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Has anyone used the Disney Floral & Gifts service before?
Hey fellow Passporters. My family and I will be going down for our first trip to the World in October. I am wanting to add a little extra surprise for my DS & DC in our room upon arrival. I have seen a few things in the Disney's Floral & Gift shop website that they would both really like. Has anyone had any experience with this service. And if so was it a good experience or no? Seeing how our room should potentially be ready on our arrival ( late flight) do the cast members deliver the packages to our room before we arrive and check in? Or do I have to distract the kiddos while either my DH or I sneak the packages in? I believe I am gonna go with the "Both Sides of the Force" pack & " A Royal Welcome" gift set.
We had a "Romance" package once. And DH had roses delivered to me once. They won't do it until after you've checked in - so the best thing to do is set it up for the second night (after a day in the parks) or whenever is convenient for you after check in. It was very nice and a great surprise. They will give you a time, i.e. - between 4p-7p or 11a-3p and then you can plan your day accordingly. We went to the parks and then had dinner at Cali Grill and came back to rose petals and towels on the bed, a glass slipper and "spa" products, roses, flameless candles and a hidden Tinkerbell!
It was a great experience!
I used their service a number of years ago for our 25th wedding anniversary. I went a bit off-menu with 25 roses in a vase etched with Mickey and Mini in a wedding pose and our names and what we were celebrating painted on the vase in puff paint.
As we always do, we stayed in an off property hotel on our arrival night and then checked into our Disney hotel (WL) early the next morning. Our room was not yet available so I had them to put the flowers in the room before we returned to get the room to surprise my wife. It worked great.
This year I am planning to do the same thing for our 40th anniversary as well as for our DS's graduation with his masters degree as this trip will be to celebrate both. So, it may be best to have your item delivered while you are out of the room on your first day so it can be a surprise when you get back to the room in the afternoon or evening. They will deliver it while you are not in the room just not before you check in.
I used them when my DD was "getting engaged" at WDW. They were amazing to work with. I got an Engagement package delivered to the room after they left for their dinner reservation at "the castle" where the proposal was to take place.....DSiL knew about this being delivered (he and I had made the DVC room reservation and ARDs)....but I wanted to surprise him, too. So I had Mickey & Minnie wedding ears delivered to them at the table after DD said "yes". I highly recommend them.
Thanks guys! I am so excited for this trip. Although the kids know we are going, and the trip itself isn't a surprise I wanted to throw a little something extra in without them knowing. We are gonna be arriving on a Friday evening. Plans are to head to DTD for dinner. I believe while we are out would be a perfect opportunity to set this up!
I have used them several times, and have always been pleased!! We had Mickeys grand welcome delivered to akl a few years ago, and the kids (and I) were so happy! At Christmas last year we had Christmas stockings delivered to our rooms, they were much much bigger then I expected! We've also done the "Mickeys cool snacks" that one was a great investment!! Lots of drinks and snacks, plus I still use that cooler all the time!! We had one delivered to one of my friends while she was there, and also had the family treat tote sent to my sister in law and her family.. They loved it!! I can't wait to see what "in room celebration" they have for Halloween this year!!
We bought a 'welcome to disney' gift package for all of our wedding guests and it was fab.
We had people staying onsite, I drive and universal and all got delivered with no problem.
The basket that everything came in is still used by everyone for different things too lol
I ordered a welcome gift for my sil and nephew last month and just ordered a romance package and DVC welcome for our upcoming trip. Really liked them for my nephews stuff
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