Regarding the November dates you mention, we were there on almost those exact dates last year and it was quite crowded. Touring Plans crowd calendar shows fairly low crowds for that period, as they did last year. However, their predicted low crowds ended up being much higher. I'm sure free dining during that period of time had a lot to do with the increased crowds! September definitely has the lower crowds but the weather in November is much better
Well I guess it could happen anytime, but Monday was the original rumored date. So it seems that for most of us that's the next "slumber party" here on the Free Dining thread. I'm sure some of us will be checking randomly until then but possibly sleeping slightly more.
Had my eyelids propped up with toothpicks all dayIt really is amazing that there are so many FD devotees on here.
On the first screen on the Disney site, click on Special Offers (towards the bottom of the page). When it drops it will show up there.
So what does everyone think the best week in Sept is? How do you think crowds will be Sept 17-24?
We were there the 3rd week in Sept 2014 & we swore we'd never do it again due to the crazy and abnormally rude crowds. But... here I am, considering it again!
waiting for the deal to drop. C'mon FD 
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Same days!!! We went a week later this year to a avoid the Jersey/Vets/End of F@W possible crushSee ya there!
Honestly, I woke up, grabbed my phone and pulled up the Disboards free dining thread to the last page and saw people commenting that it was live. That was how I knew. I would go straight to this thread and believe me, people will start posting on here once they are able to book it!
We went from the 4th to the 12th last year in sept. It wasn't too bad, but it was Memorial weekend. Should be interesting this year. We are leaving on the 8th and coming back on 17th.So what does everyone think the best week in Sept is? How do you think crowds will be Sept 17-24?
We were there the 3rd week in Sept 2014 & we swore we'd never do it again due to the crazy and abnormally rude crowds. But... here I am, considering it again!
Yes, was able to keep everything the same. We were booked for AoA, cars suite, and it was in the "rumored included" resorts for free dining. We are a family of 7 (with our youngest being 2 at the time of our trip) so we were able to stay in a suite. I'm not sure how that would work for you if you have to actually change your resort (as in not sure if the modify option works for that type of change!)
Honestly, I woke up, grabbed my phone and pulled up the Disboards free dining thread to the last page and saw people commenting that it was live. That was how I knew. I would go straight to this thread and believe me, people will start posting on here once they are able to book it!
If I remember, Eastern.Midnight Eastern time or Pacific time?
Honestly. I can only speak about the park hoppers, I tried one year, without the park hopper and I would say it was fun but hard to spend the whole day at a few parks. Last year did park hopper and my brother and I agree will always get park hopper for DW. Disney land not really needed but there are some parks that oare only half day parks.
Last year we went Oct30-Nov7 and it was so hot, unusual for that time of year. It wasn't too crowded, except Epcot was crazy! ADR's were also a nightmare for that week! (Maybe because of Jersey week?) We thought we would try later in November in hopes it's cooler!
I'm pretty sure last year you had to pick either the park hopper or fun and more option to get free dining.
Yes- we've done June & July a few times and barely lived to tell the story. Haha!! But honestly, that week was about the same in numbers as July!! And absolutely hostile crowds in the Magic Kingdom especially. Hoping this Sept will be different.I am surprised the crowds were like that. I've gone nearly every month except September, but the crowd calendars always show it to be one of the least crowded months. You want crazy... go in summer.
