Need info on split stays, good and bad

[corvair]

Ityldu, Thanks, I think I understand now. We want the UHP because we will be going to the waterparks alot. Maybe we will not split. thanks corvair

 

[10drum]

Bob nc,
It does sound funny. Yup, we're gonna have to suffer six nights at the beach club, maybe I'll need a shot whiskey to get me through the pain. We love the bc/yc, so we're going spend the extra $("bite the bullet'), and stay where we like. I'm sure the csr is great, and maybe we'll get there next year.

 

[jabrown40]

We are going in August for 9 nights, and will be hopping 3 times - 4 nights BC, 2 nights GF, and 3 nights HRH at Universal. I plan to pack two large suitcases, and one carry on with toiletries. The first suitcase is for the 4 nights at the BC, and the other will be for the remainder of the trip. That way, you don't have to completely unpack everything. We also rent a car, so I plan to take the bags myself.

 

[Disneyfan08]

Just my 2 cents. There is no right or wrong answer on whether you should switch resorts during your stay. It all depends on the size of your family and how willing you are to pack and unpack. And most of all how many days/nights you will be there. We once split our 7 night stay stay 5 nights at PO Riverside and then 2 nights at the Beach Club. We transported our own luggage. We stayed at the POR (then Dixie Landings) first. I thought this way we would save our "treat" of staying at the BC until the end of our stay. The day we were switching resorts we all sluggishly left towards our car and bid a sad goodbye to POR. We did the pre-check in stuff at the BC which took incredibly long and then went to Epcot. We really had our hearts set on trying out Stormalong Bay so we called and checked occasionally to see if our room was ready. Finally at 3 p.m. we decided to walk back over to the BC because we really wanted that pool time! We sat in the lobby until 4 when our room was finally ready. I am not complaining about our room not being ready at 3 pm....really! It was just that we were so used to a routine at POR and that already felt like "home". We wanted to check in to our new "home" before we could feel really relaxed. Now I preface what I am about to say with.... the Beach Club is fabulous! I have nothing bad to say about it but with only 2 nights there we felt like we were just really settling in when we had to pack up and leave again. 2 nights was just not enough to ever feel at "home" there. DH said never again would he want to switch resorts unless it was a longer stay. He even tried to extend our stay as a surprise to us but everything was booked there due to a convention coming in. Again, it depends on YOUR situation. There's 5 of us to move when we move lol! It was just our experience that once you find your "home on vacation" you'd be surprised how attached you can become to it!

 

[Rock'n Robin]

Here's another question--we are hopping twice during our next stay, doing 5 days BWV, 2 days Poly, 2 days VWL. I was going to have Disney transfer our stuff but it's not acceptable if it doesn't get there until 4--our first "switch" day is almost all resort pool, etc. AND we dont' rent a car.
Should we just rent a car for those 3 days? How much is a taxiride between resorts? Can we take the stuff on the bus? (Yes it's a pain but I'm CHEAP)
Robin M.

 

[Ityldu]

If it were me, I'd take a taxi to the next resort - I think it might be around $10. It could be a nightmare taking a bus, getting all your luggage on if the bus is crowded and figuring out which bus gets you from resort to resort.

The other thing you should remember is just because you room might not be ready until 3 or 4pm, you can still use the pool and other amenities all day. Just check-in as early as you'd like, we usually do it at 7:30am. The room may not be ready, but we let them store our luggage and deliver it to the room when it is ready. Then we go on about our business and head back to the resort when we're ready. If the room still isn't ready, we hang out by the pool or get lunch.

 

[heymagic]

Thank you all for the information. We were considering splitting between the Poly and YC for our next trip, Nov 29th-Dec 8th 2002.
There are three of us, my grandson is 10. The taxi suggestion seems like good one, and maybe with 4days in one resort and 5 in the other, it would work out? Is anything changed by going concierge? Has anyone split between these two?

Thank You
Magic

 

[ehagerty]

We have often switched resorts. As a WVC member, we usually stay in the moderate resorts for any beginning or ending Fri/Sat to minimize point consumption.

Last year, with the great AP discounts, we decided to try resorts just for the fun of it. Based on a suggestion from these threads, we even had the bell service move us for one leg of the trip (even though we had a rental car).

That said - to the person who asked about using a cab - I would suggest considering having the hotel bell service pick up your luggage (we even had groceries to move) from Resort "A" and not worry about it until you arrive at Resort "B" for checkin. What we did was to prepare the "stuff" for the move - called bell service. When they picked it up, we drove to a park. At the end of the day, we drove from the park to resort "B" and checked in - later in the day when the lines at the checkin desk are short. Our luggage was brought to the room by the bell service at Resort "B". In all, I think we tipped $5-$6 dollars for the bell service at each hotel. It was worth it for the convenience - not having our car jammed with stuff during the day - not wasting park time checking into a new hotel during busy time (when the rooms aren't ready anyway), etc. This is even more useful if you don't have a car - just substitute "take a bus" for "drive/drove" and you see the time you can save - and vacation "time" has a monetary value.