Online check-in

[cdurham1]

I assume this question may apply to all Disney resorts, not just DVC, but not sure.

Can you check in online and just use your magicband to get into the room? Can you bypass the lobby altogether?

We have a flight that gets in around 4pm and we want to go directly to a park for the evening and just haul our stuff to the room after park close.

And a follow up to that - we have a split stay, so can we check in the next resort online and bypass the lobby?

The less time checking in, the better, for this trip.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

The answer to your questions is absolutely yes - if the process works. It's worked perfectly for us about 50% of the time - we get a text telling us our room is being prepared, we get a text with the room is ready/room number, and we go right to the room - and all is good. Unfortunately, we've had to go to the front desk other times. It is absolutely worth it to try, and the chances are you should be fine. You should be able to use the MBs or your smart phone to get into the room.

 

[RoseGold]

It has worked all online for me with six different stays since Covid (split stays). One room didn't sync to the Magicband, but the phone worked, so just used that.

 

[erionm]

Can you check in online and just use your magicband to get into the room? Can you bypass the lobby altogether?

Disney actually prefers that you use online check-in and the direct to room service.

 

[HappyDisneyWife]

Ever since they started online checkin (long ago!), I have very rarely needed to stop by the front desk. I just do it all online & use my MagicBand

 

[jennyq87]

No issues here either - we always do online check-in. No issues when we do split stays either. (I take that back -- similar to a prior poster, our magic band didn't work to get us into our room in our most recent stay. But our phone worked as a backup. And we fixed the magic band later that day).