New dining gift card discount. UPDATE WITH LINK TO OFFER

[curious_st]

This offer is for "arrival dates starting" it will apply to your whole stay. My POR starts 9/8 and goes to 9/17. All dates in "My plans" show the DINE code in them even though the promo is till 9/14.

Thank you! I didn’t see “arrival dates starting” in the fine print. I know it normally says that on specials, so I even looked for it I am probably just overthinking things.

 

[focusondisney]

so if I stay four nights at Beach Club last week in August I would get a $750 promo card for food? This offer has me so confused. I can't tell if it's a deal or not.

No, it’s $150 per room per night. So if you only stay 4 nights, you would only get $600.

 

[Craig Larson]

so if I stay four nights at Beach Club last week in August I would get a $750 promo card for food? This offer has me so confused. I can't tell if it's a deal or not.

You would get a $600 gift card, for Beach club it is 150 per night, a max of 750.

 

[curious_st]

Did you check the 25% off promotion? That was cheaper for me than the dining promo. The dining promo if they ended up giving us the $150 for 6 nights would be a $900 card. But the 25% off saved us $924.36. So it ended up being about $25 cheaper doing the promotion instead.

ETA: although the promotion did say up to $750. So if we’d only get $750, we are saving $175 by doing the 25%

That promotion isn’t available during my booking period, but I think the dining card is a slightly better deal on my room anyways. The 25% discount is certainly better on the higher priced lodging options, though.

 

[emmabelle]

okay that makes sense. I booked it anyways because it seems better than if I got a 20% off with Disney+ if they offer that. I wanted BC and the std view so I'm happy with that.

 

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

What is even more confusing. I booked my room only stay at Poly for Aug 14-20 prior to the rack rate increase yesterday. When I book now, room only, price increase is 88.88 total for 1 room. When I book a package without the dining card the price increase shows, but when I booked the dining package, the price difference is a few dollars per room?? I booked 3 rooms for 5 nights, so I'll get 150 per room per night. IF my math is right, not a bad deal for us. IF I did my math right... I did it 2x, but so confusing...

 

[MinnieMSue]

I crunched the numbers on my July 4 pop standard room and the 15% discount saved only a few dollars from what I paid when I booked it last year. The dining card increased my costs a little under $200 for the package but I will get $300 dining card so I went with it. It should be $50/night. It took me a long time of going back and forth trying to figure it out including a brief stay in the space mountain orbit waiting room

 

[Mle8308]

What is even more confusing. I booked my room only stay at Poly for Aug 14-20 prior to the rack rate increase yesterday. When I book now, room only, price increase is 88.88 total for 1 room. When I book a package without the dining card the price increase shows, but when I booked the dining package, the price difference is a few dollars per room?? I booked 3 rooms for 5 nights, so I'll get 150 per room per night. IF my math is right, not a bad deal for us. IF I did my math right... I did it 2x, but so confusing...

It is a max of $750, so if you book more than 5 nights, it does not increase the dining amount.

 

[emmabelle]

@TISHLOVESDISNEY

I think it's a good deal for the Poly since it's hard to get discounts there.

I could get the Poly for $300 more over what I'm paying for BC. Very tempting!

I just really love being able to walk into Epcot and HS

 

[Craig Larson]

What is even more confusing. I booked my room only stay at Poly for Aug 14-20 prior to the rack rate increase yesterday. When I book now, room only, price increase is 88.88 total for 1 room. When I book a package without the dining card the price increase shows, but when I booked the dining package, the price difference is a few dollars per room?? I booked 3 rooms for 5 nights, so I'll get 150 per room per night. IF my math is right, not a bad deal for us. IF I did my math right... I did it 2x, but so confusing...

I noticed that as well. The package price when I booked this morning was less than what I priced out yesterday when researching.

 

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

It is a max of $750, so if you book more than 5 nights, it does not increase the dining amount.

Yeah, we are 6 nights, but still.

@TISHLOVESDISNEY

I think it's a good deal for the Poly since it's hard to get discounts there.

