Hello Letisia. Thanks for asking your question here on the Disney Parks Moms Panel. We love answering your vacation planning questions.
I LOVE visiting Walt Disney World when the Free Dining Promotion is being offered. We typically purchase the Disney Dining Plan anyway so getting it for free is a huge money saver for us. The Free Dining Promotion for 2014 has not yet been announced. Keep an eye on the
Special Offers page of the Walt Disney World website for current deals going on. Last year, Free Dining was offered for select weeks in September, October, November and December. I believe the announcement for this Dining promotion was released in early May and then again in early August when the deal was extended.
If you book your Walt Disney World vacation now and the Free Dining Promotion becomes available, you can call an upgrade your package at that time.
My number one money saving tip is to bring your own drinks with you into the parks. At my local store, I can purchase a 24 pack of soda for about what 2 large drinks will cost you in the parks. Disney allows you to bring in a small soft sided cooler, just make sure you have no glass and no alcohol. All of the Counter Service locations will give you a free cup of ice or ice water. We use this tip all the time. We either drink free ice water and carry no cooler or bring our cooler and pour our sodas into the cup of ice. Doing this will save you a lot of money.
I am right beside you hoping the Free Dining Promotion will be announced soon. Fingers crossed.