What time did you check in and get your room request?

[teacher100]

What time have you checked in and gotten your room requests? I was wondering if we get in late (8:00) that will hurt our chances.

 

[BamaFan121s]

Of all the times we have checked in--times that range from hours before check in, until near midnight, we have gotten our requests all but one time. That one time was at Pop where we'd requested connecting rooms, with one being a king size room. They gave us rooms that people were still in and we ended up with just connecting rooms, which was OK, I suppose.

 

[teacher100]

Hopefully we'll get our requests at the time we check in! We only requested a certain building so maybe we'll have a better chance!

 

[famsen]

I got my room request for a specific building in Martinique at CBR about six years ago. We arrived just before the check-in time but not very much before(maybe an hour or so).

Last year we stayed at POFQ and I had a room request in. We arrived about 4hours before check-in and they had a room for us, just not what I had requested. We didn't care because we were so early, it was nice just to have a room to relax in.

 

[Doc CW]

We usually arrive at our actual check-in time so we never have issues.

 

[Mrs Grumpy]

We checked into POP at 1:00 AM due to flight delays.


These requests were on our reservation
Non-smoking
King bed
Top floor

We received:
Preferred location (did not pay for it)
Non-smoking
King bed

 

[Cool-Beans]

I don't make room requests that I haven't paid for (e.g. water view). But I've checked in at all hours and recieved great rooms. Sometimes I had to come back at 3:00 to get them (if it was early)...but I've always been happy with what I got.

Only once did I pay for what I wanted and not get it. Grrrr. But I've been upgraded a number of times. And no, I didn't ask for it. Maybe that's the ticket. Don't ask for anything and you're rewarded with an excellent room.

I don't think that it makes any difference at all what time you show up. I could be wrong, but that's my experience.

Have a great trip!!!!!!

 

[deej696]

When I used to manage a front desk for a luxury hotel, I always encouraged people with specific requests to check in around 5pm if possible. Not in an attempt to "buy more time" but mainly because of how the process worked. The room attendants would clean most of the rooms before lunch time, and then after lunch the housekeeping supervisors would then "inspect" all the rooms to ensure everything was as it should be. This meant that there was a mass influx of rooms available between 3 and 5pm, quitting time. We would get many rooms earlier than that, but because many people stay right up until check out time, it was difficult to pull off specific requests before c/i time.

 

[DaniandNick]

We checked into CSR late, 11pm and didn't get our preferences.
Our last trip, we checked into SSR at 11:15am and not only got our preferenced-they had our room ready for us!

 

[acadia1960]

We checked in at noon at POFQ, and were able to choose between 3 rooms, in 3 different buildings. This was 4-13-07, we were surprised.

 

[LoveKermit]

We had flight delays so bad once we drove from Atlanta to Orlando, overnight! Consequently, we missed one paid night at WL. When we got there, hungry and disheveled, the CM gave us a room to rest in (we just showered and changed....had Crystal Palace ADRs). She said we could stay in there as long as we wanted. We did (about 20 minutes) and brought our luggage back for them to hold. We showed up at check-in time and we had an awesome 5th floor room facing the pool/lagoon (so didn't pay for). My DH still thinks the CM took pity since we paid for a night we didn't use. The Pixie Dust was flying (but in all honesty, we deserved it). I think we had only requested a non-accessible room (I like a tub). So, then, yes, our request was granted and we checked in about 15 hours AFTER check-in.

 

[lynninpa]

We have always gotten our room requests. First trip, around noon. Second trip (3 rooms) also around noon. The most recent trip, around 5 pm.

 

[Tiggr924]

The one time we were staying at All Star Movie and didn't get there until about 1:30 am because of flight delays. We ended up not getting exactly what we asked for (room was supposed to be non-smoking and it smelled like smoke). It was too late at night to start changing rooms around, but they let us switch our room in the morning.