Parking for Guest at BLT

[Kdp2]

Hi, we are staying on points at BLT for an upcoming trip. We will not have a car. We have some friends joining us that are staying at the Swan. They will have their car. Would like it if they could park at our hotel on a couple of the days so we can walk to MK together, eat breakfast / dinner together, etc. Do I need to add one of them to our reservation for this? And if I do, will that mess up their reservation somehow?

 

[Epcot Forever Forever]

Can you just give their license plate number as your car at check in? Then there’s 1 car linked to you.

 

[Kdp2]

Can you just give their license plate number as your car at check in? Then there’s 1 car linked to you.

I just don’t know how it works! We have never parked at Disney before. I had read they scan your magic band and/or check ID when you drive in.

 

[SleeplessInTO]

They do. They ask for name and photo ID to match against their list of guests.

 

[Dizzydizney]

You should talk to someone at the BLT front desk. They in turn can call the security booth. As long as it’s not a super busy time, they will allow visitors (explain you have no car). If you give them your name and room number, I don’t think it will be a problem, but then again things change all the time. We had a friend visit during a very busy time, and they were allowed to park. But do this ahead of time, not at last minute.
But like I said, things change. While they were doing the big refurb for the Contemporary, much of that parking lot was being utilized by construction equipment, so the overflow was parking at BLT. That project should be done by now. Good luck and have fun with your friends.

 

[Her Dotness]

You can't add someone who isn't actually staying with you--or shouldn't--for safety reasons. If you'd have to evacuate for some reason, you'd have unpleasant explaining to do.

You could ask on the mornings when your friends would like to come over if parking can be arranged. I recall seeing people post that sometimes that was possible, except they were usually off-property family or friends. Sounds like more fiddling than I'd care to do when your friends are at the Swan, but you could try it.

We saw drivers ordered to u-turn and leave resorts happen much more on our fall trip than ever before. Guards were much more vigilant about checking ID and that we were registered or had a dining reservation before we were allowed into any resort.

It'll be lots simpler if your friends just hop a bus to MK and walk over to BLT or meet you outside the MK gate.

 

[bluecruiser]

Hi, we are staying on points at BLT for an upcoming trip. We will not have a car. We have some friends joining us that are staying at the Swan. They will have their car. Would like it if they could park at our hotel on a couple of the days so we can walk to MK together, eat breakfast / dinner together, etc. Do I need to add one of them to our reservation for this? And if I do, will that mess up their reservation somehow?

If you haven't reached maximum capacity for your room, you can add additional people to your reservation. Then they would be allowed to park at BLT. However, there may be issues for them if they are on two different reservations at the same time - with My Disney Experience, MagicBands, etc. What you could do in this case is to register them with initials or middle name instead of full name.

 

[sndral]

You can't add someone who isn't actually staying with you--or shouldn't--for safety reasons. If you'd have to evacuate for some reason, you'd have unpleasant explaining to do.
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Due to her work schedule my son’s GF always joins us halfway through our 10-11 day trips - so she’s a registered guest several days before she arrives. In the unlikely event of an evacuation one of the days before she arrives I doubt anyone would think twice about her absence. I doubt I’d have any explaining to do, in the few evacuations at WDW I’ve read about no one reported a CM standing there w/ a clipboard checking off names of registered guests as they exited. At most someone might ask if everyone in your party is out of the room - after all part of a party could still be in a park or elsewhere.
Last Dec. I thought about adding 4 members of our extended family to our DVC reservation who were offsite so they could get EMH - we were 3 in a 2 br., so even w/ 4 more we’d be 7 - below the 9 person max occupancy. I didn’t do it because we chose not to get up early, not because I was concerned about who was sleeping where. If needed I would have added the driver of their rental car as a guest & got a room key card at the front desk to give to them so they could park (we didn’t have a car) but we were at AKV & parking there isn’t the issue that it is at near park resorts like BLT, so I didn’t bother & there was no problem w/ them parking to join us during the day for a couple days.

 

[Her Dotness]

Sorry. I was unclear. I meant adding someone who wouldn't ever be staying with you.

Our respective mileages seem to vary somewhat, sndral.

 

[Sandisw]

Sorry. I was unclear. I meant adding someone who wouldn't ever be staying with you.

Our respective mileages seem to vary somewhat, sndral.

You are allowed to register anyone into your room as long as there is room left to add them.

So, people have added friends in the past so they can spend the day with them even if at night they go home.

You are not allowed to have people stay with you that are not a registered guest

 

[CarolynFH]

In 2014 (I know, forever ago) we booked a GV for a family trip. I registered all nine of us to the GV, even though my sister, BiL and dad stayed offsite in another TS, so they could get a parking pass to BW without any problems and also enjoy the privileges of being onsite guests. I don't see any problem with it, as long as the number of registered guests doesn't exceed the stated capacity of the room/villa.

 

[Her Dotness]

<shrug> I just don't see how this is ethical.

Privileges are customarily given only to people actually doing what gets the privilege--in this case, putting themselves to bed in the villa.

As I said previously, mileage varies.

 

[Sandisw]

<shrug> I just don't see how this is ethical.

Privileges are customarily given only to people actually doing what gets the privilege--in this case, putting themselves to bed in the villa.

As I said previously, mileage varies.

Everyone has to do what they feel comfortable with, but being a registered guest does not mean you have to sleep there. It means you are officially a guest of the resort and allowed to enjoy the amenities that come with it!

That is why this only works when you have room to officially add them. I book rooms all the time for night flights that don't get slept in because we leave before the next morning, but still take advantage of the pool and other resort perks while we are there that day.