Not just alcoholic beverages, pretty much everything at the lounges, etc. Got a buck off a PB&J milkshake at the lounge attached to 50's Prime Time a while back. Not a lot, but they all add up!
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OK, isn't that 18% only for certain places though, or was I mistaken???
I never considered TiW before... I actually allowed my AP to expire because I saw no more value in it (I wasn't going down the year the pass expired, couldn't justify the cost to renew without a 2 week trip, and when I went last year, it was cheaper for me to get a 4 day one park per day pass than an AP).. As a DVC member, i have used my DVC discount at a few places, but I noticed most were only taking them on certain days, like Tuesdays...
I'll look into this more, I just don't see how a fee of $100 bucks a year for something that may only be able to be used a handful of times will be worth it for me... But if it works for everyone else, great...
The counter service at POFQ also gives the discount because there is not a TS location there.
The 18% gratuity is for all table service. Counter service does not have the gratuity. Even with it I still come out ahead because we normally tip at least that much.
Nope it's 18% across the board except at V&A which is 20%. When DBF and I did the math TiW was the only one that made sense for the best discount. We did a three column spreadsheet listing all restaurants we would consider eating at, would be eating at and might eat at and TiW had the best discount. Even for the DVC discounts that offered the same discount you couldn't use it freely like like it excluded Brunch, or excluded eating at the bar at ESPN, but TiW didn't have any exclusions except for it didn't cover brunch at House of Blues, no other restrictions. DVC discount at ESPN can't be used on Sundays, etc not with TiW, could use it anytime. Check it out. And don't forget you only need one card for up to TEN people in your party. So if you go to dinner with 9 of your friends that one card and one fee counts for all 9 of you and what you all order, including alcohol (I forgot about the alcohol before :blush:). If it works for you awesome, if not atleast you looked into the possibility on whether or not it would help you. :thumbsup:
Oops, forgot to add that the restrictions with TiW are like all other discounts AP, DVC, etc, it exclude any popular black out dates, i.e. Christmas, Easter, etc.
If this helps heres a list of locations I found online:
Participating Restaurants and Lounges as of March 2011:
All-Star Movies Resort
World Premiere Food Court
All-Star Music Resort
Intermission Food Court
All-Star Sports Resort
End Zone Food Court
Animal Kingdom Lodge
Boma-Flavors of Africa
Jiko-The Cooking Place
Sanaa
Victoria Falls
Beach Club Resort
Beaches & Cream Soda Shop (eat-in only)
Cape May Cafe
Martha's Vineyard Lounge
BoardWalk
Belle Vue Lounge
Big River Grille and Brewing Works
ESPN Club
Flying Fish Cafe
Kouzzina by Cat Cora
Osprey Ridge Golf Club
Sand trap Bar & Grill
Caribbean Beach Resort
Shutters at Old Port Royale
Contemporary Resort
California Grill
Chef Mickey's
Outer Rim Lounge
The Wave
Coronado Springs Resort
Maya Grill
Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
Crockett's Tavern
Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue (9:30 p.m. show only, offered seasonally)
trail's End Restaurant (Excludes take-out)
Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
1900 Park Fare
Cítricos
Garden View Lounge
Grand Floridian Cafe
Mizner's Lounge
Narcoossee's
Victoria & Albert's (excluding Chef's Table and Queen Victoria Room)
Old Key West Resort
Olivia's Cafe
Polynesian Resort
'Ohana
Kona Cafe
Spirit of Aloha Dinner Show (late show only)
Tambu Lounge
Pop Century Resort
Everything Pop Dining (excluding merchandise)
Port Orleans Resort
Riverside:
Boatwright's Dining Hall
River Roost
French Quarter:
Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory
Scat Cat's Club
Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
Artist's Palette
The Turf Club Bar and Grill
The Turf Club Lounge
Wilderness Lodge
Artist Point
Territory Lounge
Whispering Canyon Cafe
Yacht Club Resort
Ale and Compass Lounge
Captain's Grille
