re: Disney Released 2017 Free Dining Dates

We are booked at Pop checkin on Nov 18 and out Nov 24. We booked Sunday and then went Monday morning to add the offer. What a joke that was. The online system basically crashed right at 5 am when the offer loaded, then at 6 am, phones went nuts. Finally got a CM on the phone and by the time everything was updated, it was 7:45 am.

I would never, every pay for the dining plan, but free dining makes sense for us. Thanksgiving week also makes sense for us (my wife the teacher and the kids are out of school the entire week), weather is nice, crowds are manageable. We generally always stay on property at value, so hotel percent off discounts are worth less to us.

We are doing something different this time. In the past during free dining, we always paid to upgrade to table service plan. This time, we are sticking with the free quick plan. The quick meals are not distinguished between adult and child like the table meals are, so 4 of us there for 6 nights getting 2 quick allotments a day = 48 quick meals. My kids are at an age where they can share an adult sized quick meal, so really, we will be able to use 3 credits for the four of us at each meal. Which will cover 16 meals for us.

Since we always do Ohana, we will just pay for that.

The meal plan, again, isn't really worth it if you have to pay for it. But if it's free or reduced, and you plan right, it can save some money for sure.