I need the boards wisdom and direction

[Brumeiser]

My wife and I are starting to plan another trip to Disney for June for her convention. We first thought of staying 7 days at the Dolphin but my wife suggested we resort hop. The last 4 days her company should pick up the tab so we are on our own for the first 3 days. We enjoyed Pop last year and would love to go back for 3 days. What we really loved was the dining plan. Here is where it gets tricky. I bought a 10 day ticket last fall with no expiration and have 3 days left. Am I correct that if I put on my Disney package 1 day ticket that I can add the dining plan that would be my length of stay at the pop which will be 3 nights 4 days of dining yes or no? My wife said we may buy tickets that the convention people may sell at a reduced price and would save last year remaining tickets for another trip. Also my last question how hard would it be to resort hop with no rental car from Pop to the Dolphin? Thank you for your guidance.

 

[spiceycat]

the Dolphin is not a WDW resort.

So bell service can't move your luggage to the Dolphin for you.

so I would mark it HARD...

I would go with her suggestion save your tickets and just get new ones...

does she have to stay at the Dolphin?

the BW and YC are both right there and are WDW resorts - so Disney will transfer your luggage to these resorts...

 

[ncbyrne]

Resort hopping to non-Disney hotels could still be done, you'd just have to get a cab and move your own luggage. In order to get the dining, you would have to purchase a separate package that would include tickets, and the resort - the dining would have to match the number of days at the Disney resort. If you are planning on another trip anytime soon, I'd forget the package and stay at the Dolphin for the whole time (the location is great!) and buy a package for the next trip.

 

[Wendy1953]

I disagree with ncbyrne...the Dolphin would be a very expensive three night stay....the pop is a great hotel....just stayed there last week, and is much less expensive! You do have to get the package to include dining however! You can book the package at the POP, then use your three remaining days on your old ticket while you're at the Dolphin! If you want to go and see the other hotels on site (hotel hopping?), you have to take the buses from a Disney hotel to a park and transfer (except of course the boardwalk, Yacht & Beach club - boats or walk, and also the Grand Fla, Contemp and Poly....get on the monorail from Magic Kingdom or Epcot and then take the resort monorail to hop through them). Your luggage however will have to be taken by you from the Pop to the Dolphin by cab or mears, as the Dolphin and Swan hotels are not Disney resorts.