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I'm struggling to find a reason why me, as a Canadian, can have lounge access, but not pay for a membership to have added benefits of that same lounge access.
I am guessing that there are legal or tax considerations they need to get sign off on, and eventually will open it up to at least Canada and the UK.
 
I called in this morning at 9:30am ET. It took about 40 mins to reach someone. Chatted for a few mins and I had the date and room already selected to provide. She put me back on hold to get a supervisor approval. about 40 mins later she was back and said the room would be held while they processed it. They would call me back to confirm.

As of this evening nothing is showing in my reservations dashboard and no calls back. There's no rush for us on this, but they're definitely overrun. Gotta get this working online. No need to have someone involved to manually do this.

It was nice to use my 10% discounted DGC to purchase the 24 points! So it ended up costing $216 for our 24 pts to swap out on an existing reservation. Not bad!
No one ever called back to confirm the reservation was moved from "being held" to reserved. Nothing ever showed up on my dashboard for the temp reservation (planning to cancel it and replace points on an existing reservation). And no $'s were taken off the DGC I provided...

Sigh. I think that 83 mins spent yesterday on that call was a bust and I'm going to have to do it again today.
 
Yes. OTUP, being that it can only be purchased and used during the free for all period (<7 months), is inherently time-sensitive as well! 2/3rds of the remaining calendar is within OTUP range. They had to know a high % of subscribers to this new benefit package would call in within the first couple days 🙄

Just to add to this, because I am not sure if this is known by others, but the date for using the BOGO free OTU points does not have to be in 2025.

You just need to purchase them in 2025 when making your trip, even if the trip is in 2026.

So, someone who wants them for a trip though June 2026, can take advantage of the 2025 benefit.
 
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I imagine this doesn't have an answer yet as the program is just rolling out, but I thought I'd ask the hive what we thought on how this would be handled.

Situation: We are booked at the Poly over Spring Break 4 people in our room, and we have family booked (4 more people) in a second room through our points. For the Character meet and greet, do we think they will cap it to just the 4 on my reservation, or would we be able to bring all 8 up as they are booked on our points and traveling with us.

I know with Moonlight Magic events, you can book for everyone even those in a different room if booked with your direct points, but I wasn't sure how we thought this would be handled.
 

I imagine this doesn't have an answer yet as the program is just rolling out, but I thought I'd ask the hive what we thought on how this would be handled.

Situation: We are booked at the Poly over Spring Break 4 people in our room, and we have family booked (4 more people) in a second room through our points. For the Character meet and greet, do we think they will cap it to just the 4 on my reservation, or would we be able to bring all 8 up as they are booked on our points and traveling with us.

I know with Moonlight Magic events, you can book for everyone even those in a different room if booked with your direct points, but I wasn't sure how we thought this would be handled.

If I make it back to Epcot, I will see if I can get this answered.
 
Yes. OTUP, being that it can only be purchased and used during the free for all period (<7 months), is inherently time-sensitive as well! 2/3rds of the remaining calendar is within OTUP range. They had to know a high % of subscribers to this new benefit package would call in within the first couple days 🙄
Yep. It should NOT take half an hour on the phone AFTER making it through to the cast member to buy the BOGO OTU points. They need to get their stuff together.
 
Has anyone successfully been able to purchase the 12+12 bonus OTUP and use them for a Sorcerer Pass? I waited a few days for the rush to die out, but the Member Services Cast Member I spoke with still seemed flustered with if I could do this. Then they had computer issues, took my credit card information and I received an email receipt, but came back and said that the points could not be loaded into my account and someone will have to call me back. I am a combo of resale and direct, and have direct points I want to pool with the 24 OTUP to complete this purchase. Anywho, hoping to hear some success stories of completing this process!!
 
Just to add to this, because I am not sure if this is known by others, but the date for using the BOGO free OTU points does not have to be in 2025.

You just need to purchase them in 2025 when making your trip, even if the trip is in 2026.

So, someone who wants them for a trip though June 2026, can take advantage of the 2025 benefit.
True and good clarification!

For me, we have a trip in August, so Jan 12 and our trip almost lined up exactly and booking with OTUP right at the 7 month mark was a reason I considered the program.

It’s a nice little use case to buy 12 OTUP for a total of 24 to try a night in the Cabins at FW 😎 I think we will really enjoy it.
 
Went to the Epcot lounge tonight and the characters were there! Nick and Judy from Zootopia.

They scanned the DVC card for eligibility. And if you are doing a split stay, you can go during each stay.

So the lounge is limited to once per stay now? Or is that just the characters?

Limit is only during extended hours.

