Disney World has a new free dining deal that covers many dates from October 2011 through March 2012.
The deal needs to be booked by October 29, 2011. Update: for 2012 dates, the book-by window has been extended to December 17. See this for more.
According to this post on the Disney Food Blog, available arrival dates are as follows (updated 8/26–those who have already booked the old dates will still get the free dining; new bookings must use the new dates)
2011 FREE DINING AT WALT DISNEY WORLD ARRIVAL DATES
- October 1-6
- October 22-November 3
- November 12-17
- November 26-December 1
- December 10-December 15
October 2-8October 23-November 5November 13-19November 27-December 3December 11-17
2012 FREE DINING AT WALT DISNEY WORLD ARRIVAL DATES
- January 8-12
- January 21-February 2
- February 11-16
- March 3-8
- March 24-29
January 8-14January 22-February 4February 12-18March 4-10March 25-31
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Hi Dave~
We are planning to arrive on 2/10/12-2/15/12. The free dining plan doesn’t start until 2/11. Does that leave us out? I noticed the resorts have up to a 35% discount, would it be better to take advantage of the resort discount & buy the dining plan? Thanks so much!
Hi Mollie!
Kids on the dining plan have to order from a children’s menu (if the eatery has one) which often doesn’t appeal to picky eaters–unless they really love chicken nuggets and PB&J…
And yes, you are limited to certain resorts. Disney doesn’t do roll-aways, and won’t let you register more than official capacity. The least expensive way to get a standard room for 5 is a trundle-bed room in the Alligator Bayou section of Port Orleans Riverside–see http://yourfirstvisit.net/2009/10/21/review-disneys-port-orleans-riverside-resort/
For more on “large families” see this: http://yourfirstvisit.net/planning-your-first-family-trip/special-circumstances/special-circumstances-large-families/
We are in the beginning stages of planning our first trip to Disney World. It will be me, my husband and our triplets who are 4 years. They are not big eatersand they are picky (especially one of them) so I am trying to decide if the meal plan is the best way to go(economically speaking). Also, are we limited to only certain resorts because we are a family of 5? Or will they let us use an air mattress or a roll away since they are young?
I would appreciate any insight possible. Thanks!
Hi Kinya! Well, I don’t think you can…anmd I don’t think you should.
That’s a very crowded and very expensive time of the year, because of President’s Day. Becasue of the higher hotel expenses then, I don’t think you can make the budget work–and I would avoid the crowds anyway.
For making around $1500 work during less expensive times of the year, see this: http://yourfirstvisit.net/planning-your-first-family-trip/what-to-budget/estimating-budgets/designing-your-walt-disney-world-vacation-to-a-lower-target-budget/
For which are the less expensive times, see this: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2010/05/26/walt-disney-world-2012-price-seasons/