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[is Disney still sending Personal Identification Number codes: PIN codes] Individual Discount codes?
I know in the past folks have mentioned getting resort discount codes in the mail. I have received them in the past and cannot remember what month they arrived. I was thinking maybe February. Maybe they send them out (sparingly) all year and mine just happened to be early in the year. Im wondering if Disney does that anymore? (Wishful thinking!)
Yes, they do! I received one today, but unfortunately my dates were blacked out. I had already gotten a discount, so no big deal. I think they go out at many different times. Only Disney understands the pattern.
Disney does still send out PIN codes but they are completely random! Like Pris said, only Disney understands the rhyme and reason behind who and when they send them.
In all of my years of visiting WDW, I have never personally gotten one. DH has only had one reservation in his name in all of our trips since 1996 and he has only received one PIN code in his name (and that was received just last year)!
Ok thank you (Sorry Pris, your dates were blacked out.. but am happy you received one!!) I am trying to plan and am counting on one...but I know that is a mistake bc I am not guaranteed a PIN! Like a pathetic, desperate Disney planner...I check my mail daily in hopes that today I can add a discount to my reservation.....Hee hee. Cross your fingers for me
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I've received PINs twice, I believe. The first one came after I went to the Disney site and put in a full vacation, with my name, address, e-mail, etc., saved it, and then left without making a reservation. I don't remember how long it took to arrive, but it wasn't all that long. I really believe that was why I received the PIN. Maybe give it a try and see what happens.
Thanks for the tip, GingerJ I will say that I have received several (at least 4 over the past 8ish years) and they always seem to come while I am planning. Im still hoping!
I received two on Thursday 1.) free dining the other room discount..Cant use the free dining as we are planning a trip in August and the free dining was good until 3-5, Bummer ...the room discount was good for several dates...but could use it starting our third day so would need to do two reservations thinking a general public discount would do us better. Hopefully one will come out for the fall.
I got a pin code email a couple of days ago, but we couldn't use it this time. Travelling on points our next trip. This was the first time I got one though, and I'm really excited about that because we sometimes go on cash trips if we don't have the points. Hopefully I'll get another one I can use someday.
We get two or more per year. My husband and I both received one in our emails this week, and I got one in the mail--addressed to my late mother, who never stayed at Disney (only did one day visit). They do seem to arrive starting around the end of January into February, but I also got a fall free dining pin in May last year (which we used for our December trip). How do they decide who gets one? Who knows, but make sure your name is in their computer; order a vacation DVD; plan and save a potential trip on their website; and if you have stayed on site before, call to see if there is a PIN code attached to your name. Good luck!
If you get a PIN code consider yourself lucky. In the 18 years I have been going I have never received one. I would love to know how they decide who gets them.
If you get a PIN code consider yourself lucky. In the 18 years I have been going I have never received one. I would love to know how they decide who gets them.
Boy can I relate because in all mt trips to Disney (approx18 -20) I have never got a pin. I have the Disney visa card, order the planning disc and joined all the disney sites I can and still I have got a pin. After doing some investigation this is what I have found: if you stay at a value resort you get the pin. And I know this because one of my friends always stays at a value resort and she always gets one as well as her husband. And the last couple of trips that my son and his wife have taken they have stayed at a value resort and now the get the pin (previously the were staying at moderates). I have talked to several people at Disney and they all deny that it has anything to do with staying at a value resort. Ha is what I say to that.
So my question to any on this site is if you get the pin where have you stayed value, moderate or high end?
I have received a pin code every couple of months over the last two or three years. I think it is because I price vacations all of the time. I just price them to see how much will need to save, as we go every other year. Also, we tend to go when we can get free dining. Maybe they look at travel habits and know that certain people only travel when there are steep discounts.
We seem to receive at least one per year, although we've only been twice in our 10 years of marriage. We did stay at Value resorts both times, though. Our most recent PIN arrived in October and we are using it for our upcoming August trip.
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Like Pris said, only Disney understands the rhyme and reason behind who and when they send them. 
(Sorry Pris, your dates were blacked out.. but am happy you received one!!) I am trying to plan and am counting on one...but I know that is a mistake bc I am not guaranteed a PIN! Like a pathetic, desperate Disney planner...I check my mail daily in hopes that today I can add a discount to my reservation.....Hee hee. Cross your fingers for me
They do seem to arrive starting around the end of January into February, but I also got a fall free dining pin in May last year (which we used for our December trip). How do they decide who gets one? Who knows, but make sure your name is in their computer; order a vacation DVD; plan and save a potential trip on their website; and if you have stayed on site before, call to see if there is a PIN code attached to your name. Good luck!
I would love to know how they decide who gets them.
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