27 days!!!! Woohoo! Anyway, I have done online check-in for our reservations but I can't do my IL's, even though they are linked. Is there any other way to do this, e.g., can I call and check-in? I also don't think I have any special requests on our reservations because when I changed our reservation from CBR to POR I had to do it so quick that I didn't give any special instructions.
You can still call with your reservation number and add requests, yes. Online checkin doesn't have a phone-call equivalent though, it's just on-line or on-the-day. Any requests you missed can be sent by fax, but that still won't create an online checkin I'm afraid.
I'm nervous about transferring from GF to POR on Friday. Does anyone know how that works? Will we need to get a taxi or will there be some sort of Disney transportation?
I'm a Southern girl, so I completely understand that there isn't "normal" weather. There's always an exception. I also know that the pools are heated, but the outside air isn't. Is it really going to be warm enough to swim in February?
(P.S. Andre - for what it's worth, I completely agree with you. I actually have a letter on file with my daughters' schools stating they are not allowed to use hand sanitizer. They have sinks available to wash hands. There's no point in using that crap that is just going to end up in their tummies killing off the good bacteria.)
Transferring between Disney resorts is easy, on check-out day, before you leave your room get Bell Services to collect your bags for transfer to your new hotel. They'll tell you when they should be delivered (but do allow a bit of time, it's not an instant process). When you check in to your new resort, again contact Bell Services and your bags will be bought to your room.
Swimming in Feb is a very variable thing. We were there during a cold snap in Feb 2010, yet we still managed an afternoon swim or two when it was low-50s, as the water is nicely heated. It's a bit of a mad dash to get back to the room in the cold air afterwards though! Mind you, I'm British, that might make a difference!
There were only a few mad Brits and one Canadian in the pool at the time, and no slide/water features working, or lifeguards.
And off-topic on the hand sanitisers thing... yes, apart from specific medical requirements for anti-bacterial washing in hospitals, good old soap and hot water gets rid of a lot more nasties from your hands then either trendy foaming handwashes or special hand gels (I guess partly because it makes you do more actual washing and scrubbing in order to build up a lather).
Maybe in the fax I can request an old bedspread for my Royal Room.
I'm actually kind of serious about this!
Sure, why not? Anything we do here will be a drop in the ocean compared to overall guest numbers of course, and once a corporate decision like this has been made it probably won't get changed by anything less than massive guest dissatisfaction, but why not at least let them know how disappointed you feel about bland corporate homogenisation anyway?
In my humble (OK, maybe not so humble
) opinion, this is just another example of the whole "Disney Parks" anathema. Symptoms include the phasing out of more and more speciality retail locations within the parks, more generic bi-costal merchandising generally, removal of all the resort-specific souvenir products, the ending of resort-specific Refillable Mug designs, etc. None of the above were positive changes, no matter how the PR people try to spin it.
Why is it all or nothing? Why can't they get a thinner blanket and do away with the huge bulky bed cover that is not easy to put anywhere.
Everyone needs to let them know that the stark white takes a lot away from the decor and they might do something about it.
I couldn't agree more. And I too wonder what the real reason behind doing this right now is? Given the delays to the (so-called) finishing touches, why start removing all the current items now and leaving hospital-look beds and a lot of dissatisfaction among guests? There must be an ulterior motive for the sudden rush.
I like when they put the comforter inbetween the sheets at certain hotels. They sheets are, of course, changed with every guest and you get a fluffy comforter to sleep with!
Or, in effect, a duvet cover.
That would be my ideal solution too.
No, but a scarf is the standard for all rooms, it will be there sooner or later
Aiming for a look that is "standard for all rooms" is the complete antithesis of what Disney stands for though. Each hotel's room theme (of which the bedding is a major part) should be distinct and evocative of the period and/or place that it is intended to portray. Isn't that what Disney Imagineering is all about?
As I said, if guests wanted "standard" corporate chain hotel room styles, why wouldn't they just check into a Marriott, or the Swolphin, or a hundred other cloned variations?
Just out of curiosity, this new generic styling wouldn't by any chance be easier and cheaper to install and maintain across property would it?
Andre
but he reminded me that we will be in Disney and our beds don't matter as long as we have somewhere to sleep lol
