What would you do?

[GigiDisneyfreak]

Okay, so our original plan was to check in to our hotel on the 13th of September. Now, we are picking up our rental car on Saturday instead of Monday morning. So, I asked my TA to book us an additional night at our resort.

Here's the dilemma. The first night we are there would not be on the dining plan and with no tickets. Or I can book a hotel offsite for a night and then check in the following day into our Disney hotel. I'm leaning towards the first option.

Thoughts?

I would book the additional night at my disney hotel and not stay off site. I would take the time to enjoy my hotel and maybe go to Disney Springs. If you want to go to the parks and you have the tickets as part of your package you can go to guest services and bring your magic bands, they will activate them early. I did this in January, I activated my tickets 2 days before my package started. I added on an extra day too. You won't be able to use your dining credits early.

 

[CatNipRules]

I want to thank everyone for your advice.

I decided to go ahead and book the extra night at Disney. I'm just hoping we don't have to check out and then check back in, but if we do, that's okay. We had to get a separate MagicBand, but I just used my nickname. It's going to be awesome.

 

[bumbershoot]

the first night we are there would not be on the dining plan and with no tickets.

You can activate those tickets 10 days in advance of your package stay. And then if you need you can add another day.

As for the dining plan, one can live without it.

We had to get a separate MagicBand, but I just used my nickname.

You didn't *have to* get a new MB. Although I'm still a bit iffy on the timeframe, assuming the short stay is before the longer stay, and yo don't already have a MB, if you really wanted just ONE MB you could customize the first one, and then refuse the second one. But no one is making you have two.

And you can use any 9 (normal) characters you like on the inside of the band. Name, nickname, numbers...doesn't matter. Get a different color if you would like, for the two bands for each person in the party. They should all work interchangeably through your stay.