Fall room discounts and fall free dining are finally here

Walt Disney World Accommodations
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The answer is no, it does not work for DVC members. Only cash paying customers.

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When did you book? Was it room only??

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If you booked with an agent only they can make any changes. Hopefully you have a good one who is already working on it without your asking.

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Room only dates cover October.

Halloween party helps them fill rooms

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Nope

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Anyone have any tips for getting through on the phones? Iā€™ve been getting busy/call back later messages all morning.

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That will be status quo all day and evening.

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As Dory would say, ā€œJust keep swimming!ā€ Keep trying. I got through once and found out it doesnā€™t work for me, but at least I found out.

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Haha, I like that advice! I am also not sure it will work (we are arriving one day before the dates start, but they will be effective the rest of our stay), so Iā€™m debating how much time I want to spend getting through. But hey, free dining is free dining, so itā€™s worth a shot!

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Thatā€™s exactly why this is happening and is disappointing news for anyone who was hoping that September crowds would stay down.

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I think we booked in February or maybe March? So we had a pretty decent rate. We booked with parkhoppers and deluxe dining since this trip is all about eating and nighttime spectaculars for us :slight_smile: I looked at the room only and other discounts that just opened, and they would have saved us a little, but getting the free dining was extra sweet and saved us more.

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Texted my agent as I woke up this morning. Sheā€™d already been on hold with Disney for 1.5 hours. :grimacing:

Doing a quick pricing out online it looks like we could save about $400. Of course, doing Disney math I asked her to move our room only the night before to AK from Pop. Crossing my fingers it all works out, could be a savings of $200 plus upgrading from a Value to a Deluxe (for just the one night).

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I just saw the TP email.
Sadly, it doesnā€™t extend into our dates. We miss it by a smidge.

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I got up at 4:00 as I have been doing for 2 weeks, just to check for special offers. Was on hold on the phone with Disney for 2 hours just to verify that because I booked my October trip early, I could not save any money. Now I can go back to sleeping later than 4 a.m. So sad that free dining was not an option for October.

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I got though but Iā€™m on hold for and estimated time of over 60 minutes :woman_facepalming:t2: Send magical thoughts my way :joy:

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Spent an hour and 15 minutes on hold only to be told the system is down and to call back in another hour to see if itā€™s back up (around 1 EST for anyone else still on hold). Iā€™ll be screaming into a pillow if anyone needs me :joy:

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I doubt this will have much of an impact. If SWGE didnā€™t raise the crowds, a limited offering of free dining wonā€™t either, especially since a lot of kids just started back at school.

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I wouldnā€™t assume that @mpromenesko There are plenty of people who arenā€™t into SWGE who love Disney free dining promos.

Welcome to the forum!

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Not to mention many who will only book when there is free dining and who have been waiting for this offer for some time! I know a family with 2 littles who plan to book in Sept/Oct. Hope they get it!

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Oh Iā€™m sure this will bump crowds a bit. What Iā€™m saying is this wonā€™t turn Sept. from a 2-4 crowd level to a 7-9 crowd level.