Split Stay - Something I Didn't Know
I'm sure if I read the boards more regularly I would've discovered this, but I had no idea...
We tried to book BCV for 9/25 to 9/30, but the night of 9/27 wasn't available. I chose to book a split stay, spending 9/25 and 9/26 at BCV (because we wanted to use Stormalong Bay), then checking into BWV on 9/27. It all went smoothly, except for one thing that I didn't realize until almost too late. The dining credits, which are on your room key, wouldn't be available for our character breakfast at Cape May for the morning of the 27th unless we went and checked into the BWV before breakfast (we'd already used our TS credits for the 25th and 26th). Luckily we weren't that far from the BWV, so my husband went over and checked into the BWV so we'd have our DDP credits to use at breakfast (luckily I'd planned a later 10:15 ADR!) Another thing: all dining credits on the 1st set of room keys expired at midnight on the day we checked out of BCV. We don't usually spend every credit every day, so we had to make a point of using up all our remaining CS and snack credits before they expired that night. Had I realized all that earlier, we would've made a point of using them earlier.
It was a minor inconvenience, but still a hassle nonetheless. I won't be booking any split stays in the future! Just thought I'd share in case anyone else out there is considering using the DDP with a split stay.
All in all we had a magical trip, one of the best we've ever had. It was amazing!