My sister and I are staying at BWI for the first time next month for my 40th B-day. Just wondering if anyone knew what the offerings are in the lounge in the middle of the day and the snacks in the evening? Do they change daily?
TIA
Erica
I can't help with the offerings, but I wanted to say I hope you have a great time at BWI CL
.
Our rooms have almost always been ready when we arrived because our flights usually landed at around 1:00. (We did have long waits for our suites at AKL, every time we stayed there, way past normal check in.) Anyway, next month we have an early flight that lands at 10:20. We will be taking ME per usual and I was just wondering what the chances are of our room being ready by 12. We have a CL LV room at BC if that matters. Would online check-in make that more likely? One reason I prefer to check in there is that Neil always makes my daughter a special birthday button (she will turn 20 on this trip) and it is fun to receive it in person. So, if online check in does not make the chance of the room being ready early, I would rather just do it there.
We've never done OCI so I can't comment from experience, but my guess is that it would be a 50/50 chance either way (I agree with
gwynne that it's more of a preference than anything else). One thing that can be a benefit to having your room ready early is to not have any requests. If there's nothing in particular you want as far as room location, etc., I think you have just as good of a chance having your room ready early by waiting to check in at the resort as you do with OCI (this is just my opinion). You could also email IPO and let them know your approximate arrival time as that might help
. Good luck!
I like to check in in person, so that's what we do. I'd rather make sure everything is set while I'm at the desk. Things like making sure they have the correct CC, asking any last minute questions and picking up our packet. I caught a rather concerning error while checking in a few trips back. I was glad I was able to point it out and the CM's went to work correcting the error.
I always let the IPO know how we will be arriving and approximately what time by email ahead of time. I usually do that a couple of months or so before we arrive. I also let them know our departure plans.
I'm not a big fan of the multi-sheet information form that some of the IPO's send out. It's long, and most of it is irrelevant to our needs. I've found brief emails about our travel plans are a great alternative and much are much easier and quicker.
Hope this helps, and happy planning!
Us too! I prefer doing check in at the resort as any problems that might arise are easily handled at that time, rather than trying to correct it later (which, from what I've read, happens more times than it should, IMO
).
I'm also not a fan of the multi-sheet info that's sent out. I have never found any of it to be relevant to us, either, so I've never filled it out.
We checked into the BC CL in December, we did not do online check in. When we arrived we were brought upstairs to CL. We received our welcome drink and the Cast Member said "Would you like to pay the balance of your bill with the credit card on file?" I asked how much the bill was, he said $1300.00. I paid the entire bill off in November, so I was shocked. It took them about 30 minutes to finally figure out the I had no balance. (I don't think they believed me). This is one of the reasons that I don't do online check in.
So, just a word of warning.
We will be back Nov 14-21 at the BC GV CL. I will pay this off before we leave home and hopefully we don't have this same problem again!!
Definitely not a good way to start your trip! I'm glad everything was taken care of, however, I don't think it should have taken 30 minutes to do so
. Hopefully your November trip will go a lot smoother.
How frustrating, especially while you waited for them to figure out that you were correct.
I had a concerning experience, too.
The last time we were at the YC, our information was sort of "merged" with another family. I caught it at check in, it was a worrisome type of error. It took the CM's a good while to sort out. They did give us a small resort credit because of the trouble.
I received some emails meant for the other family for awhile after returning, but I worked with Disney IT to get that stopped.
After all that, I don't mind taking a minute to look over everything carefully.
I agree, taking a few minutes to look at everything carefully is worth it
. I just can't believe your information was combined with someone else's, there's no excuse for that, IMO! Good thing you caught it right away as it might have been more of a nightmare to get it figured out had it not been caught until later. We've never done room charging and while I have thought about it, after reading so many horror stories of problems, I'm glad we don't! I'd much rather pull out my cc every time I want to buy something than go through the hassle of correcting a problem later.
It's not unusual at all to not get one. Disney's IT isn't the best in the universe.
I agree. I'm not sure why it's so hit or miss as to who gets the welcome emails and who doesn't
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We booked AKL in October and haven't heard. Our booking isn't until Oct but think I might drop them a email.
You most certainly can email them anytime
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You certainly can ask the IPO if they have a suggestions for warming your son's milk.
Feel free to ask any questions you like here, too.
I need another stay soon!
