Heading to a park prior to checking in at resort

[hswillia07]

Hi all! We're headed to Florida in October and for the first week of our vacation we'll be staying offsite doing non-Disney things. We check out of that resort on and into Pop on Monday, but we'd like to go to Epcot on Sunday. We're Canadian, so Magic Bands don't get mailed out. My question is, is there a way to get our Magic Bands before we check in so we're ready to go for Epcot on the Sunday? Like, could we drop by Pop on Saturday and grab the magic bands even though we're checking in until Monday? Thanks very much!

 

[Robo]

You can go to any ticket booth or Guest Relations (both can be found just outside any park,) and using Photo ID, get hard plastic tickets to use at the park gates (and for FP.)

 

[hswillia07]

You can go to any ticket booth or Guest Relations (both can be found just outside any park,) and using Photo ID, get hard plastic tickets to use at the park gates (and for FP.)

So really I should just grab the hard tickets when we get to Epcot that morning and just do the day with no Magic Bands? Yes, I guess that works. Okay, thanks!

 

[Robo]

So really I should just grab the hard tickets when we get to Epcot that morning and just do the day with no Magic Bands? Yes, I guess that works. Okay, thanks!

As long as your tickets are valid on that day before you check in, then all you need is your confirmation number(s) for the tickets
and a photo ID.

I don't know if your special Canadian tickets are "date-based" (like standard current WDW tickets) or not.

 

[hswillia07]

Thanks! Unfortunately this time, we aren't getting the Canadian Deal because they expire prior to our trip. I'm also just realizing that our MNSSHP date is prior to our Pop check in date, so maybe I just need to find last year's magic bands and use those for MNSSHP and Epcot. Thanks so much - helped me to think it through!

 

[Robo]

Thanks! Unfortunately this time, we aren't getting the Canadian Deal because they expire prior to our trip. I'm also just realizing that our MNSSHP date is prior to our Pop check in date, so maybe I just need to find last year's magic bands and use those for MNSSHP and Epcot. Thanks so much - helped me to think it through!

Plastic cards can also be used for MNSSHP tickets.
(But, your last year MBs will work just fine for any ticket that shows in your MDX account.)

Again though, are you sure that your Theme Park tickets will be valid before your WDW resort check-in date?

 

[hswillia07]

I just double checked and yes, I will purchase our tickets with a start date on that Epcot day and that should work. So much trickier now with this new system!