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New Free Disney World Dining Deal through March 2012

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 2-8
  • October 23-November 5
  • November 13-19
  • November 27-December 3
  • December 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 8-14
  • January 22-February 4
  • February 12-18
  • March 4-10
  • March 25-31
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Rich
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Rich

Thanks Dave. I was interested in late August

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Dave
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Allison, thanks a million for wieghing in!

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Allison Jones
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Hi Katie, We actually book Southwest Packages to Disney World for our guests, quite often. When you add the airfare, we can sometimes save the guests a lot more money than booking directly with Disney Travel Company. So, I am quite familiar with your situation. You cannot add the Dining Plan, once you arrive to your Disney Resort. It is a package feature included with your room and tickets. This is an option that you must add before you leave home. The Disney Hotels do not even have the option of adding it when you arrive. Southwest should be able… Read more »
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12 years ago
Dave
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Dave

Hi Katie!

You can’t buy the plan after you arrive…and you may not be able to buy it at all.

Package deals like yours bought from outside Disney sometimes don’t allow you to add stuff. The best way to find out is to deal with Disney’s package people, at 407-939-7675.

I will reach out to see if I can find out anything else helpful…

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Katie
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Katie
Hi Dave, I booked my room for myself and my 10 year old daughter (no one else wants to go with us in our family!) for Feb 4-8 which is crossed off here. The room was booked through SW airlines at the Disney Wilderness Lodge. Can I purchase the dining plan when we arrive? When I called the hotel to ask about my options they kept telling me to call Southwest Airlines. So I called SWA and they ended up calling the resort in a conference call. I neglected to ask about the dining plan (duh!!) and was focused on… Read more »
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