esskay
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Yeah the 'upto' thing is a tad odd. On their own site for the UK/EU version of this earlier in the year it was initially listed that way but changed to a "Upto X per night" wording.
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Dining Promo Card with Walt Disney World resort hotel bookings for summer 2023
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Schweino
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I could be wrong, but looking at mousesavers when they released their full rack rate, a standard room at FQ was 324 for Sept 10-15th when 2023 rates were released. However, Disney currently has it at 295 per night. Package w/o discount is 2671 for 4 days of park tickets. This promo makes it 2654 (not sure why theres a $17 difference) plus you get the dining card.
So it does appear to me that this does offer a real value for guests. There does not appear to be a room rate price increase to offset the dining promotion value.
So it does appear to me that this does offer a real value for guests. There does not appear to be a room rate price increase to offset the dining promotion value.
Weather_Lady
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Like the DDP, the savings/value depends on how the offer fits with your plans: i.e., whether you were already planning to purchase a 5- night room-and-ticket package at full price, and planning to spend enough on on-property food that and extra $150 or less/day to spend on Disney-priced food is going to save you more than that in the "real world" money you were otherwise going to spend on dining.
For many families, other types of discounts would be of greater value to them, comparatively, so when people say that the current dining offer isn't a great value, I think they just mean that it doesn't offer much compared to a hypothetical room-only offer, or a "free" dining offer.
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Schweino
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Totally agree, especially throwing in free dining as a hypothetical option. Just wanted to put the data out there that Disney did not appear to 'increase' anything to offer this promotion. "You're paying for it somewhere" does not appear to be the case here, unless of course in your scenario where you were planning to do a smaller trip but now are going longer to take advantage of said promo.
I'm still waiting for the dining plan to come back ;D
We booked this yesterday for a trip in September. Booked the BC and it was less than the Poly reservation we had booked but cancelled in April. Plus we get the $150 per day dining promo. Seemed like a good deal to me although I know room discounts will be out for September later so I will have to compare the costs.
NelleBelle
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I booked for Sept. as well with this discount and ultimately settled on YC. I was booked at the Poly as well but switched over to the YC and am saving nearly $1500 with the switch (not counting the food credit). We loved the YC even though would've liked to have tried the Poly for a mom-n-daughter trip.
New GP promo not as good as the Dining card promo for me, so sticking with it. Staying at CBR from 8/18-8/26. I napkin math'd it was around a 28% discount for me.
It was nice to see that my week that was blocked out from the Visa discount was included in this one. Interestingly enough, the week that was blacked out was included in the "higher" discount period for this offer. Still, it was only 20-25% and on top of that, I would have needed to upgrade my room category.
It was nice to see that my week that was blocked out from the Visa discount was included in this one. Interestingly enough, the week that was blacked out was included in the "higher" discount period for this offer. Still, it was only 20-25% and on top of that, I would have needed to upgrade my room category.