Throwaway room (read post #2041 or #2710 before posting)

[karensi]

It's only controversial on here because certain people feel like they are entitled to more by actually sleeping in the room / at the campsite. The only controversial aspect IMO are the people who book campsites, reap the benefits and then cancel. That seems very wrong IN MY BOOK but I'm not going to argue the "ethics" of it with people who see it differently, to each their own.

I was at WDW a few weeks ago and the money that I spent on the throwaway campsite was probably the best money spent all week. For ~$50, you get:

- free parking at parks for 2 days (check-in / check-out) - a $34 value
- up to ten MBs (~$130 value)
- if you link your park tickets to a separate MDE than the one you use for the campsite, you are getting a ton of bonus same-day fastpasses (SDFP) for each day. 3 SDFP for each band when you go to kiosk the first time, 1 at a time after you use first 3. (invaluable IMO - I saved so much time, especially at MK)
- the ability to book FPs at 60 days out (I did not use this aspect as I booked throwaway room too late). Unlike if you were staying onsite the full week, it is a rolling 60 days, meaning that you book one day at a time - each one at 60 days out.

Cartwright, I know Disney_Princess83 has answered this but I guess I'm just being my obsessive self.

I have a throwaway campsite booked for Feb.
I really don't plan to be anywhere near the campsites on our visit and am NOT planning to physically check in.
I'm just wondering if you physically checked in to the campsite.
Hoping to hear that you did not check in and that all went well

TIA,

Karen

 

[JadeQ]

It's only controversial on here because certain people feel like they are entitled to more by actually sleeping in the room / at the campsite. The only controversial aspect IMO are the people who book campsites, reap the benefits and then cancel. That seems very wrong IN MY BOOK but I'm not going to argue the "ethics" of it with people who see it differently, to each their own.

I was at WDW a few weeks ago and the money that I spent on the throwaway campsite was probably the best money spent all week. For ~$50, you get:

- free parking at parks for 2 days (check-in / check-out) - a $34 value
- up to ten MBs (~$130 value)
- if you link your park tickets to a separate MDE than the one you use for the campsite, you are getting a ton of bonus same-day fastpasses (SDFP) for each day. 3 SDFP for each band when you go to kiosk the first time, 1 at a time after you use first 3. (invaluable IMO - I saved so much time, especially at MK)
- the ability to book FPs at 60 days out (I did not use this aspect as I booked throwaway room too late). Unlike if you were staying onsite the full week, it is a rolling 60 days, meaning that you book one day at a time - each one at 60 days out.

Please help me understand :

I'm gonna buy 7 Day tickets for my party of 6. And I'll be offsite from Feb20 to Feb 2.
If I get a campsite for our first day only and pay for it, I can receive 10 magic bands.
I use a MDE account to link my party with our tickets and use another mDE account to link with the campsite reservation ?
Where do I link the Magic Bands ?
I'm international, I'd have to go to campsite to get the magic bands, but they are gonna send me some code to link the magic bands before I arrive ?

How it works, I'm getting so confused ...

 

[Disney_Princess83]

Are you using the Throwaway Room to book FP+ early? Or just to get the Magic Bands? You are eligible for Magic Bands due to your room stay so they will be on the same MDE that your resort reservation is on. These will be automatically linked as you need to customise them. In order to make FP+ at 60 days out, you will need to have your tickets and room reservation on the same MDE account.

Please help me understand :

I'm gonna buy 7 Day tickets for my party of 6. And I'll be offsite from Feb20 to Feb 2.
If I get a campsite for our first day only and pay for it, I can receive 10 magic bands.
I use a MDE account to link my party with our tickets and use another mDE account to link with the campsite reservation ?
Where do I link the Magic Bands ?
I'm international, I'd have to go to campsite to get the magic bands, but they are gonna send me some code to link the magic bands before I arrive ?

How it works, I'm getting so confused ...

 

[Cartwright]

Cartwright, I know Disney_Princess83 has answered this but I guess I'm just being my obsessive self. I have a throwaway campsite booked for Feb. I really don't plan to be anywhere near the campsites on our visit and am NOT planning to physically check in. I'm just wondering if you physically checked in to the campsite. Hoping to hear that you did not check in and that all went well TIA, Karen

Hi karensi, I personally did physically check in at the campsite but that was because I was late to the game and did not book at 60 days out. Due to the late booking, checking in at the campsite was the only way that I could pick up the MBs. My motivation for the throwaway campsite was not the 60 day FP+ booking but instead was the parking, lunch at BOG and most importantly the MBs that were not linked to my park tickets.

