Booking day by day and DDP?

[ranthony]

When you book day by day and have the reservations linked are they considered individual reservations for the DDP?

IOW-can I book day by day for Sun-Thurs. and have the reservation linked and then only get the DDP for the last 3 days when other family members will be joining us? Or, once the reservation is linked is it considered one reservation?

 

[PEANUT1]

I think it will be considered one reservation.

 

[LisaS]

If you link two (or more) reservations it is considered one reservation as far as the DDP is concerned.

When booking day by day, I wouldn't book it as a series of linked 1-night reservations unless I had some good reason to do it that way. It's easier to make a 1-night reservation on the first call and then modify it each day to extend the check-out date by one day. You end up with just one reservation and nothing needs to be linked. On the first call you give MS all the names and your eventual checkout date. On the second and remaining calls you just ask them to modify your reservation.

 

[DeeCee735]

If you stay in two different resorts you can book DDP separate for each resort. i.e. We are staying one night in AKV, I booked Deluxe DDP for that night, and then we are staying the three following nights in BWV, I booked Basic DDP for those three nights.

 

[DebbieB]

You could make 2 separate reservations and do what you suggest. But they would not be linked so you would not be guaranteed that you would not have to move. Are you changing the room size with the 3 additional people? If so, they would have to be separate reservations.

 

[ranthony]

We're hoping to get a value 2 BR at AKV in March for the 5 of us for the week and in-laws may join us for part of the week as they 'snowbird' near Tampa.

I really don't want to have to move if we can help it...we have 3 little ones and have to consider naps, etc. I guess I'll have to talk to DH and see if he wants to "risk it" with 2 reservations.

 

[Minnie824]

If you have multiple resorts and multiple dining plans (as the poster above) how do the tickets work? Will the room key at both hotels automatically get the right park tickets and dining plan info on it?

 

[Chuck S]

If you have multiple resorts and multiple dining plans (as the poster above) how do the tickets work? Will the room key at both hotels automatically get the right park tickets and dining plan info on it?

They are separate reservations. The DDPs will be separate. As far as park tickets you could either 1)purchase a ticket and not have it added to the room key, 2)purchase separate tickets for each portion of the stay, or 3)have tickets added to your first room key for your entire stay, but you'd have to continue using the tickets on that room key, they can not transfer partially used tckets from key to key.

 

[kittylady1972]

They are separate reservations. The DDPs will be separate. As far as park tickets you could either 1)purchase a ticket and not have it added to the room key, 2)purchase separate tickets for each portion of the stay, or 3)have tickets added to your first room key for your entire stay, but you'd have to continue using the tickets on that room key, they can not transfer partially used tckets from key to key.

Are you sure about that? We did a split stay in November. Our first 3 nights were at OKW and then we moved to a Grand Villa at Saratoga Springs for the last 4 nights. For our first stay, we had the adults park hoppers and the dining plan on the room keys. When we switched to SSR, we no longer had the dining plan and since we got new room keys for that resort, we had the remaining days of the park hoppers transferred to the new room keys without a problem. This way we didn't have to carry around BOTH room keys for the rest of our stay.

 

[Chuck S]

They are not supposed to transfer partially used tickets to room keys. Of course, the capability exists in the computer system, as they would need to replace lost tickets, etc. But official policy is not to transfer used tickets.