Resort Thread Disney's Club Level (CL) Thread

[kylenne]

I am so very sorry. one of my BFF of almost 60 years also passed away fairly unexpectedly. I happened to be in DW at the time & the distraction of being in my happy place helped. At least until I was going to sleep at night & then the full impact of never seeing her again or talking to her again would hit me. So hard.
Im still getting used to the idea. Her memorial will be next week & my devastation will likely be on full display. Believe me, I feel your pain & hope your memories of your friend will be a blessing & a salve for your soul.

I am so sorry for your loss. I know exactly how you feel.

Thanks to everyone for the condolences and kind thoughts. I have back to back new hire trainings at work to facilitate so I don’t know how I’m going to cope. But maybe it will force me to not sit still. That’s when it feels the worst, when I can’t distract myself. We have ADRs for the 50th weekend also to plan. So maybe that will help.

 

[sdk1231]

I received news that one of my best friends of 25 years passed away very suddenly yesterday. I say “friend” but he was really an older brother to me. Our little chosen family is devastated today.

I thought this weekend I would be planning the trip in October. Now I am helping with final arrangements instead. Please keep us in your prayers CL family.

So very sorry for your loss.

 

[sdk1231]

I am so very sorry. one of my BFF of almost 60 years also passed away fairly unexpectedly. I happened to be in DW at the time & the distraction of being in my happy place helped. At least until I was going to sleep at night & then the full impact of never seeing her again or talking to her again would hit me. So hard.
Im still getting used to the idea. Her memorial will be next week & my devastation will likely be on full display. Believe me, I feel your pain & hope your memories of your friend will be a blessing & a salve for your soul.

So very sorry for your loss.

 

[pangyal]

I am so very sorry. one of my BFF of almost 60 years also passed away fairly unexpectedly. I happened to be in DW at the time & the distraction of being in my happy place helped. At least until I was going to sleep at night & then the full impact of never seeing her again or talking to her again would hit me. So hard.
Im still getting used to the idea. Her memorial will be next week & my devastation will likely be on full display. Believe me, I feel your pain & hope your memories of your friend will be a blessing & a salve for your soul.

I am so sorry for your loss.

 

[kylenne]

Thinking about logistics…you still have access to the lounge for your whole check out day, right? Asking because we don’t want to go into the parks on the day we switch from CR to Poly and plan to hang out at the pool and lounge until our room at the Poly is ready, then Lyft over with our bags.

The only concrete plan we have for that day is Disney Springs for dinner that evening. We were very excited to see Jaleo is taking part in Orlando Magical Dining month. We are big fans of Chef Jose Andres and I can never manage to get to the DC location when I’m in the area. $35/pp for some great prix fixe options seems like a great deal too. I just called and booked a reservation over the phone since OpenTable wasn’t allowing me to do it online.

 

[twinklebug]

Thinking about logistics…you still have access to the lounge for your whole check out day, right? Asking because we don’t want to go into the parks on the day we switch from CR to Poly and plan to hang out at the pool and lounge until our room at the Poly is ready, then Lyft over with our bags.

The only concrete plan we have for that day is Disney Springs for dinner that evening. We were very excited to see Jaleo is taking part in Orlando Magical Dining month. We are big fans of Chef Jose Andres and I can never manage to get to the DC location when I’m in the area. $35/pp for some great prix fixe options seems like a great deal too. I just called and booked a reservation over the phone since OpenTable wasn’t allowing me to do it online.

Correct. I love having CL on check out day for this reason, only we're usually just waiting for time to leave for the airport.

Someone posted here that Universal's Club levels deny access after the 11am checkout... I'm usually on my way to Disney and bugging to get on the road, so have never stuck around to find out.

 

[trishadono]

Correct. I love having CL on check out day for this reason, only we're usually just waiting for time to leave for the airport.

Someone posted here that Universal's Club levels deny access after the 11am checkout... I'm usually on my way to Disney and bugging to get on the road, so have never stuck around to find out.

We grabbed water/soda /fruit at noon ish without any problems check out day, that was 5/29/21.

 

[trishadono]

Sorry for your loss @kylenne , @fairygagamother

Disney does help ease the pain....

 

[jods]

We grabbed water/soda /fruit at noon ish without any problems check out day, that was 5/29/21.

I'm arriving early to Universal. Will we be able to access the lounge before hitting the parks? Do you know if there is anywhere to change if they want to go swimming before our room in ready? We are staying at Portofino. Thanks.

How long is the ride to Universal from Disney?

 

[iona]

Yes, no problem accessing the lounge as soon as you arrive on your check in day.
There used to be changing rooms by the beach pool, I assume they’re still there. I’m sure the lounge staff will be able to suggest something if not.
It’s probably about 20-25 minutes from Disney to Portofino but it depends where on property you start from and what the traffic’s like.

 

[trishadono]

I'm arriving early to Universal. Will we be able to access the lounge before hitting the parks? Do you know if there is anywhere to change if they want to go swimming before our room in ready? We are staying at Portofino. Thanks.

