Recent e-mail offers [merged threads]

[Live4WDW]

Thank you for all the answers. I think I get it now. I just signed up at WDW.com two days ago. I checked my e-mail a little while ago , and had a few offers from them, i about the free dining, too bad I can't start my vacation until that offer is over.LOL.. Thanks.

[forever a child]

We are already booked for January 2010 and received an e-mail today so it doesn't seem to matter if you book or not. I think it's just random.

I think the first step is to request the planning DVD....and not make a reservation. In my case, Disney doesn't 'know' I've been to WDW in the past year because my stay at the Swan is not in their system....but they know I requested the DVD a few months ago and indicated I was interested in visiting in the fall.

I really suspect there are all these different offers to gauge which discounts they should offer widely in the fall...meaning should it be the 'buy 4 nights, get 3 free', or can they make it not as good a deal...as in the offer I got: whoop de doo...$100 discount on a $1K - $5K vacation.

I ordered and received a planning DVD about 1 1/2 - 2 months ago and I have not booked. I went back on WDW website and made sure all my member login info was up to date (we had moved since our last visit) and I have placed a couple of tentative plans on the site and saved them while trying to research prices and dates and still...not e-mail or post card!

I think sisterslovingdisney is correct, it doesnt matter if you book or not. They have their own system and we are not "in the know".

[morebroccoli]

i got one tonight via email :

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Buy 5, Get 2 FREE!
Purchase one of the following 5-Night/6-Day vacation packages that include accommodations and Theme Park tickets, and get 2 more nights with tickets AND a Disney Gift Card, FREE!


Select Disney Value Resort
$ 538 *

per adult, based on adult double occupancy in a standard room. For stays most nights 10/2/09–11/24/09.

Plus, you’ll also receive a
$100 Disney Gift Card†!
Use PIN: 11276 01148 71125


Disney Deluxe Resort
$ 1,057 *
per adult, based on adult double occupancy in a standard room at Disney's Wilderness Lodge or Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge. For stays most nights 10/2/09–11/24/09.

Plus, you’ll also receive a
$200 Disney Gift Card†!
Use PIN: 11276 01148 71125

[poeticeclipse]

I just wanted to remind everyone to check their account on Disney World's website. I always wondered why I never ever got one single e-mail from WDW ....for anything!

When I checked "my account" I found out that when I signed up back in 2005, I never checked the box that allowed WDW to send me e-mails for promotions! Grrrr! Well, I checked that box and saved my changes so we shall see what happens now.

[Jen C.]

Hi there~

Just late last night got a great pin code.
Kids stay, play and dine for free (ages 3-9). Max of 14 nights. Good for most of Oct., Nov. and mid way through Dec.

Called this a.m., and booked BC deluxe room, club level, with 7 day hoppers, and DP for $4K. Not too bad!!

[Belster]

Congrats!!!! Was this through email or mail??

[Jen C.]

It was e-mail. Thank you!

[KarenP]

I love the deluxe rooms at BC. Congrats on the deal!

[RedSoxFan]

Congrats on the great deal. Enjoy.

[MNMS]

Does anyone know if they are extending the dining plan for free into October and November? (I know they have a promotion through early October.) A friend of a fried just received a coupon for the free dining plan good for the end of October and early November 2009.

Does anyyone know how Disney determines who gets the coupons? I am a bit annoyed considering we've gone every year for 10 years and have never received a coupon yet the family that received the coupon went essentially once in the last 4 years. (I suspect though that is why they received the coupon as an enticement; they know I go every year regardless.)

Thanks,

Mark

[Strmchsr]

It's just a pin code right now.

As for who gets it -- it's random. You have to be registered on WDW's website, but I was registered for 7 years before I got my first one. Now I've gotten 4 in the last year.

[Dsnygirl]

I'm with you on the frustration... seems there are loads of people getting them right now, some have even gotten two this week... and I've been registered on Disney's site for years & years and have NEVER gotten a thing. I don't even get the AP info I'm supposed to get, regardless of the numerous phone calls I make to make sure my e-mail & info is correct!! So instead, I call periodically to see if there is a PIN code by my name, that's the only thing I can think of to do... never has been, but maybe one day I'll get lucky.

We're going this October, too, and are SO hoping for some good deals... we aren't booking until we see some. Let's hope this rash of PIN codes, etc., lead to some other announcements for everybody else!!

[ledudes]

I agree, I think they must send them to people who don't go as often to try to entice them. We go every year and have never gotten any codes but a friend of mine went last year and hadn't been for 10 years before that and she got the code. I guess they figure we'll go anyway so why give us a discount.
Is it possible for anyone to use these codes or just who they get sent to??

[satchel01]

Are you talking about the emails they send out with special offers? If so, I just received one that is for 10/2/09–11/24/09 and yes, it is with the dining plan.

[Belster]

The person that receives them must be on the trip while the code is used. You may book up to 3 reservations with the code.

My mother received 40% off for October...pased it it us, I tryed to use it and was told what I have shared above. So my mom decided to go!!! We got 40% off...I hope for free dining though.

[Disnamic Duo]

I just got an e-mail for the same dates but mine is for:

Kids 3-9 play stay and dine free
or
4 day/4 night for $377 per adult

I sure hope they do some of these for January 2010!

We got this one too - yesterday. I wasn't too sure about it, so I forwarded it to MJ. Turns out it's (the 4 day/4 night deal) good for 40% off the room price! We used it for our 6 night stay this Nov, and we upgraded to AKL (from CSR) with the savings! GREAT deal!

[Dsnygirl]

I just tried something new... ... I created a new account on Disney's site with a new e-mail address and less information about when I've been there, how many times, etc. Here's to hoping maybe it'll start getting some offers, since my old one seems to be "anti Disney"!!

[forever a child]

I agree, I think they must send them to people who don't go as often to try to entice them. We go every year and have never gotten any codes but a friend of mine went last year and hadn't been for 10 years before that and she got the code. I guess they figure we'll go anyway so why give us a discount.
Is it possible for anyone to use these codes or just who they get sent to??

I disagree. We have not been to WDW since 2005 and I have never gotten one. I also just added a new account on WDW in hopes to get one.

[RedSoxFan]

I've never gotten a pin code and I've only been to WDW three times.

[Jen C.]

I agree, I think they must send them to people who don't go as often to try to entice them. We go every year and have never gotten any codes but a friend of mine went last year and hadn't been for 10 years before that and she got the code. I guess they figure we'll go anyway so why give us a discount.
Is it possible for anyone to use these codes or just who they get sent to??

This logic would not apply to us. We have been every year for the past 6, and got ours. In fact, my husband got one at his e-mail address, and I got one at mine. Also, our e-mail contained 2 seperate pincodes. The first was the kids stay, play and dine free that I mentioned earlier, but underneath was a 40% off rooms. We ended up switching promo's, and saved an additional amount of money!