.

The Disney couples trip is fun if you're a Disney lover. I'm excited about doing the race, eating as Sanaa uninterrupted, laying by the pool without watching the kids like crazy, and actually staying at the parks late enough to watch the fireworks

[ilikedonuts]

Apr 27, 2015 14:05:31 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

Apr 27, 2015 13:58:44 GMT -5 @starry said:

Fyi from my casual perusal of GF availability it looks like even with owning you need reservations close to 11 months out. They go FAST! (I have no desire to stay there as I'm too cheap and would stay at BLT instead)

BLT is sold out unless you do re-sale according to her (I have no idea).  I don't think they want to do re-sale.

Resale is so much cheaper though! She could get so many more points which means so many more trips

[sent]

Apr 27, 2015 14:06:48 GMT -5 bcarp30 said:

Apr 27, 2015 12:59:07 GMT -5 sent said:

Is it worth it to do this?

We could do it in December for my birthday. I mean DD's birthday. A 2 yr old won't notice if we celebrate on the 15th instead of the 8th, right?

Not for us. We found that club level upgrades save is money because we have breakfast and snack and dinner there. No need to buy groceries, and not stuck to the dining plan, and you can get an abundance of snacks.

Which hotel did you stay at for the club level?

[bcarp30]

Apr 27, 2015 14:59:57 GMT -5 sent said:

Apr 27, 2015 14:06:48 GMT -5 bcarp30 said:

Not for us. We found that club level upgrades save is money because we have breakfast and snack and dinner there. No need to buy groceries, and not stuck to the dining plan, and you can get an abundance of snacks.

Which hotel did you stay at for the club level?

Polynesian. Our family has been staying there since the mid 80s, so I'm partial to it! We also really like having the monorail and boat access to MK and being able to walk to TTC. But being able to pack snacks from there to take to the park or back to your room is lovely.

[skib]

OK, so we are booked at a moderate resort (Old Key West) for November 8-13, which falls in the dates for free dining. So can we just call and add the free dining to our reservation?

[ilikedonuts]

Apr 27, 2015 18:16:58 GMT -5 skib said:

OK, so we are booked at a moderate resort (Old Key West) for November 8-13, which falls in the dates for free dining. So can we just call and add the free dining to our reservation?

It has to be available for those dates. Not all rooms types are available even if you are going during those dates. You can call and they can check and you might be able to check online and modify.