Is front of the park package pick up gone, too?

[DisneyRunner2009]

Trying to decide on what size park bag I need. I prefer to go small. If I need to carry any purchases, it will have to be a full size backpack then. Thanks.

 

[easyas123]

I'm not sure it's so much gone as it is currently not available. Same w/ back to resort shipping I assume. Maybe someone else will chime in if I'm incorrect-

I hope it comes back, too. I don't care to have to carry stuff around and if I can't have it sent back to the resort I usually won't buy it.

 

[Moms]

I have heard that the front of the park "shipping" is gone along with send to resort, I, too used the front of the park a lot and will miss it! But so much has been "trimmed" I am not surprised!

 

[scrappinginontario]

The option to pick up packages at the front of the park or have them shipped to your resort is not currently available.

 

[loves to dive]

I asked about it in the mask store in Italy on Friday. They said they thought sending them to the front of the park at least would be back by January. I didn't ask about to the resort. I didn't want to carry around a fragile mask. They did say I could pay for it and they would hold it, but we had a stroller with us so they padded it really well, wrapped it in three bags because of the rain and we tucked it under the stroller.

 

[DWillowBay]

Honestly, this saves me money. I'm not going to carry bags through the parks all day, so I'll wait til the end of the day to buy and probably will decide not to buy certain things by then.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

Can you still have them ship stuff home for you?

 

[mbcary]

Can you still have them ship stuff home for you?

Yes, I believe so

 

[JCornell]

Just in case there are people not aware, they do have lockers at the front of the park still including what they call a "virtual locker" option if your stuff is too big for one of the physical lockers. They're a nominal fee and you have to walk your stuff to the front yourself but it's still better than carrying stuff all day.

 

[RamonaBuchanan]

Just in case there are people not aware, they do have lockers at the front of the park still including what they call a "virtual locker" option if your stuff is too big for one of the physical lockers. They're a nominal fee and you have to walk your stuff to the front yourself but it's still better than carrying stuff all day.

I can’t find anything on official site about virtual lockers-do I inquire at regular locker locations about this?

 

[JCornell]

I can’t find anything on official site about virtual lockers-do I inquire at regular locker locations about this?

Yeah. I learned about them at DHS when I went to the lockers to rent one for some new light sabers. I asked if they had any larger lockers and they told me that they have a thing called virtual locker which means they put them in the back and manage the packages similar to bell services at the resorts (tag and count them) and you pay one fixed rate (maybe $12, not positive). At the end of the day, you go to the counter with your receipt and they retrieve them for you.

 

[maltdizzy]

I thought Virtual Locker was just for the holidays last December?

 

[JCornell]

I thought Virtual Locker was just for the holidays last December?

I used it first week of July. They acted like it was a normal thing.

 

[Suzabella]

Foolish move from Disney. I think there are a lot of people, as mentioned above, that will pass on the merch if they have to carry it around or go to the front of the park to store it. I know we won't be buying anything if that's the case.

 

[Tyler's Dad]

This was a COVID loss. No touching and sharing, when people didn't know if it could be passed through touch. Opening back is just bottom of the list, I would imagine. January or so sounds about right and front of park before resort sounds even more right. I definitely hope it comes back too, as we always sent stuff back to the resort. Sometimes so much we it was like opening up presents at Christmas when we opened the packages.

 

[qv09vvp]

This is so me....won't buy stuff because we won't carry it around

 

[JCornell]

The other thing to keep in mind is shipping. We ultimately shipped the light sabers home from our resort and should have just done it from Dok Andars. Would've saved us more time and effort.

 

[MermaidsMom]

The option to pick up packages at the front of the park or have them shipped to your resort is not currently available.

Does anyone know why?

 

[Suzabella]

Does anyone know why?

I think it's one of those things that went away with Covid but like so many things at WDW lately, no word on if or when it's coming back.