Are there any major advantages of doing online check in or waiting to check in until arriving at the resort?
Online check-in does not negate your chance for pixie dust, and you should probably not say anything and just hope for pixie dust.Stupid question. We have a unique situation where our first night is in a Lake View at Grand Floridian followed by 4 nights of Standard View Studio (ALL DVC). Our flights had changed and we needed to add a day to the front and the standard view was sold out. I am hoping that when we get there we can talk to them to see if either one of the category was now open and we didnt have to move after one night. If I have a special request is it best to wait to front desk? In other words, when I do online check-in, do I lose all chance at pixie dust?
Has anyone done the online check in, noted a room request (ex. highest floor, ground floor, king bed etc) and then went back to that page to update something else and your room request was not there and not even a request anymore? I just noticed this today on a trip for this weekend- I had noted "highest floor" and now it shows no room requests and highest floor is not even a choice, just ground floor or king bed. I would have thought this was a one time issue, however this is not the first time this has happened.
If you’re a DVC owner, the best way to make requests is to chat or email MS via the links on the member website. You can call too, if you’re okay waiting on hold. I usually send in my requests as soon as I book, on the theory that if multiple people request the same thing, the earliest request gets it. But of course, no guarantees!Every time I go to the online check-in page and try to request a room, it's grayed out. Are they still allowing room requests at this time? This is for the Boardwalk in March. Too soon?
What's the earliest you need to do on-line check in? 24 hours before? 48?
Stupid question. We have a unique situation where our first night is in a Lake View at Grand Floridian followed by 4 nights of Standard View Studio (ALL DVC). Our flights had changed and we needed to add a day to the front and the standard view was sold out. I am hoping that when we get there we can talk to them to see if either one of the category was now open and we didnt have to move after one night. If I have a special request is it best to wait to front desk? In other words, when I do online check-in, do I lose all chance at pixie dust?
I don't think so. All it does is link your CC to your resort account and give them an idea of when you'll arrive so that they can send the room number and you can bypass the front desk. As LadybugsMum said, you can do it as you're arriving, if you want, although I don't think I'd wait that late! 48 hours before checkin should be fine.interesting. Would it be necessary to do it more than 48 hours out?