Resort Room Text

[WDWNerd]

i got a text saying our room is ready. I have my magicbands & the text gave me my room number. Do I still need to go to the online check in desk or can I go straight to my room? Thanks in advance!

 

[KT0191]

You can go straight to your room.

 

[dansdad]

You can go directly to your room.

 

[WDWNerd]

That's what I thought, but I started second guessing myself. Thank you!

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

You can head straight to your room.
I love getting my room number texted to me!

 

[patster734]

I usually like going to the desk because they will give you a map of the resort and a list of activities. However, when we arrived this past weekend, the desk had a line, so we went straight to our room and had no problem getting in.

 

[LSLS]

If you have a car, you will need to go down just to get your parking pass.

 

[tobikaye]

If you have a car, you will need to go down just to get your parking pass.

I thought many of the resorts where not giving out parking passes now. I probably would look to see if many of the cars had them and then go and ask for one. If not, I would not worry about it.

 

[AngiTN]

I usually like going to the desk because they will give you a map of the resort and a list of activities. However, when we arrived this past weekend, the desk had a line, so we went straight to our room and had no problem getting in.

And this is the sole reason we love doing online check in and so far, getting our text with our room number. We come in on ME so there is usually a line of folks coming off with us. I love having the option of not standing in that line

 

[wench]

You can head straight to your room.
I love getting my room number texted to me!

I love it too! I never delete those texts. I think it's neat that the WDW & DLR ones come from the same number, so they're all in one big conversation chain on my phone.

 

[Marionnette]

If you have a car, you will need to go down just to get your parking pass.

When I checked in at BLT (Labor Day Weekend), the guard at the gate issued a pass to me.

 

[bluezy]

I thought many of the resorts where not giving out parking passes now. I probably would look to see if many of the cars had them and then go and ask for one. If not, I would not worry about it.

When we were at AoA this summer I found about 4 cars with parking passes on them. The other several hundred (including ours) had no parking pass. I had planned to go to the front desk (we did direct-to-room check-in) to get one but every time I walked through the lobby there was a long line at the front desk so I never stopped.

 

[LSLS]

I thought many of the resorts where not giving out parking passes now. I probably would look to see if many of the cars had them and then go and ask for one. If not, I would not worry about it.

Hmm, that would be nice. When we were there in September they gave me one when I stopped by the front desk.

 

[Elizakapeka]

afterthought...can everyone get a text of their room number or only club level guests?

 

[Marionnette]

afterthought...can everyone get a text of their room number or only club level guests?

Everyone who does online check in gets a text if you add a cell phone number when you do the check-in. If you check in at the front desk and your room is not ready, they will ask if you want to receive a text message when it is.

 

[dansdad]

Everyone who does online check in gets a text if you add a cell phone number when you do the check-in. If you check in at the front desk and your room is not ready, they will ask if you want to receive a text message when it is.

I need to add that not everyone that does Online Check In and adds a cell phone number gets a room ready text. Some guests will still have to go to the Online Check In desk. And if you stop by the Online Check In desk and your room is not ready, not everyone gets the text with their room number either.

 

[AngiTN]

afterthought...can everyone get a text of their room number or only club level guests?

Everyone who does online check in gets a text if you add a cell phone number when you do the check-in. If you check in at the front desk and your room is not ready, they will ask if you want to receive a text message when it is.

No, not everyone. Not even everyone CL.
You can do everything necessary on online check in and still not get a room text. No one knows why sometimes you get them and sometimes you don't.
We have had about 15 room stays, all total, since the program began. We've gotten texts for about 11 of them. Only 1 can I figure out why, and that's because our room got downgraded and the CM at check in was supposed to explain things to us (he didn't but that's another issue). In that case, they didn't want us going straight to the room so they didn't send the room number, we got a text that said to go by the front desk. Other times, no idea why we didn't get it.

 

[Elizakapeka]

angietn...downgraded? I can only imagine how disappointing that was. I dealt with an oversell situation when I arrived and the entire resort was booked. Huge disappointment but disney made it right. I hope they did the same for you.
thank you for the info, I have learned not to expect anything, if I get it I will be delightfully surprised!

 

[Ciandella915]

You can do everything necessary on online check in and still not get a room text. No one knows why sometimes you get them and sometimes you don't.

We just experienced that with Caribbean Beach on Saturday. I did online check-in and was ready to go. Boarded the plane at 2:00pm, no text. Landed at 4:00, no text. I thought..."Hmm.... maybe I have to scan into Magical Express before they text me since they know I'm taking that route. Maybe I just don't remember the order of things from last time..." Scanned into ME, no text. Finally got there at around 5:15 and had to go to the desk. Nothing out of the ordinary happened or was requested; just seemed like luck of the draw.

 

[dansdad]

We just experienced that with Caribbean Beach on Saturday. I did online check-in and was ready to go. Boarded the plane at 2:00pm, no text. Landed at 4:00, no text. I thought..."Hmm.... maybe I have to scan into Magical Express before they text me since they know I'm taking that route. Maybe I just don't remember the order of things from last time..." Scanned into ME, no text. Finally got there at around 5:15 and had to go to the desk. Nothing out of the ordinary happened or was requested; just seemed like luck of the draw.

This.