ME from Chef Mickey's

[esbee27]

Sorry if this has been asked and answered before. We will be staying at POFQ and want to go to breakfast at Chef Mickey's on our last day. Our flight is not until noon. Can we put in a request to be picked up at the Contemporary, rather than POFQ? If so, will they pick up our bags at POFQ but us from the Contemporary, or will we have to take our bags to the Contemporary with us?

 

[Carriemel]

First, no, they won't pick you up anywhere except the hotel at which you're registered.

Second, for a noon flight, your pickup would be scheduled any time between 8:45 am and 9:15 am. There is NO way you would be able to make a breakfast at CM and return to your hotel in time to make a ME bus.

 

[minnie mum]

No. You can only get on ME at your own resort. If your flight is at noon, your ME bus would depart your resort around 9:00 am. You would need to be ready to board the bus at least 15 minutes before this. So unless you have an ADR before 7:30, can eat fast and perhaps skip some of the characters,and are willing to take a taxi back to your resort, I don't see how CMs would be possible.

 

[esbee27]

Thanks for the info!

 

[purple figment]

I would also not recommend dining at CM on your departure morning. Even if you follow Minnie Mum's suggestions you would be constantly looking at your watch.

Also, if you miss your scheduled bus it will be up to you to get to the airport on your own. DME is based on guests' airplane departure times so there is no guarantee that the next bus will arrive in time to get you to MCO or that there is room on the next bus for your party.

 

[goofy4tink]

A breakfast at CM's is going to take you at least an hour. And as you've already been told, no, you can't take DME from a resort other than your own. You can check your bags at the resort, in the morning...at least 3 hrs prior to your flight departure (and if you are flying on a participating airline!). So, if you got an ADR at 7:30, you would be there until at least 8:30. Your DME p/u time would be about 9ish....3 hrs prior to flight departure! No way are you going to make it back to POFQ in time!!
So, I would eat at POFQ and have a relaxed last few hours. Or, if you insist on eating at CMs, check your bags and get your boarding pass first thing in the morning, before 9...they open at 5....and then eat at CMs as early as possible and take a cab or car service from the CR to MCO. That way, you could leave the CR by 9:30-10 and still get to MCO in time for your flight.

 

[crzy4dsny]

If you want to do the breakfast take a car service instead of ME. You can take a cab to contemporary and I'm sure they will store your luggage while you eat.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

If you want to do the breakfast take a car service instead of ME. You can take a cab to contemporary and I'm sure they will store your luggage while you eat.

This. We take a private car service to the airport on almost every trip. We have never had a problem making our flight if the driver picks us up 2 hours prior to departure (it makes it easier if we have our boarding passes printed and either have carry-ons or check our baggage at our hotel).

If you decide to do this, I would make your Chef Mickey's ADR no later than 8:45 am. Either use resort airline check-in early that morning to check any bags you want to check and print your boarding passes OR take your luggage with you and give it to bell services at CR. Take a cab to CR and either take a cab to the airport or schedule a private car service to pick you up. It's kind of a lot of work to eat at CM on your check-out morning, but it's a way to make it work if it's important to you.