How long is the ride to Universal from Disney?

@iona got it
Also add there are bathrooms just outside the lounge doors , opposite of the help desk . That was good in the morning when we would head to parks. Our room had a balcony but was a hike from the lounge lol.

 

[jods]

Yes, no problem accessing the lounge as soon as you arrive on your check in day.
There used to be changing rooms by the beach pool, I assume they’re still there. I’m sure the lounge staff will be able to suggest something if not.
It’s probably about 20-25 minutes from Disney to Portofino but it depends where on property you start from and what the traffic’s like.

@iona got it
Also add there are bathrooms just outside the lounge doors , opposite of the help desk . That was good in the morning when we would head to parks. Our room had a balcony but was a

Thank you both! We arrive at the Yacht Club 8/22 and switch to Portofino 8/27. I'm a universal newbie. I really need to get on planning but I'm slacking. I'm home from Aruba a little over a week and I keep looking up hotels for next year . I need to focus on Orlando now lol. The Aruba blues is hitting me hard, way worse then the Disney blues. I'm booked at toothsome, Margaritaville and the more casual Italian place in Portofino. My 14 yo wants to hit both Harry Potter places for lunch. Also donuts at Simpsons land.

I'm hoping Yachtsman opens up before our trip.

 

[dalmatian7]

@dalmatian7. Here is parking info
https://www.phl.org/parking/garages

Thank you for the info on Philly airport parking!
@kyleene so sorry for your loss

 

[jods]

Just saw that Yachtsman opens the 5th and booking starts the 29th!!! So happy.

 

[EmilyGahr]

Just saw that Yachtsman opens the 5th and booking starts the 29th!!! So happy.

So exciting!!! Definitely one of our must-do restaurants!

 

[jods]

Hopefully someone can help me with mydisney experience. The app works fine on my phone but when I try to sign in on my phone browser it is like a loop. I sign in and it keeps taking me right back to the sign in screen. I even tried in private browsing and it does the same thing. Anyone know how to fix this? It only does it on MDE. I tried clearing cookies, well I think I did. Any tips?

 

[bookbabe626]

Hopefully someone can help me with mydisney experience. The app works fine on my phone but when I try to sign in on my phone browser it is like a loop. I sign in and it keeps taking me right back to the sign in screen. I even tried in private browsing and it does the same thing. Anyone know how to fix this? It only does it on MDE. I tried clearing cookies, well I think I did. Any tips?

Check what country you are set to. Sometimes if it’s set to Canada when I try to log in, I get stuck in that loop. I have to change to the US first, then click on My Plans and log in.

 

[ninafeliz]

Check what country you are set to. Sometimes if it’s set to Canada when I try to log in, I get stuck in that loop. I have to change to the US first, then cluck on My Plans and log in.

I know it’s either autocorrect or fingers typing on a phone keyboard, but I still got a nice little chuckle before bed at the need to cluck on my plans and log in! For some reason it just struck me as hilarious .

 

[kylenne]

Well we had a long talk tonight and after realizing neither of us were terribly excited about paying the outrageous rack rate for CR CL with so many unknowns wrt the offerings and dire looking rooms, we are saving a couple of thousand dollars and changing our split stay to Dolphin/Poly. I have Ultimate Rewards burning a hole in my pocket anyway (lol Europe travel when??) and with the current Sapphire bonus to Bonvoy transfers it works out really well.

I am really not looking forward to getting home from MK on 10/1 but in all honesty losing the walking convenience there for 1 crazy day will probably be evened out by the rope drop advantage for Remy and an easier time getting back after Harmonious opening weekend. I was admittedly worried about trying to do that from the monorail especially given the state of navigating Future World atm. And we wanted to go to Mandara anyway.

Someday we will try Chronos.

 

[jods]

Well we had a long talk tonight and after realizing neither of us were terribly excited about paying the outrageous rack rate for CR CL with so many unknowns wrt the offerings and dire looking rooms, we are saving a couple of thousand dollars and changing our split stay to Dolphin/Poly. I have Ultimate Rewards burning a hole in my pocket anyway (lol Europe travel when??) and with the current Sapphire bonus to Bonvoy transfers it works out really well.

I am really not looking forward to getting home from MK on 10/1 but in all honesty losing the walking convenience there for 1 crazy day will probably be evened out by the rope drop advantage for Remy and an easier time getting back after Harmonious opening weekend. I was admittedly worried about trying to do that from the monorail especially given the state of navigating Future World atm. And we wanted to go to Mandara anyway.

Someday we will try Chronos.

I'm so glad you get to travel together again. That alone makes everything worth it.

So we went to Oga's in March and my kids want to go back and show hubby. I just read in a Facebook group that you share tables and booths. I'm not unfriendly but I don't like sitting with strangers. It's an interesting post with people on both sides. Was it always like this? Hopefully we'll get a bar spot.