Split stay...how does it work?

[michael's mom]

Hi there,
Thinking of making a change to our ressie and making our trip a split stay.

We are currently booked for 11 nights at CBR with DDP but DD saw photos of Royal Guest Rooms at POR and became so intrigued. I know our park passes and mugs would still work after leaving CBR but would we be able to purchase the meal plan for the 11 nights on the passes attached to first ressie? Or would I need to purchase a single day ticket for our second resort if we did successfully get a split stay reservation to have the DDP take us through the trip?

TIA

 

[DisneyWishes14]

You do not need tickets in order to add a dining plan to your reservation. For your second resort stay, you can book a "ticketless package" which is a room plus the dining plan. These are not available online, so you would need to book this reservation over the phone with Disney.

Your split stay reservation would look like this (I'm randomly choosing the number of nights as you didn't specify how you would split):

Reservation #1: 6 nights at CBR, 10 day park tickets (good for entire length of stay), Disney Dining Plan

Reservation #2: 5 nights at POR, no tickets, Disney Dining Plan (this is called a "ticketless package")

 

[maxiesmom]

Keep in mind the term Split Stay is not an official Disney term. The view them as separate stays. You will have to put down a deposit on both portions.

 

[DisneyTXbride]

Split stays are a little tricky but can be done. They are considered two different stays so know that you will get get double mugs and magic bands. When we did it, we checked out of Pop on day 2 and moved to AKL for the next 8 days. When we checked out we let Pop know we were moving to AKL. They sent tagged our luggage and sent it to AKL while we went to the park that morning. Around 2 pm we went to AKL, checked in and they had our luggage waiting. We verified it was ours and they sent it to our room while we went back out to the parks. It was pretty seamless for us.