Mailing to the resort

[brianheather]

I have seen on the boards that many people opt to have items shipped to the resort instead of trying to fit everything in their luggage. Besides the obvious answer LOL, how does this work? Do you ship overnight the day before you leave? What is it that you can and cannot ship (laundry detergent, toothpastes etc.) Is it expensive?

We are starting the Owners lockers and to put all of that in our luggage, it may get heavy...

Thanks for your help

 

[Checkers]

Last year when we were stocking our OL this is what we did. It was expensive, however, we were able to ship laundry detergent and all the other things that we usually use or purchase on vacation. I sent it UPS to the resort (BCVs) at the beginning of the week (we arrived on Fri.) and it was waiting for us.

Double check with the resort but if I remember correctly you have to ship it to yourself indicating your arrival date (and I included my conf. #). Keep in mind if you ship it to a resort that has a conference center, you will be charged a fee (ours was $10) and it has to be picked up at the conf. center. We went to the conf. center and paid the fee and had Bell Servces pick it up and deliver it to the room. Be sure and check the hours of the conf. center if this is the situation in your case. We arrived mid-afternoon so it wasn't a problem for us but if you have a late arrival it could affect when you can pick up your parcel.

Perhaps someone who has had a more recent experience can be of more help.

 

[Chuck S]

Wouldn't it be cheaper to rent a car for a day and go to a local store for supplies rather than pay the shipping fees for items like laundry soap, toothpaste, and other day to day items?

 

[drusba]

Renting the car for a day would also be one of my thoughts if what you are talking about is things you normally get in a supermarket.

Nevertheless you do have the option to ship and you can pick any reasonable time before the trip such as a regular type delivery that takes several days with the plan to have it arrive the day before or of your arrival. I would not do it as an overnight delivery because it is a lot cheaper to do one that takes two days or even five. You send it to yourself as a guest c/o the resort, date of arrival and if it arrives early they just hold until you get there. You have a package charge as mentioned above if you are staying at BCV, BWV or BLT.

Do not send perishables. Also, I would avoid things in glass that could break. Anything such as liquids in plastic, toothpaste, similar should be new and unopened to minimize risk of opening and spilling over everything else in the box. Otherwise, what you send may depend on size of room you have since you can do less in a studio than larger; things to consider particularly if getting 1BR or larger (but many can also apply to a studio) include: (a) laundry necessities (detergent, softener, spot removal); (b) bathroom necessities (soaps, shampoo, conditioners, skin creams, toothpaste, TP, etc.; (c) packaged or canned goods such such as cereal, Pop Tarts, possibly bread, even bags of chips, canned soup, canned pop, kool-aid, plastic bottle water, coffee, sugar, coffee filters, mustard and catsup and salt and pepper (if desired), baggies, plastic trash bags, (c) particularly if you are setting up an Owners locker, you can send beach towels (if you prefer them to resort towels for pool), sandals or flip-flops you may want to leave there, likewise any clothing, jackets, that you might want to keep there for continuous use, any DVDs you would like to have and keep there, hats you may only use at Disney.

 

[ssawka]

We do this every trip (unless we fly JetBlue or Southwest). We usually put together a box and ship it the week before. DD is on a gluten-free diet, and we can't chance the stores not having her cereal and snacks. Anyway, we usually use FedEx since we get a discount through them. I would recommend using a parcel service other than USPS (the regular mail gets routed to a WDW mail sorting facility, where as parcel services will go directly to the resort) Last year , a 7lb box cost me about $14 to ship with CR's handling fee. Much cheaper than renting a car, but then again we've never sent laundry deterget.

 

[tara98]

We have mailed numerous boxes through USPS to the resorts.. The last two times to BLT. We did get our boxes, although the first time, the resort had some difficulty locating them. I think it was because they had just opened and they didn't have a great deal of organization in place yet. The last time we received our boxes without a problem.

Mailing some heavier items (cereals, toiletries, etc.) made traveling a LOT easier... I would recommend it!