Crew's Cup Lounge
Yachtsman Steakhouse
DOWNTOWN DISNEY Marketplace
Cap'n Jack's Restaurant
Fulton's Crab House
DOWNTOWN DISNEY Pleasure Island
Paradiso 37
Portobello
Raglan Road
DOWNTOWN DISNEY West Side
Bongo's Cuban Cafe
House of Blues (excludes Sunday brunch)
Planet Hollywood
Wolfgang Puck Cafe
Epcot
Akershus Royal Banquet Hall
Biergarten Restaurant
Bistro de Paris Restaurant
Chefs de France Restaurant
Coral Reef Restaurant
Garden Grill Restaurant
La Hacienda
Le Cellier Steakhouse
Nine Dragons Restaurant
Restaurant Marrakesh
Rose & Crown Pub & Dining Room
San Angel Inn Restaurante
Tokyo Dining
Tutto Italia Ristorante
Via Napoli
Disney's Hollywood Studios
50's Prime Time Cafe
Hollywood & Vine
Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano
Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant
The Hollywood Brown Derby
Tune-In Lounge
Magic Kingdom
Cinderella's Royal Table
Liberty tree Tavern
The Crystal Palace
The Plaza Restaurant
Tony's Town Square Restaurant
Animal Kingdom
Flame tree Barbecue
Pizzafari
Restaurantosaurus
Tusker House Restaurant
Disney's Vero Beach Resort
The Green Cabin Room
Shutters Restaurant
Sonya's Fine Steaks & Chops (Sunday Brunch not included)
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort
Il Mulino New York trattoria
Garden Grove
Kimonos
Shula's Steak House
Todd English's bluezoo
ESPN Wide World of Sports
ESPN Wide World of Sports Grill
Just thought of a couple more benefits, if you drive instead of taking Disney transportation you get free valet parking which is nice. Also if there is one while you are there, they have special TIW events.
The final perk is free parking but it would probably not normally apply to a DVC member since you would always have that when staying on site.
The 18% is on lounges as well.
And it is 18% across the board on the TS locations, buffet, family style, plated meals, etc. I guess V&A may be different, never checked into that. Still a savings, usually I'm a huge tipper, but when you surcharge me, that's all she wrote. I've usually drawn a line through the tip field before the server has left the table. Gratuity and surcharge just don't mix...
I have another unique question regarding the TIW card. We are annual pass holders and we currently have a TIW card. Is it possible to purchase another TIW card good for an additional 13 months just before our annual pass expires? Not sure if we will purchase another annual pass for next year but we probably will take one trip to Disney and would enjoy the discount for another year!
:confused: wow, that's a very good question...I'm interested to know the answer to this as well. Because my understanding is there is know way to "track" your TiW card which is why it costs $50.00 to replace it if you lose it, atleast that's what the CM at Guest Relations told us, so I would assume it's not "tied" in association with your AP, which would cause me to assume that if you have an AP whether it's expiring in such amount of days or not might not matter...There has to be a limitation? Maybe? I really don't know.... Hmmm, interesting question...
Thanks for the information everyone... I'll look more into it before I decide on my next trip...
I'm not sure why you couldn't get another TiW card. It's another $75 for Disney.
If you have more than one person with an AP, just use one of the others to get a new TiW. There is no limitation I'm aware of as to when you can get a TiW card. You should be able to get it on the first day of your AP up to and including the last day.
You probably need to be there in person though to get the TiW card. Just wanted to throw that out.
If we purchase the TIW card for our trip in Oct for the 8 of us (2 families) would the other family be able to pay for their portion of dinner on their cc & still be able to use our TIW discount if we are having the meal together?
Yes:mickey: but I think it has to be all on the same bill, there cannot be two separate bills. So, you could pay your portion cash or credit card and they could pay their portion cash or credit card, but it has to be on "one bill" not two separate bills. At least that's my understanding, so if anyone has an experience they know about I am sure they will come by to clarify :)