odd ? about DME

[pixxi]

We are a family of 6, all 6 of use are arriving to orlando 9/24 but only 4 have DME listed since 4 of us are staying at POP for 1 day before all 6 are going to AOA 9/25. Two children will be meeting grandparents at POP and staying with them for the night until our AOA room is ready. So, two children are not listed for DME on 9/24 but are listed 9/25 and still need to ride on 9/24.

If our AOA was listed with a flight for 6 with MDE will that be a problem if POP respervation is for 4 people? If everyone scans their magic bands does it matter the exact day to ride the bus to resort?

 

[Carriemel]

The two kids will need to be listed in the G'parents room for the 24th. There is no other way they will be able to ride the DME bus.

 

[supersnoop]

You won't be able to ride DME unless you have a resort reservation that day. Are you over the occupancy limits on the POP reservation? If not, just list them on the reservation. Or have them take alternate transportation to the resort. If you are over the limit, then you risk getting everyone kicked out of the resort. And trying to ride DME seems like a sure fire way to clue them in.

 

[pixxi]

Grandparents live in Tampa and the 2 older children were going to stay the night with them. The two younger don't know them well and are not comfortable, that is why we didn't book AOA for the 1st day for all 6 and are waiting until the next day. I was hoping to avoid gransparents coming to the airport or getting another mode of transportation.

It seems like I should have been able to add them since we do have a package with them included (but it is the following day). People are able to adjust their leaving date and staying at another hotel and using the DME to the airport, so I just thought maybe there was a way. Thanks

Do they scan the magic bands for the bus, just wondering if we can pack them or if we need to wear them while traveling? Or was there a ticket in the packet Disney sent with the coupons?

 

[Carriemel]

Problem is, the room occupancy is 4. You will NOT be able to exceed occupancy limits, even if you have a package that includes them BECAUSE it starts the next day. The two older kids are not entitled to a ride on the DME until their check-in date.

Leaving from Disney is handled completely differently from arriving.

Put it this way...everyone is entitled to one round trip to and from the airport BETWEEN check in and check out dates. Anything that falls outside of that date range (i.e. before check in or after check out) is not entitled to a ride on DME.

 

[boufa]

With all of the militant rule follower responses, let me toss you an alternative. .. call dme and see what they say. First, you don't have too many people in your pop room, so no worries there (grandma, grandpa and 2 kids adds up to 4 in my math). Second, from all of the questions asked on there boards, I would imagine that dme has heard it all.

You have nothing to lose, and they might be able to work it out. Remember DME is tasked by Disney with making it easy to get from the airport to the resort. I will bet that they will work it out for you.

 

[supersnoop]

People are able to adjust their leaving date and staying at another hotel and using the DME to the airport, so I just thought maybe there was a way.

No, they aren't. They can adjust the time of day by providing false flight information, but they still have to ride the bus on or before their check-out day.

 

[Alesia]

With all of the militant rule follower responses, let me toss you an alternative. .. call dme and see what they say. First, you don't have too many people in your pop room, so no worries there (grandma, grandpa and 2 kids adds up to 4 in my math). Second, from all of the questions asked on there boards, I would imagine that dme has heard it all.

You have nothing to lose, and they might be able to work it out. Remember DME is tasked by Disney with making it easy to get from the airport to the resort. I will bet that they will work it out for you.

Their contract does not allow them to transport anyone who doesn't have an active resort reservation. You can try to call, but it would take an unheard of amount of pixie dust to get them to transport the 2 kids that don't have a reservation.

The grandparents are not staying at Pop, so adding the two extra kids to their reservation isn't possible.

 

[Alesia]

One solution is to send one parent and 2 kids on DME while the rest of you take a cab.

 

[Carriemel]

No, they aren't. They can adjust the time of day by providing false flight information, but they still have to ride the bus on their check-out day.

No. They do not have to ride on CHECK OUT day. They can ride the DME bus ANY TIME up to AND INCLUDING check out day.

