Need help please - Resorts/credit cards

[Carrieannew]

My daughter and I will be staying at SSR 12/25, Dolphin 12/26 and POP 12/27 & 12/28. All 3 rooms were booked online and paid (by my mother ) ahead of time between expedia, travelocity and dream somethings. I will not have either a credit or debit card when we go down. How will this work for the resorts. They are paid in full. Is a credit card required to hold? Can you just pay a cash deposit when you get there? If so how much is required?

Also I know you can put a credit card or cash on your resort key to use. I guess since we will be staying at 3 different places this is not really a good idea.

Also on the last day thursday 12/29 I want to spent most of the day in the park. What can I do with our luggage? We wont have a rental car. Also any tips on the easiest way to split stay like that. I really wanted to do alot of early morning parks with a rest in the afternoon and go back at night. But im not sure how that will work with check in and out.

Thank you!!!!

 

[Carrieannew]

bump!

really need help here!

 

[salmoneous]

I stayed at the WL booked (and fully paid) via Expedia. Didn't need a credit card to check in, but gave them one in case I wanted to charge something on my room key. Did need an ID. The only thing you may want to check into is whether your name is on the reservation, not your mother's.

For luggage, all the resorts have a service to hold it for you until later in the day.

 

[LiteBrite]

We have stayed at the Disney resorts before without using a credit card - no problem. If your room is prepaid, they won't require anything, unless you just want to put some cash down to charge against (you can also use traveler's checks for this if you prefer).

You won't have the option of express checkout without a credit card down, but if you haven't racked up any incidental charges (telephone calls, etc.) you can just call the front desk the morning you're leaving and they'll check you out over the phone - otherwise you'll have to go down to check out in person. You'll have to do that anyway if you put cash down to charge against. Whatever is left over at the end of your stay will be repaid to you in cash.

 

[Carrieannew]

Thank you thank you thank you. Put my mind at ease. I did book everything under my name. And then when I did the payment I used her address being that was what the card was addressed too. So that should not be a problem. Thank you so much for the tip about check out over the phone. Im hoping that will work. I just cant believe im under 3 weeks away. A simple 2 night stay turned into a 5 day/4 night stay. I really dont have a plan yet for the parks. So much to do and so little time. And then the day before we leave 12/22 my mom go tickets to the martha stewart show. So we are spending the day in NYC. Crazy i know!!!