There are several people who successfully reported using online check-in and never actually going to the campsite. All of them reported successful experiences, you just need to look a little further back in this thread for those.

 

[Disney_Princess83]

Hi karensi, I personally did physically check in at the campsite but that was because I was late to the game and did not book at 60 days out. Due to the late booking, checking in at the campsite was the only way that I could pick up the MBs. My motivation for the throwaway campsite was not the 60 day FP+ booking but instead was the parking, lunch at BOG and most importantly the MBs that were not linked to my park tickets.

There are several people who successfully reported using online check-in and never actually going to the campsite. All of them reported successful experiences, you just need to look a little further back in this thread for those.

Last year we booked Music for a single night to access FP+ (at the time only onsite could book FP+) and we only did the online check in. Our Magic Bands were sent to a friend within the USA who forwarded them onto us.

Currently if you want to book FP+ 60 days out, you must have your tickets and room reservations in the same MDE.

 

[Cartwright]

I hope this helps. My answers are in bold. If you have any more questions, ask away or PM me

... . The parking pass (which I think you do need to pick up from the resort) has the dates you are staying. If you plan to use this, it's best to use dates around your trip to you can also get two days free parking. ...

In my case (and this might vary by circumstance) the free parking was on my MagicBand which they scanned at the park. The free parking registered at the park for the day that I was checking in, even before I actually checked-in at the campsite. It also worked again on the day that I checked out.

 

[jimandami]

Please help me understand :

I'm gonna buy 7 Day tickets for my party of 6. And I'll be offsite from Feb20 to Feb 2.
If I get a campsite for our first day only and pay for it, I can receive 10 magic bands.
I use a MDE account to link my party with our tickets and use another mDE account to link with the campsite reservation ?
Where do I link the Magic Bands ?
I'm international, I'd have to go to campsite to get the magic bands, but they are gonna send me some code to link the magic bands before I arrive ?

How it works, I'm getting so confused ...

You can do it one of 2 ways:

1) Link your tickets to your MDE account that you use to make the campground res. This will allow you to book your FP+ at a rolling 60 days. You are pretty unlikely to get Anna and Elsa this way though. You will customize your MB and pick them up at the campground. They will automatically be linked to your MDE and thus your tickets.

2) Book the campground under a different MDE than you currently use. You will still receive Magic Bands (you will have to pick them up since you are interntational). These magic bands will not be linked to your tickets. You can use the magic bands at the in park kiosks to book day of FP+. You then buy tickets and link them to your current MDE account. You can book FP+ 30 days in advance. The affect of this trick would be that you could technically have 6 FP+ experiences booked each morning. You are unlikely to get Anna and Elsa this way as well.

The way I see it, the only way to get Anna and Elsa and perhaps 7DMT with a "throwaway" res is to book a campsite or room for say 7 days, with the last day being the day you actually want the FP+. You would then book your FP+ at 60 days and later cancel the campground res. You would take the chance that your FP+ would be cancelled also but some have reported that isn't the case.

All of the above methods are controversial and I am not advocating any of them. Simply stating the facts.

 

[JadeQ]

In my case (and this might vary by circumstance) the free parking was on my MagicBand which they scanned at the park. The free parking registered at the park for the day that I was checking in, even before I actually checked-in at the campsite. It also worked again on the day that I checked out.

Cartwright,how did you noticed that the parking pass was in your MB ? Did they tell you ?

 

[Cartwright]

Cartwright,how did you noticed that the parking pass was in your MB ? Did they tell you ?

From the experts here on the DIS! They also did mention it at check-in but by that point I had already used it in the park.

 

[doconeill]

I don't know if this has been enabled for everyone yet though...it was being tested at some resorts but I haven't heard much since then to know if it is the case everywhere yet. I believe if you are told that you will be notified that your room is ready without having to go to the resort first, then parking should automatically be enabled (as long as you did online check-in). It may be enabled independently of it as well.

 

[JadeQ]

You can do it one of 2 ways:

1) Link your tickets to your MDE account that you use to make the campground res. This will allow you to book your FP+ at a rolling 60 days. You are pretty unlikely to get Anna and Elsa this way though. You will customize your MB and pick them up at the campground. They will automatically be linked to your MDE and thus your tickets.

2) Book the campground under a different MDE than you currently use. You will still receive Magic Bands (you will have to pick them up since you are interntational). These magic bands will not be linked to your tickets. You can use the magic bands at the in park kiosks to book day of FP+. You then buy tickets and link them to your current MDE account. You can book FP+ 30 days in advance. The affect of this trick would be that you could technically have 6 FP+ experiences booked each morning. You are unlikely to get Anna and Elsa this way as well.

