Obviously the room discounts are not out for august but assuming 20%, not seeing 25%, for my dates, aug 19 thru 26 river view, i believe rack rate is 2402, 20% is 1921. the credit is worth 220 more. since i'm feeding 5 on this trip, i think we will easily purchase $700 dollars worth of food. if it were just the two of us, maybe not. seems like a good deal for our situation. i'd never consider it 'free' like i never considered the free dining plan back in the day, free.I just ran the numbers for July 1-7 at PO in a garden view room, family of 4 two adults and two kids. With the current 25% off vs dining promo card (rack rate for room). Planning for 100 per night for the moderate resort - the difference end up being a little less than 200.00 credit for the "free" dining over 7 days. Disney never does anything for free. But I do miss the dining plan.