Resort Thread Walt Disney World SWAN, DOLPHIN & SWAN RESERVE Resorts

[CJN]

Updated Swan/Dolphin food and beverage locations and hours, as of 02/01/2020:

DISNEY CHARACTER DINING IN GARDEN GROVE Join your favorite Disney® characters for breakfast on Saturday and Sundays in the Swan. Breakfast 6:30am - 11:30am Characters and times subject to change without notice. Characters not featured during lunch, dinner or weekday breakfast.

Fresh: Breakfast Mon – Fri 6:30am - 11am, Sat – Sun 6:30am - 11:30am, Lunch Mon – Fri 11:30am - 2pm, Sat – Sun 12pm - 2pm. (hours may vary)
The Fountain: Lunch and Dinner 11am - 11pm
Cabana Bar and Beach Club: Seasonally 11am - 8pm. Bar open Seasonally 11am - 8pm.
Garden Grove: Breakfast 6:30am - 11:30am, Lunch 11:30am - 2pm
Splash Pool Bar & Grill: Lunch Seasonally 11am - 6pm
fuel: Enjoy a fresh baked pizza after 10pm. As an added convenience, microwaves are available for use free of charge. 6am - 2am
Picabu: Microwaves are available for use free of charge. 6am - 10pm.
Java: 6am - 8pm
Chill: 3pm - 10pm.

Todd English’s bluezoo: Dinner 5pm - 11pm
Shula’s Steak House: Dinner 5pm - 11pm
Il Mulino New York Trattoria: Dinner 5pm - 11pm
Kimonos: Dinner 5:30pm - 12am

Phins: Mon – Sat 12pm - 12am, Sun 10am – 12am, Sunday Sips 10am - 2pm; Food served daily 3pm -10pm
bluezoo Lounge: 3:30pm - 11pm
Shula’s Lounge: 5pm - 11pm
Il Mulino Lounge: 3:30pm - 11pm
Kimonos Lounge: 5:30pm - 12am
Cabana Bar: 11am - 8pm (seasonal)
Splash Pool Bar: 11am - 6pm (seasonal)

Thanks for this! I just copied and pasted it into my notes.

 

[Ariel1080]

Updated Swan/Dolphin food and beverage locations and hours, as of 02/01/2020:

DISNEY CHARACTER DINING IN GARDEN GROVE Join your favorite Disney® characters for breakfast on Saturday and Sundays in the Swan. Breakfast 6:30am - 11:30am Characters and times subject to change without notice. Characters not featured during lunch, dinner or weekday breakfast.

Fresh: Breakfast Mon – Fri 6:30am - 11am, Sat – Sun 6:30am - 11:30am, Lunch Mon – Fri 11:30am - 2pm, Sat – Sun 12pm - 2pm. (hours may vary)
The Fountain: Lunch and Dinner 11am - 11pm
Cabana Bar and Beach Club: Seasonally 11am - 8pm. Bar open Seasonally 11am - 8pm.
Garden Grove: Breakfast 6:30am - 11:30am, Lunch 11:30am - 2pm
Splash Pool Bar & Grill: Lunch Seasonally 11am - 6pm
fuel: Enjoy a fresh baked pizza after 10pm. As an added convenience, microwaves are available for use free of charge. 6am - 2am
Picabu: Microwaves are available for use free of charge. 6am - 10pm.
Java: 6am - 8pm
Chill: 3pm - 10pm.

Todd English’s bluezoo: Dinner 5pm - 11pm
Shula’s Steak House: Dinner 5pm - 11pm
Il Mulino New York Trattoria: Dinner 5pm - 11pm
Kimonos: Dinner 5:30pm - 12am

Phins: Mon – Sat 12pm - 12am, Sun 10am – 12am, Sunday Sips 10am - 2pm; Food served daily 3pm -10pm
bluezoo Lounge: 3:30pm - 11pm
Shula’s Lounge: 5pm - 11pm
Il Mulino Lounge: 3:30pm - 11pm
Kimonos Lounge: 5:30pm - 12am
Cabana Bar: 11am - 8pm (seasonal)
Splash Pool Bar: 11am - 6pm (seasonal)

 

[Ariel1080]

Thank you!

 

[ckelly14]

Yes. But I don’t know the price. It is for Picabi, but I’ve read that you can use it at Fuel but don’t know if that is official.

I have used the mug at the Dolphin. I was talking about a place to use it at the Swan

 

[texasgingerbread]

What time has the first boat been picking up to go to Hollywood Studios? Am I better off Ubering to get there at 6:30?

 

[KLJones1975]

What time has the first boat been picking up to go to Hollywood Studios? Am I better off Ubering to get there at 6:30?

We decided to walk. When we passed the dock around 6:20 there was a boat arriving, but I think the official start time is 6:30 (or 30 minutes before park opens). We made it to the park before the boat. I’m not sure what time the boat left the S/D. Be careful with Uber b/c they can’t always drop you right at the park entrance so you could still have some walking to do.

 

[shoreward]

What time has the first boat been picking up to go to Hollywood Studios? Am I better off Ubering to get there at 6:30?

For a 7:00 a.m. park opening, the FriendShip boats start operating at about 6:00 a.m., with the first stop at the Boardwalk, followed by the YC/BC, then Swan/Dolphin, then on to its final destination of HS. The boats run about every 15 minutes.

