October Rumblings?

jderoche5 · Post by **jderoche5** » Jul Thu 21, 2011 8:41 am

Anyone hear any rumblings on discounts for October? I have heard the possibility of Disney not releasing any. Do anyone think this could be true?

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Jul Thu 21, 2011 2:44 pm

jderoche5 wrote:Anyone hear any rumblings on discounts for October? I have heard the possibility of Disney not releasing any. Do anyone think this could be true?

I hope not

October is a great time to visit!

mindflipper · Post by **mindflipper** » Jul Thu 21, 2011 4:27 pm

I got an e-mail the other day about Florida resident discounts for October and the Not-so-scarey halloween party stuff. I've already deleted it, but some stuff is already coming out...

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Jul Thu 21, 2011 8:45 pm

They better put discounts out!!!

Polynesian Princess · Post by **Polynesian Princess** » Jul Thu 21, 2011 9:55 pm

I'm sure they're going to. There's always rumors that they're not going to release a discount. While Disney has said they were going to scale back on discounts, I think a lot of these rumors are sparked or at least increased because of people worrying about getting a discount for their upcoming trip. I think Disney runs it similar a department store - have you ever gone into a department store when they weren't running some kind of sale or special? Probably not, the items are intentionally overpriced so they can always offer some form of a sale and what varies is how good of a discount it is. The current discount which goes through the beginning of October must be booked by the middle of August, so I'm expecting we'll see the new discount announced when the current one ends or a week or two before then.

Satchel T · Post by **Satchel T** » Jul Fri 22, 2011 12:17 am

Polynesian Princess wrote:I'm sure they're going to. There's always rumors that they're not going to release a discount. While Disney has said they were going to scale back on discounts, I think a lot of these rumors are sparked or at least increased because of people worrying about getting a discount for their upcoming trip. I think Disney runs it similar a department store - have you ever gone into a department store when they weren't running some kind of sale or special? Probably not, the items are intentionally overpriced so they can always offer some form of a sale and what varies is how good of a discount it is. The current discount which goes through the beginning of October must be booked by the middle of August, so I'm expecting we'll see the new discount announced when the current one ends or a week or two before then.

I think you're right. They'll always offer some sort of discount. If they don't they'll see their numbers drop and after a few years they'll begin offering them again.

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Jul Fri 22, 2011 11:16 am

I'm pretty sure that last year at this time, they had already released the Oct. discounts though. Maybe they're just waiting longer?!

rphillips14 · Post by **rphillips14** » Jul Sun 24, 2011 8:27 am

We originally had planned a trip for December but then moved it up to get free dining in September. If we had free dining in December we would go then but can't afford a trip without free dining (Saves us several hundred dollars) and we were afraid it wouldn't be offered at that time (and it hasn't yet). That being said we LOVE September too!

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Jul Sun 24, 2011 10:21 am

rphillips14 wrote:We originally had planned a trip for December but then moved it up to get free dining in September. If we had free dining in December we would go then but can't afford a trip without free dining (Saves us several hundred dollars) and we were afraid it wouldn't be offered at that time (and it hasn't yet). That being said we LOVE September too!

September would be pretty good too right? Most of the kids are back in school, it has potential to be a bit cooler, but not cold. Free dining is definitely a nice perk

That is one thing I am already not looking forward to. Even though I know we wouldn't have spent as much on dining if we had purchased food outright as what we received in the free plan, it was still nice to be able to go in and order whatever looked good, instead of whatever looked good that was the least expensive

When we are buying food, we normally just pick a sandwich or entree to share because the portions are so large. The dining plan was great for F1gment too because she didn't have worry about carrying any money with her.

rphillips14 · Post by **rphillips14** » Jul Sun 24, 2011 11:56 am

We would not go without free dining. It's my wife's favorite part (picking the dining places, making reservations, etc etc). We like to eat in places we haven't ate before.

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Jul Sun 24, 2011 1:25 pm

rphillips14 wrote:We would not go without free dining. It's my wife's favorite part (picking the dining places, making reservations, etc etc). We like to eat in places we haven't ate before.

We don't generally take the time to have table service, that is one reason that free-dining doesn't make much sense for us. But I can see where free dining would be a great way to try different restaurants!

NaCler · Post by **NaCler** » Jul Sun 24, 2011 9:38 pm

mindflipper - You don't remember the FL resident discounts in that email do you? We're still thinking about an October trip.

mindflipper · Post by **mindflipper** » Jul Sun 24, 2011 9:52 pm

NaCler wrote:mindflipper - You don't remember the FL resident discounts in that email do you? We're still thinking about an October trip.

Sorry, it's already cleared out my deleted mail folder...

wewantsdaredhead · Post by **wewantsdaredhead** » Jul Mon 25, 2011 7:50 am

Amy wrote:
rphillips14 wrote:We would not go without free dining. It's my wife's favorite part (picking the dining places, making reservations, etc etc). We like to eat in places we haven't ate before.
We don't generally take the time to have table service, that is one reason that free-dining doesn't make much sense for us. But I can see where free dining would be a great way to try different restaurants!

It's GREAT for doing that---there's no way I would have eaten at most of the places I did in December without free dining.

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Aug Thu 04, 2011 6:35 am

Free dining is back! According to several different postings I've seen, valid dates for this offer include:

2011: Oct. 2-8, Oct 23-Nov 5, Nov 13-19, Nov. 27-Dec 3, Dec 11-17
2012: Jan 8-14, Jan 22- Feb. 4, Feb 12-18, Mar 4-10, Mar 25-31.

Booking must be made by October 29, 2011

Now to decide which is better for us. Free dining or AP discount on the room. F1gment is pulling for the free dining since she loves the freedom. I'm tending to agree since there isn't much of a discount on the value resort rooms anyhow...

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