brightvalleyjrts
DIS Veteran
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- Dec 29, 2007
Is this worth doing?? We are checking into CBR on Sat. and I have never done the online checkin in the the past. Wasn't sure if that was necessary or if I can just do it when I get there.
We are not sure of the benefit either. We go 2/28 and called in today to make sure our room request was in...and asked whether the online check-in would affect the request. CM said no so we went ahead and did the check-in. You still have to go to a counter when you get there anyway; maybe it helps them confirm that we are really coming?
Any other thoughts out there?![]()
I definitely suggest that you do it! There is a separate wait line for it and they already have your things ready to go, so it is much faster! Last May, we did online check in for CSR. We didn't arrive until about 7:30 pm, so obviously there wasn't a crowd then and it probably didn't make much difference but shaved a few minutes off our tie. However, last December we booked our stay at POR through Coke Rewards and therefore couldn't do online check in. We arrived around 2:00 pm and longingly watched the people zip in and out that had done online check in (there were never more than 2 people waiting there at a time even though they served a lot of people!) as we waited 30+ minutes in the regular check in line. I consider it a must do if you're planning on arriving at a prime check in time (probably 11 am - 4 pm). But I think it helps you if you're arriving at an early time too because the online check in asks you what your planned arrival time is. I think it also helps if you're arriving early too because if they know you're arriving at 10 am, say, then they'll try to pre-place you in a room where someone has said they're leaving earlier or they know will be gone with Magic Express already. This isn't confirmed and definitely has a lot of room for variation, but I think generally you might get in your room faster.