Two Reservations that reality is one and a small problem!!

[Javier Antonio Nisa Avila]

Hi !!

I tell my story, I made a first booking of 14 nights which is the maximum allowed Disneyworld, with this reserve so many nights, I have the free dinning plan, because we have 12 years in a row going to Disneyworld.

For reasons of flight schedules, I need one day expand the reserve, as I have the maximum (14 days) did not allow it and I suggest as a solution to make a second reservation for 1 day.

Made the second reserve one day, but this is where the problem comes, this reserve of 1 day, with no expansion of free dinning plan; and no way to make them understand that even a second reservation is continuation of the first because they allow me to expand.

You know any way you could fix me to apply the same conditions as in the 14 nights ?? That is, give me free dinning plan one day ??

Thank you.

 

[BrianV]

Hi !!

I tell my story, I made a first booking of 14 nights which is the maximum allowed Disneyworld, with this reserve so many nights, I have the free dinning plan, because we have 12 years in a row going to Disneyworld.

For reasons of flight schedules, I need one day expand the reserve, as I have the maximum (14 days) did not allow it and I suggest as a solution to make a second reservation for 1 day.

Made the second reserve one day, but this is where the problem comes, this reserve of 1 day, with no expansion of free dinning plan; and no way to make them understand that even a second reservation is continuation of the first because they allow me to expand.

You know any way you could fix me to apply the same conditions as in the 14 nights ?? That is, give me free dinning plan one day ??

Thank you.

Did you call them? I have no solution but maybe a manager can fix it for you?

 

[BrianV]

I suppose a non-solution solution would be to cut it back to 13 days and spend two at universal orlando on-site...

 

[slappy magoo]

When you switch from your 14 night reservation to your one night reservation, any meal credits you still have on the dining plan will be accessible that entire day. You won't have them on the day you leave to go home, but the day before, the day when you spend one night on a different reservation, you'll still be able to access any remaining meal credits from your 14-day reservation.

So, depending on when you arrive at WDW, when you leave to go home, and what kind of dining plan you're getting for free, you might not even need any extra meals. When are you expected to arrive at WDW (local time, versus your own time zone)? And when are you expected to leave WDW to go back to the airport? And what kind of dining plan do you have? The regular dining plan or the deluxe dining plan? Or perhaps the more basic dining plan?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Book an 8-night and a separate 7-night.

 

[Javier Antonio Nisa Avila]

When you switch from your 14 night reservation to your one night reservation, any meal credits you still have on the dining plan will be accessible that entire day. You won't have them on the day you leave to go home, but the day before, the day when you spend one night on a different reservation, you'll still be able to access any remaining meal credits from your 14-day reservation.

So, depending on when you arrive at WDW, when you leave to go home, and what kind of dining plan you're getting for free, you might not even need any extra meals. When are you expected to arrive at WDW (local time, versus your own time zone)? And when are you expected to leave WDW to go back to the airport? And what kind of dining plan do you have? The regular dining plan or the deluxe dining plan? Or perhaps the more basic dining plan?

I arrive at orlando airport 26th august at 19:30 and departure 10tn September 13:55. We have regular dinning plan, and two reservations, 26-9 with regular dinning plan and 9-10 without dinning plan. All meals are planified, characters dinning every day between 26-9 with one Quick Service and snack.

 

[Javier Antonio Nisa Avila]

Book an 8-night and a separate 7-night.

It's impossible price its more expensive.

 

[Monty]

I would suggest you phone. They may be able to extend you to 15 nights, but at least you could link the two reservations so you won't have to change rooms when you change reservations.

For the sake of one day's food, it wouldn't bankrupt you to pay out of pocket if it comes to that.

 

[slappy magoo]

I arrive at orlando airport 26th august at 19:30 and departure 10tn September 13:55. We have regular dinning plan, and two reservations, 26-9 with regular dinning plan and 9-10 without dinning plan. All meals are planified, characters dinning every day between 26-9 with one Quick Service and snack.

You don't plan on using your dining plan on the night you arrive, do you? Since you probably will not arrive at WDW on 26 August until 21:30, you would be better served either having a small meal at the airport, or having a small meal once you arrive on property but without using your dining plan.

So if you start using your dining plan on 27 August, you will have your one table service meal, one counter service meal and one snack for each of your remaining nights, including the night you switch to your single night reservation. If you are conservative with your snack credits, you may be able to use them to buy items that will keep until the next day, and use them for a breakfast the next morning. You will just need to purchase them before you go to bed; as you know, your remaining dining or snack credits will expire by the morning of your departure.

If your departing plane leaves on 10 September at 13:55, your bus to the airport will probably pick you up between 10:00 and 10:30. This would give you plenty of time to get a quick service breakfast, which would not be very expensive (unless of course you are VERY hungry). I don't know which hotel will be the hotel where you stay; depending on its location, you might have access to many different quick service options. If you are staying in a resort near Disney Springs, you could bus or even boat to the Marketplace and have a great breakfast at Wolfgang Puck Cafe Express. If you are staying in an Epcot resort, you could even have a character buffet breakfast at the Swan's Garden Grove Cafe. It is not inexpensive, but still more affordable than most other character meals. But even if you could only dine in your resort's food court, it will not be very much. You could even simplify by getting oatmeal and a piece of fruit. Food at the airport is not inexpensive, but probably a little less than most WDW restaurants.

So if you pay for a food court meal the night you arrive and the day you depart for home, you're only paying about $25USD for each person in your party. I don't know how many people that is, if it's a party of 4, then yes, it's 100USD, AT THE MOST. If it's you and one other person, it's 50USD AT THE MOST. If you are cautious, it could be considerably less than that. It seems like it's not that much more to pay.

It certainly wouldn't hurt you to call WDW and try to add free dining, but if they will not give you that night of free dining, it hardly seems like a disaster.

 

[dreamfinder]

OP - Just try to get a room discount on that single night? Combining the room discount savings along with any extra credits you have left over prior to midnight of the day you check out of your first hotel, you shouldn't be spending that much out of pocket over the rack rate for the one night hotel stay.

Book an 8-night and a separate 7-night.

The associated ticket costs to get free dining and do it this way would greatly outweigh if they had to pay out of pocket for a single day of dining. Even if they bought a 14 day ticket with stay 1, and then a 2 day ticket for stay 2 (minimum to get free dining) that 2 day ticket would cost them $200+ per person. No way to make 1 TS, 1 CS and a snack cost $200 per person.

 

[BigRedDad]

The dining credits are good the entire day you check out of the 14 day reservation. This is the same day you check into the new reservation as well. The only thing you will not have dining for is the next morning when you are checking out. That should not be a big deal. If it is that big of an issue paying for meals on your final checkout day, maybe 14 days is too much.

I think you are worrying far too much about a non-issue.