Free Dining Fall 2015? (and a whole lot more)

[aaarcher86]

Is there a Disney URL I should bookmark where the free dining offer will appear on the day that it's available, or is it something that would pop up during the typical reservation process online?

It's on the special offers page, and need to go through that link to apply it.

 

[aaarcher86]

Sorry to ask a question that has been asked a million times I am sure. What are the EXACT dates of free dinning for 2015

Nobody knows because it hasn't been released yet. The dates listed are still speculation.

 

[Astylla]

Sorry to ask a question that has been asked a million times I am sure. What are the EXACT dates of free dinning for 2015

NO ONE KNOWS YET , However the RUMORED DATES per some leaked information are :

From August 15 to October 2
From October 25 to October 31
From November 8th to November 19th
From December 15 to December 21.
Entering (first day) to the hotel in one of these four periods get free meals for the entire stay.
Value Hotels Disney Dining Plan Quick receive and Moderate and Deluxe hotels are regularly Disney Dining Plan.

Hotels excluded:
The most notable exclusions hotels are the All Star Movies and standard rooms Little Mermaid in the Art of Animation and Port Orleans French Quarter.
In the case of Port Orlearns Riverside, is included only during the period from August 15 to October 2, being excluded for the rest of the dates of October, November and December.

 

[huggybuff]

Excuse the newbieness of the question, as I've never even been to WDW on my own before as adult: If I check in on 11/5 (based on the rumored dates), I am NOT eligible for free dining even if my stay extends well into the 11/8-11/19 period?

 

[BStew]

Excuse the newbieness of the question, as I've never even been to WDW on my own before as adult: If I check in on 11/5 (based on the rumored dates), I am NOT eligible for free dining even if my stay extends well into the 11/8-11/19 period?

That is correct. FD is based only on your check in date at a participating resort. However, you could do a split stay with a reservation for 11-5-11/8 and then a FD from 11-8 until checkout.

 

[luvdisney87]

Has anyone been the week of Halloween? Is it super busy? I was hoping end of Oct would take the edge off the heat but still be hot enough to swim. Plus it's my birthday! I am going to take my kid out of school to go during free dining. Parent of the year right here

We went the week of Halloween last year and it was perfect in our opinion. Great weather and the crowds were pretty good in our opinion. We hardly waited for rides (except 7DMT!).

 

[Honeybee83]

We use United bc hubby is a pilot for ExpressJet, one of their regional carriers. When we can get discounted tickets it's a no brainier for us. Especially with a 20+ hour drive and a 3 year old that gets carsick easily. Happy flying!

 

[smitch425]

Are BB dates usually a year from the time you stay at the resort? For example, if I'm staying at one of the resorts in September, will the BB be for the next September or some other time?

In general, no, but when going in September, the bounceback is typically free dining for the following year in mid-late Aug through late Sept/early Oct.

 

[Camaro305]

In general, no, but when going in September, the bounceback is always free dining for the following year in mid-late Aug through late Sept/early Oct.

When going in August as well, yes?

 

[smitch425]

When going in August as well, yes?

Typically anytime from Aug-about mid Nov.

 

[Camaro305]

Typically anytime from Aug-about mid Nov.

Gotcha. Thanks.

 

[PrincessNelly]

curious - what are your dates for BB offer and when were you there.
We were there late October and only had RO discout for BB

We were there 10/18-10/25, booked the bounce back for 9/5 to 9/12. I just called the BB line, I never received anything in my room or welcome booklet that showed free dining.

 

[akmata]

We loved our stay at sports! It seemed of one of our more quiet stays also. Music is very cute too, imo it's very similar to pop in many ways.

This is good to hear. We are staying at Sports since Movies seems to be excluded from discounts lately. We really liked Movies in 2013 and are hoping to like Sports too.

 

[PrincessNelly]

Are BB dates usually a year from the time you stay at the resort? For example, if I'm staying at one of the resorts in September, will the BB be for the next September or some other time?

The free dining BB doesn't typically become available to book until August. Before than, its normally a RO discount.
The 2014 bounce back offer for free dining was only 8/20/15 through 10/2/15.. which is shorter than years past. They used to allow you to book free dining anytime of the year as a BB, then just Aug-Dec. The window seems to gets smaller and smaller each year.

 

[ELSA711]

We were there 10/18-10/25, booked the bounce back for 9/5 to 9/12. I just called the BB line, I never received anything in my room or welcome booklet that showed free dining.

Well darn it. I'll be calling BB line the minute we walk into our room this time.
They never offered us FD only RO discount so I held off, then the day of check out I was going to do it but we had emergency and never got the change.

 

[PrincessNelly]

Well darn it. I'll be calling BB line the minute we walk into our room this time.
They never offered us FD only RO discount so I held off, then the day of check out I was going to do it but we had emergency and never got the change.

We normally book the bounce back every year. We have been offered the RO BB but had to ask about the free dining BB and was given that, but only when we asked. Probably what happened to you.

 

[huggybuff]

That is correct. FD is based only on your check in date at a participating resort. However, you could do a split stay with a reservation for 11-5-11/8 and then a FD from 11-8 until checkout.

Thanks for the confirmation. This is what I had been gleaning from previous posts and also thought of the split stay idea. Now to decide where to stay the first few days!

 

[akmata]

We stayed at Sports last year for the first time and it was nice. We liked the fact that this hotel is much smaller than the other values, so less walking to the pool, food court, and bus stop. You are also the first one on the bus since the All Stars share transportation and the first one off which makes a big difference to me. The only issue I found was their food court was smaller too and it seemed to take a little longer to get your food since there was always lines. Would definitely stay again though.

This is also good to hear. Thanks! I'm looking more and more forward to our stay at Sports now.

 

[akmata]

I did not know this!! Thank you so much...I will be watching fares that morning then. I think SW has pretty similar fares as JB, the only diff is that with SA we have to pay that extra boarding fee to be in the A group so we can guarantee seating together and that stinks because it adds another 200.00 to our fare cost. Does anyone else pay for this or just take the risk and hope if the need arises that a stranger will give up their seat so you can sit next to your kids??

I will probably pay the extra boarding fee for the flight home. I don't want to try and remember on our last day in the park to check in.

 

[Aubrav]

In talking about the Bounce Back offers, I missed it last year because I didn't know you just had to call. But from what is being said, it's offered every year? Like when I go this October it will most likely be available?