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Rumours..Rumours..Rumours..

Here we go...I've heard today ( Friday 17th ) that the free dining offer will be announced at the end of this month for 2016..This coming from a travel agent friend who has contacts with Disney travel agent.. waiting ...It will have to be booked before the end of this year..However,and this is where the so called rumours continue ..If the uptake of free dining doesn't meet Disney's speculation, then in January 2016, room discounts will be offered..Now by pure coincidence this is exactly what happened to us in 2013.. We decided to book a cheap package holiday to Spain in October of that year, and didn't take the free dining offer for 2014 as we didn't think we could afford it, then in January 2014, I received an E-Mail from Disney travel UK about resort discounts..Think it was 20% off certain mods, and a whopping 40% off AKL and WL...The rest is history..We booked WL for 12 nights in October ....Here's my question to all you knowledgeable people..If someone were to book ( via Disney ) a vacation at a moderate resort with free dining plan for next year, then in January Disney offer resort room discounts, would Disney allow you to upgrade from a moderate to deluxe for the room discount but still get the free DDP..( one CS and one TS ) Friends of ours have just recently upgraded from POFQ to WL and still have the free DDP ( moderate to deluxe ) But didn't have a room discount..Just wondering if this rumour comes true,what are the chances of getting these two offers..( I know, typical Scotsmen looking for a bargain )

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I am not sure if the rules are the same for the UK bookings as ours. Disney would allow us to change our reservation but...we can not get double discounts. We can only have one or the other. We would have to decide whether we wanted free dinning or a room discount.

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I believe scrappy is correct. It's either a room discount or free dining. Never both. I just do the math and figure out which one saves me more money. On my last trip, I got 30% off the room at WL. It was a better deal than the free dining, especially since I would have had to pay to upgrade to the Deluxe Dining Plan anyway.

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Afraid not, it's one discount or other x

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Cheers people...I'll be in tears if I take the free DDP and book the PORS then after December out comes a awesome deal for deluxe room discount.. sad

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You can always lose the free dining and take the discount I believe x

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Our Very Merry 24 nighter Nov/Dec 15
Watson's go West May 15
The one with all the birthdays Oct 14 4 Big Birthdays and a Vow Renewal thrown in
The OMG trip June 14 30th Birthday present from the hubs
Girly trip March 14 A last min cheapy week
September 13 our first all DVC stay
TR May 2013 the last min bargain trip offsite
Oct 2012 TR with a cruise!big family trip featuring the beach club, AKL, the dream and a villa offsite
TR on a budget May - June 2011offsite condo
TR Sept - Oct 2010 big family trip in an offsite villa

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RobynPrincess wrote:
You can always lose the free dining and take the discount I believe x

I was thinking that might be possible..Cheers..A quick phone call will be required to wdw if that's the case..