Help with split stay

[skullsplitter]

Hopefully this is the correct forum for this.

I'm looking into a split stay, 2 nights at AKL and 5 nights at POFQ. How does this work in regards to the dining plan and park hopping? Do I need two separate dining plans? Do I get charged twice for park hoppers?

Thanks for any help.

 

[vdub322]

It will be two separate reservations, so you will need two separate dining plans if you want to have dining for your whole stay. The first DDP will expire on midnight on the day of check out from the first resort. You can have DDP on one reservation or both. And I think you need to have at least a one day MYW ticket on each reservation to add the DDP (unless you are a DVC member or AP holder). I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong.

I booked my first split stay for my trip in a few weeks, and I learned a lot from people here on the DIS.

Good luck!

 

[POOHsie]

You need to make two reservations, one for each resort. If you are purchasing a DP package, you have to buy minimum 1-day base tickets at each resort for everyone in the room. Disney will send your luggage to the second resort (if you wish), but you might not have access to it until late afternoon.

If you want FREE dining, there is a minimum stay of 3 nights at one resort, and minimum 2-day base ticket purchase for everyone in the room.

Here's what I'd do. On your first reservation, order the tickets you need for your entire trip (park hoppers, total park days to cover your entire visit to the parks). If you need to add days to your tickets (up to 10 days max), each day is $8+tax. For your second stay, buy only minimum, 1-day base tickets (no park hoppers).

When you check-in to the second resort, continue using your dining credits from the first stay. The dining credits will expire at midnight of check-out day -- which is the same day as check-in day for your second resort. Continue using the tickets from your first stay. Even tho the room key will be expired for the first stay, the tickets will still work fine until they expire 14 days from first use.

At the second check-in, you will get a new KTTW card with new room key, new dining credits and your 1-day base tickets. These base tickets can be pulled off your KTTW card and put onto separate cards and put away. Label them, take them home with you, and use them for next trip, or sell them. If unused, tickets don't expire, and they are fully transferable.

Hope this helps.

 

[mickeynut1]

As the pp's have explained, you would have 2 separate reservations with a ticket purchase with each resort if you want the DDP for the entire stay. Another way to do it to avoid having to buy extra tickets is to book one resort with the package and the other one room only and pay OOP for your meals for those days. Your DDP credits expire at midnight of the day you check out, so depending on how early you arrive and start using the DDP, sometimes you have credits left on your check out day, meaning less OOP for your room only stay.