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[raysmom]

My sister booked a room for one nite a friday becuase it was cheap. Then she is going to do something else in flordia. My official vacation starts saturday morning and we are staying a week. She said we can come and crash friday night too and the flights were cheaper coming in.

How would the magical express work can we check in using our luggage tags at our home airport on friday even though I was not going to be using magical express till saturday origionally. This is the same hotel my weeks reservations are at all stars......


hope you can follow the story

 

[skyfire1982]

I think you're going to have to work it by not using the yellow luggage tags. If you're coming in a day early, other people on the boards have commented that it won't be a problem. Just find any flight arriving at the approximate time you want to take DME on Saturday. Give that flight number to Disney so they know when to expect you. On Friday, don't use the luggage tags, and pick up your bags at the baggage carousel and take them to your other hotel. Bring them back to the airport on Saturday and they'll put them onto the DME bus for you. I'm not too sure what'll happen if you use the yellow tags without a corresponding hotel/DME reservation on Friday - they might just ditch it in the airport?

But this way should be fine, I'd think. Have fun!

 

[kaytieeldr]

Keep in mind, though, if you're not named on your sister's (or your own that-day) reservation, DME won't transport you.

 

[maryliz]

It sounds like the OP is heading to All Stars on Friday now, not Saturday. If that's the case, I don't believe you can use DME on Friday ... since you're not the one with the room ressie. Disney has it in their system that you're arriving Saturday, using DME, and checking in that day. I don't think they'll transport you to a resort a day early without a ressie. And if your DSis adds you to her room ressie, you might be over the occupancy limit.

You might just have to add an extra night onto your own ressie.

HTH ... or maybe I'm reading your post incorrectly.

 

[raysmom]

Yes we would potentially be coming in a day early to room with my sis becuase the flights were cheaper on friday than saturday

My reservations are for saturday for a week. She would only be staying on Disney property that friday then going somewhere else in Fl. Same Hotel we will be at for the rest of the week Movies.

Me and my daughter would be staying in her room for one night.
We would not be coming in till about 8pm on friday.......if we came friday instead of Sat morning.


I know you only get a one way pass for transportion , to and from the hotel so I did not know if I could just use it friday night.

She wants to know should she put our names to the reservation for friday as well? but I did not know how confusing that would be becuase we were origionally coming Sat.

I am confused because I have never done a room without a package before so don't know the procedure.

 

[goofy4tink]

So....your sister will be at the same resort you will be at? Then, she can just add you to her reservation, and you can arrive on Friday night. But, you hve to be named on her reservation or you can't use DME. Yes, you're entitled to riding it since you are staying on-site, but it is tied to your own reservation...so you won't be entitled to ride it until Sat. Just have your sis add you and your dd to her room reservation for Friday night, then she should get luggage tags for you and dd.

 

[raysmom]

thanks so much I did not know how that works!!

 

[seashoreCM]

Once your sister adds you to her room, from your point of view you are back in a standard situation we call a split stay. You get the Magical Express to the first resort room (your sister's). Then you are on your own to switch rooms (and/or resorts) with no Magical Express needed. (For inter-resort switches Disney has baggage service that is not instant.) Then when checking out of the second room (your own) you take Magical Express back to the airport.

Intra-resort split stays are not unheard of. They may be created when the seasonal rate dropped halfway through the planned vacation, or when not all nights of the vacation were available under discounted rate plans such as Annual Pass rates.

Be sure your sister also makes your Magical Express reservation for everyone's arrival day Friday, at least a day in advance. You would change your own Magical Express reservation to be one way back home.

Disney hints: http://members.aol.com/ajaynejr/magicx.htm