2016 Free Dining Watch ~ Part 2

[damskipi13]

We made a booking last month at CBR for late September. My wife insisted that we book through an authorized Disney TA to increase our odds of getting FD. Having this out of my control is driving me nuts! I'm too much of a control freak. Never again

I've never tried it, but from reading everybody else's posts here I don't think having a TA will help. It sounds like a lot of people are planning to book it themselves and then transfer it to the TA once it's confirmed. TAs aren't going to be at work at 4am if that's when it releases.

 

[Just Love Disney]

I have missed the past several days and just wondered if someone could fill me in on the details of the possible ROOM ONLY DISCOUNT. My dates are the end of October into the first few days of November so unfortunately we don't qualify for FD.

I am trying to put together a spreadsheet to figure out what the RO discount may look like at the different resorts and different room levels in order to be prepared if RO goes live tomorrow.

Can someone verify that the rumor for RO dropping tomorrow, 4/25, is still valid as far as we know?

Will the RO offer be available online under 'Special Offers' if/when it does go live or do we have to call in?

Also, what is the typical RO discount (% off per resorts tiers - values and mods) that has been offered in the past or that what % is rumored to go live for this year?

Thanks so much! I just can't find the time to read through all 56 pages I have missed and would appreciate if someone could catch me up to speed

p.s. good luck to all you FD peeps tomorrow. It's such a great deal and although we will miss it this year we thoroughly enjoyed it the last several years.

Bump....Please.....Anyone?

 

[Hope2016]

Ok I just got back from the store with my all nighter starter pack! I have Starbucks, Mt dew, popcorn, and M&Ms to be accompanied with a Game of Thrones marathon! Let the FD party begin! Whoop whoop! It will be very comical to see me at school tomorrow working with the kiddos.

I really do feel for you guys. It's almost 10 am my time, just had breaky and will start checking after lunch. To make it even easier it's a public holiday today. Good luck everyone.

 

[kellyjeanie]

Can you tell me what the rumored Room Only Discounts are for the Values and Mods? Thanks

Same!! Details please!

Here's what Black posted earlier in this thread:

Here's my thoughts on how the Room Discounts may lay out. This is an exercise of my mind and the level of detail I enjoy digging into. Remember there may be some resorts that flip into different percentages and those date ranges may Be off a bit. But lets just see how close this shakes out shall we?

A room discount offer should be available April 23, for stays between August 25 and November 5.

Up to 30% - Animal Kingdom Lodge (Standard/Pool View), Boardwalk Inn, Grand Floridian, Polynesian Village Resort, Wilderness Lodge, Yacht Club, Boardwalk Villas, Old Key West, Saratoga Springs.

Up to 20% - Animal Kingdom Lodge (Savannah/Club Level), Beach Club, Contemporary, Animal Kingdom Villas (Jambo and Kidani), Beach Club Villas, Villas at Wilderness Lodge, All Star Music, All Star Sports, Pop Century, Art of Animation Family Suites, Port Orleans French Quarter (8/26-10/1 only).

Up to 25% - Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs, Cabins at Ft. Wilderness, Port Orleans Riverside (25% from 8/26-10/1, and 20% from 10/1-11/5.)

Up to 15% - All Star Movies, Campsites at Ft. Wilderness

Excludes: Mermaid rooms at Art of Animation, Bay Lake Tower, Polynesian Villas, and Grand Floridian Villas.

 

[Jacie]

I've stayed at POP and CBR and never shared buses with each other. What time of year was it? Just curious as we plan on staying at POP again this fall.

This was at the end of April two years ago.

 

[5ofus]

Here's what Black posted earlier in this thread:

Beat me to it - thanks! Took me ages to find Black's post!

 

[mandis77]

I went about that time in 2014. I felt the crowds were very low, somebody else on the first FD thread was there at the same time and felt the crowds were much worse. I'm sure it depends on personal tolerances for crowds as well as which park you picked on a given day. The crowd calendars all show low crowds for the days you are planning. I think the highest of those days will be weekends at a 5/10 crowd level. During the week, it's a 1-3/10. I'm going Sept 17-24 with expectations of low crowds. World Showcase is busy during F&W, so keep that in mind.

As for weather.....HOT and HUMID. So hot, so humid. Low-to-mid 90s *F and about a million percent humidity. Plan to change clothes during the day, or take nice long breaks at indoor shows. or both.

Thanks we will be there same time as well. I'll take heat over crowds hope we picked a good week!

 

[damskipi13]

Here's my thoughts on how the Room Discounts may lay out. This is an exercise of my mind and the level of detail I enjoy digging into. Remember there may be some resorts that flip into different percentages and those date ranges may Be off a bit. But lets just see how close this shakes out shall we?

