DME after 10:00 PM

[chaoskids]

Our flight lands at 9:40pm. Since this is close to the 10 pm cutoff, I know we would need to get our bags. If we are ok with getting our bags the next day, can we leave them for DME to grab?

Thanks!

 

[seashoreCM]

When your plane arrives before 10 PM, even when close to, you do not have to go to the carousels. In fact it might not be possible to get your bags yourself because Magical Express got them.

Yes, if your plane actually arrives after 10* you can leave the bags behind but Disney reserves the right not to pay or compensate you in a baggage claim proceeding if the bags are lost or stolen before they get to the DME processing area at the airport.

Come dawn, the unclaimed yellow tagged bags at the airport will be processed normally by DME.

If you see the arrival time for your flight on the video screen before it changes to "ARR" then that is the arrival time. Otherwise you can use your watch and any clock in the airport terminal. When you go to the carousels after 10 PM and do not find your bags, you should fill out a baggage claim form before leaving for the welcoming area.

* One in four flights statistically (on average) nationwide arrives more than 15 minutes late.

 

[goofy4tink]

You could. But, if your bags are coming off the plane at 10, or later, they are going to the public baggage carousels. They will stay there, going around and around, until someone takes them off and puts them in unclaimed luggage. The next morning a DME baggage person will go to these luggage areas, and take the DME tagged bags for delivery.
If your flight arrives at 9:40, on-time, you might get to the gate in time for DME to take the bags. But, if the flight is just 10 mins late, you won't get to the gate soon enough. I always leave the tags off my bags if I'm arriving later than 8pm...I much prefer having my bags to get settled for the evening.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

If you plane lands before 10pm they will be picked up.

If your plane lands 10pm or later you need to go get them.
Disney is not responsible for your bags overnight.
They'd be going around in circles at baggage claim until the airline or another passenger takes them and then you'd have to go through a lot to get your bags.

 

[chaoskids]

Thanks everyone!!

 

[Allison]

No way would I leave my bags at the airport overnight.

 

[StageTek]

You could. But, if your bags are coming off the plane at 10, or later, they are going to the public baggage carousels. They will stay there, going around and around, until someone takes them off and puts them in unclaimed luggage. The next morning a DME baggage person will go to these luggage areas, and take the DME tagged bags for delivery.

This makes total sense but I didn't even think about it. I always take a redeye but JetBlue recently dropped their non-stop redeye for a 4PM (from LAX) that arrives at midnight. February of this year I took that flight and just hopped on DME like I usually do. I guess my bag was going round and round for quite a while.

If we are ok with getting our bags the next day, can we leave them for DME to grab?

There was no problem for me. We left the resort (FW cabin) quite early and when we returned around 8PM my bag was there so I don't know when it arrived.

 

[cruisin5]

How is arrival time determined? And is it a standard followed by all airports? Just more curious than anything. We just about always grab out bags from the carousel, I really like seeing my bag.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

How is arrival time determined? And is it a standard followed by all airports? Just more curious than anything. We just about always grab out bags from the carousel, I really like seeing my bag.

Not sure what you're asking?
When your plane arrives is based on when it took off at your airport and how long it takes to fly there.

 

[cruisin5]

Not sure what you're asking?
When your plane arrives is based on when it took off at your airport and how long it takes to fly there.

My questions wasn't very clear!

MDE is closed for any flights arriving after 10pm which means the bags will circle around the carousel. What determines arrival time? Wheels down? Door to the plane opening? If the wheels hit the ground at 9:59pm does that mean the plane arrived prior to 10:00pm?

Knowing this could help someone know if their luggage will be picked up by MDE or let them go to the carousel or let it circle for the night.

Thank you!

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

My questions wasn't very clear!

MDE is closed for any flights arriving after 10pm which means the bags will circle around the carousel. What determines arrival time? Wheels down? Door to the plane opening? If the wheels hit the ground at 9:59pm does that mean the plane arrived prior to 10:00pm?

Knowing this could help someone know if their luggage will be picked up by MDE or let them go to the carousel or let it circle for the night.

Thank you!

Flight times are always gate to gate.
When your airline says your flight is say 7:05pm to 9:50pm that is when you will push back at the gate and pull into the gate.
If your flight gets to the gate before 10pm DME picks it up.
If it gets to the gate after 10pm they don't as they are no longer working.
It becomes your responsibility to claim your bags.
It is not advisable to leave th dr m circling all night.
They could be stole or lost or at the least taken by the airline and then you would ha e to waste time figuring out where it is.

