DME Tags are Wrong, Leaving in 12 hours

[kaytieeldr]

Also, ironz says that DME will pull untagged bags, but we don't know if that works better when you tell them before the flight arrives,

'You' can't tell 'them' before the flight arrives. Well, you can - but generally with much more than twelve hours notice, DME can and will send out corrected tags.

Except for the OP that had their luggage in 10 minutes. The fact that someone was rude for some reason is really looking for reasons to say they shouldn't have done it because you might get a rude car rental person. Walking from A side to B side takes minutes. Yep, they went up and down a few times, it's part of going from A to B. But they had their bags in 10 minutes then walked to the other side of the airport. Been there, done that.

Ten minutes after arriving at the carousel, sounds like twenty or twenty-five minutes total. I'm not disputing anything with the OP; simply pointing out to you that they wasted that time plus x minutes beyond that. Ideally their decision wasn't based on your skepticism of a system that works.

Proceeding directly to the DME counter would have avoided the ten minute wait at the luggage carousel; the wasted trip down one more level with luggage in tow; the encounter with the rude rental rep; the trek up three levels, across the terminal, and down three levels with luggage in tow, and tipping.

By the time you tell Disney what you want to do and then they try to convey your request to another company its likely spinning on a belt....alone. It has no yellow tag.

Based on this earlier statement, it appears you don't know how Disney's Magical Express works. While your advice is probably spot-on for any other airport/situation, and while the OP opted to pull their own luggage without reading any of your advice, based on all the other DME experience, knowledge, and advice - typical luggage advice isn't applicable.

 

[vacationclub]

How long do you want to re-write history here? It worked. They have their bags. They had to manually get them and endure the horrors of A: walking, and B: talking to rude person. Big deal. They choose the safe route, as many others may do, even without reading my opinion on the matter, yet you aren't saying anything to them about how it was such a horrible decision that they made (that I had no influence over.) People can choose to use DME anyway they like, and people can choose to give their opinions of how they might handle a strange situation. That's what happened here. My opinion goes on the side of caution and guarantee. Your opinion is to trust the system to figure it out after the fact even with no hard evidence provided in this thread that it's an easy, seamless and proven process. We have different opinions. Apparently so did the OP.

If there is a specific documented process or history of DME acquiring bags with no yellow tag after they arrive on the carousel, please explain it. Then others can use that info to make their own informed decisions in the future.

 

[seashoreCM]

If there is a specific documented process or history of DME acquiring bags with no yellow tag after they arrive on the carousel, please explain it. Then others can use that info to make their own informed decisions in the future.

The standard six odd year old procedure is for you to go directly to the Magical Express welcoming counter and show your baggage claim checks to the CM there. The CM will ask a few questions to get the needed information, and perhaps have you pick out the shapes of your bags on a chart. Then you are sent to the bus line and other CM's will go get the bags and take them to the DME baggage processing area.

 

[kaytieeldr]

If there is a specific documented process or history of DME acquiring bags with no yellow tag after they arrive on the carousel, please explain it. Then others can use that info to make their own informed decisions in the future.

There is. That's what we've been trying to tell you. It's Magical Express's policy/procedure/advice that if you don't get your tags, or they're wrong, you can still go straight to the DME counter and describe your luggage + show your claim checks to the CM (+ they have a notebook with pictures of pretty much every type of luggage possible).

We understand the OP's party has their bags, that they chose to claim the bags themselves. We're trying to inform you how Disney's Magical Express works.

 

[vacationclub]

There is. That's what we've been trying to tell you. It's Magical Express's policy/procedure/advice that if you don't get your tags, or they're wrong, you can still go straight to the DME counter and describe your luggage + show your claim checks to the CM (+ they have a notebook with pictures of pretty much every type of luggage possible).

We understand the OP's party has their bags, that they chose to claim the bags themselves. We're trying to inform you how Disney's Magical Express works.

Who is the "WE" you keep referring to? Your first post in this thread was after most conversation and advice was already given and the event was over. Also, why are you only focused on my post that advised to be on the safe side with little info the night before a trip....and not another who gave the same advice?

I gave an opinion based on my experiences, and the facts of how airport luggage works, which still haven't been disputed. DME does EXACTLY what I suspected they would do based on others descriptions early on in this thread....they go manually hunt for your luggage. I asked for someones experiences or official policy, and someone stated it just above, though there are still no actual links to any of this, or stories from people doing it, we just take it at face value that's it's correct and works perfectly and securely. Great, I don't doubt that DME will try very hard for it's guests.

My advice was in no way bad advice, it worked, it's what I would have done in that extreme situation with little info and no way to call DME to confirm. Regardless of what DME does in these situations your bag is still at some risk. For those of you who haven't had a bag stolen at MCO, great, go that route. For those of us who HAVE had a bag stolen at MCO, consider taking a safer route and get on with your vacation. But regardless of your superior knowledge of all things DME, and your disdain for anyone giving advice that may cast doubt on the almighty power and perfection of DME, my advice is still sound, regardless of how much you object to it, how much it worked perfectly for the OP, and how much it may force someone to deal with a rude rental car person.

Can you finally let this go?

 

[ssc021796]

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I wish I actually knew how to post a picture. But, in the end an awesome trip. Food and Wine festival, little bit soggy Halloween Party. At the end of the day, I was at Disney World. What could be better? Thank you to all who thought to try to help me in my time of panic and need! I truly love the DIS Boards!

 

[sam_gordon]

I gave an opinion based on my experiences, and the facts of how airport luggage works, which still haven't been disputed.

There was one point in your original post that HAS been disputed...

If you do this you are basically walking right past the area where your luggage will be (or soon be) spinning on a carousel,

If your airline uses the 'A' side baggage claim, you do not go anywhere NEAR that baggage claim on the way to ME. As has been pointed out, you have to go to A baggage claim, get all your bags, go back up to level 3, cross over to B side, then go back to level 1(?).

You are correct the suggestion you posted is valid. So is letting ME pull the bags for you.

 

[vacationclub]

There was one point in your original post that HAS been disputed...

Yes, thank you. This may apply to about 50% of people. Acknowledged. As a passenger you still go to an area that you would have gone to anyway (had you not been using ME) that is on your side of the airport. The "hassle" in this is heading to the other side for ME once you get the luggage, instead of whatever else you might have done at that point (get a cab, etc)

You are correct the suggestion you posted is valid. So is letting ME pull the bags for you.

Yes, I specifically said both are options, but one is option simply is more secure, more confirmed, as you are personally grabbing your luggage before anything might happen to it. With no personal accounts of this procedure's success rate available, I think it's prudent for some to consider the "hassle" of simply grabbing their luggage themselves then going for a short walk.