Free Dining 2014 Discussion ~ Part 2

[garrsmom]

Old tink:
Pop has Kings, I asked. There are not a lot of them and they are not a guarantee. You just have to request and hope for the best. We had two doubles at CBR last time, and we are little people, but I like my space. Queen would be better.

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

I must have been one of the extremely lucky ones... I called this morning a little after 8am to book a package with free dining. I knew POFQ was going to be excluded so I asked for POR and sadly that was excluded as well so we ended up booking Coronado Springs Standard King room (which is great cause hubby is a sprawler lol) with free dining for our dates 9/9-9/16. I say I must have been one of the lucky ones because my whole call, wait time included, was only 20 minutes

We are also doing coronado springs sept 8th-12th maybe we will run into each other lol

 

[black562]

Hello fearless leader I think I recall you saying that you enjoyed Coronado Springs enough that you rebooked. We will be new to that resort in November. Can you share what you enjoyed about it?

It's spotless clean and so detailed. I loved everything about it.

 

[DisneyFanSherry]

Still no email confirmation here either. Just another thing to join in the wait for.

 

[oldtink]

Did any non-visa cardholders call today? Did they say it will definitely be released to gp on Wednesday?

My TA called and emailed to confirm it was going public on 7th and that was from Disney.

 

[minniemous]

Hi last year I was lucky enough to get a free dining pin for the life of me I can not remember when I got it on the mail. It was for September through December. If they were going to have those this year would they have already gone out? Or is their still hope?

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

It's spotless clean and so detailed. I loved everything about it.

Great to hear joe we have never stayed here before we are por people

 

[iheartMagicKingdom]

You can go to *********** or the DVC rent/Transfer board here at the DIS. You can find beter deals than $10/pt if your timing is right and are TRULY trying to find the best financial deal. I could have got a better deal, but was happy with the $10/pt. I won't pay places like David's $14/pt....I like doing my own research. Be careful, there are MANY owners who will book reservations and then try to sell the reservation at very high amounts/pt. Hope this helps!! FWIW, I used to think "free" dining was a good financial deal until I found a cheaper way to get much more for my dollar. I always try to learn from my mistakes.

I can't pull up the DVc rent/transfer. What am I doing wrong.

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[oldtink]

Old tink:
Pop has Kings, I asked. There are not a lot of them and they are not a guarantee. You just have to request and hope for the best. We had two doubles at CBR last time, and we are little people, but I like my space. Queen would be better.

Now that is strange. I even went on this site and none were listed. Double beds aren't options as DH is 6'6" and I am 6'. Just not enough foot room and that is a deal breaker for us.

 

[tinker&belle]

Can anyone see their balance in MDE? I had some giftcards I want to apply and I was waiting until after getting to switch. Now MDE says that my balance is unavailable at this time? Does anyone know if this takes a certain number of days or if it just has to do with all the glitches today?

 

[garrsmom]

Old Tink,
you had me go back and recheck. On Disney's website the rooms say two double beds or one king and my ressies say king requested. You can give it a try, like I said they don't guarantee it though.

 

[tinklvsu]

My TA called and emailed to confirm it was going public on 7th and that was from Disney.

Yep! The email chase sent out to visa holders stated that it went public the 7th also!

 

[SMCURT28]

I can't pull up the DVc rent/transfer. What am I doing wrong.

Sent from my iPad using DISBoards

Log into your DIS account with username and password....it will "magically" appear.

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

Can anyone see their balance in MDE? I had some giftcards I want to apply and I was waiting until after getting to switch. Now MDE says that my balance is unavailable at this time? Does anyone know if this takes a certain number of days or if it just has to do with all the glitches today?

Mine says unavailable at this time too. Last year i did the fd promo and it took 3 days before it stopped saying that

 

[tinklvsu]

Mine says unavailable at this time too. Last year i did the fd promo and it took 3 days before it stopped saying that

Mine too Mine too!

 

[glizzy88]

I would just like to say thank you for the people here that get all of this information to us. I've been to disney about 20 times so I thought I was a seasoned veteran...but I never knew about deals until way after they were announced. This was so exciting to go through! Now I can't wait until our vacation!

 

[dansdad]

I was told that POP didn't have Kings?!!? Even on this site description.....

Pop has Kings. It is not a bookable category, only a request.

 

[MPB82]

And, for the 10,000th time, if you checkin on an included date, you get free dining for the whole trip.

What if I check in before but the end of my trip is within the October dates? It is only by check-in date?

 

[black562]

What if I check in before but the end of my trip is within the October dates? It is only by check-in date?

Yes your check in day has to be within the dates.

 

[tinker&belle]

Mine says unavailable at this time too. Last year i did the fd promo and it took 3 days before it stopped saying that

Ok. I was hoping there wasn't something wrong with my reservation.