 

[AngiTN]

Flight times are always gate to gate.
When your airline says your flight is say 7:05pm to 9:50pm that is when you will push back at the gate and pull into the gate.
If your flight gets to the gate before 10pm DME picks it up.
If it gets to the gate after 10pm they don't as they are no longer working.
It becomes your responsibility to claim your bags.
It is not advisable to leave th dr m circling all night.
They could be stole or lost or at the least taken by the airline and then you would ha e to waste time figuring out where it is.

To be clear, in the case of the bold, they have set procedures.
So happens we had a situation where our schedule flight arrived late so we had bags that should have arrived well before 10:00, didn't arrive till well after.
So, I trekked to baggage claim and took the opportunity to find out the process. Because I knew this was not that unique of a situation and others bound to have wondered what the process was. There are enough bags with DME tags on them for each airline they have a process in place for how to handle them.
Each airline sends their employees out to gather any bags not pulled from the carousel just as the next flight is loaded. They are all gathered and set aside together, inside the baggage claim office for that airline. There's always some, even without DME tags on them. The ones with yellow DME tags are set together. Each morning the people with the bags service come to each claim office to pick up all the bags that arrived overnight, usually from flights like mine, that were delayed but had guests who didn't know to go get their bags. But they can get through for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes the yellow tags fall off and bags get through. Sometimes guests don't have yellow tags and they give the DME CM their claim numbers and they go to baggage claim to get their bags. All of those bags end up in the baggage claim office. They are routed off to Disney just as any other bags are.
So yes, there is some risk from them circling unattended but there is no question about what happens once they are retrieved by the airline. I'd never intentionally plan to leave my bag to circle and set overnight but if it did somehow get through there you wouldn't have to waste your time figuring out where it is.

 

[AngiTN]

My questions wasn't very clear!

MDE is closed for any flights arriving after 10pm which means the bags will circle around the carousel. What determines arrival time? Wheels down? Door to the plane opening? If the wheels hit the ground at 9:59pm does that mean the plane arrived prior to 10:00pm?

Knowing this could help someone know if their luggage will be picked up by MDE or let them go to the carousel or let it circle for the night.

Thank you!

It's really easy. Base it on what time you are at your gate and the employees can start to pull bags off the plane. If it's after 10:00, know that it can't be pulled by the people in charge of bags for DME. If it's exactly 10:00, I'd think they won't make it from the plane to the terminal before the people in charge of the bags either. It's going to take some time to get all those bags off and drive them inside. That's where they are handed off to the DME baggage people. Not right off the plane.

So even if you know your posted arrival time you still can't tell 100% for sure until you are at your gate, not if you are anywhere close to 10:00

 

[Lewisc]

Left bags are secured in the unclaimed luggage office. The issue is if a thief will steal the bags before an employee secures them.
I haven't seen this posted but a similar situation can occur going home. Check your bags at RAC in the am, take a late flight home. RAC is supposed to hold the bags close to flight time. Bags which wind up in the MCO luggage system early enough could wind up on an earlier flight.

 

[AngiTN]

Left bags are secured in the unclaimed luggage office. The issue is if a thief will steal the bags before an employee secures them.
I haven't seen this posted but a similar situation can occur going home. Check your bags at RAC in the am, take a late flight home. RAC is supposed to hold the bags close to flight time. Bags which wind up in the MCO luggage system early enough could wind up on an earlier flight.

Actually, by TSA rules, RAC is required to lock up and secure the bags until they are at the airport, also in a locked and secured zone. Where yes, they can take an earlier flight.
They are however, always in a secure and locked area. At least by rules set forth by the TSA. If they are caught not following the rules, they are no longer going to be allowed to perform the service. So I fully believe they do follow this rule. This is why you have the locked cages right there next to the RAC areas.

To be clear, for any who are not aware, RAC is not at all related to Bell Services. Those bags are in a secure area but it is not a locked and TSA secure area.

 

[Lewisc]

Actually, by TSA rules, RAC is required to lock up and secure the bags until they are at the airport, also in a locked and secured zone. Where yes, they can take an earlier flight.
They are however, always in a secure and locked area. At least by rules set forth by the TSA. If they are caught not following the rules, they are no longer going to be allowed to perform the service. So I fully believe they do follow this rule. This is why you have the locked cages right there next to the RAC areas.

To be clear, for any who are not aware, RAC is not at all related to Bell Services. Those bags are in a secure area but it is not a locked and TSA secure area.

Agreed but that's not my point. My point was regarding baggage security when your luggage arrives at your home airport hours before you land. Same issues discussed in this thread, unclaimed luggage on the carousel pulled by emoyees.