One Person Coming Later

[bookgirl2632]

We are planning an eleven day trip to Disney, hopefully with Free Dining. One member of our party will only be able to join us for the last seven days. How would that work with our reservations, DDP, and park tickets?

 

[MMS1125]

i'd go ahead and put them on your reservation so they get Free Dining and ME if they need it. I'd just get my tix for the minimum needed by ev1 and upgrade them once you use them to enter your first park to the 10 days for everybody else.

That said I'm not positive it can be done for somebody arriving 4 days later like that but I've read on here it can. I've never had to have my whole party with me when checking in though so not sure they would really check

You could wait and just add them to your reservation once you get there but they will have to pay OOP for their food and buy a ticket.

 

[dizzy203]

You need to have them on the reservation as checking in the same day as you. This person would also need the same number of tickets that you are getting and if everyone in the room is over 18 you also need to pay the extra fee for more than 2 adults in the room. You can leave the person off of the reservation and when they arrive you can go to the desk and add them. They would be able to have tickets added to the kttw card but they would not have the dining plan.

 

[mkymouse40]

We've done this before when my daughter joined us late. We just booked the person for the entire stay (the cost for the extra person is minimal) and then the two of us used the additional meals for ourselves. It enabled us to go to a few signature meals and of course, provided extra snack goodies to take home.

If you want to know what the price difference would be, you could call Disney directly. They will help you price out the different options.

 

[averysmom]

You need to have them on the reservation as checking in the same day as you. This person would also need the same number of tickets that you are getting and if everyone in the room is over 18 you also need to pay the extra fee for more than 2 adults in the room. You can leave the person off of the reservation and when they arrive you can go to the desk and add them. They would be able to have tickets added to the kttw card but they would not have the dining plan.

In regards to the tickets, when we did this ( people coming at different times) I booked everyone with 2 day tickets to get the FD package, and then everyone upgraded their tickets there, to the amount of tickets needed. Since we had one person coming late and two people leaving early, this made the most sense so no one wasted any tickets. I'm kinda surprised that Disney would allow people to be added to a dining package after check-in without dining, since isn't that one of Disney's strict rules: everyone in the room has to be one the same dining package for the same amount of nights? I can see this being a loophole that some families would use, especially those with kids in the junior age group 10-13, who have to pay for adult dining, but wouldn't eat enough to make it worth it.

 

[nkereina]

We've done this before when my daughter joined us late. We just booked the person for the entire stay (the cost for the extra person is minimal) and then the two of us used the additional meals for ourselves. It enabled us to go to a few signature meals and of course, provided extra snack goodies to take home.

If you want to know what the price difference would be, you could call Disney directly. They will help you price out the different options.

Depends where you stay... $25/per night per extra adult at Deluxe, $15 at mods, $10 at values. So, if you are staying deluxe for four nights before that person arrives, you're paying an extra $100 for nothing essentially. But you would have to do this in order for them to have the dining plan (free dining or not).

 

[fla4fun]

In regards to the tickets, when we did this ( people coming at different times) I booked everyone with 2 day tickets to get the FD package, and then everyone upgraded their tickets there, to the amount of tickets needed. Since we had one person coming late and two people leaving early, this made the most sense so no one wasted any tickets. I'm kinda surprised that Disney would allow people to be added to a dining package after check-in without dining, since isn't that one of Disney's strict rules: everyone in the room has to be one the same dining package for the same amount of nights? I can see this being a loophole that some families would use, especially those with kids in the junior age group 10-13, who have to pay for adult dining, but wouldn't eat enough to make it worth it.

You aren't adding them to the package. Once you check in and the package "elements" have been issued to you, anyone you add later simply becomes an extra room only guest. That is why they have to pay OOP for food and tickets. It's only if they are added prior to check in that they have to have the same package as everyone else on the reservation.

As far as it being a loophole, I guess it would depend on a couple things. Whether they minded paying OOP for meals and tickets for the "kids" and whether there would be any ME issues because they are not on the original reservation. Personally, I wouldn't think the hassle would be worth it, and I'm guessing that so far, not too many people are trying to do it or there would be changes made to Disney policy (such as, changing the rules so you couldn't add anyone to the room after check in).

 

[rlovew]

In regards to the tickets, when we did this ( people coming at different times) I booked everyone with 2 day tickets to get the FD package, and then everyone upgraded their tickets there, to the amount of tickets needed. Since we had one person coming late and two people leaving early, this made the most sense so no one wasted any tickets. I'm kinda surprised that Disney would allow people to be added to a dining package after check-in without dining, since isn't that one of Disney's strict rules: everyone in the room has to be one the same dining package for the same amount of nights? I can see this being a loophole that some families would use, especially those with kids in the junior age group 10-13, who have to pay for adult dining, but wouldn't eat enough to make it worth it.

You can only do this if they are arriving later than everyone else since they won't be able to take ME until after someone else arrives at the resort and then adds them to the reservation.

 

[MMS1125]

You can only do this if they are arriving later than everyone else since they won't be able to take ME until after someone else arrives at the resort and then adds them to the reservation.

if you want to get technical i think that you can add somebody before you check in and not have them on the dining plan if you add them like 24 hours before you arrive. They will still be set up for DME and not be on the DDP. I believe you need 48+ hours for somebody to have DDP. They won't have bag tags or paperwork for DME but you can just give the CM your name at the airport DME checkin

I never even thought about people using that for a loophole to not have to be on the DDP. It really makes no sense unless you are paying OOP for DDP. If it's "free" dining you are already paying rack rate for the room so why pay for food too for an extra person