SSR Lovers and Owners Part 2

[Venomhatch]

Hi! I love SSR. BEen a DVC member since 2006. Our next trip is post cruise, in June. I have a question since we have a split stay. We'll be at BCV for the first 6 nights then transferring to SSR. We won't have a car, so do we need to provide our own transportation to SSR via taxi?

For us switching from one report to another they offered complimentary service for that.

 

[kirkaliciasmom]

For us switching from one report to another they offered complimentary service for that.

Thank you so much! It's a relief to know I don't have something else to plan.

 

[Venomhatch]

Thank you so much! It's a relief to know I don't have something else to plan.

They have huge 15 passenger motor pool vans that they could use. But even if you had to use a taxi they have those vans also and it was only 23$ to go from SSR to sea world yesterday. And there usually always a Mears Taxi van somewhere close by.

 

[kirkaliciasmom]

They have huge 15 passenger motor pool vans that they could use. But even if you had to use a taxi they have those vans also and it was only 23$ to go from SSR to sea world yesterday. And there usually always a Mears Taxi van somewhere close by.

Good to know. Thanks!

 

[BirdsOfPreyDave]

Hi! I love SSR. BEen a DVC member since 2006. Our next trip is post cruise, in June. I have a question since we have a split stay. We'll be at BCV for the first 6 nights then transferring to SSR. We won't have a car, so do we need to provide our own transportation to SSR via taxi?

The easiest way is to call bell services to come pick up your luggage from the room at BCV that morning. Tell the bellman that you're transferring the bags to SSR. If you have groceries that need to be refrigerated, be sure to point them out.

Then you can head to one of the parks and enjoy yourself for a while, or have breakfast at Downtown Disney. Take the bus from there to SSR to check in. When doing a baggage transfer, the bags typically show up at the new resort in the late afternoon.

Once you're in your new room, call down to bell services to have them delivered to the room. You'll need to be there when they deliver them. (It doesn't work like Disney's Magical Express. They won't leave the bags in the room if you're not there.)

I usually tip $2 per bag to the bellmen at each resort.

 

[Donald_Quackers]

Im here now and they do. I'll upload a pic soon but they have the door locks and RFID keys to the world cards.

Thanks in advance! I suspect they look like the ones they have on the Fantasy (the door locks, not the KTTW cards).

2 weeks to go till I'm there!

 

[Venomhatch]

Thanks in advance! I suspect they look like the ones they have on the Fantasy (the door locks, not the KTTW cards).

2 weeks to go till I'm there!

Yeah they look like this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EhXG9vXuYKw/URz_jv0Z3VI/AAAAAAAAEko/Y2XyVn7fqPM/s1600/DSCN7869.JPG

 

[Donald_Quackers]

Yeah they look like this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EhXG9vXuYKw/URz_jv0Z3VI/AAAAAAAAEko/Y2XyVn7fqPM/s1600/DSCN7869.JPG

Thanks again!

 

[mariapicardikenyon]

We are nearly at the 3,700 post cut off on the last thread so it's time to continue the love on a new thread. Thanks everyone for answering questions on the previous lovers thread, sharing your wonderful SSR experiences and of course your amazing pictures of our gorgeous Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa some of which can be found on this page. Don't miss the links below the pictures full of information about and more photos of SSR. Please make yourselves at home and enjoy some pixie dust while you wait impatiently for your next trip!

SSR Owners and Lovers Part 1
Tons more photos.
A neat SSR promo video.
Treehouse tour video.
Amazing Downtown Disney Photos.
Walt Disney World's Site SSR info.
SSR Spa information.
Artist Palette breakfast menu.
Artist Palette lunch/dinner menu.
Turf Club lunch menu.
Turf Club dinner menu.
Turf Club kid's menu.

Joining the thread. Thanks for all the great info.

 

[mariapicardikenyon]

Joining the thread. Thanks for all the great info.

Can someone tell me how to follow a thread? Thanks.

 

[AnnaS]

Can someone tell me how to follow a thread? Thanks.

Once you reply - you should be subscribed to a thread and will receive email notifications - if not - go to thread tools ALSO - if you do not want to reply but want to follow, on the right - right above the thread - thread tools/search, etc.
Hit thread tools - three items will drop and hit subscribe to thread.

Perhaps someone else can explain it better

 

[smcabee]

Horray, 38 more days until my quick solo trip back to my home at SSR. Cant wait.

