News New 'Guest Shipping Station' coming to Disney Springs

UNCgolf

UNCgolf

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If they're using this to eliminate other currently existing options, it will be terrible for guests. If it's just an additional option, then fine.

Also, glad to see it's UPS and not FedEx. They both have problems, but I have 100000x more faith that UPS will deliver to the proper address and relatively on time than FedEx based on significant experience with both.

I once had to drive 45 minutes to a FedEx hub to pick up a package because it had been sitting there for over a week and they had no update on when they'd actually decide to deliver it. They just offered me the option to come get it myself, which I did -- and I had to go twice, because there was only a one hour window during the day that you could actually pick up packages but there was no information about that until you were on-site. That's not the only issue I've had with FedEx; it's just the most memorably terrible one.
 
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castlecake2.0

castlecake2.0

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I’m hoping this is just to assist guests shipping things from third party stores at springs, I REALLY hope this isn’t to replace the current shipping from Disney merch locations.

ETA if it was to replace the Disney shipping option you’d think they add one in each park in one of the many abandoned stores that still exist. It’s also curious that Disney owned shops at springs just recently added an option to have your purchases sent to GR for pick up.
 
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Markc2

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From what I hear, this isn't replacing the current shipping options at the Disney owned shops. This is primarily for 3rd party shops that do not offer this service as well as helping to support any international shipments that they normally wouldn't get involved with.

Disney's own pricing agreement and contract with UPS (and the other parcel carriers) is volume dependent across all their business units - and they're not about to give up any shipping volume to a 3rd party which could potentially hurt their contracted rates company wide.
 
castlecake2.0

castlecake2.0

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Markc2 said:
From what I hear, this isn't replacing the current shipping options at the Disney owned shops. This is primarily for 3rd party shops that do not offer this service as well as helping to support any international shipments that they normally wouldn't get involved with.

Disney's own pricing agreement and contract with UPS (and the other parcel carriers) is volume dependent across all their business units - and they're not about to give up any shipping volume to a 3rd party which could potentially hurt their contracted rates company wide.
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This makes the most sense
 
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pigglewiggle

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Markc2 said:
From what I hear, this isn't replacing the current shipping options at the Disney owned shops. This is primarily for 3rd party shops that do not offer this service as well as helping to support any international shipments that they normally wouldn't get involved with.

Disney's own pricing agreement and contract with UPS (and the other parcel carriers) is volume dependent across all their business units - and they're not about to give up any shipping volume to a 3rd party which could potentially hurt their contracted rates company wide.
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Great info, thanks!
 
Zummi Gummi

Zummi Gummi

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Markc2 said:
From what I hear, this isn't replacing the current shipping options at the Disney owned shops. This is primarily for 3rd party shops that do not offer this service as well as helping to support any international shipments that they normally wouldn't get involved with.

Disney's own pricing agreement and contract with UPS (and the other parcel carriers) is volume dependent across all their business units - and they're not about to give up any shipping volume to a 3rd party which could potentially hurt their contracted rates company wide.
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This would explain its placement at Disney Springs, too, where there is the largest volume of 3rd party stores.
 
Brian

Brian

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Here is a photo from the location. Found on Facebook, it is not my photo.
 
Nubs70

Nubs70

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UNCgolf said:
If they're using this to eliminate other currently existing options, it will be terrible for guests. If it's just an additional option, then fine.

Also, glad to see it's UPS and not FedEx. They both have problems, but I have 100000x more faith that UPS will deliver to the proper address and relatively on time than FedEx based on significant experience with both.

I once had to drive 45 minutes to a FedEx hub to pick up a package because it had been sitting there for over a week and they had no update on when they'd actually decide to deliver it. They just offered me the option to come get it myself, which I did -- and I had to go twice, because there was only a one hour window during the day that you could actually pick up packages but there was no information about that until you were on-site. That's not the only issue I've had with FedEx; it's just the most memorably terrible one.
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Don't forget FedEx Express and FedEx Ground are two separate entities. You cannot ship a FedEx Ground "hold for pickup" package to a FedEx Express hub
 
Gillyanne

Gillyanne

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Has anyone confirmed/denied that they removed it from shops as you purchase? The only reason I can think they would is this (taken from the link @Unbanshee posted above)

Rates will vary depending on packaging weight, fragility of contents, shipping destination, and shipping services selected. Visit the Guest Shipping Station to determine your package-specific rate.
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IIRC the ship from the register when you purchase option, rates were based on your total order. One flower and garden festival I ordered a bunch of the garden statues and pavers. The statue boxes were easily 16x16 if not bigger and weren't light in weight. But I would've paid the same to ship multiples of those, as I would've 20 T-shirt (or whatever the break even $$ would've been). The actual shipping/packaging of the T-shirts would've been a lot cheaper than the shipping of my 4-6 large boxes of heavy items. Not sure how many items now would qualify for this uneven cost/probability of losing money once shipped, but I could totally see them using it as the "excuse"
 
castlecake2.0

castlecake2.0

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Gillyanne said:
Has anyone confirmed/denied that they removed it from shops as you purchase? The only reason I can think they would is this (taken from the link @Unbanshee posted above)



IIRC the ship from the register when you purchase option, rates were based on your total order. One flower and garden festival I ordered a bunch of the garden statues and pavers. The statue boxes were easily 16x16 if not bigger and weren't light in weight. But I would've paid the same to ship multiples of those, as I would've 20 T-shirt (or whatever the break even $$ would've been). The actual shipping/packaging of the T-shirts would've been a lot cheaper than the shipping of my 4-6 large boxes of heavy items. Not sure how many items now would qualify for this uneven cost/probability of losing money once shipped, but I could totally see them using it as the "excuse"
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Last update I heard was this is a trial but no change to current offerings
 

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