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Magical Express Question
Quick Question for my DM...can you take your own luggage from baggage claim and transport it to the hotel we are staying on the same Magical Express bus that we are riding? This is in hope of not losing our luggage and getting to our room as quickly as possible...thanks for the help!!!
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Yes you can pick up your own but it will take you longer to pick up your own luggage. You have a bright yellow tag that goes on your luggage that the CM knows that your luggage needs to put it on a seperate truck to go to the resort listed on it. Don't worry I have used ME everytime execpt one and have had no problems.
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Honestly, the luggage gets there very fast - you don't save time by getting it yourself. Each time, my luggage has gotten there only within 30 minutes of check in. (Sometimes they drop it off when we're in the room!) The only time it didn't is when we got a surprise room upgrade and it took 2 hours. It's guaranted within 3 anyway.
Since we go out to play immediately after dropping our stuff in our room, it has never beena problem. Anything I might need in the first few hours after check in goes in my carry on anyway . . .
Don't worry about your luggage - let WDW handle it and go have fun!
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Thanks!
A dream is a wish your heart makes<3 (:
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I totally agree with everyone else. Don't worry about your luggage, just bring whatever you might need for about 3 hours after checking in at the hotel and go have fun.
I have used ME for every trip since it began and have never had a lost piece of luggage and it was all in my room well within the 3 hours from check in.
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If you are going to pick up your own luggage DON'T put the yellow tag on your luggage
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Originally Posted by exvagirl
Quick Question for my DM...can you take your own luggage from baggage claim and transport it to the hotel we are staying on the same Magical Express bus that we are riding? This is in hope of not losing our luggage and getting to our room as quickly as possible...thanks for the help!!!
Just a couple comments on what I highlighted above.
You have a MUCH greater chance of the airline delaying your luggage than DME delaying it. The DME luggage tags each have a barcode. That barcode is scanned 5 separate times between airplane and the inside of your resort room. And the luggage delivery trucks are tracked by GPS. Look, nothing is perfect of course, but DME is Disney, and Disney is superior at customer service.
The other point is that if you claim your own bags you all but guarantee that you're getting to your room S-L-O-W-E-R than if you let DME handle your bags. In the time it takes for you to wait at baggage claim, it's very likely that you missed the next available bus to your resort and you'll have to wait for the next one.
Also, just in case a few bucks would make a difference to you:
If you bring your bags to the bus, the driver must load them under the bus and retrieve them for you when you arrive at your resort. It is customary to tip for such service. But if you let DME handle your bags, Disney actually tips the Bell Service cast members who deliver the DME bags to the rooms (that is, they pay them a guaranteed payment as if it were a tip from the guest), so you don't owe a tip for your in-bound luggage. I realize it's only a few bucks, and I'm not saying it's a big deal and that this alone should make up your mind for you, but I thought it's a detail that's good to know.
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Thanksss! My mom finally decided to go ahead and try ME...we'll see!!!
A dream is a wish your heart makes<3 (:
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As stated in another post above if you arrive after 10PM even though you were suppose to get there before 10PM the question remains if DME will get your bags??????????? What happens now your bags are taged with the yellow tag but due to delays of not your doing you arrive after 10PM
Hugpug
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I think you'll be pleased with Magical Express. We've never had a problem and have now been using them for years. Just a note that anything you might need IMMEDIATELY upon arrival you might want to put in your carry-on so that you'll have it with you - but really the luggage does arrive very quickly and right to your room! Magic!
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Originally Posted by Harriet
As stated in another post above if you arrive after 10PM even though you were suppose to get there before 10PM the question remains if DME will get your bags??????????? What happens now your bags are taged with the yellow tag but due to delays of not your doing you arrive after 10PM
If you arrive after 10 pm, for whatever reason, you will be required to retrieve your own baggage as there are no DME baggage personnel (Bags Inc.) "on the clock." It doesn't matter what the SCHEDULED arrival time is, only the ACTUAL arrival time.
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Originally Posted by PopPhan
If you arrive after 10 pm, for whatever reason, you will be required to retrieve your own baggage as there are no DME baggage personnel (Bags Inc.) "on the clock." It doesn't matter what the SCHEDULED arrival time is, only the ACTUAL arrival time.
Your not getting my question the bags are already taged. Wll they put them on the carsusel even with the tags on them for you to retrive? Remember I may not get to Orlando until after 10PM even though my flight is suppose to arrive before but with some unforseen problems we may be delayed. I'm trying way my options here as I really would not like to have to get my bags but who knows.
Hugpug
Have stayed at FW,ASM,POP,WL,CS,POR,POFQ,CB,POLY,Grovesnor,Offsit e over the years past. LOVED THEM ALL
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