Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 ^^They do. Just tell the cashier that you want your purchases sent to the hotel (this is only available for the DLR hotels) and your purchases will be available at Bell Services the following morning for you to pick up. It actually comes in pretty handy.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Isn't that one perk that was actually cut back, maybe a decade ago? Didn't it used to be that packages would be sent to your room?
Originally Posted By Dabob2 It used to be that they'd hold them at the front gate, which meant you'd have them immediaely rather than the next day.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice One bit of advice on the package delivery thing... Don't utilize it on your last evening at the resort. The final pick-up time for the stores is about 6 p.m. each day, I think, so there's a chance your item won't make it to the bell desk soon enough before your departure the next day. (We had to go on a "hunt" for ours last December. ;-)
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I must be confusing it with WDW; I'm pretty sure they used to deliver packages to the room there.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo The Grand Californian, the Deluxe hotels at WDW (and moderates in 2000) and the Deluxe hotels at DLP all used to have delivery to your room. This has now stopped, and the things are delivered to the gift shops for pick up the next morning. Still a cool perk, but alas like so many things in this world, not as cool as it used to be.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo For us, the on-site perks besides location include: - character wake up calls - Early entry to the parks - DCA hotel guest entry gate - Sometimes we have had pins, fast passes, early entry to meet Mickey in Toontown, disney dollars. They do not always advertise the perks. But it is cool.
Originally Posted By Dellar411 Thanks davewasbaloo! I hate to hear about your lost faith in DL! I too hope you regain it. We has had a couple of neg. experiences I will admit, but all out weighed by the great ones!
Originally Posted By raer We just used package-pickup last month on our trip. We stayed at the Grand & our packages were at the bell desk the next morning.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 ^^yep, package pick up is at the bell desk for all 3 hotels. As wonderingalice mentioned, make sure you don't purchase and try to send your packages too late in the evening. One time I made a purchase only to find out that it was too late and had to lug a snowglobe around with me the rest of the evening. Had I known I would have waited until the next day to buy it. I have my purchases sent to the hotel and then give the slips to the bellman when they pick up our luggage on the last day (we always have it stored and we have brunch in DTD When we get back to the hotel the bags are with our luggage and ready to go. They ALWAYS have us check everything to make sure we have each item.
Originally Posted By ssturgeo You can book a Sephora make-over in Downtown Disney...price is $35, but you get a gift voucher for that same amount. Coffee is served in the lobby for a couple of hours each morning. Look at the info they give you at check-in, last time we stayed there was a fun class on napkin folding....the sheet will also list other activities that are available during your stay. If you are flying, guest services will print your boarding pass for you before your departure.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Thanks Dellar411. I am sure you do. We have a great time when we go, just not as great as we used to and we find some non Disney experiences offer an even better time. But I do have to say, even our last trip to the Grand Californian 2 years ago offered one of the best hotel experiences in the world. I do love the Grand.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Oh, that's changed again. When we were there last time, we were told to get our things from the store. I wonder if that is a one off. I am not sure currently at DL, but in PAris, you have to make your purchases before 3pm to have the delivery service.
Originally Posted By SBprincess59 Free coffee in the lobby is the best perk! You can also request a machine if you want to.
Originally Posted By fidoprincess You can make reservations to enter build-a-bear an hour before the store opens. When my kids were little we loved this because it was not crowded at all and they always had some extra freebies for the kids. You can also do the Disney 365 makeovers and there is a special deal for hotel guests as well as Sephora as posted above. You can have vacation planning make your fantasmic reservations. That is a BIG one if you have ever tried to call on your own, you know it is a big pain. You can charge all of your purchases to your hotel bill-is that really a perk or will it just give you a heart attack when you can see exactly how much you spent all at once instead of having little scraps of receipts all around?!
Originally Posted By SBprincess59 Charging to your room can be dangerous, but great when you want to just wander around the hotel area or downtown disney with just your ID and roomcard. I love that, especially if we go down to the bar in the lobbey or the gift shops!