The way I see it, the only way to get Anna and Elsa and perhaps 7DMT with a "throwaway" res is to book a campsite or room for say 7 days, with the last day being the day you actually want the FP+. You would then book your FP+ at 60 days and later cancel the campground res. You would take the chance that your FP+ would be cancelled also but some have reported that isn't the case.

All of the above methods are controversial and I am not advocating any of them. Simply stating the facts.

Thanks,jimandami.

Anna and Elsa is not what we want... We'd like to ride and re-hide some attractions as we did in the past,with the FP-

So if I use the second "method" I could use my tickets to have 30-day advance FP as I would originally do + the 6 magic bands from the camping reservation (using another mde) will work for getting kiosk same day park FP+ all the 7 days I go to park ??? Even without park tickets linked to the MB ??

 

[JadeQ]

From the experts here on the DIS! They also did mention it at check-in but by that point I had already used it in the park.

Thank you Cartwright

 

[Cartwright]

Thank you Cartwright

Actually, I misspoke, I showed reservation to parking CM on MDE app first time. But it was because of these boards that I knew it was included. Sorry it's early.

If you have any questions, just call disney to confirm. They are there to help!

 

[jimandami]

Thanks,jimandami. Anna and Elsa is not what we want... We'd like to ride and re-hide some attractions as we did in the past,with the FP- So if I use the second "method" I could use my tickets to have 30-day advance FP as I would originally do + the 6 magic bands from the camping reservation (using another mde) will work for getting kiosk same day park FP+ all the 7 days I go to park ??? Even without park tickets linked to the MB ??

As of right now, yes. There is a huge thread about it somewhere in this board. You can currently make same day FP with a MB that wasn't used for park admission. However, Disney could probably close that loophole anytime.

 

[JadeQ]

Actually, I misspoke, I showed reservation to parking CM on MDE app first time. But it was because of these boards that I knew it was included. Sorry it's early.

If you have any questions, just call disney to confirm. They are there to help!

Thank you

 

[JadeQ]

As of right now, yes. There is a huge thread about it somewhere in this board. You can currently make same day FP with a MB that wasn't used for park admission. However, Disney could probably close that loophole anytime.

Thank you.

So if I buy a MB when I enter in the park today and don't link it to a ticket, I can link it to another MDE and use it to grab FP in the park only ?

 

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

Question for those who have gone:

Did you need your tickets at all, or did the MB work for the entire week with tickets linked? (past "throwaway" night)
I am sure the answer is here somewhere, but it is a longgg thread.

I do not mean for charging, I am wondering for getting in to parks/fps.

Thank you!

 

[Disney_Princess83]

The MB's "should" work everyday as long as your tickets are linked. However with glitches, it's not guaranteed. A friend of mine lost 45 minutes at Guest Relations at Epcot one day as a single MB in their group wouldn't work to let them into the parks. They had already used the MB for days. In the end they received a new band.

Question for those who have gone:

Did you need your tickets at all, or did the MB work for the entire week with tickets linked? (past "throwaway" night)
I am sure the answer is here somewhere, but it is a longgg thread.

I do not mean for charging, I am wondering for getting in to parks/fps.

Thank you!

 

[diskids2]

This is completely off topic but has to do with magic bands and rooms so I hope I get an answer.

I have two reservations because I have two rooms because I have five people and three are staying in one room and two are in the other. We are in the Beach Club for the same length of stay. I'm saying all of this because neither of our rooms are throw away rooms. I just well my daughter's boyfriend is coming and honestly, I don't want to parade around in my PJ's in front of him!

Any way, I am getting ready to book FP+. Our reservations are linked. Our tickets are linked. I can see all five of our nine day passes. When I made the dining ADR's I could select from all five people on the drop down menu.

NOW, I am being told that even though the tickets are linked, my magic bands have to be linked. This is a problem as three magic bands show up in one resort reservation and two show up in the other. I can only see three of them on my own MDE. The other two are on my daughter's MDE.

I am being told I can't link these bands and that when I made my FP+, I have to do it once under my MDE for three people and then log in under her MDE and do the other two.

Well we are going Christmas week ....so you all know how that is going to work.

So please correct or advise.

You are all GREAT!

 

[jimandami]

Thank you.

So if I buy a MB when I enter in the park today and don't link it to a ticket, I can link it to another MDE and use it to grab FP in the park only ?

I've never tried it but I would think yes, you could do that.