Free dinning and free nights for UK visitors 2008

[biggy H]

There is posts going around on UK forums that certain Travel agents are offering free dinning and free nights for UK guests next year:

I have now received a printed copy of the terms and conditions of the deal being offered.

Disney FREE Dine and FREE Nights offers available for new bookings made between the 23 August and 6 November 2007 for departures 10 August – 27 September 2008 only. Offers are subject to availability and Virgin Holidays standard terms and conditions. The offers cannot be combined with any other offers or promotions applicable within this period.


Disney Dining Plan ‘FREE DINE’ offer:

Offer applies to departures 10th Aug 2008 – 27th Sep 2008 ONLY. Eligible bookings MUST include at least a 5 night stay at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Disney’s Port Orleans Resort, Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground, Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Resort, Disney’s Polynesian Resort, Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts, Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa and Disney’s Old Key West Resort, AND Disney’s Ultimate or Premium Tickets, for all people on the booking.

The accommodation and theme park tickets MUST both be booked through Virgin Holidays, and the Disney Dining Plan must be booked for all people on the booking, for every night of their stay at a Walt Disney Resort hotel. The free Dine offer is only available on single centre holidays, and is not valid on Disney Cruise Line bookings or wedding bookings. The free dine offer is only available at selected restaurants, full details can be provided on request. Children aged 3-9 must order from the children’s menu, where available. Children age 2 and under are not eligible to take advantage of this offer and must pay locally for any food/drink consumed.

You will NOT receive the free dining, if the above conditions are not complied with. In these circumstances we reserve the right to alter your booking accordingly.

Free Night Offer:

Offer applies to all departures 10th Aug 2008 – 27th Sep 2008 ONLY, when staying and paying for a minimum of 7 nights at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort or Disney’s Port Orleans Resorts - get up to two extra nights free. For example, stay 9 nights and pay for only 7. Discount will be deducted at the time of booking. Maximum of 2 free nights per booking. Maximum stay 21 nights inclusive of the 2 free nights. This offer is not applicable to accommodation only bookings.

Both the free night offer and Disney’s free dining promotion can only be combined when travelling on applicable departure dates and staying at the Disney resorts featuring both offers for the specified minimum stays. Please note that this cannot be combined on accommodation only bookings.


So as you can see the Values are NOT included within this offer.

Virgin Holidays are one company offering the deal, Travel city Direct are also reported to be offering it.

No news if its a disney thing yet.

 

[coltow]

Thanks to this thread, I have just booked next year's holiday! :sohappy:

I phoned Virgin early this morning and booked 2 weeks at the Polynesian with free dining, for next August 14. I realise it will be busy and hot, but DD is moving up to secondary school in the following September, so we don't want her to miss any school if we can help it. We usually go in October, but they only have one week off school, se we decided to try August instead. We are planning to hit the parks early, and then relax by the pool for the afternoons!

Any advice for being at WDW in August? I am hoping a lot of the American schools will have started back by then, but I am sure it will be extremely busy anyway!

Maybe we'll bump into you there. We are going 12-20. We went in July last year and yes it was very hot & crowded, but you've got the right idea. Get up early to be at the parks when they open. Stay until lunch time and then head back to the resort for a swim, shower and maybe a nap. We would head back to the parks around 4:30pm. In the mornings do all the major attractions. In the evenings do the secondary attractions and maybe some shows. This is what worked for us last year any how. We plan to have the same plan of attack next year, but I hear it could be a little less crowded in mid-August than in mid-July.

PS I'm keeping my fingers crossed that if Disney does free dining for next year for US & Canada that it will be the same time that it was offered to UK, that way we'll qualify and can spend an extra night or 2.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

I may just browse these forums, but I totally agree with your comments. A little more courtesy would have been appropriate in this case.

Bully for you,

if people are that bothered why post on. a general web site?

 

[minnie2000]

Maybe we'll bump into you there. We are going 12-20. We went in July last year and yes it was very hot & crowded, but you've got the right idea. Get up early to be at the parks when they open. Stay until lunch time and then head back to the resort for a swim, shower and maybe a nap. We would head back to the parks around 4:30pm. In the mornings do all the major attractions. In the evenings do the secondary attractions and maybe some shows. This is what worked for us last year any how. We plan to have the same plan of attack next year, but I hear it could be a little less crowded in mid-August than in mid-July.

PS I'm keeping my fingers crossed that if Disney does free dining for next year for US & Canada that it will be the same time that it was offered to UK, that way we'll qualify and can spend an extra night or 2.

Great - see you there!:wave:

Are you staying at the Polynesian too?

 

[coltow]

Great - see you there!:wave:

Are you staying at the Polynesian too?

NO, that's way out of price range, there are 14 in our group and a couple would have just finished college so we needed to be considerate of what everyone could afford and we wanted to all be at the same resort. We'll be at POFQ, unless we hit the lottery.