Can you book now then add free DDP if it comes?

[Ld1978]

Hi all,

What usually happens to prices if DDP comes out? Can you not book direct with Disney for 2020 now and then they add free dining if that deal arises? Or is that too simple and I am missing something Just wondering if the 2020 prices now are about right or will go up/down etc?

Thanks

[trampslikeus]

No - the deal today for 2020 will include discount, when free DDP arrives it is only applicable for bookings made inside that window.

[sha9]

Sometimes they will let you but what they’re essentially doing is cancelling and rebooking. There’s no guarantee the resort or room type will be available under free dining and the price may change. I can’t think of any benefit to booking now unless it transpires they don’t offer free dining at all.

[sprocket]

If you book a room now and try to change, it will just mean you have to cancel that booking and start a new one, along with any cancellation fees.
Free dining isnt available to all resorts and all rooms. Its a limited offer and once the allocation is booked then the resort shows as full, even though the resort wont be full and could show availability on the US site. (ie they could have 100 rooms, but only 5-10 could be offered on the free dinning).
Worth bearing in mind that the free dining doesnt always work out free. You maybe wanting a standard room, but the only room available on free dinning could be a premium room. This may then cost more than getting a standard room and paying for the the dining plan. Or you may really want a preferred room, but only standard are available on the free dining.
What I can see though, is free dining not being offered for 2020. With such big changes, like Starwars land, they know people are still going to book. Or free dining going back to the old days of Off Peak dates.

[Ld1978]

Ahh ok I will sit and wait. I am just impatient to book ha ha! What can I spend my time until April doing

[Mickie]

Originally Posted by Ld1978

Ahh ok I will sit and wait. I am just impatient to book ha ha! What can I spend my time until April doing

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