How early would YOU check in?

[DeeCee735]

We usually stay offsite Saturday night, as we drive down, and check in on Sunday. We have checked in as early as 10 a.m. and leave our luggage with the bellhop. A couple of times our room was ready that early, but that was the first year or two we were members. I would expect to wait til afternoon before you can actually have the room, but you can check in as early as you like. I'm sure some people do so before going to the parks in early a.m.
Good luck and have fun!

 

[mathed101]

We checked in last October at 10 pm and we must have received the last of the last studios as it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy down at the very end of the loooooooonnnnnnnggggggest hallway at BWV, far, far away from the elevator.

Great location if you like to walk to MGM or go to the quiet pool, but a very long walk through the villas to the boardwalk.

Coincidence? I think not.

It pays to check in early IMHO.

 

[FOTM_Ring_Bearer]

When it's the whole family, we drive down and spend a couple nights at POR or CBR. Then we check-in on Sunday around 9am and have our luggage put into storage. We usually stay at the BWV and our 2bd has never been ready before 4pm. But last year at OKW, we had a choice of 2br villas at 9am. That was really nice.

Last December, dd18 and I arrived at the BWV around 11am (we flew down)and our studio was available.

So, my vote is to check-in early.

Have a great trip!

 

[Judique]

We checked in last October at 10 pm and we must have received the last of the last studios as it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy down at the very end of the loooooooonnnnnnnggggggest hallway at BWV, far, far away from the elevator.

Great location if you like to walk to MGM or go to the quiet pool, but a very long walk through the villas to the boardwalk.

Coincidence? I think not.

It pays to check in early IMHO.

Lol......last October we stayed in an SSR studio on Saturday night and moved to BWV one bedroom the next day. I drove over to BWV early while the others were still sleeping and checked in. The room was ready at 8am and it was in standards almost at the end of the hall near the valet parking on the ground floor. This was the first offered and it was fine with me - I like that area. Convenient to my car and the pool,etc, with a view of ILL at night much better then I would have imagined. The best part was when I returned later with family and luggage around 10am. You couldn't get near entrance as it was clogged with cars and people checking in. We parked, and rolled our stuff in the back door quite easily and then headed off to lunch in epcot while others idled their cars waiting for valet or stood in checkin lines. That sunday checkin looked so busy between 10 and 11am as we walked through the lobby. So I would have someone get over there early and get your keys whether you get a room or not.

 

[Lexxiefern]

I try to check in early if possible. In january, we were switching from standard to BW view and I went down at 7 am to check in. I couldn't believe our room was ready!

But usually we check in around noon or so.

 

[BriarRose59]

We checked into an SSR 2-bdrm last Sunday, March 11, at 11am and our room was ready.

 

[clydenora]

We are staying off-site our first night. From what I'm reading here, it will be wise to get up and get over to BWV pretty early the next day. As I mentioned in a previous thread, we will need to be pretty close to the elevator because my husband will have recently had ankle surgery. Plus, we'd like to be an upper floor.

Does anybody have suggestions as to what range of rooms I could possibly request when I check in? We are staying in a studio. I am having difficulty determining from the maps on the internet (such as from allears.net) where the studios are located.

 

[DVC-Don]

We've checked in as early at 7 AM a couple of times and got our unit then.

 

[UConnJack]

We checked into an SSR 2-bdrm last Sunday, March 11, at 11am and our room was ready.

I suspect Sunday's are the easiest days to check in and get into the room early since occupancy on weekends seems to often be less on the weekends due to the higher points, therefore some rooms have already been cleaned over the weekend and ready to go.

We sometimes have requests, but aren't that picky except for NS. Whenever we check in we ask if there are any rooms available for immediate occupancy. If there are, they show us on the map and we choose one. I'd say this has been the case at least half the time, but we are usually there on the lower seasons.

 

[Judique]

We are staying off-site our first night. From what I'm reading here, it will be wise to get up and get over to BWV pretty early the next day. As I mentioned in a previous thread, we will need to be pretty close to the elevator because my husband will have recently had ankle surgery. Plus, we'd like to be an upper floor.

Does anybody have suggestions as to what range of rooms I could possibly request when I check in? We are staying in a studio. I am having difficulty determining from the maps on the internet (such as from allears.net) where the studios are located.

I would just request near the elevator. There are a few dedicated studios and one bedrooms, but most units are lockoffs so there are studios everywhere.

 

[HUFF590]

We have had the best luck getting into our villa early when we have checked in around noon. Every time I have checked in EARLY, I have had to wait.

Just the opposite for us, we always check in between 7 am 7:30 and so far our room has been ready. I probably just jinked it.

 

[Machta]

We usually stay offsite Saturday night, as we drive down, and check in on Sunday. We have checked in as early as 10 a.m. and leave our luggage with the bellhop. A couple of times our room was ready that early, but that was the first year or two we were members. I would expect to wait til afternoon before you can actually have the room, but you can check in as early as you like. I'm sure some people do so before going to the parks in early a.m.
Good luck and have fun!

Last January we stayed offsite a few nights at the Hyatt Grand Cypress (very, very nice, but not Disney). I'm a compulsive early riser, and since I was either in the room in the dark (to avoid waking everyone else) or not in the room, I drove on over to SSR to check in. I'm afraid I surprised the lady who opened the front desk, and she asked me to go for a walk while she opened. It was before 6am. Boy, did I feel dumb! Got a very nice room, though!