Using the check in link you will be able to avoid going to the check in desk upon arrival. You will get a text message when your room is ready with the room number.
A more efficient check-in process that takes less staff to handle.Not to be suspicious, but what does Disney have to gain by me checking in weeks in advance?
As to someone’s comment above, doing online check-in does NOT impact the cancellation policy associated with your specific type of booking.
No, check-in does not effect your right to cancel in any way. I have checked in, and later canceled a room-only ressie with no penalty and no hassle.I wonder about this too. They seem to encourage people to check in weeks before the date of their trip. With my room only reservation, I can cancel up to 6 days before the trip without penalty. If I do on-line check in before that, am I forfeiting the right to cancel? Not to be suspicious, but what does Disney have to gain by me checking in weeks in advance?
Thanks for answering my question. Just to clarify , I didn't make a comment...I asked a question about if early online check-in effects my rights to cancel.
Let's say I do online check-in, but we have an early flight and arrive at the hotel at 10am, prior to check-in. Technically, we'll still have to go to the front desk to see if they'll hold our luggage, correct?
Also, if we do online check-in, and we are assigned a room and or building that we are not happy with, is there any chance to have it changed?
I'm just thinking that if you go to the front desk and they say you are in room ____, and you are not thrilled with it, you can ask them if there is any other availability, correct? Is that possible with online check-in?
Let's say I do online check-in, but we have an early flight and arrive at the hotel at 10am, prior to check-in. Technically, we'll still have to go to the front desk to see if they'll hold our luggage, correct?
Also, if we do online check-in, and we are assigned a room and or building that we are not happy with, is there any chance to have it changed? I'm just thinking that if you go to the front desk and they say you are in room ____, and you are not thrilled with it, you can ask them if there is any other availability, correct? Is that possible with online check-in?
1. WDW resorts will hold your luggage when you check-in before your room is ready. If you arrive early, yes, you'll need to go to the lobby to check in and store your bags.Let's say I do online check-in, but we have an early flight and arrive at the hotel at 10am, prior to check-in. Technically, we'll still have to go to the front desk to see if they'll hold our luggage, correct?
Also, if we do online check-in, and we are assigned a room and or building that we are not happy with, is there any chance to have it changed? I'm just thinking that if you go to the front desk and they say you are in room ____, and you are not thrilled with it, you can ask them if there is any other availability, correct? Is that possible with online check-in?
One important item to note, they will assign your room 3-5 days in advance no matter if you do online check in or if you don't.ETA: I usually have room requests. I call the main reservation line in advance and have them noted on my reservation (rooms are assigned 3-5ish days out, so needs to be done ahead of that time). I do NOT use the room request options on online check-in unless the options can match my original request EXACTLY. More often than not, I just leave that part of online check-in blank.
One important item to note, they will assign your room 3-5 days in advance no matter if you do online check in or if you don't.
There is no reason whatsoever to NOT do online check in. It can only benefit you, it can not hurt you. If you are arriving early it may even afford you a room ready when you arrive, vs. after 3:00. But you will have to enter at least 1 room preference in order to inform them you want the room ready early
So, if you have called in with your preferences and, say, your #1 preference isn't even listed on the online check-in form, should you then check any of the preferences that appear on the form, even if they're your #2 or #3 choice?
I've never done online check-in, because although I realize that one's requests are just requests, DH and I use the room a lot and there are certain things we like. Usually the resort is able to accommodate us, but also usually, when we check in at the front desk, the room they've assigned to us isn't really what we wanted or sometimes is the exact opposite of what we'd like. The front desk is almost always able give us another room instead.
But if we did online check-in, then we wouldn't even know what the room was like until we got there and saw it. At least at the front desk, we can see the room location and ask if it meets our criteria. Yeah, I know, I'm picky, but if I can have my requests met, I'd like them to be!
AngiTN, are you saying that the room that online check-in would assign you is the exact same room that not doing it would produce? Now I'm really confused about what to do! AngiTN, you know everything! Please help!
In that case, I actually see no advantage for me to do online check-in since merely knowing the room number is of no help to me at all, particularly if I end up wanting to ask for a different room. Not doing the online check-in would seem to save me a step, since if I got the room #, went to the room, and decided I'd rather see if I could get a different room, then I'd have to go back to the front desk.You definitely won't know what room you have until you get thete if you don't do Online Check In. If you do Online Check In haveca chanceof finding out your room number before you arrive.
In that case, I actually see no advantage for me to do online check-in since merely knowing the room number is of no help to me at all, particularly if I end up wanting to ask for a different room. Not doing the online check-in would seem to save me a step, since if I got the room #, went to the room, and decided I'd rather see if I could get a different room, then I'd have to go back to the front desk.
Or have I missed a point entirely here? I mean, if I didn't care where the room was, what the view was, etc., etc., then, okay, online check-in seems fine. I'd perhaps get the room # even before I arrived and I could go directly to the room. But on the off chance that the room would not be my first, or even fifteenth, choice, I think I'll stick with the front desk. At least there I can see where the assigned room will be, ask if I'd like a change, and find out if they can do anything. Maybe they can't, but at least I didn't go to the room first and then have to go back to the front desk.
I might have a different view on this if I were booked in a Value resort, where the lines at the front desk can be pretty long.
If you get you room number before you arrive at the resort, you can check out the location on the link to the map that accompanies the text and decide if it will work.
If you don't do Online Check In, you stop at the Front Desk, get you room number, check out the location on the map and decide if it will work for you.
I don't see any difference.
I'm not trying to talk you into doing Online Check In, just want to make sure you understand how it works.