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Just FYI, for anyone traveling in August and September; another forum is going nuts with reports of Free Dining for Disney Visa card holders for September 2-25 but there are also Room Only offers for mid-end of August through September happening at the same time. People are booking/switching now that the offer is official--the public should see the promotion later this week...Just thought I would share the love!
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So what is the room discount? I only saw announcement for free dining in Sept, which I thought was strange as it used to coincide with the Late August discounts.
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I haven't seen it, but my understanding is that the room discount is basically the same as it's been for Spring and Summer discounts this year, starts at 30% and goes down.
Disney’s Visa cardholders can save up to 30% on Walt Disney World Resort hotel stays, most nights 8/15/13 – 9/28/13.
Discounts off rack rates:
5% off - All-Star Movies, Animal Kingdom Lodge (Savannah view and Club Level), Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas, Bay Lake Tower, Contemporary (theme park view & Club Level), Port Orleans-French Quarter
15% off - Art of Animation (family suites)
20% off – All-Star Music, All-Star Sports, Contemporary (standard rooms), Grand Floridian, Pop Century, Polynesian
25% off - Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs, Port Orleans-Riverside
30% off – Animal Kingdom Lodge (standard rooms) Beach Club, Beach Club Villas, BoardWalk Inn, BoardWalk Villas, Old Key West, Villas at Wilderness Lodge, Saratoga Springs, Wilderness Lodge, Yacht Club
Ft. Wilderness campsites, 3-bedroom villas and Little Mermaid rooms at Art of Animation Resort are not included in this offer.
I called and changed my AoA reservation this morning to the room discount. Our dates didn't qualify for free dining, but I did confirm with the CM that free dining doesn't start until Sept. 2, as the OP said.
5% off - All-Star Movies, Animal Kingdom Lodge (Savannah view and Club Level), Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas, Bay Lake Tower, Contemporary (theme park view & Club Level), Port Orleans-French Quarter
15% off - Art of Animation (family suites)
20% off All-Star Music, All-Star Sports, Contemporary (standard rooms), Grand Floridian, Pop Century, Polynesian
25% off - Caribbean Beach, Coronado Springs, Port Orleans-Riverside
30% off Animal Kingdom Lodge (standard rooms) Beach Club, Beach Club Villas, BoardWalk Inn, BoardWalk Villas, Old Key West, Villas at Wilderness Lodge, Saratoga Springs, Wilderness Lodge, Yacht Club
Ft. Wilderness campsites, 3-bedroom villas and Little Mermaid rooms at Art of Animation Resort are not included in this offer.
This is true. The Disney Visa room-only discount of up to 30% off for stays August 15 through September 28 and the Disney Visa Free Dining for stays from September 2-25.
Both discounts are expected to go "General Public" this coming Thursday, May 9.
We have a MYW package booked for Aug. 10-20 at AoA in a Nemo suite. Does anyone know if it's possible to apply this discount to part of the trip? Is the discount for room only? Would we have to not do the package to use the discount?
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MILDLY frustrated with the Disney VISA and the fact that we NEVER seem to get an e-mail notification of any upcoming Disney specials for Card Holders! I hear about them here first! Which is fine, but we got that Disney VISA so we could get some advance warning and possibly plan a bit (as well as rack up those reward dollars ) ..it just annoys me that we don't hear about these special offers form CHASE themselves, and that seems wrong, somehow...VENT OVER
We have a MYW package booked for Aug. 10-20 at AoA in a Nemo suite. Does anyone know if it's possible to apply this discount to part of the trip? Is the discount for room only? Would we have to not do the package to use the discount?
I think all you need to do is break your trip up into a split stay so that at least part of your stay will receive the discount. You should be able to keep your package though. Hopefully someone on the boards with more experience can provide you with more detailed information as to how that would work.
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Very cool! Thanks for the info!
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MILDLY frustrated with the Disney VISA and the fact that we NEVER seem to get an e-mail notification of any upcoming Disney specials for Card Holders! I hear about them here first! Which is fine, but we got that Disney VISA so we could get some advance warning and possibly plan a bit (as well as rack up those reward dollars ) ..it just annoys me that we don't hear about these special offers form CHASE themselves, and that seems wrong, somehow...VENT OVER
I hear ya! I knew about the rumors for about a week, but never received anything from Disney Visa. I was still able to get free dining though!!!
MILDLY frustrated with the Disney VISA and the fact that we NEVER seem to get an e-mail notification of any upcoming Disney specials for Card Holders! I hear about them here first! Which is fine, but we got that Disney VISA so we could get some advance warning and possibly plan a bit (as well as rack up those reward dollars ) ..it just annoys me that we don't hear about these special offers form CHASE themselves, and that seems wrong, somehow...VENT OVER
We did get an email from Disney VISA. Have you checked that your online profile with Chase includes your email address?
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Wish I could go then. Love free dining, and yes I know you loose the other discounts with free dining, its a mental thing! Can you still pay the difference to upgrade to deluxe dining plan when free dining is offered?
Wish I could go then. Love free dining, and yes I know you loose the other discounts with free dining, its a mental thing! Can you still pay the difference to upgrade to deluxe dining plan when free dining is offered?
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This is true. The Disney Visa room-only discount of up to 30% off for stays August 15 through September 28 and the Disney Visa Free Dining for stays from September 2-25. 
) ..it just annoys me that we don't hear about these special offers form CHASE themselves, and that seems wrong, somehow...VENT OVER 
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