Bell hop w/Magical Express?

[lacy1101]

I know the bell hop will deliver our luggage to our room after we arrive at the resort via Magical Express and the tip is taken care of by Disney; however, on the day you leave for home, do you have bell services come to your room for your luggage? If so, do they load the luggage for you on the ME bus or does the ME driver do it? I'm trying to figure out who I will need to tip when we leave.

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

If so, do they load the luggage for you on the ME bus or does the ME driver do it? I'm trying to figure out who I will need to tip when we leave.

The bellman will take your bags to the DME motorcoach departure point at your resort. The DME driver will load your bags into the cargo hold of the motorcoach and unload your bags at the airport. It would be approprate to tip the bellman when he or she completes his or her service, and the DME driver when he or she unloads your bags at the airport.

Then, if you use a skycap at the airport, it would be approprate to tip him or her too.

 

[tikkipoo]

Sorry, inexperienced traveler.

What is a skycap? Is it the people that work the counters at the curbside check in? Can you use curbside check in with DME?

 

[seashoreCM]

The skycaps are the curbside baggage check-inners at the airport.

You can use the skycaps after getting off the Magical Express bus if you still have baggage to check. For homebound Magical Express buses leaving before the resort's airline baggage check stand opens (about 6 AM, for flights leaving about 9 AM) all guests on all airlines must bring all baggage to the bus and do baggage checking at the airport.

Disney hints:
http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/magicx.htm

As far as tipping goes, it is "all of the above". The resort bellhops do not actually put things into the buses. Many guests hand carry their baggage out of their rooms down to the lobby. You tip the bus driver at the end of the ride.