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Spreading Some Pixie Dust Today!
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Just thought I'd pass this along.
During our recent (quick weekend) visit to Disney, we planned on being at MK the whole day/night on Saturday as we were leaving Sunday morning. We were at the AKL and I asked if they would help by printing out our boarding passes since Southwest, 1st does not have seat assignments and 2nd, a boarding pass is needed to get thru the airport.
Concierge at AKL said that they could not do it unless I came back to the hotel and stood there while they printed it out. Since that would mean so much time in transportation, I asked for any alternative plan they could offer. They told me to go to the Contemporary from MK and explain that we were onsight guests and they'd print them. Since that was so much closer to MK, I thought I'd do just that. The plan was for me to go take care of the boarding passes and then meet back up with my family.
Just before I was going to exit the park, I decided to stop in at Guest Services in MK (where you'd go to make dinner reservations while in the park, etc) The woman behind the counter told me not to leave the park and that she would gladly go on line and print them out for us, which she did! What a wonderful surprise.
If you're familiar with Southwest, the seating is based on when you print your boarding passes and you are assigned an A, B or C, which means you board in that order. (you can only print them out online if your tickets were purchased online and it is 24 hours or less for the departing flight). We were able to secure A's and it was another "magical moment" for me!
I am unsure if MK Guest Services did this out of courtesy or it is something they normally will do, but either way it worked out wonderful for us and I was able to join back up with my family that much sooner!
On 2 previous ocassions at POR, they gladly printed them up while we were out at a park. I really am unsure what the Disney policy is, but the MK Guest Services really helped us out!
During our recent (quick weekend) visit to Disney, we planned on being at MK the whole day/night on Saturday as we were leaving Sunday morning. We were at the AKL and I asked if they would help by printing out our boarding passes since Southwest, 1st does not have seat assignments and 2nd, a boarding pass is needed to get thru the airport.
Concierge at AKL said that they could not do it unless I came back to the hotel and stood there while they printed it out. Since that would mean so much time in transportation, I asked for any alternative plan they could offer. They told me to go to the Contemporary from MK and explain that we were onsight guests and they'd print them. Since that was so much closer to MK, I thought I'd do just that. The plan was for me to go take care of the boarding passes and then meet back up with my family.
Just before I was going to exit the park, I decided to stop in at Guest Services in MK (where you'd go to make dinner reservations while in the park, etc) The woman behind the counter told me not to leave the park and that she would gladly go on line and print them out for us, which she did! What a wonderful surprise.
If you're familiar with Southwest, the seating is based on when you print your boarding passes and you are assigned an A, B or C, which means you board in that order. (you can only print them out online if your tickets were purchased online and it is 24 hours or less for the departing flight). We were able to secure A's and it was another "magical moment" for me!
I am unsure if MK Guest Services did this out of courtesy or it is something they normally will do, but either way it worked out wonderful for us and I was able to join back up with my family that much sooner!
On 2 previous ocassions at POR, they gladly printed them up while we were out at a park. I really am unsure what the Disney policy is, but the MK Guest Services really helped us out!