Originally Posted By brotherdave I was just on the phone with WDW Central Reservations udjusting my trip for June when the CM asked me if I would be interested in booking in either Aug or Sept. They are offering a "Free Meal" promotion when booking at ANY WDW resort for each day of your stay for all members of your party for those two months! He explained that this is a trial promotion to see how it takes off! Basically, the meal ticket plans that run about $30.00 are now going to be included in your resort reservations during slow periods. This may be in response to Universal's "All you can eat" for $20.00 promotion. It seems that the theme park wars are really heating up in Orlando!! Now, if they were to only lower ticket prices....
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Now, if they were to only lower ticket prices....< and be in bankruptcy 3 months later
Originally Posted By Labuda Dave, this is the second year in a row Disney has done the free dining in August & Sept - and part of the reason why my Nov/Dec trip just changed to a Sept-Oct trip (just first day of the trip has to be in range for this deal). I love it!
Originally Posted By jmishica Labuda- Looks like I'm going back over llabour day weekend- staying at the Contemporary of course, but taking full advantage of the free food (It allowed for the Upgrade). 2 questions: How is WDW over labour day (Hurricanes excluded) crowds, weather, etc... How popular was this promotion last year>?
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m ^^I believe all holidays are pretty busy, Labor Day included because a lot of the locals with AP's come to the parks. Also, from what I've heard, they got a good response last year with the free dining, which is why they are repeating it.
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney ^^It is a win/win proposition for WDW. They fill rooms in the slowest time of the year, made worse by the slew of storms we've had the past few years, and folks who can travel at a time school is starting get a big bargain. It also allows Disney's Food and Beverage Dept. to slim down menu offerrings because almost every full-serve restaurant will be packed during the promo.
Originally Posted By TiggerRulz Used to go to Disney every Labour Day - would arrive the day before and stay the week. Never found Labour day that bad. Then the rest of the week - the place was empty. Great time to visit.
Originally Posted By kennect Last year when they ran this same promo did they extend it beyond the end of Sept.? I had it booked at some point but had to cancel due to family problems...This year I would really like to take advantage of it but go down in late October instead of September....
Originally Posted By LuvDatDisney ^^Won't happen. Late October is always packed. They have no need to run promotions. Sorry.
Originally Posted By pixiedust1 <<Labuda Sun 4/30/2006 8:07a Dave, this is the second year in a row Disney has done the free dining in August & Sept - and part of the reason why my Nov/Dec trip just changed to a Sept-Oct trip (just first day of the trip has to be in range for this deal). I love it>> Labuda... Since you have done the meal plan already, can you give us the background on how it works.. $30 for anywhere is Disney per person.. does that $30 have to be used in one place.. Please explain if you can... Thanks...
Originally Posted By Labuda You pay for it up front, then you get whatever appetizer, entree, dessert, ad a non-alcoholic beverage for your sit-down dinners, plus a snack and a counter-service meal (beverage, entree, appetizer, and dessert). Last year when DH & I did the meal plan for free, we had a few meals where, had we beenn paying, our meal would have run us $80 for dinner alone. But, istead we got out for under $20 (we had some of the best service we've ever had eve though we were eating free, and tipped accordingly at some places to show how darn much we DID appreciate it!).
Originally Posted By Labuda Oh, and last year Sept 2-10 when we were there, crowds were still VERY managable despite the promotion - never waited more than 25-30 minutes for ay attraction! Hoping it won't be too much worse than that going Sept 29-Oct 6th this year!
