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Q about front desk safe deposit boxes / room safes (WL/BC)
We will be staying at both WL and BC during our upcoming trip starting in a couple of weeks.
I am wondering if anyone knows the inside dimensions of the in-room safes at WL and BC ? Are they key locked or self-chosen electronic keypad codes ?
Also, because we will be arriving before our room will likely be ready, but will have a need to lock up at least a laptop and ipad, what kind of front desk safe deposit boxes does WL and BC have ? How big are they ?
I have stayed at large business hotels before (eg. Sheraton, Marriott) that have a number of safe deposit boxes available at the front desk in various sizes, incuding ones that could hold a couple laptops (that is the size we would probably need). They are logged and require a double-key, much like a bank, though they aren't in a huge safe like a bank is (though they are in a separate locked room). (At some of those hotels there wasn't a room safe so the front desk was the only option; other also had in-room safes).
Are Disney's resort front desk safe deposit boxes similar ?
Bell services has locked cages to put things like lap tops in while waiting for your room, etc. The bag is tagged and you have the matching number. I have never had an issue doing this.
I have noticed there are different sizes of room safes. Some have fit our computer, and other times we have just hidden the computer.
An easy way to get your questions answered is to call each resort and ask. I'm sure a CM will be happy to measure the main desk deposit boxes if necessary.
Most of us will be guessing because we've no idea how much space your two laptops require compared with what any of us might have had that required a larger safe than was in the room.
When we last were at the GF, the in-room safe's interior was maybe about 10" wide and 8" front to back, about 5-6" high. It was a keypad, create-your-combo one. Very nice for jewelry, spare cash and other small valuables but not big enough for a laptop.
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I can't recall having a room with a safe that would fit any kind of laptop or large tablet at any of the WDW resorts. Those things are pretty small. And I don't think the front desks are equipped to handle peoples electronic goods, though I could be wrong about that.
You'll probably want to bring a laptop lock and lock it to a piece of furniture if you are worried about it being taken.
We've taken our iPad and left it in the room without problem previously (I usually put it in my closed suitcase. The only thing I put in the safe is my wallet with our extra money that I don't want to carry around.
I always bring my laptop & other electronics & have left the bag with my computer in it with bell services without a problem. Whatever bag that has my computer in it doesn't look like a computer bag & I just tell the cm that it has fragile/breakable things in it so to pleas make sure it doesn't get put someplace where it could get things piled on top of it. I've also never had a problem with having it in my room. I do however always put it & any evidence of any electronics (including the charger for my phone) out of sight. I'll tuck chargers etc. in to drawers & cover with clothing or put them back in to my suitcase along with my computer making sure that the suitcase goes back in the place & in the same position it was to begin with so it looks like I unpacked, stashed the suitcase out of the way & haven't touched it since.
An easy way to get your questions answered is to call each resort and ask. I'm sure a CM will be happy to measure the main desk deposit boxes if necessary. .........
An issue with this is that the front desk phones are answered at a call center, not at the resorts.
I don't recall the SDBs being big enough for a laptop but Bell Services should be able to take care of that for you without worry. I've also never had a problem leaving things in my room out in the open. Disney can tell exactly who has been in and out of each guest room (or at least which keys were used) if there is ever a problem, but honestly I've never heard of one.
An issue with this is that the front desk phones are answered at a call center, not at the resorts.
Hmmm, I obviously didn't know that. That seems a strange way to operate.
Even so, I should think the request for how big the safes are at each resort could be referred to each so that the OP might get a callback with the info.
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