raammartin
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Tinksmom5 said:I just got off line with a dcm and they said they didn't hear anything about free dinning in the US for 2007 as of right now . Imagine my relief to see that they are indeed offering it to guest who are there right now . That would be mean our chances are pretty good . I was also thrilled to learn they offer it to Disney Visa card holders before everyone else as I am now holding such a card . I was planning to get down there for May but if the free dinning comes through I will be waiting and saving and perhaps be able to extend our vacation from 7 days to 10 . whoopppeeeeee
Disney's own resort guests can book their dining reservations 180 days prior to their CHECK-IN date (while everyone else can book their dining reservations 180 days prior to the date of the meal -- a subtle but often quite important distinction). The +10 indicates that when taking advantage of this, the Disney resort guest can only make ten days worth of reservations. If their trip is longer, they'll have to make their reservations for the remaining days of their trip following the standard policy, i.e., 180 days prior to the date of the meal.Albertan mom said:A couple of people have posted about making ADRs at 180 days +10. What is the +10??? Is that only for certain people?
That is a pretty silly practice. You gain no advantage whatsoever from having a hotel reservations with regard to getting free dining, if and when it is offered. In order to get free dining, there needs to be special free dining inventory available. Everyone who "adds" the free dining to an existing reservation is really being switched from regular inventory into this limited free dining inventory (but Disney doesn't bother the guest with this detail). If there wasn't any space left in the special inventory, having a room reservation wouldn't help you at all.Others have mentioned calling, reserving a room, then cancelling if they don't offer free dining.
In fact, in may harm you in the long run. If there are all these rooms booked in hopes of free dining and WDW looks at their reservation logs and sees that heck rooms are booking up without a promotion, they may decide they don't need one.bicker said:That is a pretty silly practice. You gain no advantage whatsoever from having a hotel reservations with regard to getting free dining, if and when it is offered. In order to get free dining, there needs to be special free dining inventory available. Everyone who "adds" the free dining to an existing reservation is really being switched from regular inventory into this limited free dining inventory (but Disney doesn't bother the guest with this detail). If there wasn't any space left in the special inventory, having a room reservation wouldn't help you at all.
It is impossible to know for sure, but best guess now is early Spring.Mrs.Reese said:When would they announce free dining?