A room discount offer should be available April 23, for stays between August 25 and November 5.

Up to 30% - Animal Kingdom Lodge (Standard/Pool View), Boardwalk Inn, Grand Floridian, Polynesian Village Resort, Wilderness Lodge, Yacht Club, Boardwalk Villas, Old Key West, Saratoga Springs.

Up to 20% - Animal Kingdom Lodge (Savannah/Club Level), Beach Club, Contemporary, Animal Kingdom Villas (Jambo and Kidani), Beach Club Villas, Villas at Wilderness Lodge, All Star Music, All Star Sports, Pop Century, Art of Animation Family Suites, Port Orleans French Quarter (8/26-10/1 only).

Up to 25% - Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs, Cabins at Ft. Wilderness, Port Orleans Riverside (25% from 8/26-10/1, and 20% from 10/1-11/5.)

Up to 15% - All Star Movies, Campsites at Ft. Wilderness

Excludes: Mermaid rooms at Art of Animation, Bay Lake Tower, Polynesian Villas, and Grand Floridian Villas.

How confident are you in these percentages? I'd love to switch to Pop, and with a 20% discount it would only be about $100 more for my dates.

 

[lancgirl]

Beat me to it - thanks! Took me ages to find Black's post![/QUOTE]
me too!

 

[nicynot]

Last year it looks like typically free dining ran the same time as room discounts- which is what I'm hoping for.
From the rumored FD dates this year they won't be during my trip- which means room discounts probably won't either.
Odd that the resort I am booked at is already showing all booked for that week of December.. Oh well..I'm still hoping for a chance at 30% off! It would be nice.

It seems likes last year this time they released the free dining, and then in July they released a few other discounts for December.. I'd take any sort of discount, be it free food, or a room discount. Just trying to see how much of a difference it will be for 2 rooms at a mod, then a family suite at AOA. I KNOW it will be different, but maybe not to different with a discount. Hence me looking for what type at a mod I need to look at

 

[Jacie]

Oh no! POP and CBR can share buses? I am torn between these two resorts as we are travelling christmas week and so I know it is going to be super busy...I was swaying towards POP because it has it's own buses and doesn't have multiple stops like CBR :-/

They were so far and in between and there were SO many people that you would have to wait for multiple buses each time before you could get on. We ended up just driving to the parks and foregoing the buses, with the exception of MK at first. And then eventually MK, too, because I was so irritated.

 

[5ofus]

I really do feel for you guys. It's almost 10 am my time, just had breaky and will start checking after lunch. To make it even easier it's a public holiday today. Good luck everyone.

I'm with you Got the March on the tele, husband is cooking bacon and eggs for breaky and I'm checking in here every few minutes. For once it's much easier on us

 

[Jordyn1123]

I had my power nap and I am ready to go! I am so excited I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve

 

[sahm2two]

Does anyone happen to have all the details that were posted on Air Canada's page? I'm getting last minute plans together for 1st, 2nd, 3rd choices. Making sure none of those choices are excluded resorts! I know my dates are good, just double checking resorts.

 

[black562]

How confident are you in these percentages? I'd love to switch to Pop, and with a 20% discount it would only be about $100 more for my dates.

If the rumored "up to 30%" is accurate, then they should shake out similar to that. Generally it goes 30, 25, 20, 15. Like I said in the earlier post, that's just a good interpretation of how it could go. Obviously some of those may be in different categories, and campsites may or may not be included. Consider that post a good researched-based interpretation of how things have typically laid out for room discounts.

Now if you're looking for what was rumored, it was "up to Nov 5", and "Up to 30%".

 

[Just Love Disney]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all that responded re: the dates for RO discounts! I truly appreciate your help

 

[lancgirl]

OK, I know this has been posted and asked probably a kabillion times, but please humor me once more...

We're booked Poly 11/16-11/22. We are not changing resorts. I would just like to apply FD if it is available. So... am I better off attempting to modify my existing ressie or create a completely new one? I know it could be 6 in one, 1/2 dozen in another, but I wanted to ask the experts!

 

[KTJAY]

Does anyone know if they are releasing free dining tomorrow for just Disney Visa card holders or GP too? Usually its DV first?

 

[black562]

Does anyone happen to have all the details that were posted on Air Canada's page? I'm getting last minute plans together for 1st, 2nd, 3rd choices. Making sure none of those choices are excluded resorts! I know my dates are good, just double checking resorts.

Be careful with those. Some of the information will be "Canada only".

 

[nicynot]

ohhhhh December... RO discounts better drop soon too.. i can't take this anymore!