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Disney World Free Dining for the General Public to Come Out in Early August?



By Dave Shute

FREE DINING AT DISNEY WORLD FOR THE REST OF 2013

Crack insider the “Mysterious J” emailed me last night to let me know that a free dining deal for the rest of 2013 at Disney World for visits booked from Europe and South America will come out on August 1st.  

Disney World 2013 Free DiningThis deal will have book-by dates of November 15, and will cover arrival dates of

  • September 29 to October 2, 2013
  • October 18 to November 2, 2013
  • November 11 to November 23, 2013
  • December 12 to December 22, 2013

At or near the same time, a room rate deal will come out as well.

The “Mysterious J” has given me the heads up on such items weeks before they appear before, and has never yet been wrong.

Moreover, what typically happens is that these deals come out outside the US first, and then soon get released for the North American general public.

So this news bodes really, really well for general public free dining to come out in early August as well!

I’ve been frankly skeptical about such a deal and am oh so glad that it appears that my forecasts of no more general public free dining in 2013 might be wrong!!!

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70 comments

1 Julie { 07.31.13 at 12:39 am }

Keeping fingers crossed but so sad that I do not ever receive any mailing or pin codes we visit every other year and have never received any of these !!!

2 Dave { 07.31.13 at 8:17 am }

Me neither, Julie. Did you call to see if you had a pin code? See this: https://yourfirstvisit.net/2013/05/17/you-may-have-a-free-dining-pin-code-for-walt-disney-world-even-if-you-dont/

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3 Alicia { 07.31.13 at 10:23 am }

I just noticed on the boards that the movies resort is not included in the free dining special. Do you know if this is true and if so do you know why that is?

4 Dave { 08.01.13 at 7:51 am }

Alicia, the most popular–and hence easy for Disney to book at standard prices–resorts are always excluded…the scoop as I have it so far is here: https://yourfirstvisit.net/2013/08/01/the-disney-world-fall-2013-deals-are-out/

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5 Andy { 08.03.13 at 4:01 pm }

Hi Dave,

It looks like “mysterious J” has got it slightly wrong! I am based in the UK and the offer is not open to us, only the US, so when you say………. “Crack insider the “Mysterious J” emailed me last night to let me know that a free dining deal for the rest of 2013 at Disney World for visits booked from Europe and South America will come out on August 1st. “……… I guess everyone has to get it wrong eventually!!

6 Dave { 08.04.13 at 9:06 am }

Oh Andy, good point, my mistake. The UK always has a different set of deals than everybody else. I lived in England for three years as a kid–in Ruislip!–and learned then to not really think of the UK as part of Europe! I should have said “the Continent” instead of Europe…

Forgive me? BTW, you can sometimes find US based travel agents who can do the US deals for UK visitors…

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7 Andy { 08.05.13 at 4:40 pm }

Hi Dave,

Ruislip? Nice part of the World but not as nice as where you are now I bet? We telephoned Disney in the US and can book but unfortunately we have already booked our flights and Virgin want to charge over £300 to change our flights!! (Currently staying 26th Nov – 10th Dec) typically our dates are not eligible for free dining.

8 Dave { 08.06.13 at 8:10 am }

Ouch, Andy, 300 pounds is a bit rich…but still you are going at a great time so have a wonderful visit!!

I’m still in Northeast Ohio–don’t get to WDW til Thursday night…

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9 Andy { 08.06.13 at 10:37 am }

Thanks Dave. If your mysterious contact can arrange for the free dining to last until the 27th November I would be very grateful.
Enjoy your holiday, I am sure we will as it is our first ever visit!

10 Dave { 08.07.13 at 7:43 am }

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