online check in

[dkvs]

If I do online check in and have the hotel (POR) text me my room # the day I arrive, can I take magical express to an Epcot area hotel and walk to Epcot? We will have no carry on luggage, just backpacks that we'll put in a locker at Epcot or carry with us. Thanks!

 

[IndyRnRfan]

I'm sure if you ask the cm's at the airport they will accommodate you. Once you scan your band at the airport your party is in the system as arrived so you should be able to take any bus from there.

 

[Mousemommy1]

I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain that DME will only take you to the hotel you are staying at.

 

[goofy friend]

I don't thank it would be a problem. Your checked bags will be carried to the resort of your reservation and delivered to your room. After checking in with DME , you can get in the line to board the bus to the destination of your choice.

 

[LilyWDW]

DME will only allow you to take a bus to your resort unless something has changed recently. You are not allowed to get on any bus you want.

 

[goofy friend]

When I went down in May, they did not put me in a specific line, they just told me to get inline to the resort that I was going, and I just followed the signs. The bus driver just asked me what resort I was taking the bus, and then he made his rounds to the various stops on his route.

 

[goofy4tink]

Short answer? No, you can't. You will be directed to the bus line for POR. When you get to the front of the line, and sometimes again at the bus door, your MB will be scanned, or your paperwork checked if no MB. If your MB shows your reservation if for another resort, you will be told to go back to the correct bus line.
You might get lucky and have BW on your DME route...that has happened before. Then, you can hop off there instead of at POR. But, if a resort isn't on your route, you can't get to it via DME.

 

[goofy friend]

That makes sense, I guess they forgot to check our magic bands at time of bus boarding, going back to airport the driver asked to see my paper work which I didn't have, but he said go a head and board.

 

[dkvs]

Thank you!