TODAY’S THE (TOTALLY UNEXPECTED) DAY! Walt Disney World’s Free Dining Offer is officially coming back for an unprecedented second time and will be offered to guests this Fall and Winter 2019!
Disney World Free Dining FALL AND WINTER 2019 Travel Dates
The Disney World Free Dining offer is available to guests ARRIVING most nights from
- September 1 through September 18, 2019
- November 17 through November 27, 2019
- December 8 through December 23, 2019
(That means you can extend a free dining stay over CHRISTMAS OR THANKSGIVING, my friends!).
You may book NOW through September 29, 2019.
Requirements: It looks like the minimum stay for this offer is 4 nights (versus Disney’s advertised 5 nights), and your package must include park hopper or park hopper plus tickets.
(See below for participating resorts. Please note that the offer excludes several resorts this year, including 3-bedroom villas, campsites, Cabins at Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, Bungalows at Polynesian Villas & Bungalows, and Little Mermaid Standard Rooms at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort.)
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Disney Resorts Participating in the Disney World Free Dining Offer
If you stay at a participating Value or Moderate Resort, you’ll receive the Quick Service Dining plan for FREE. (Note that you can upgrade to the standard or deluxe dining plans by paying the difference in cost per night.)
If you reserve a participating Deluxe or Deluxe Villa Resort, you will receive the standard Dining plan for FREE. (You can upgrade to the deluxe dining plan by paying the difference in cost per night.)
NOTE: We’ve heard from some guests that they aren’t able to book Port Orleans Riverside with this offer. Disney notes on their website that the following resorts are not included:
- Offer excludes the following room types: 3-bedroom villas, campsites, Cabins at Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, Bungalows at Polynesian Villas & Bungalows, Little Mermaid Standard Rooms at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort.
Rooms can be VERY limited with this offer, and your preferred hotel could already be sold out. Or Disney could have made a mistake on their website (screen shot below). If you’re having trouble booking the package you’d like online, contact Disney directly to see if your dates and resort are available.
Free Dining Fall 2019 Offer Details per Disney’s Website
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Important Details to Remember about Disney World Free Dining…
- The number of rooms allocated for this offer is limited.
- Theme park tickets valid for admission beginning on date of check-in and must be used within a limited number of days, depending on length of stay and ticket
- Advance reservation required.
- Some table-service restaurants may have limited or no availability at time of package purchase.
- Children ages 3 to 9 must choose from the children’s menu, if available.
- Gratuities are not included.
- Cannot be combined with any other discount or promotion.
- Everyone in the same room must be on the same package.
- Offer excludes the following room types: 3-bedroom villas, campsites, Cabins at Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, Bungalows at Polynesian Villas & Bungalows, Little Mermaid Standard Rooms at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort.
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We are AP’s and would like to try to get the free dining offer as well. I’m a little confused about Sarah’s previous answer to someone who asked the same question. She said to get the dining plan – then use your AP to get into the parks and apply the park hoppers to our renewal? Can you explain that further?
Hi, Arlene! I went straight to AJ for the details on this one! When an AP purchases a package with Park Hoppers in order to get Free Dining, they’ll need to NOT use the Park Hoppers on their trip. This will require a stop at Guest Services to be absolutely sure that the Annual Pass is the primary ticket attached to the account. So you’ll still have the unused Park Hopper in your My Disney Experience account, but here’s where it gets a little confusing. In the past — before date-based pricing — you could go to Guest Services when it was time to renew your AP and just have a cast member find the unused tickets and ask him to upgrade those to an AP (or apply it to a renewal). In this case the guest only had to pay the difference. Now that date-based pricing is in play, you may want to check with Guest Services while you’re still on your Free Dining trip (don’t wait until renewal time!) to find out if you need to upgrade NOW (meaning on the Free Dining trip) or if it’s okay to wait until your renewal time comes around. You’ll still only be required to pay the difference, but because the difference will vary from day to day depending on the dates of your trip, we think it’s prudent to double check with Guest Services before your Free Dining trip is over to make sure they can apply it when you need them to.