Can you help me understand how the MMB lounge perks work?
  1. Added to the 'priority' list if there's a wait due to capacity during the regular hours -- is this unlimited? Or once per day, per lounge? Or some other limit?
  2. Access to the lounge during extended hours (what are the extended hours?), when there is also a M&G -- sounds like this is limited to once per stay (and split stays can go once per split)? What do they do for APs who aren't staying over? Just curious.
Anything else I should be aware of re this perk?
 
Providing a data point on call wait times…I just called to get the OTUP deal, waited only 15 mins to speak to a cast member. She knew exactly what to do. I had to wait another 10 mins to get it all approved. Overall better than I was expecting based on previous reports from the past few days.
 
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Stupid question, anyone know if they will tell you which characters are up there, before you use your once per stay entitlement to go up?
 
Just got of the phone making a reservation with the OTUP. Took about 40 min. So I guess it’s starting to die down. The CM seemed to know what to do, but they did put me on hold while they completed the purchase.
 
Just to add to this, because I am not sure if this is known by others, but the date for using the BOGO free OTU points does not have to be in 2025.

You just need to purchase them in 2025 when making your trip, even if the trip is in 2026.

So, someone who wants them for a trip though June 2026, can take advantage of the 2025 benefit.
Any idea if this presents a limited opportunity to double-up? I'm wondering if we bought the 20 points for say June 2026 (in Dec of this year) and then kept/renewed our MMB in 2026 could I sitll purchase another 20 IN 2026? I know logically you should be able to as you're only buying within each use year....but I wonder if DVC systems are smart enough to handle this?!?!

If so, creates a nice opportunity for banking/borrowing points.
 
Can you help me understand how the MMB lounge perks work?
  1. Added to the 'priority' list if there's a wait due to capacity during the regular hours -- is this unlimited? Or once per day, per lounge? Or some other limit?
  2. Access to the lounge during extended hours (what are the extended hours?), when there is also a M&G -- sounds like this is limited to once per stay (and split stays can go once per split)? What do they do for APs who aren't staying over? Just curious.
Anything else I should be aware of re this perk?
1. I believe it is any time the lounge is open, you get priority.
2. You have to be staying on a resort stay to be eligible for the character M&G's once per stay. No characters for locals or APs without a resort reservation. @intamin said earlier that they were denied without a resort reservation.
 
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  1. Access to the lounge during extended hours (what are the extended hours?), when there is also a M&G -- sounds like this is limited to once per stay (and split stays can go once per split)? What do they do for APs who aren't staying over? Just curious.
Hours from what I have seen are 6-9 PM...AP who aren't staying over are not eligible as far as I know. You need a resort stay to be eligible using your DVC points.
 
Any idea if this presents a limited opportunity to double-up? I'm wondering if we bought the 20 points for say June 2026 (in Dec of this year) and then kept/renewed our MMB in 2026 could I sitll purchase another 20 IN 2026? I know logically you should be able to as you're only buying within each use year....but I wonder if DVC systems are smart enough to handle this?!?!

If so, creates a nice opportunity for banking/borrowing points.
If you are buying for a June 2026 trip, why not buy the points in 2025 use year (maybe request an August use year?) then in December buy another 24 for the June trip? Double up under one calendar year of beyound membership?
 
Any idea if this presents a limited opportunity to double-up? I'm wondering if we bought the 20 points for say June 2026 (in Dec of this year) and then kept/renewed our MMB in 2026 could I sitll purchase another 20 IN 2026? I know logically you should be able to as you're only buying within each use year....but I wonder if DVC systems are smart enough to handle this?!?!

If so, creates a nice opportunity for banking/borrowing points.
Based on what a CM told my sister I think you could purchase up to 12 (with a 1 for 1 match) in Dec for your June 2026 UY, but then you are done for that UY. You could still purchase up to 12 (with a 1 for 1 match) with a new MMB membership in 2026, but it would have to be for a different UY than the June 2026 UY where you have already maxed out your OTU points.
 
Stupid question, anyone know if they will tell you which characters are up there, before you use your once per stay entitlement to go up?
someone who went last night, speculated that they think it will be the same characters for a little while (Judy and Nick from Zootopia), because of the setup for the Photo Op and they have a ton of pre-printed signed passports. Hopefully we get a better idea of this over the next few weeks if there is any rotation at all.
 
someone who went last night, speculated that they think it will be the same characters for a little while (Judy and Nick from Zootopia), because of the setup for the Photo Op and they have a ton of pre-printed signed passports. Hopefully we get a better idea of this over the next few weeks if there is any rotation at all.
Thanks. I don't think anyone else in my party even know who Nick and Judy are LOL
 
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