2016 Free Dining Watch ~ Part 2

[Taran430]

Yes Same here.....
Funny story actually...I didnt bother to set my alarm because wifey is up at 5:00am anyway....but nature work me up at 4:00 so I decided to check and it came right up.

I made a ressie at AKL just in case.....with FD. Now I have to decide if I should skip our home at the POLY and try AKL.....Decisions.... Decisions.....

Anyone know what time this actually dropped>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am curious to see since I woke up on my own....

I doubt anyone got a POLY FD in November , as I thought...

I checked at 4 exactly nothing 4:02 nothing and considered walking away from the laptop, but something made me refresh one more time at 4:03 and bam it was live.

 

[Party.Of.4-NY>>>FL]

How are the all-nighters hanging in there? Caffeine and adrenaline have kept me going so far, but all of a sudden my eyes just glazed over and I hit a serious fatigue wall. Yikes! any benefit I got from the 2-4am snooze is now long gone. Here's hoping we make it through the rest of the day

I've been here since midnight. Got about 45 min. of sleep after booking at 4:15am then I had to get up for work. Let's just say that I am NOT an asset to the company today.

 

[monorailrabbit]

Be careful. Once I tried a moderate, there was no turning back. It's so quiet and peaceful and even when they are booked 109%, it's still quiet. The covered bus stops with fans and benches are great in the heat. The problem for me is we are trying a deluxe for the first time this year, and I'm hoping I don't do the same and get hooked.

Haha! That sounds wonderful!!! We are big fans of the values, but this looks/sounds like heaven! Which deluxe are you trying? It's on my bucket list to someday stay at Contemp! I want to ride the monorail in my Disney PJ's!

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

Whew! Just made it through the pages and pages of this thread from when I checking on you all at a little after 5am this morning after the DIS came back up. It appears that it was even more limited this year than last year, and I thought that was bad then. I've played with the dates we are going, and could not find anything for the dates we will be there at Pop. Even shifting them around, nothing at Pop. One time early this morning (5am) I saw All Star Sports, but have not seen it since. So glad we had the BounceBack as I would have been crushed to have not been at Pop. I'm definitely booking the BB again this year, even though we aren't sure we are going next year. Just in case!!! I'm hoping a lot of you will be able to find what you need/want when it calms down. Keep trying in the next few days! They might open more up.

 

[vanjust14]

I need guidance and advice Disney friends!! I was able to book my free dining package however I did not get my original choice. My plan was a standard or preferred room at CBR with the Murphy bed (I really think the Murphy beds are cool lol) however all was available was the pirate rooms. It was slim pickings so I just booked the pirate room! After looking at the room discounts I prices a preferred room package with dining plan and it was $187 more total which is the room I really want. I've been wanting to try CBR for a while and I'm also feeling like I may as well stay at a value since the pirate room beds are small anyway and far from the pool and lobby (which are the main reasons for wanting CBR)! So my choices are stay put, pay $187 more for a package with the room I want or just give up and go with the cheapest option and stay at a value again??! All three options give me the same dining plan and same amount of tickets. Which would you choose??

I would pay $187 more to get what you really want. I think that choice will leave you with the least regret. If you are anything like me, I know howhard it is to decide. Good luck!

 

[hippsmom]

Got online at 5:00 am and the site was giving me fits, first it would not let me change the park tickets from 6 to 5 days and then once that DID change it would not load the "traveling party" screen so I gave up and was able to I book 2 rooms at CBR! Kinda kicking myself for booking waterview when standard was available but oh well. Originally wanted POR but it wasn't included for December. So I am just excited for free dining and trying a new resort! Although secretly hoping for a pin code with POR availability. Thanks to all who continued to post what they "knew"! I'm going to Disney!

 

[ml sumner]

Ahhhgggg I have already changed our resort three times today, in this free dining frenzy. I can't seem to make up my mind. I started out with CSR preferred room than booked All Star Movies on the late fall offer, but now I have moved over to All Star Music back to the free dining. I have went from CSR $3,053 to All Star Movies $2,778 now to All Star Music $2,376. My happy medium was Pop but NO rooms were opened for our dates of 9/30-10/06. I will keep looking. What are yall's thoughts with a 5 year old boy?

 

[black562]

Black do you have a facebook page? I booked my vacation while frantically telling my daughter to search for you or The dirty steve on facebook trying to figure out how to get word to everyone and came up with nothing.