 

[boufa]

Their contract does not allow them to transport anyone who doesn't have an active resort reservation. You can try to call, but it would take an unheard of amount of pixie dust to get them to transport the 2 kids that don't have a reservation.

The grandparents are not staying at Pop, so adding the two extra kids to their reservation isn't possible.

Granted... I reread the OP, I was confused as to the specifics. My advise holds however. Expect a NO, but call them anyways. It doesn't hurt to ask. We on the forums are not the absolute end all answer. With Disney, Please and Thank You go a long way, magic happens... and like I said in my signature... they can't hit you (but if they do, I would imagine you would get whatever you wanted.)... certainly expect a "Sorry, no" but there is little cost to the effort.

If the grandparents are coming all the way from Tampa, I can't imagine the airport is that dramatically further away than pop. An extra 20 minutes maybe.

 

[tjmw2727]

The difference is that folks who "adjust" the leaving date are still using DME DURING their resort reservation (not the day before or after). Think of it this way, DME provides round trip transportation to each registered guest and 2 of your children aren't technically registered guests until the following day.

You don't have to bring/wear your magic bands if you choose not to but I would recommend at least having them in your carryon as you will need them to access your room when you check in. You will receive paperwork with a barcode that you can use to check in at DME instead of the magicband. You will only need one magic band or the paperwork to access all the DME information for your party.

Grandparents live in Tampa and the 2 older children were going to stay the night with them. The two younger don't know them well and are not comfortable, that is why we didn't book AOA for the 1st day for all 6 and are waiting until the next day. I was hoping to avoid gransparents coming to the airport or getting another mode of transportation.

It seems like I should have been able to add them since we do have a package with them included (but it is the following day). People are able to adjust their leaving date and staying at another hotel and using the DME to the airport, so I just thought maybe there was a way. Thanks

Do they scan the magic bands for the bus, just wondering if we can pack them or if we need to wear them while traveling? Or was there a ticket in the packet Disney sent with the coupons?

 

[maxiesmom]

With all of the militant rule follower responses, let me toss you an alternative. .. call dme and see what they say. First, you don't have too many people in your pop room, so no worries there (grandma, grandpa and 2 kids adds up to 4 in my math). Second, from all of the questions asked on there boards, I would imagine that dme has heard it all.

You have nothing to lose, and they might be able to work it out. Remember DME is tasked by Disney with making it easy to get from the airport to the resort. I will bet that they will work it out for you.

No, DME is tasked with getting people with valid resort reservations to/from the resorts. They do not transport guests without valid resort reservations.

 

[CarolynFH]

Are the grandparents staying at a Disney resort that night? Or are they picking up the two older kids and taking them back to Tampa that night? If grandparents have a Disney resort reservation for the first night, the two kids should be listed on that reservation, and they'd then qualify for DME. If they'll be spending the night back in Tampa then I agree that grandparents should pick up those kids at the airport.

 

[bumbershoot]

Grandparents live in Tampa and the 2 older children were going to stay the night with them.

Your parents are coming from Tampa to Pop, but you don't want them to continue on to the airport? have you talked with them? The drive to the airport is just as easy as the drive from Tampa. I think it would be SO much more awesome if they just met you at the airport to pick up the kids they are staying with.

The two younger don't know them well and are not comfortable, that is why we didn't book AOA for the 1st day for all 6 and are waiting until the next day. I was hoping to avoid gransparents coming to the airport or getting another mode of transportation.

I'm still not really clear on how two kids staying in Tampa one night is going to get the two younger kids comfy enough for everyone to stay at AOA (or why the youngers need to be comfy?)...I'd just see if a night at AOA was possible instead of Pop and just start the full-family vacation that day, personally.

 

[ironz]

OK...I'm getting the same take on this as CarolynFH. I think the OP worded her question awkwardly, and then bad answers are being given based on that.

To me, it looks like: OP family of 6 arriving on the 24th. ALL of them going to POP the first night, but 4 staying in the OP's room (and listed on DME), and the other 2 kids are staying with the grandparents AT POP that night. Then everyone (whether that is the 6 in OPs family or those 6 plus the 2 grandparents) are going to AOA.

