Thanks guys!
I’m am saddened that no one thinks it’s doable with my family configuration. Not just here, but over the phone and on another thread.
I really wanted to stay at each of those Deluxe resorts to get a flavor of each one. But I do appreciate the honesty.
If I did do it, should I physically check out each day?
I think your plan is fine. And I think it is very doable. Let me illustrate how things might go.
For our family here is a typical day at Disney. Get up early eat breakfast and head to the park at 7, 8 or nine. More times than I like it is actually around nine or sometimes even just a bit later. If we head to the park later in the morning then we often stay until later in the afternoon.
We try to do our fast passes and whatever else we want but our goal is to get most of our riding done by 11 or noon. Then we eat lunch generally in the park or we go somewhere fun either on Disney property or back to the hotel and eat lunch. Another option is to arrive early, right most of the roads were things are not busy, eat lunch, and then do fast passes in the afternoon with the lawyers would be too long to wait.
If we’ve been in the park all morning and during lunchtime we often head back to our room, take a nap, and then sometimes go out again to the parks later in the evening. Or we may do activities around the hotel or go to Disney springs.
Now if you are switching to another hotel here are the differences, as you are leaving in the morning you throw everything in your suitcase and you drop your suitcase off with the bell captain. Then you just go to whatever park you are going to visit. Meanwhile, you check in to the new hotel online and give them a call maybe to tell them to send you a text message when your room is available. Rooms will generally become available sometime around three or four.
Around three or four you come back to the new hotel, take your nap, and then go to everything else the same way you did before.
So the biggest difference is that if you like to take a nap between one and three you will have to shift that to a bit later. Otherwise it is very similar to how it would be if you were just staying at the same hotel. Not that big a deal. You do not need to haul your own luggage and suitcases over to the new resort. You just drop it with the bell captain and Disney will carry it there for you. You do not need to physically check out. And if you check in online or by calling to your new resort (or both ways) then your magic bands will be updated as your new room key as soon as The new room is available for you. You might need to drop past the front desk when you come back from the park in order to show them your credit card to verify purchases.
