Would WL to BC Split Stay Be a Problem?

[PeterP]

We've never done a split stay. We are considering split stay between WL and BC. Does anyone feel that the hotel transition may not be as smooth, in light of the fact that the two hotels are so far apart? Thank you.

 

[shannonstar]

I am doing a BCV to AKV, which can't be all that different. It can take all day for your luggage to get there if you aren't moving it yourself, so be sure to keep a bag of things you might need with you just in case.

 

[cwt580]

my biggest concern about split stays it always ends up costing more if you do pkgs with dining etc....same amount of days and use of dining plan. The markdown for multiple day tix discounts is the main culprit for this. 7 days at 1 always comes out cheaper than splits.

we have done 1 split went smooth but alot of transition time spent and alot of that day was wasted.

unpacking and repacking "sucks" as my wife would say multiple times....

whats funny is we are goin to do essentially a split stay this next trip. our plane doesnt get in till later and didnt want to waste the money for the night stay. So PORFQ 1 night to sleep and freshen up then off to a deluxe too be decided yet. We are taking another 22yr old college student with us thats never been.......

 

[WsPrincess]

We just did CR/BC split stay last month and it was no problem. The morning of the transfer we had bell services come to our room at CR. They tagged the luggage for transfer. We then headed to BC. Once our room was ready we called down and bell service brought everything up to us. Easy as pie. No problem with the distance at all. They took care of everything. Next time if we do a split stay I will actually pack separately, as in bags for each resort so I can only unpack what is needed for each stay

 

[cwt580]

been thinking about this alot since a i read the post....


my question is we would like a split stay YC/CR is there a way to price out 6 nights (3/3) that tix and dining for 6 days works out the same ...


5 day tix with 3 days dining at YC then move to CR with a 1 day tix and 3 days dining or something like???

 

[WsPrincess]

been thinking about this alot since a i read the post....


my question is we would like a split stay YC/CR is there a way to price out 6 nights (3/3) that tix and dining for 6 days works out the same ...


5 day tix with 3 days dining at YC then move to CR with a 1 day tix and 3 days dining or something like???

Not really since the cost of a 1 day ticket is more expensive than adding the 6th day to the first tickets. What we did was not exactly the cheapest way but it worked for us since we have a quick trip planned in February.

We checked into CR and got 7 day PH with dining. When we moved to BC we got 1 day base tickets and dining. I went to guest services at DHS and got the tickets removed from the BC cards. We then continued to use the tickets from the first part of the stay. Now we have 1 day tickets (bought before the price increase which may help or may not) that we will use in February to upgrade to our annual pass for next year. So we just paid ahead a little. We also were able to get Free Dining for both parts of the trip which was GREAT

 

[jdb1232]

This will be our second year doing a split stay at the wl and beach club. It worked great for us, we stayed 3 nights at each hotel. Guest services handled the luggage. Everything went smooth. We planned our park visits around the hotel we were in, mk and ak from the wl, then hs and epcot from the bc. This made bus/boat transports quick and easy.

 

[bumbershoot]

If you're using Disney to transport your bags, you'll have to wait for them until after official check-in time, no matter how close together or far apart the resorts are. So the distance doesn't matter.

If you're dead-set on using a dining plan, especially the "free" one, for *both* parts of your stay, the best thing to do is to buy the tickets you'll need for the trip with your *first* package, then just buy the minimum for your *second* package, and do NOT use that second set of tickets. Just keep them. Some day you'll want to do a hotel-only stay (no package, no dining, JUST hotel), and THEN you can use the tickets.

Otherwise, get the "free" dining (or just dining package) out of the way with the first hotel, and make the second hotel a room-only reservation. Make sure the first tickets are, or can be upgraded to, what you need for your whole trip (with 10 days being the max).

 

[PoohsFan1]

We've never done a split stay. We are considering split stay between WL and BC. Does anyone feel that the hotel transition may not be as smooth, in light of the fact that the two hotels are so far apart? Thank you.

Not at all....we did a split stay this past January between BCV and SSR. The transition was very smooth. We loved it so much that we are doing another split stay our upcoming trip. Disney does an awesome job getting your luggage to your second resort. They make it as painless as possible .