Question about moving disney hotels

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Originally Posted by chmurf

I'll jump onto this thread in hope of a definitive answer regarding changing hotels

let's say I stay one night at a value, like the OP before my main stay (this main stays carrying the tickets)
on the morning of the hotel change, can I go straight to the parks (and let bell services handle the luggage) and enter the parks, use dining and all, and then go check in later in the day/afternoon
or do I need to go check in first for some sort of "activation" of the package (which would be a UK package) ? I would have MBs from the first night, so no issue there;

thanks for any first hand experience

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Yes I have first hand experience. I added on a few nights at CBR before my “main” booking at Wilderness Lodge, the tickets were attached to the WL stay.

After the luggage was collected, we headed straight to Magic Kingdom. Couldn’t get in. We were sent to Guest Services at the gate and they called Wilderness Lodge and completed the check in over the phone. Once we were checked in, the tickets became active.

Edit: we didn’t have a dining plan so can’t comment on that’s element, however at a guess it would be the same and not active until check in.