Ok, so it looks like a great deal for us too. So I should book with 2 adults thru orbitz and then call Orbitz to add the kids manually. They will notify Disney? Since I will have a separate arrival day ressie do I even need to jump they theses hoops? ME will be linked to my first night ressie, right?
I was hoping if I added the tickets I could add the dining as well.
Apparently unless you are in a certain type of room (villas?) you need to jump through those hoops or the kids will be charged as adults. You'd have to leave the kids off the reservation entirely to avoid that one apparently.
Has anyone had any experience with the type of room you get from Orbitz vs. booking w/ Disney? We have a disney res and I ask because the only 2 times I have used a third party we did not get what I would consider a nice room.....actually quite the opposite. I would love to save some $$ but not at the price of getting one of the undesirable rooms--and let's face it, most if not all hotels have them.
Has anyone had any experience with the type of room you get from Orbitz vs. booking w/ Disney? We have a disney res and I ask because the only 2 times I have used a third party we did not get what I would consider a nice room.....actually quite the opposite. I would love to save some $$ but not at the price of getting one of the undesirable rooms--and let's face it, most if not all hotels have them.
I've used Orbitz MANY times in the past for those who are concerned.
I also wanted to update on my experience with Disney thus far. I booked on Orbitz last week. The next day, I got my Disney number from orbitz (chatted wiht CS) and then called Disney to add the reservation and cancel my Disney reservation. It as added to the MDE site. My 60 day mark was 2 days ago and I did online checking. At that time, I changed the address because when you book through Orbitz, the reservation ends up with Orbitz' address (it's always like this, regardless of the hotel). I put in two requests - lake view and highest floor available.
Let's see... I still need to call and add my celebrations. I couldn't do that when Disney "adopted" the reservation. I also have to call and get celebrations added to my dining reservations since I made those online so I have to do both at the same time... So far it has been very easy.
Has anyone had any experience with the type of room you get from Orbitz vs. booking w/ Disney? We have a disney res and I ask because the only 2 times I have used a third party we did not get what I would consider a nice room.....actually quite the opposite. I would love to save some $$ but not at the price of getting one of the undesirable rooms--and let's face it, most if not all hotels have them.
Hi All! I can give you my update. There was no extra charge for kids. I added my 3 teens on after I received my original 2 adult confirmation for the cabins. There was no Disney Res # populated by Orbitz. I retrieved this directly from Disney Customer Care after calling and requesting it. I booked magical express through the website. It was easiest this way. Magical Express did have visibility to my Orbitz ressie # though. I found that interesting, but customer service took a little work to find my ressie and link it. I have since linked my Orbitz ressie and my continuing Disney Ressie (Orbitz sale was through 4/15 and we are staying longer). Hope this helps with some of the confusion out there. Disney agreed...and tried....I could not save by booking through Disney directly. They could not match the price for the same room through Orbitz. I will carry both my Orbitz Ressie # and my Disney Ressie # for check in.
Happy Spring Break!