So.. the 4 people on the actual resort reservation with the OP who have their DME--do nothing. The two kids who are staying with the grandparents need to be put on the grandparent's POP reservation and then added to DME. It doesn't matter if the grandparents themselves need DME (obviously they don't), but their 2 grandchild guests need to be on their reservation so they can ride the DME bus with the rest of their family. Adding 2 minors to the GPs room ressie shouldn't change the cost. (oh, unless they have FD or some other package, and then it gets confusing again)

Any better?

 

[goofy4tink]

Okay.....I'm still confused. Where are the parents staying? Are they driving to Pop, from Tampa, then taking two of the kids back to Tampa, which would mean those two kids aren't on the Pop reservation?
If this is the case, then the kids are going to have to be picked up at the airport. I assume you'll be staying in a family suite at AoA, right? That's why you are fine with the six then, but not at Pop! You might be able to go to the Mears counter, with the two kids, pay for them to ride the Mears shuttle, but have them be put on the bus to Pop with you. But, that would have to wait until you actually got there, to MCO. A bit risky. Worst case scenario? A parent takes a car service, or a cab, with the two kids, to Pop. That's the only way you can avoid the grandparents going to MCO.

 

[Alesia]

OK...I'm getting the same take on this as CarolynFH. I think the OP worded her question awkwardly, and then bad answers are being given based on that.

To me, it looks like: OP family of 6 arriving on the 24th. ALL of them going to POP the first night, but 4 staying in the OP's room (and listed on DME), and the other 2 kids are staying with the grandparents AT POP that night. Then everyone (whether that is the 6 in OPs family or those 6 plus the 2 grandparents) are going to AOA.

That was my original thought, but that exact advice was given in the second post and the OP posted again as if that wasn't helpful. Based on that, I can only assume that the grandparents are not staying onsite.

 

[tjmw2727]

Interesting - I thought that at first but after the follow up

I think the OP and her family have a standard room for 4 at pop the first night and a suite for their family together (6) at aoa for the remainder of the vacation. I don't think the grand parents are staying onsite at all ? I thought the older kids were staying with the grandparents in Tampa the first night but the younger two were not comfortable doing that ??

If that's correct then the OP needs to get a room for 6 the first night or have the grandparents pick up the 2 grandchildren that are staying with them (in Tampa) at the airport.

If not - then yes the simple answer is to add the children to the grandparents reservation at POP (if they have one) and then reserve DME for everyone.

Hopefully the OP has either found a solution or will come back and clarify!

OK...I'm getting the same take on this as CarolynFH. I think the OP worded her question awkwardly, and then bad answers are being given based on that.

To me, it looks like: OP family of 6 arriving on the 24th. ALL of them going to POP the first night, but 4 staying in the OP's room (and listed on DME), and the other 2 kids are staying with the grandparents AT POP that night. Then everyone (whether that is the 6 in OPs family or those 6 plus the 2 grandparents) are going to AOA.

So.. the 4 people on the actual resort reservation with the OP who have their DME--do nothing. The two kids who are staying with the grandparents need to be put on the grandparent's POP reservation and then added to DME. It doesn't matter if the grandparents themselves need DME (obviously they don't), but their 2 grandchild guests need to be on their reservation so they can ride the DME bus with the rest of their family. Adding 2 minors to the GPs room ressie shouldn't change the cost. (oh, unless they have FD or some other package, and then it gets confusing again)

Any better?

 

[supersnoop]

OP has a reservation for four at pop on arrival night. They need to get six people from the airport to POP. Grandparents are irrelevant. DME will not transport extra people.

There may be an option to pay a ears to transfer the two, and they might even end up on the same bus, but no guarantees.

Either the grandparents need to pick up the kids at the airport, or the OP needs to add them to the reservation. I'm assuming they're over the occupancy limit, which is why they have this problem in the first place.