Free Dinning?

wdwannabe · Post by **wdwannabe** » Apr Thu 10, 2008 7:45 pm

Anyone going during the free dinning promotion?

Can't talk dh into going into debt father to go...so will just live through those of you who are...

Have a great time, and tell Mickey and the gang we will be back!

AKLRULZ · Post by **AKLRULZ** » Apr Fri 11, 2008 5:34 am

I have a lot of clients who were able to take advantage of this deal. Great deal - but it's gonna be packed!

wdwannabe · Post by **wdwannabe** » Apr Fri 11, 2008 12:31 pm

Steve,
Do you really think it's going to be packed? Do you think it's going to sell out? We took advantage in 2006 with this offer and had a great time.

MouseMan · Post by **MouseMan** » Apr Fri 11, 2008 1:21 pm

We booked our last night. And what is the defination of "packed"? This offer is already during value season and I thought that that ment the parks would have the fewest number of people. Even if the promotion works and brings more people into the parks I can't believe it will be more crowed than during the regular season and certainly not like the time we went during hoiday season!

Croaker · Post by **Croaker** » Apr Fri 11, 2008 3:30 pm

I"m booked! I went last year and it was great! much like a normal May visit. not really crowded. but enough people to have some waits. worth it!

annag · Post by **annag** » Apr Fri 11, 2008 4:07 pm

It can get crowded. I was there when they offered the free dining plan to overseas guests. It was like being in England everywhere we went. I had a great time anyway.

wdwannabe · Post by **wdwannabe** » Apr Sun 13, 2008 10:07 am

The only thing I could see waiting for is dinning. Get those resies in! Especially if you want the most popular ones.

Merryweather · Post by **Merryweather** » Apr Sun 13, 2008 2:12 pm

We've had trips overlap the Free Dining the three or so years they've offered it. As long as you have your ADRs done in advance you'll be fine. Just like a previous poster mentioned it WAS NOT packed! Alot of people wait and go as close to the beginning of F&WF as possible and even then it wasn't that bad.

Sleeping Beauty 5 · Post by **Sleeping Beauty 5** » Apr Sun 13, 2008 3:16 pm

Merryweather wrote:We've had trips overlap the Free Dining the three or so years they've offered it. As long as you have your ADRs done in advance you'll be fine. Just like a previous poster mentioned it WAS NOT packed! Alot of people wait and go as close to the beginning of F&WF as possible and even then it wasn't that bad.

Great advice! It's not that packed but you might see a few more people because of the promo.

sparkyjmg · Post by **sparkyjmg** » Apr Mon 14, 2008 6:07 am

i am going sep 20 through 28 and got the free dining promo even though it ends the 20 they let me as long as one of the days is during the promo it could be extended for the length of the trip which i thought was great seeing it was the only week i could go

Croaker · Post by **Croaker** » Apr Mon 14, 2008 4:44 pm

i had no problems with any of the times or places i wanted to eat for ADR's. Mexico at 4 pm every day! how sweet is that?

yodiwan1 · Post by **yodiwan1** » Apr Mon 14, 2008 10:44 pm

what and when is the free dining program? i have never ehard of it.

wdwannabe · Post by **wdwannabe** » Apr Tue 15, 2008 8:51 am

WHAT!! Never heard of free dinning!

It usually is a promo that they run late aug thru end of sept. You book a package room and tickets(ifyou have annual you need a one day pass) and you tellthem the code and they add free basic dinning the one for around $36. Then book you ressies! One counter service one sit down or save a sit down and get a two credit resturant. And one snack per day of stay. Check out All Ears or The mouse for less web site and it's front page for more details. I've also heard this year they will let you book delux dinning for additional price..that's three sit downs a day.

Hope this helps you with the basics.

SWHorn · Post by **SWHorn** » Apr Tue 15, 2008 11:54 am

It may not be "packed," but it is more crowded than it would be otherwise at that time. That's the whole reason Disney does the promotion...to get people to fill the parks in times they otherwise would not go.

We passed on Free Dining this year. We did it last year and had a lot of fun. But, this year we want to go back to our more traditional WDW trips (that, and I don't want to take a month-old baby). And we're going in December...I love Christmastime at WDW!

Calypso · Post by **Calypso** » Apr Tue 15, 2008 12:18 pm

We went during free dining last year in September. It seemed to only impact ADRs and not really wait times for attractions. Still, I would not go to the park that has EMH (or whatever they call it these days) on any given day.