Yes but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say it here.

 

[Just1Princess]

On hold now after trying to get through on and off since 8am. Wish me luck!

 

[wdw4rfam]

Haha! That sounds wonderful!!! We are big fans of the values, but this looks/sounds like heaven! Which deluxe are you trying? It's on my bucket list to someday stay at Contemp! I want to ride the monorail in my Disney PJ's!

We stayed value our first 8 trips and said we'd never stay elsewhere. Then tried moderate and fell in love. Now we got a one time shot at the poly, our dream resort. I am planning on booking bounce back for CBR if it's available because I know I can't afford poly every year. You will love it. It's a totally different vacation in my opinion.

 

[black562]

How are the all-nighters hanging in there? Caffeine and adrenaline have kept me going so far, but all of a sudden my eyes just glazed over and I hit a serious fatigue wall. Yikes! any benefit I got from the 2-4am snooze is now long gone. Here's hoping we make it through the rest of the day

I'm so gonna crash this evening.

 

[LisaRay]

ok I have lurked on here for long enough! No one at home seems very excited about how my night went so I thought I'd share what I got.
I stayed up until 2:30 and then gave up and went to bed with my alarm set for 5:45.
However after being asleep for just two hours (passed out cold!) I woke up after only 2 hours at 4:30 and even though I did not want to get up and check I forced myself to do it anyway.
I was shocked to see it was there so I slapped myself awake and got busy booking. I needed Pop Century for Nov. 26th-3rd for one reservation and Nov 26th - 1st for another one.
I was a little thrown off by the numbers at 1st because it was automatically upgrading my dining without me realizing it.
but I got it all booked in standard rooms with no trouble and I went back to bed 30 minutes later but was now way too excited to sleep. So I got to wondering about our other dates that we had thought about as a possibility and so I got back up a half hour later (now 5:30am) and I put in the 15th-20th and it said nothing at all available at Pop. Those were originally our preferred dates but I had switched them when I heard the rumors of it not starting on the 12th. Then just for the heck of it I put in the dates I had just booked an hour prior and those were no long available anymore either.
So basically I guess I just got lucky that for some reason I woke up when I did.
Oh and I have a Disney Visa but I didn't get an email about that offer.
Ok, Thanks for letting me share!

 

[Jgeauxmo]

We need our own thread for that week!

We re going that week too!!

 

[VACamm]

Me September 1-11. The worst thing is I've done it so many times and know what I'm getting into. The lower crowds are nice, but melting on the way TO the bus stops at 8:00am....not so much. We will be club poncho!!! I think we had them on everyday last September trip.

Me too.... 3rd thru 10th at CBR !

 

[Meeko5]

So in my MDE account, its still showing our old set of Magic Bands as active...will we get to order new ones for this trip? Cause I *NEED* the purple one. And DS lost his...lol

 

[catlady7]

can someone give me a number to call that will not give me a all circuits are busy message

 

[Jgeauxmo]

How are the all-nighters hanging in there? Caffeine and adrenaline have kept me going so far, but all of a sudden my eyes just glazed over and I hit a serious fatigue wall. Yikes! any benefit I got from the 2-4am snooze is now long gone. Here's hoping we make it through the rest of the day

I think I'm coming off my adrenaline/caffeine rush. I wasn't on here all night like some of the others but stayed up until midnight then slept until hubby called at three. Then after I booked I didn't go back to sleep until five and alarm went off at six. Oh well I have a two year old so Im use to not sleeping. Oh yea I had a hearing this morning too half an hour away ha! I was in such a good mood it didn't matter that I was sleep deprived. Back to the break room for coffee for me...

 

[wdw4rfam]

So in my MDE account, its still showing our old set of Magic Bands as active...will we get to order new ones for this trip? Cause I *NEED* the purple one. And DS lost his...lol

Yes, but the old ones work too. So you can switch off if you want.

 

[monorailrabbit]

can someone give me a number to call that will not give me a all circuits are busy message

407-939-4357 Good Luck!!

 

[VACamm]

I've been here since midnight. Got about 45 min. of sleep after booking at 4:15am then I had to get up for work. Let's just say that I am NOT an asset to the company today.

Ditto. Got a little over4 hours of sleep because my mind was racing when I went to bed at 12:15....I too am brain mush today in the office. I find myself surfing the Dis .... and not much work is happening. I'm going to sleep like a rock tonight.