Historically PSD are released early October (once saw it released even end of Sept). I am staying PO as well (flights booked Feb 27 to Mar 6) and watching to see if PSD would work out better than what I have which is currently park tickets and accommodations at PO and going OOP for food. I went 3 years ago that time frame and paid $4,044 for PSD for 2 adults & 2 children at CBR and it included TS dining. My hope is DW doesn't downgrade it to QS vs TS.
Ughh really makes me think that we will not see any discounts until 10/16 or later!!!!!
If last year is any indication, the first week of October 2017, they put out a play, stay, dine offer for January and February travel. I went towards the end of January and stayed At Coronado springs and updated to the regular
Disney dining plan. My guess is that a similar offer will come out after October 16th. Hoping so
What time of day are the discounts announced?
SHARING THIS AGAIN AS THERE'S CONTINUED SPECULATION ON WHEN THESE MAY BE RELEASED...This is the entire history of the SPD and corresponding room only offer release dates. Of course the past may not be an accurate predictor of the future (especially this year with the ticket change occurring very soon too...
Also worth noting, when (if) discounts are released they will become available in the early AM. I believe phones open at 7am. They sometimes can appear online BEFORE then, sometimes it's after (no rhyme or reason on why)...
Here's a list of historical release dates for Stay Play Dine & Room Only Discounts:
2018 Travel - released 10/3/17 VISA, released 10/3/17 PUBLIC
*(no early Visa release although there were add'l discounts for Visa cardholders)
2017 Travel - released 9/28/16 VISA, released 9/30/16 PUBLIC
2016 Travel - released 9/24/15 VISA, released 9/28/15 PUBLIC
2015 Travel - released 10/6/14 VISA, released 10/9/14 PUBLIC
2014 Travel - released 10/3/13 VISA, released 10/7/13 PUBLIC
2013 Travel - released 10/4/12 VISA, released 10/10/12 PUBLIC
And just to add info here for those that stumble across this post, 2011 & 2012 were the last 2 years where Free Dining was offered during Jan/Feb/Mar. For 2013 and onward it's been Stay, Play & Dine. There's been rumors EVERY year since then that free dining is coming, and then it ends up being StayPlayDine so if you hear that rumor again, take it with a grain of salt.
Also if you want to know more about how this deal has worked in the past and how to calculate what your savings
might be check this out:
https://www.disboards.com/threads/stay-play-dine-2018-calculation-thread.3638155/ *(there are also threads for '15, '16 and '17 linked in the first comment on the 2018 thread)