Originally Posted By StitchMom84 I have read here from some of you that you have sent ahead items to your resort prior to your arrival. We are going to fly instead of drive in October and with the baggage weight/number of checked bag limitations it may mean that we have to send some things ahead that we'd like to take with us. Can someone who has done this advise what the procedure is? Do you address to yourself in care of the resort? Put your arrival date on the outside? How far in advance did you send, and can you send them back home from the resort when it's time to check out? I know I can call and find out from the guest service at the hotel, but it would be nice to hear from someone who has actually done it and find out how well it works out. As always, thanks for the info
Originally Posted By Ursula We do it all the time. We mail "care packages" to ourselves with breakfast cereal, beef jerkey, CANDY, and the like. I also use Staples to send us cases of water. Call the resort directly to make sure you have the mailing address of the resort. Don't let them give you the general address of WDW. Put your name on the box, C/O your resort name and in thick red marker, put down your arrival date. In the lower corner, I then put my cell number in blue. When you arrive in your room, call to bell services and let them know you have X number of packages. They will look for it and bring them to your room. Tip the guy or gal! Once or twice, they make you come and get the box. Boo! I just asked for them to bring it when they slow down. (I was not going to carry a case of water from Port Royal to Jamaica.) I send it out via the post office, so I send it a week before we leave, and I'm mindful of the way I send it. I'd never use parcel post because that is hit and miss for arrival dates. We've also sent things like sunscreen and extra first aid type of things (bandaids, extra painkillers, etc.) I have never sent anything back, though. We usually leave whatever left-over food or water or things we have to the maids or to a family next door to us.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Tip: If you belong to Costco, they will ship your water free of charge. We,too, will be mailing ourselves snacks for the first time in December. Thanks for the idea!
Originally Posted By Ursula ^ You can also send your friends things like care packages and have fun gift baskets sent from Disney Floral!
Originally Posted By beamerdog I had a dog crate sent ahead of time one year for a service puppy that I was training. When we got everything set up the dang dog decided he wasn't going in it for love or money :- ( I do ship dog food ahead of time. So I guess you can have anything sent to the resorts! I usually call the front desk to alert them that the food is coming so they won't store it in a hot place. Every resort we've stayed in has been great about it.
Originally Posted By -em the most important part- put YOUR name on the box. You would be amazed how many people send boxes with out any personal info on top- If you send it with just the hotel info the hotel thinks it belongs to them... Always bring the tracking number with you- them if something has happened its easy to figure out where it is... -em
Originally Posted By StitchMom84 Thanks guys! You've been really helpful! Oh, btw..do you need to send it so that you have someone sign for it there?
Originally Posted By -em it's beneficial.. then if its lost there is atleast a starting point... If a resort has a convention center all UPS/Fed Ex packages go through them and USPS goes to the front desk- if a resort doesnt then all should go to the front desk.. -em
Originally Posted By StitchMom84 Thanks again!! You guys always come through with the most helpful info!!
Originally Posted By GrumpysWife I really think I'll have to utilize this on our next trip to WDW - my concern is getting things back home if you need to - has anyone sent things back home from the resort?
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 In June I had some stuff sent from the Disney Store in DTD. Cost about $6-7 I think. Better than $25.
Originally Posted By Pal of Minnie We always send important packages through UPS. They CAN track and are quick about problems. The regular ol post office is terrible in regards to their tracking ability. While they say they can track a package it can take upwards of a month before they will even start the process. Just remember if you use UPS that their ground delivery does not deliver on the weekends-just Mon-Fri, so you have to plan for that.
Originally Posted By AuroraRose I'm not sure what kind of stuff you are sending, but someone mentioned snacks--instead of buying and mailing stuff like that, we just order it online from the grocery store and have them deliver it to our hotel the day we arrive--i've ordered diapers, water, cereal, soda, wipies, clorox wipes, shampoo-soap--things you really can't carry on, it makes life so much easier. Here's the site we use: <a href="http://www.gardengrocer.com/shipping_del.php" target="_blank">http://www.gardengrocer.com/sh..._del.php</a> I think Disney also has their own service, but i've never used it.
Originally Posted By beamerdog Thanks so much for the site - I'll definitely use this next time. I hate to waste time shopping while I'm on vacation.
