Hi Raina,
There are many member benefits and discounts offered to Disney Vacation Club members. These can change at any time, so your question about discounts on Disney theme park tickets does not have a simple answer. There are very often discounts available to members on Disney theme park tickets; however, which tickets are eligible and what the discounts are varies. I suggest that you take a look at the
Disney Vacation Club website. Once there, head to the tab for "Explore Membership" and scroll down to "Member Benefits & More." This will give you a list of currently available member benefits and discounts. You can filter these by location or benefit type. Currently, I see discounts listed for Walt Disney World Water Park tickets, as well as select Walt Disney World Annual Passes. I suggest that you peruse this website to see all of the other currently available Disney Vacation Club member benefits.
As to your free Disney Dining question, that is a popular
Special Offer from Walt Disney World. In order to take advantage of this offer, you must book the package as it is listed in the offer. Because this package includes booking a room using a traditional payment method such as a credit card, the free Disney Dining offer is not available to members who are staying using Disney Vacation Club Vacation Points. However, you are free to book the whole package using a traditional payment method such as a credit card and save your Vacation Points for another time. Disney Vacation Club members are also able to add Disney Dining Plans to their Vacation Point reservations by paying for the Dining Plan with a traditional payment method such as a credit card.
If you do decide to join Disney Vacation Club, Raina, it will be so magical the first time you hear the traditional Disney Vacation Club greeting, "Welcome Home!"