nikkyluvsmickey
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- Oct 12, 2007
I am getting picked up at por by DCL i have read on here that the resort picks up your luggage at 8 am but you dont get picked up until 11:30 or 12:30 so my question is why are they getting your luggage so early isnt it going on the same bus with you?
Oh ok..so did u take the checked baggage off the bus into security or did the bus driver do that?From the cruises we've done, twice we took our bags with us on the bus we traveled on and once they came and got our bags and they were still on the same bus as us. I think they just try and make it easier for you so they come get your luggage instead of you taking it down yourself.
I am getting picked up at por by DCL i have read on here that the resort picks up your luggage at 8 am but you dont get picked up until 11:30 or 12:30 so my question is why are they getting your luggage so early isnt it going on the same bus with you?
Thank you so much thats exactly the info i was looking forTo clarify the process:
From WDW resort to port, your bags will be picked up ahead of time and placed on the same bus you will end up on heading to port. You will get a letter in your room the night before the cruise telling you what time to report for your bus and where to be.
The bus arrives at port, you take your carryons with you thru the X ray machines and your checked luggage is taken to where they check and keep the bags until they are loaded onto the ship. You won't see your bags again until you get to your cabin at 1:30 when they are opened. Do NOT pack travel documents, medications, passports, ID, etc into checked luggage. Carry it in a purse or carryon bag. You need it in the terminal to check in and get your KTTWC. Your checked luggage will not be easy to access during that check in process.
From PC to airport or WDW resort:
You will get a note in your cabin a night or two prior to debarkation morning telling you what time to arrive to the bus line. Your checked bags will be collected from outside your cabin between 8:30 to 10:30 PM the night before. Again, Do NOT pack items you will need in your checked baggage.
You will leave the ship, head down to the luggage holding area, get your bags and will be directed to the appropriate bus. Airport buses leave earlier. Resort buses start leaving port at 9:00 AM
From WDW resort to port, your bags will be picked up ahead of time and placed on the same bus you will end up on heading to port.
You will get a note in your cabin a night or two prior to debarkation morning telling you what time to arrive to the bus line.
Bags picked up from a WDW port go onto a truck and are shipped to the port prior to your bus. They do not go on the bus with you unless you take them with you personally. This allows them to more efficiently process luggage and not have to wait until everyone arrives to do so.
That is really odd. We always have a cabin on Starboard and watch the buses unload from the Resorts. Including luggage pulled from the underbelly of the bus. They stack them on the luggage carts in large quantities and then are moved over to load onto the ship. Hmm.. I will have to make sure I take pictures of that next time because now I am really curious.
From the port to the airport or WDW resort, you simply go down to the bus area after you disembark. You'll be asked to show your KTTW card to verify that you have purchased transfers (there will be an "A" on it if you're going to airport or an "R" if going to a resort). You'll be asked where you're going and directed to the right bus. There is no pre-set time. They leave as they fill up.
You will be given instructions in your room a night or two before about the disembarkation process - it plays on the TV on a loop too. It tells you about putting out your luggage, early disembarkation if you're taking your luggage off yourself, and about which breakfast seating you're at (your dining staff will also tell you about that the night before). Also where and how to pick your luggage up on disembarkation morning.
So you have a choice then i thought it was mandatory for them to take it in a.m. thanksNot everyone puts their luggage out for the porters to take the suitcases in the morning. There wouldn't be enough room under the bus for everyone to bring all of their suitcases. A lot of people decide they don't want to send their luggage ahead of time so they bring it with them when they go to board the bus. Those are the suitcases you see being pulled out from under the bus. The luggage that is picked up ahead of time is shipped over in the cargo trucks and offloaded at the port.
So you have a choice then i thought it was mandatory for them to take it in a.m. thanks