simplymama
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We just came back from a 10 day trip with 4 different hotels.
We usually stay at the GF but this was a last minute trip planned around our Passholder Preview for Galaxy's Edge and I thought that being close to HS on our preview day would make things easier. It was myself and my three youngest children for the first three nights as my husband (dh) couldn't join us until night 4.
I wasn't sure if I'd make the whole 10 hour drive in one day since my dh usually drives so I decided to not book anything and I'd just see how far we got. In the end I decided to drive all the way and we stayed at a Disney Springs hotel.
Nights 2 and 3 we stayed at Beach Club's CL. I'd always wanted to try BC, but it only allows 4 in a club level room so once dh joined us we had to move on. Nights 4- 6 we stayed at the Boardwalk Inn CL because the room we wanted wasn't available at the GF and we thought it would be fun to mix things up since this was our second trip of the summer. Then on nights 7-10 we stayed at our favorite GF main building club level (RPC)
We had no issues with moving, but we drove so if you are not driving it may be a bit different. I had our transition days planned around it. I packed different bags for the different resorts and then had a medical/personal and shoe/accesory/swim bag that came in to all of the resorts.
On the morning we checked out of the Disney Springs hotel I had a plan to take the boat from Disney Springs to POFQ for beignets and tour around those two resorts which are lovely btw. That took us until early afternoon and we checked into BC around 1 and we were fortunate our room was ready.
When we were switching from BC to BWI I planned a late breakfast at Wilderness Lodge Whispering Canyon for us. We packed up our bags that we had brought in to the BC and then drove to WL and parked (we use the valet service). After our breakfast we took the boat to the MK where I had our fast passes for the day. We spent the afternoon there and then took the boat back to WL got our car and then went and checked in at BWI and enjoyed the club level offerings. I didn't feel like we lost out on anything that day by switching resorts.
When we switched from BWI to GF we had our breakfast in the Club Level then packed up and drove to GF. We left our bags with bell services and went to MK and they text us when our room was ready.
If you are flying, I'm assuming you would just have all your bags sent from the one resort to the other. Just carry a backpack or something with things you'll need for the day. It's really only like 4-5 hours where you won't have a room and if you have your day planned, it shouldn't be an issue at all.
I really enjoyed our split stay and would definitely do it again.
We usually stay at the GF but this was a last minute trip planned around our Passholder Preview for Galaxy's Edge and I thought that being close to HS on our preview day would make things easier. It was myself and my three youngest children for the first three nights as my husband (dh) couldn't join us until night 4.
I wasn't sure if I'd make the whole 10 hour drive in one day since my dh usually drives so I decided to not book anything and I'd just see how far we got. In the end I decided to drive all the way and we stayed at a Disney Springs hotel.
Nights 2 and 3 we stayed at Beach Club's CL. I'd always wanted to try BC, but it only allows 4 in a club level room so once dh joined us we had to move on. Nights 4- 6 we stayed at the Boardwalk Inn CL because the room we wanted wasn't available at the GF and we thought it would be fun to mix things up since this was our second trip of the summer. Then on nights 7-10 we stayed at our favorite GF main building club level (RPC)
We had no issues with moving, but we drove so if you are not driving it may be a bit different. I had our transition days planned around it. I packed different bags for the different resorts and then had a medical/personal and shoe/accesory/swim bag that came in to all of the resorts.
On the morning we checked out of the Disney Springs hotel I had a plan to take the boat from Disney Springs to POFQ for beignets and tour around those two resorts which are lovely btw. That took us until early afternoon and we checked into BC around 1 and we were fortunate our room was ready.
When we were switching from BC to BWI I planned a late breakfast at Wilderness Lodge Whispering Canyon for us. We packed up our bags that we had brought in to the BC and then drove to WL and parked (we use the valet service). After our breakfast we took the boat to the MK where I had our fast passes for the day. We spent the afternoon there and then took the boat back to WL got our car and then went and checked in at BWI and enjoyed the club level offerings. I didn't feel like we lost out on anything that day by switching resorts.
When we switched from BWI to GF we had our breakfast in the Club Level then packed up and drove to GF. We left our bags with bell services and went to MK and they text us when our room was ready.
If you are flying, I'm assuming you would just have all your bags sent from the one resort to the other. Just carry a backpack or something with things you'll need for the day. It's really only like 4-5 hours where you won't have a room and if you have your day planned, it shouldn't be an issue at all.
I really enjoyed our split stay and would definitely do it again.