Luvdisney said:
My flight arrives,if on time,to orlando at 9:53 PM. What' DME like at this time of night. I see in the booklet they gave me my bags could take 3 hrs to arrive. I figure most likely I would be at my resort around 11:30 PM to check in. Then it could be well after midnight before the bags arrive.
Has anyone arrived this late and had there bags delivered well after midnight? How does this work?
My flight arrived right around when yours did. DME was great! The DME Center was almost totally empty -- there was one party in line in front of me, but since there were numerous CMs working, I was in line for about 5 seconds.
Check-in took less than one minute, we were ushered to our empty bus queue, and then ushered immediately to our bus. There were about a dozen people on there already, we sat for exactly 15 minutes while a few other people got on, and then we left.
Before we left, I had a grand plan, but I TOTALLY forgot about it! We'd packed our carry-ons with everything we needed for that night and the next morning (which you should ALWAYS do, anyway, just in case the AIRLINE delays your luggage), and at my resort I was going to ask at both the front desk AND Bell Services to please hold our luggage until morning. Well, I TOTALLY forgot about it.
At 1:16 a.m., our phone rang. They asked us if we wanted our bags delivered then or wait 'til morning, and, of course, we chose to wait and were back asleep within a minute or so -- our 6 year old and 4 year old didn't wake up to the sound of the phone.
I love the convenience of DME. Because of the way I pack a carry-on no matter where I fly, the lag in getting my luggage didn't affect anything I did. If only I'd remembered to ask in advance to have the luggage held 'til morning ....