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MickeysFavouriteGirl · 01-10-2013, 07:43 AM

We'll be arriving at DLP around 8.30am, have been told we can collect our tickets but will be too early to check in.

Are we ok to park at the hotel (santa fe) despite not being checked in?

Can we get our breakfast slots when we arrive (before checking in?)

Can DH go back to the hotel in the afternoon to check in and have a nap (he'll be driving the whole way - overnight!) but the booking is in my name?

Thanks in advance

DLPdaft · 01-10-2013, 08:01 AM

yes to everything

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Basically, when you check in in the morning, you do everything that you would normally do at check-in (so get your park tickets, sort out your breakfast slots, park the car, store your luggage etc etc etc). The only thing you might not get is your room key, that may not be available until after 3pm. As long as your husband takes your booking confirmation details from you and shows it to the reception in the afternoon, he should be able to get the room key no problem (I certainly don't remember having to sign anything or show any ID when we collected our room key in the evening, having checked in at the Santa Fe in the morning).

MickeysFavouriteGirl · 01-10-2013, 08:09 AM

Thank you

tennisfan · 01-10-2013, 08:35 AM

They give you your room key when you check in now (at least at the Santa Fe), it activates at 3pm

ttck4eva · 01-10-2013, 08:27 PM

Sorry hijacking post again! You mentioned breakfast slots - do you have to book slots for all breakfastS? I was just planning
On going when we woke up?

MickeysFavouriteGirl · 01-11-2013, 01:29 AM

Yes you get given a choice of breakfast times.

tennisfan · 01-11-2013, 02:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ttck4eva

Sorry hijacking post again! You mentioned breakfast slots - do you have to book slots for all breakfastS? I was just planning
On going when we woke up?

As mentioned you do get slots but can turn up any time really. It does tend to get busy after 7.30 and we had difficulty finding a table

ttck4eva · 01-11-2013, 03:45 AM

Phew so we won't get turned away if we book 7 but sleep in until 8!

MickeysFavouriteGirl · 01-11-2013, 04:09 AM

No you won't get turned away but the queues can be quite long.

DLPdaft · 01-11-2013, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ttck4eva

Phew so we won't get turned away if we book 7 but sleep in until 8!

if you sleep in until 8, I wouldn't bother going for breakfast at all at your hotel - you'll queue for ages and if you're at the Santa Fe or Cheyenne you don't get seated by a waiter either, so as well as queueing to get in the restaurant, you'll have to search for your own table among the throng of people already there.

If I'm at the Santa Fe or Cheyenne, even in low season, and with only 2 of us in our party, I'll go at 7.30am latest for breakfast at the hotel, or I just won't bother, its not a relaxing way to start your Disney day

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MickeysFavouriteGirl · 01-11-2013, 06:36 AM

We're the same at Santa Fe, won't go later than 7.15am!

01-10-2013, 07:43 AM	#1
MickeysFavouriteGirl Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 353	Arriving early questions!! We'll be arriving at DLP around 8.30am, have been told we can collect our tickets but will be too early to check in. Are we ok to park at the hotel (santa fe) despite not being checked in? Can we get our breakfast slots when we arrive (before checking in?) Can DH go back to the hotel in the afternoon to check in and have a nap (he'll be driving the whole way - overnight!) but the booking is in my name? Thanks in advance __________________ Hotel Santa Fe - January 1997, March 2011, March 2013 Sequoia Lodge - April 2000 Paris city break and DLRP day trip October 2004

01-10-2013, 08:01 AM	#2
DLPdaft Cannot stop singing "Just like we dreeeeamed it" Has a calming influence Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,708	yes to everything . Basically, when you check in in the morning, you do everything that you would normally do at check-in (so get your park tickets, sort out your breakfast slots, park the car, store your luggage etc etc etc). The only thing you might not get is your room key, that may not be available until after 3pm. As long as your husband takes your booking confirmation details from you and shows it to the reception in the afternoon, he should be able to get the room key no problem (I certainly don't remember having to sign anything or show any ID when we collected our room key in the evening, having checked in at the Santa Fe in the morning). __________________ Elaine Feb 07 Santa Fe, Oct 07 Santa Fe, Nov 07 Cheyenne, June 08 Explorers, Oct 08 surprise upgrade to the Newport Bay Club! May 09 Magic Circus, Dec 09 Santa Fe VIP, Oct 10 Santa Fe "Cars stylee", March 11 St Patricks Day Santa Fe, Nov 11 Dream Castle bonfire and Christmas, June 12 Dream Castle 20th Dreams, Feb 13 Santa Fe & Dreams

01-10-2013, 08:09 AM	#3
MickeysFavouriteGirl Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 353	Thank you __________________ Hotel Santa Fe - January 1997, March 2011, March 2013 Sequoia Lodge - April 2000 Paris city break and DLRP day trip October 2004

01-10-2013, 08:35 AM	#4
tennisfan Was told off for sliding down the banister at the SL South Africa or California for me Popped to the Boots Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 23,631	They give you your room key when you check in now (at least at the Santa Fe), it activates at 3pm __________________ Nikki Trips: DLRP - Hotel Cheyenne, October, 1994, DLRP - Hotel New York, October, 1998, DLRP - Hotel New York, June, 1999, DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, October, 1999, DLRP - Hotel New York, October, 2000, DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, October, 2001, Walt Disney Studios preview, February, 2002, DLRP - Hotel Cheyenne, August, 2002, New York City, Easter 2004, DLRP - Hotel New York, August, 2004, DLRP - Day trip, November, 2004, DLRP - Day trip, September, 2005, DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, Easter 2007, DLRP - Kyriad, June 2007 DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, June 2009 DLRP - Day trip, November 2009 New York City, February 2010 DLRP - Disneyland Hotel, June 2010 DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, September 2010 Stratosphere Hotel, Las Vegas, October 2010 DLRP - Day trip, January 2011, DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, August 2011, DLRP - Day trip, January 2012, DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, June 2012, DLRP - Santa Fe, November 2012,

01-11-2013, 01:29 AM	#6
MickeysFavouriteGirl Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 353	Yes you get given a choice of breakfast times. __________________ Hotel Santa Fe - January 1997, March 2011, March 2013 Sequoia Lodge - April 2000 Paris city break and DLRP day trip October 2004

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01-10-2013, 08:27 PM	#5
ttck4eva Earning My Ears Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 44	Sorry hijacking post again! You mentioned breakfast slots - do you have to book slots for all breakfastS? I was just planning On going when we woke up?

01-11-2013, 03:45 AM	#8
ttck4eva Earning My Ears Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 44	Phew so we won't get turned away if we book 7 but sleep in until 8!

01-11-2013, 04:09 AM	#9
MickeysFavouriteGirl Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 353	No you won't get turned away but the queues can be quite long. __________________ Hotel Santa Fe - January 1997, March 2011, March 2013 Sequoia Lodge - April 2000 Paris city break and DLRP day trip October 2004

01-11-2013, 06:36 AM	#11
MickeysFavouriteGirl Mouseketeer Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 353	We're the same at Santa Fe, won't go later than 7.15am! __________________ Hotel Santa Fe - January 1997, March 2011, March 2013 Sequoia Lodge - April 2000 Paris city break and DLRP day trip October 2004

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