 

[Dan Murphy]

All I have to say is that right now,. I am really missing those boats and all their sounds.

 

[shoreward]

All I have to say is that right now,. I am really missing those boats and all their sounds.

Beautiful boat choreography- almost makes me feel as if I were there. I love having a room in the east tower and sitting on the balcony, watching the boats.

 

[CJN]

All I have to say is that right now,. I am really missing those boats and all their sounds.

I know they bother some people but I love the sound of the boats.

 

[Luvdancink]

Has anyone used the suite benefits lately? Are they still doing the 90 day fast pass program and what category of room qualifies? Thinking of upgrading our room for our 4th of July trip.

 

[Dallasmomoftwo]

Has anyone used the suite benefits lately? Are they still doing the 90 day fast pass program and what category of room qualifies? Thinking of upgrading our room for our 4th of July trip.

I booked an alcove room and the CM I spoke to at the hotel said it did qualify. Guess I'll find out in a couple of weeks when it is time for me to make my fastpasses!

 

[JJ2017]

Sorry if this has been discussed. Asking for a friend Bc i have only ever booked my trips through Marriott.

she booked through hotels.com just yesterday (Saturday). She has a 13 digit confirmation number. She Put all 5 guests on the hotels.com booking reservation. So far (24 hours) she cannot link. Should she continue to wait or jump the gun and call someone at Dolphin?
Anyone have experience with hotels.com? Her FP date is tomorrow (a non planner, ha).

 

[Turksmom]

Sorry if this has been discussed. Asking for a friend Bc i have only ever booked my trips through Marriott.

she booked through hotels.com just yesterday (Saturday). She has a 13 digit confirmation number. She Put all 5 guests on the hotels.com booking reservation. So far (24 hours) she cannot link. Should she continue to wait or jump the gun and call someone at Dolphin?
Anyone have experience with hotels.com? Her FP date is tomorrow (a non planner, ha).

I may have had a similar experience (or it could be something entirely different). I booked through Priceline and listed all of the guests on my room. When the reservation was sent to Disney, it listed all four of our names as one, up to the max number of characters. So instead of "Jane Doe, John Doe, Girl Doe, Boy Doe", it was "Janedoejohndoegi" which caused my last name to not match the reservation number. I called the number that popped up with the unable to link message and they were able to sort it out quickly

 

[JJ2017]

Has anyone used the suite benefits lately? Are they still doing the 90 day fast pass program and what category of room qualifies? Thinking of upgrading our room for our 4th of July trip.

Alcove still qualifies according to DSS. Have mine booked but not until December 202

Sorry if this has been discussed. Asking for a friend Bc i have only ever booked my trips through Marriott.

she booked through hotels.com just yesterday (Saturday). She has a 13 digit confirmation number. She Put all 5 guests on the hotels.com booking reservation. So far (24 hours) she cannot link. Should she continue to wait or jump the gun and call someone at Dolphin?
Anyone have experience with hotels.com? Her FP date is tomorrow (a non planner, ha).

well, it wound up not being a big issue! I told her to call dolphin guest relations. They told her to call hotels.com who knew exactly what she was talking about in terms of MDE. They gave her a different confirmation number and it linked perfectly!!!

 

[shoreward]

For those looking for a room rate at the Swan or Dolphin that is lower than those directly from Marriott, including Marriott's promo rates, Sam's Club has "member exclusive," non-refundable rates. A random date showed a rate about 23% lower than rack rate for a Traditional room; it's also lower than Marriott's prepaid rates. The rates are not less than PE, but this allows you to know, in advance, what you are reserving.

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I was afraid to click thru to book, so I don't know what may come up in "taxes and fees," which are combined. It does make note of the additional resort fee, but just states that there also will be a "processing" fee, charged by the site.

 

[Candycane83]

Has anyone used the suite benefits lately? Are they still doing the 90 day fast pass program and what category of room qualifies? Thinking of upgrading our room for our 4th of July trip.

Ohh can you tell me what this is? Might need to upgrade for Dec if I can get fastpasses 90 days in advance

 

[Dan Murphy]

Ohh can you tell me what this is? Might need to upgrade for Dec if I can get fastpasses 90 days in advance

https://www.disboards.com/threads/t...purchase-program-planning-discussion.3657573/

 

[Candycane83]

https://www.disboards.com/threads/t...purchase-program-planning-discussion.3657573/

Thank you! I didn’t know that the swan and dolphin were part of this!!

 

[DisneyHomework]

Hi there! I feel like I’ve seen this before but can’t find it. Is there extremely dynamic pricing (as in their algorithm seems off). We have stayed for several years at Swan and Dolphin, either over Christmas or immediately following. We book the same room type etc. I called today to secure this year at Christmas, and the rate was more than double what we paid this year at Christmas. It was so far off I asked for a manager to ensure we were talking about the same room type. She actually told me over and over that Christmas week was expensive (despite the fact that I continued to explain I was comparing my prices to the same week of the year, apples to apples, not reacting to the price of Christmas week, my reaction was to the 200% price tag year over year.

I had to drop the call for a meeting and will just try again in a few weeks, but it really seemed like an error. Any experience with pricing that doesn’t align at all?

I expect an increase each year but this wasn’t any normal increase curve.
Thanks for any insight.