ME question - bags at midnight?

[breick]

We should arrive in Orlando about 8:30 PM, so that gets us to WDW about 9:30 - 10:00 PM. If the bags can take up to 3 hours to get to the room, it could be after midnight. (We were planning on going to bed and getting up early the next day.) Will they deliver our bags to the room really late and wake us up? Or how can we get them first thing in the morning? Thank you.

 

[ducklite]

You have three choices.

1. Don't yellow tag your bags and pick them up yourself at the airport, they wills tay with you that way.

2. Expect a wake-up knock in the middle of teh night.

3. Pack a change of clothes and PJ's, plus essential toiletries in your carry-on, and tell the resort you don't want your bags delivered until the next day. They won't guarantee a specific time, hence the need for everything you'd need for the next day as well to be in your carry-on.

Anne

 

[dana1003]

please do not go by the 3 hour rule!! we arrived at 230pm and did not get our bags till 9pm.!!! they could not find our bags in the resort!!! if you can lug it yourself i strongly suggest for you to just pick it up at baggage and take it w/you. we had 3 year old twins and the amount of clothes i need for them in just one 24 hour period would have been the same as carryinga luggage..

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

You have three choices.

1. Don't yellow tag your bags and pick them up yourself at the airport, they wills tay with you that way.

2. Expect a wake-up knock in the middle of teh night.

3. Pack a change of clothes and PJ's, plus essential toiletries in your carry-on, and tell the resort you don't want your bags delivered until the next day. They won't guarantee a specific time, hence the need for everything you'd need for the next day as well to be in your carry-on.

I would vote for option 3.

Option 1 means making a detour to baggage claim and waiting (and waiting and waiting) for bags, having to lug bags through the airport, having to lug bags at the hotel, being on a later (20-40 minutes later) motorcoach to your resort, and paying tips to anyone who provides assistance with your bags.

With an 8:30 p.m. arrival, option 2 doesn't have to mean a wake-up knock in the middle of the night—but it could.

Regardless of whether you use option 1, 2, or 3, it's a very good idea to pack small carry-ons with valuables, fragile items, and those things that you'll need during the first 24 hours. Airlines often delay luggage. So even if you use option 1, your bags may not appear at baggage claim after your flight.

If you're packing carry-ons anyway, you might as well use option 3. You breeze through airport. Your major checked luggage will be delivered to you the next morning. You don't even have to be in your room because Disney pays the bell service tips.

And if you put tags on your bags with "please deliver before 11 p.m. or after 9 a.m." (or whatever times work for you), you may even get your bags the same evening.

 

[Lewisc]

Your airline makes a difference. Now that DME has moved SW baggage claim is in the exact opposite corner of the airport. After getting your bag you'll have to go up one level, walk across to the opposite side of the airport (both directions) and then down 3 levels. More of a PITA than it's worth. My guess is you'll kill almost an hour.

I might have considered it when DME was directly below SW's carousels.

Just call for you bags in the morning.

 

[debster812]

I agree with option #3. I arrived at MCO around 8, hit my resort around 9, and decided I'd tempt fate and see if the bags arrived at light speed. No joy. I called Luggage Assistance, asked them to hold my bags til morning, and went to bed around 11.

I had packed a complete carryon, so I was all set. I got up the next morning around 7, and there was a voicemail on my phone saying they had my bag, and to call for delivery. I showered, then called them, and then went to breakfast. By the time I was getting back to my room after breakfast, the person delivering my bag was pulling the door shut to my room.

This was at Pop. Total time from phone call, to delivery, 40 minutes.

 

[kaytieeldr]

3. Pack a change of clothes and PJ's, plus essential toiletries in your carry-on,

Um, actually this part of suggestion number three should be standard operating procedure ANY time you fly. You never know when an airline might misdirect the suitcase containing your immediate needs stuff...

please do not go by the 3 hour rule!! we arrived at 230pm and did not get our bags till 9pm.!!! they could not find our bags in the resort!!!

It's true, the three hours may not be accurate. Maybe Disney should resort to using the term "several hours" or "a few hours"... while the resort not knowing where dana1003's luggage was IS frustrating, it's not the norm. Everybody's experience is different - some people have been able to go directly to their rooms after checking in and had their luggage show up within minutes; on the other hand, this is ALSO not the norm.

Also, in addition to requesting that your luggage not be delivered after a certain time, you can put the "Privacy Please" card in your door's key slot. From other experiences I've read, Bell Services will leave a silent message on your phone overnight, telling you to call when you want your bags.

This was at Pop. Total time from phone call, to delivery, 40 minutes

What? You mean you were able to shower, go to Everything Pop, eat, and get back to your room - all in forty minutes?? Wow, and here I thought Pop Century was so huge that people HAVE to be close as possible to Classic Hall