Will We Have Time??

[kristenrice]

Next week, we are arriving on our first trip in the post-DME era. We used the Mears private transportation service last year as a trial run and really appreciated the quick, door-to-door service. We chose them again for this trip, but our plans are a little different. Here is the scoop...
We are a party of 6, all arriving on the same flight, but we are staying at 2, different resorts. We booked our luxury van as a charter, meaning we have 2 hours from time of pickup to make the drop offs. We need to go to All-Star Music and AKV-Kidani. The reservation is already noted that our destination is AKV with a stop at ASMu so that's not an issue. Here's where my timing question comes in to play....we have a dinner reservation for the 6 of us at Boma. The original plan was to tell our driver upon pickup to simply skip the stop at ASMu and just head straight to AKV. My friends could drop their bags in our room (or at bell services) at AKV while we all eat dinner and then they could Uber over to ASMu when they are done. Then, I realized that since there is already a stop planned at ASMu anyways, maybe we should just stop there and let them drop their bags at their room on the way to AKV. Then they don't have to worry about it after dinner. My concern is that they may not have time to "run" to their room, drop them off, get back to the van and then on to AKV.

Will 2 hours be enough to ....
...drive to ASMu...
...head straight to room and drop off luggage...
...get back to van...
...drive to AKV-Kidani for final drop off....
...make it to Boma by 8:30pm?

Or should we stick to our original plan of heading straight to AKV?

Of Note...
* SWA Flight lands at 6:35pm (been tracking it for the past 3 weeks, and so far, it has not been more than 10 minutes late, with the exception of Ian)
*No checked bags, only carry-on
*All adults, no kids, no mobility issues

 

[RoseGold]

I don't see why that should take 2 hours, even if it going badly. Haven't stayed All Stars, but many Disney hotels check in is on your phone and you just go to the room. You should know whether the room is ready by the time you get in the car.

Worst case scenario, they drop the bags at Bell Services.

 

[kristenrice]

My timing in Michigan is always different than my timing in WDW
I will lay down plans and think, "Oh, that will only take about 15 minutes..." Then, when we get to WDW, it ends up taking 45! So then I plan the reverse and plan the transportation to take 90 minutes and it takes 20.

 

[MrKnight]

Two hours should be enough but if you want to air on the safe side, you could just drop-off bags with Bell Services at both hotels (and just have the bags delivered to your rooms when you return at night)

 

[sam_gordon]

Two hours should be enough but if you want to air on the safe side, you could just drop-off bags with Bell Services at both hotels (and just have the bags delivered to your rooms when you return at night)

This.

To me it's simple... three plans...
A) Ride to ASM (should take about 45 minutes), drop bags in room (probably 15, but factor 30), then all ride to AKL (again factor 30, but probably less). Total time: 1:45.
B) Ride to ASM, drop bags with luggage services, then all ride to AKL.
C) Ride to AKL (skip ASM), drop bags with luggage services, pick them up after dinner and Uber back to ASM.

There's really no reason to make a firm plan at this point. Look at the time when you get onto Disney property and make a decision then.

 

[Mousetopia]

I

Next week, we are arriving on our first trip in the post-DME era. We used the Mears private transportation service last year as a trial run and really appreciated the quick, door-to-door service. We chose them again for this trip, but our plans are a little different. Here is the scoop...
We are a party of 6, all arriving on the same flight, but we are staying at 2, different resorts. We booked our luxury van as a charter, meaning we have 2 hours from time of pickup to make the drop offs. We need to go to All-Star Music and AKV-Kidani. The reservation is already noted that our destination is AKV with a stop at ASMu so that's not an issue. Here's where my timing question comes in to play....we have a dinner reservation for the 6 of us at Boma. The original plan was to tell our driver upon pickup to simply skip the stop at ASMu and just head straight to AKV. My friends could drop their bags in our room (or at bell services) at AKV while we all eat dinner and then they could Uber over to ASMu when they are done. Then, I realized that since there is already a stop planned at ASMu anyways, maybe we should just stop there and let them drop their bags at their room on the way to AKV. Then they don't have to worry about it after dinner. My concern is that they may not have time to "run" to their room, drop them off, get back to the van and then on to AKV.

Will 2 hours be enough to ....
...drive to ASMu...
...head straight to room and drop off luggage...
...get back to van...
...drive to AKV-Kidani for final drop off....
...make it to Boma by 8:30pm?

Or should we stick to our original plan of heading straight to AKV?

Of Note...
* SWA Flight lands at 6:35pm (been tracking it for the past 3 weeks, and so far, it has not been more than 10 minutes late, with the exception of Ian)
*No checked bags, only carry-on
*All adults, no kids, no mobility issues

It should be fine if the plane is on time. If running late still do the stop at ASMU and drop luggage at bell service. quick and easy to retreive later

 

[kristenrice]

I knew you all would have the answers! I love the idea of dropping the bags at bell services at ASMu and heading to AKV. My only question would be is luggage services there open 24-hours? For some reason, I recall staying at Pop Century back in 2009 and it wasn’t called “bell services”, it was “luggage services”, and they closed at 10pm. (I could be wrong….)

 

[DebLovesPooh]

We arrived at midnight in 2021 and Bell Services was there to help. I believe they’re 24/7 since people arrive and leave around the clock.