Help!! Keep my Contemporary Room or go for All Star Sports for 1 night

[melana]

Just when I thought I had my trip in October squared away, I had a thought today.

Currently I am booked in the Contemporary in a Garden Wing room for my pre- 5 night BLT stay at the end of October. I am now thinking of booking All Star Sports for the one night, pre-BLT stay. It would save me right nearly 350 bucks. I don't plan on doing any parks for that evening. And if I do, it would possibly be Hollywood Studios.

But I have already booked a Poolside Cabana to use from 10am to 2pm on my BLT check in day because I was going to use this day between the COntemporary and BLT as a pool/relaxation day pre Halloween party.

I have a question or two.
1. Can I still check in early for my BLT reservation and use the pool/keep my cabana rental? I know my room at BLT more than likely won't be ready early and that is okay. I figure I can use the bathroom at the pool to change when I need to.

2. How far of a drive is it from Sports to BLT? I will have my car and just want a general idea of the time it would take to drive over, get parked and chek in.

3. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[amccu18007]

I say save yourself the money and do something special with it! You can still check in early and use your cabana rental. Most likely, your room won't be ready but you never know! I am not sure how long the drive over is but check in is fairly quick. They will text you once your room is ready with your room number and you should be good to go!

 

[melana]

I say save yourself the money and do something special with it! You can still check in early and use your cabana rental. Most likely, your room won't be ready but you never know! I am not sure how long the drive over is but check in is fairly quick. They will text you once your room is ready with your room number and you should be good to go!

Thanks!! I was most worried about the pool/cabana usage.

I think I am going to do that. With the money saved, I can splurge for another signature dining ressie, or buy something nice for myself for my birthday!!

 

[melana]

So I made the switch and I got a credit to my reservation. I asked them if I could use the credit to purchase a gift card while at Sports prior to check out. They said I could do that or they would issue a refund but it could take up to 7 to 10 days to process.

Since I want the $$ to spend on the rest of my trip I am going to purchase the gift card.

Can anyone tell me if what the person on the phone told me is correct? Can I use the credit to buy a gift card?? I find that I trust the people here more so than what CMs tell me over the phone. He did put me on hold twice to talk to someone else about it.