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My AAA Travel Agent "believes" this can be done..but I wanted to check w/ the experts. Due to CSR being booked on our first night, and we really wanted to stay there, we modified our travel plans. We changed from an 8 day reservation w/ 8 day PH and 8 day Meal plan at POFQ to a 7 day at CSR. So we made a room only reservation at Pop Century our first night, and will move to CSR on Saturday and begin our Magic your way stay. We did keep the 8 day hopper. My question is, even though I'm not checking in at CSR until Saturday with my "Dining and Park Plan" can I still get into a park on our first night and start my hopper? She said she though I could go to guest services at a park or downtown disney and they would let me start my hopper. I just wondered how this would work? Would they give me a one day on the first day and then get new Key to the World cards on Saturday? Will they even do this?
We would be staying at CSR the whole time if it were available, but it wasn't so we had to move to POP the first night. I emailed Disney and of course since my reservation was done via AAA they wouldn't answer my question. Its not a huge deal..we just arrive early on Friday and planned to go to a park that evening for a bit, and I'd kind of like to know before hand and make other plans before I stand and guest services forever.
It is highly unlikely they will do it for you. It is technically all part of the package and should not be given in advance. There is definitely no way guests relations will give it to you. There are a few resort managers that have the ability to over ride it and give the tickets early but no guaranty.
In all honesty, your trip is far enough away I would tell your agent to keep working to get you the room. It is highly unlikely that it wouldn't become available if they are diligent about it.
This is kind of what I thought. There is a convention at CSR during the first night of our stay. The convention leaves Saturday...so the resort opens up. Its not a big deal I guess, but we had intended to go to a park on our first day. But the way we had to "arrange" thinks we redid the package so its 7 nights and did a room only reservation for the first night. This reduced our dining plan by a day. I may have them keep trying to find a room, but right now CSR is booked the first day of arrival.
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This is kind of what I thought. There is a convention at CSR during the first night of our stay. The convention leaves Saturday...so the resort opens up. Its not a big deal I guess, but we had intended to go to a park on our first day. But the way we had to "arrange" thinks we redid the package so its 7 nights and did a room only reservation for the first night. This reduced our dining plan by a day. I may have them keep trying to find a room, but right now CSR is booked the first day of arrival.
I highly suggest being patient. They have until 30 days from the start of their convention to release extra rooms. My guess is it will be the date of the Wednesday or Thursday before (so about 34 days prior to your checkin). Other rooms could open from the general public could open at any time. I would make sure the agent is checking for you daily
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We did it. Had a one-night room only at Pop and then a package there afterward. We went to MK Guest Services the day we checked in, and told them we wanted to pick up our package tickets early . We had to give the reservation number and ID and were able to get the tickets. Spent the evening at MK. The next day when we checked into our second reservation, they knew we already had our tickets. It's not a well known thing, but it is possible.
HiddenMickey,
When you did this did it mess up your key to the world card when you checked in the next day? Or did they make it all work?? I don't want to have to deal w/ 2 cards.
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HiddenMickey,
When you did this did it mess up your key to the world card when you checked in the next day? Or did they make it all work?? I don't want to have to deal w/ 2 cards.
The tickets will not be on your KTTW when you get them at Guest Services at the park, but separate ones with characters on them. You'll get new KTTW keys when you check in again for the next part of your trip with your dining credits, charge privileges if you choose to have them, and the key to your room. Your could probably have the rest of your ticket added to you KTTW at your second check in, but we did't try because I kind of like being able to tell which ticket belongs to who by the character on them and don't mind separate tickets.
It is possible to pick up your tickets at Guest Relations before you check-in at your resort. I've done this myself and have had clients do so, when they've been in situations just like yours. The above poster is correct, you'll be issued tickets that are separate from your KTTW card.
In the past, the concierge at your resort has been able to take those tickets and add them on to your KTTW card. However, I haven't tried this since Disney did their major system upgrade last fall and I've heard many reports of them having difficulty doing it since the upgrade. If you aren't able to get into CSR and want your tickets a day early, you might have to be prepared to have separate tickets, sorry! (But do ask at the concierge, because they may have fixed the bug by now.)
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Due to CSR being booked on our first night, and we really wanted to stay there, we modified our travel plans. We changed from an 8 day reservation w/ 8 day PH and 8 day Meal plan at POFQ to a 7 day at CSR. So we made a room only reservation at Pop Century our first night, and will move to CSR on Saturday and begin our Magic your way stay. We did keep the 8 day hopper. My question is, even though I'm not checking in at CSR until Saturday with my "Dining and Park Plan" can I still get into a park on our first night and start my hopper? She said she though I could go to guest services at a park or downtown disney and they would let me start my hopper. I just wondered how this would work? Would they give me a one day on the first day and then get new Key to the World cards on Saturday? Will they even do this?
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