That was what I was thinking. I did a quick search for dates in June, just to see, and couldn't find a Poly discount for the new room only discount, so figured I'd be ahead if no discounts are offered for our August dates later, and if I can snag a better discount then, I will.
I don't have a AP anymore, let it go this past August. Hard to get used to not getting AP discounts.

 

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

I noticed that as well. The package price when I booked this morning was less than what I priced out yesterday when researching.

Yep, I did the same.

 

[emmabelle]

Yeah, we are 6 nights, but still.

That was what I was thinking. I did a quick search for dates in June, just to see, and couldn't find a Poly discount for the new room only discount, so figured I'd be ahead if no discounts are offered for our August dates later, and if I can snag a better discount then, I will.
I don't have a AP anymore, let it go this past August. Hard to get used to not getting AP discounts.

I feel you. We let our AP's go in March 2022. It was just becoming every vacation go to Disney to make them worth it. Decided to give my husband a break and only go once a year starting in 2023. Ughhh, hope I can do that.

 

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

I feel you. We let our AP's go in March 2022. It was just becoming every vacation go to Disney to make them worth it. Decided to give my husband a break and only go once a year. Ughhh, hope I can do that.

Yeah, we now have 2 kids in college, so DH nixed my AP and multiple trips a year.
I struggle with 1 trip a year, but squeeze in a quick extended weekend trip in December for Christmas and OI Meetup.

 

[Disneylover99]

It is a max of $750, so if you book more than 5 nights, it does not increase the dining amount.

I think it’s for length of stay. At least I hope so. I booked 2 weeks at a moderate. Hoping for a $1400 dining credit.

The fine print says the dining gift card can be issued up to $1000. And additional cards may be issued if the amount is over $1000. But then I also see, one gift card per room. So it’s kind of confusing.

 

[Mle8308]

We have Copper Creek (cash) currently booked for September. We'll see if it can be applied! If not, I'll look into other options or maybe just keep what we have!

I was able to go online and apply this to our reservation, we are staying 10 nights (rate didn't change because we booked it recently). I went back and looked at the details in the offer. I thought it was a max of $750, but there is a bullet point that says the following:

• One Disney Dining Promo Card per room—valid for packages that include up to $1,000 on a Disney Dining Promo Card. If a package includes more than $1,000 on a Disney Dining Promo Card, the value will be distributed across more than one Disney Dining Promo Card.

So does that mean it can be more than the $750? If anyone has any thoughts or has heard something definite (I'm not waiting on hold with Disney)? I figure if a better room discount comes out, I can cancel and rebook. $750 is better than $0!

 

[Mle8308]

I think it’s for length of stay. At least I hope so. I booked 2 weeks at a moderate. Hoping for a $1400 dining credit.

The fine print says the dining gift card can be issued up to $1000. And additional cards may be issued if the amount is over $1000. But then I also see, one gift card per room. So it’s kind of confusing.

I think I was writing my post as you posted! Same question here!

 

[Disneylover99]

I was able to go online and apply this to our reservation, we are staying 10 nights (rate didn't change because we booked it recently). I went back and looked at the details in the offer. I thought it was a max of $750, but there is a bullet point that says the following:

• One Disney Dining Promo Card per room—valid for packages that include up to $1,000 on a Disney Dining Promo Card. If a package includes more than $1,000 on a Disney Dining Promo Card, the value will be distributed across more than one Disney Dining Promo Card.

So does that mean it can be more than the $750? If anyone has any thoughts or has heard something definite (I'm not waiting on hold with Disney)? I figure if a better room discount comes out, I can cancel and rebook. $750 is better than $0!

Yes! This is what I was looking at. It definitely reads like length of stay to me.

 

[Mle8308]

Yes! This is what I was looking at. It definitely reads like length of stay to me.

I hope that is the case, $1500 would be nice.

 

[saskdw]

So if you book 14 nights at a Moderate you will get $1400 in dining cards?

Would be stupid if they made you book 3 packages to get your money.

It doesn't seem to say anywhere how much your dining card is when you price a package.