 

[kirkaliciasmom]

The easiest way is to call bell services to come pick up your luggage from the room at BCV that morning. Tell the bellman that you're transferring the bags to SSR. If you have groceries that need to be refrigerated, be sure to point them out.

Then you can head to one of the parks and enjoy yourself for a while, or have breakfast at Downtown Disney. Take the bus from there to SSR to check in. When doing a baggage transfer, the bags typically show up at the new resort in the late afternoon.

Once you're in your new room, call down to bell services to have them delivered to the room. You'll need to be there when they deliver them. (It doesn't work like Disney's Magical Express. They won't leave the bags in the room if you're not there.)

I usually tip $2 per bag to the bellmen at each resort.

Thank you to all that replied! It's going to be a wonderful trip, and now I know what to expect with transferring to another resort. Thanks again!

 

[dmwang9]

Hello all!

This summer, I'm going on a 7-night western Caribbean cruise with my family on the Fantasy, and earlier today, I decided to add on 6 nights at WDW after the cruise. I figure that since I'm flying all the way across the country (I live in San Francisco) for the cruise, I might as well spend some time at the parks as well.

I'm a BWV owner, but because of the relatively short time between now and my travel dates, I wasn't surprised that BWV wasn't available. However, SSR had a studio for my dates (6/29 - 7/5), and I very happily booked it! I've visited SSR and loved wandering around the grounds, but I've never stayed there. I'm really looking forward to exploring everything the place has to offer and taking full advantage of the proximity to DTD.

Woo hoo!

-- Dave

 

[AnnaS]

Hello all!

This summer, I'm going on a 7-night western Caribbean cruise with my family on the Fantasy, and earlier today, I decided to add on 6 nights at WDW after the cruise. I figure that since I'm flying all the way across the country (I live in San Francisco) for the cruise, I might as well spend some time at the parks as well.

I'm a BWV owner, but because of the relatively short time between now and my travel dates, I wasn't surprised that BWV wasn't available. However, SSR had a studio for my dates (6/29 - 7/5), and I very happily booked it! I've visited SSR and loved wandering around the grounds, but I've never stayed there. I'm really looking forward to exploring everything the place has to offer and taking full advantage of the proximity to DTD.

Woo hoo!

-- Dave

Enjoy Dave, come back and tell us all about your first stay here. I think many people are pleasantly surprised how much they like it once they stay here and you will too. Have fun.

 

[eeyoresbestfriend]

Can anyone tell me if the paddock pool has reopened after its recent closure? Love the rooms in that area if the pool is open!!

 

[Venomhatch]

Can anyone tell me if the paddock pool has reopened after its recent closure? Love the rooms in that area if the pool is open!!

It was still down when we left on the 9th of March.

 

[MissKip]

Hi fellow SSR lovers! we are heading home in 51 days having not been for a few years

Can I ask if anyone has used online check in with a room request? Some people are suggesting we would be better waiting until we get there to check in?

 

[Venomhatch]

Hi fellow SSR lovers! we are heading home in 51 days having not been for a few years

Can I ask if anyone has used online check in with a room request? Some people are suggesting we would be better waiting until we get there to check in?

You can do online check in. The wait thing was for the last few resorts that actually still read faxed in requests for certain areas. SSR doesn't as far as I know.

 

[BirdsOfPreyDave]

Hi fellow SSR lovers! we are heading home in 51 days having not been for a few years

Can I ask if anyone has used online check in with a room request? Some people are suggesting we would be better waiting until we get there to check in?

I personally still do the online check-in. I'd rather enter information online than tell it to a cast member over the counter, simply for convenience sake. Most times, online check-in seems to be a little quicker. A few times it's been extremely quick.

One check-in at BLT when I hadn't remembered to do the online check-in, it took us 45 minutes to get checked in because the CM said his computer was having problems. Meanwhile, we didn't see similar delays at the other desks. I really wish I'd done the online check-in for that stay.

There are times, though, that the advance check-in line will be longer than the walk-up line. The was the case during our last SSR check-in, when the a very crowded DME bus had pulled in a few minutes before we drove up. (Nothing special about DME and online check-in, it's just that there was a lot of people arriving at the same time.)

If you're going to do anything out of the ordinary regarding your room keys, you may want to skip the online check-in. For example, if you want room charging on some keys, but not others. Or if you want to have different credit cards associated with different keys. There's no way to annotate things like this on the online check-in. (You can still do online check-in, of course, but they'll need to throw away the keys that were previously created for your check-in package and print new ones after they make the changes.)