Has anyone arrived late and used Magical Express

[goofyfamily]

We have used Magical Express 4 times and love it. This trip we will be flying in late and arriving Orlando after 11. My question is when will we got our bags, will they hold them until the morning or do they still deliver them late?Has anyone arrived late with ME?

 

[Nemo14]

We have used Magical Express 4 times and love it. This trip we will be flying in late and arriving Orlando after 11. My question is when will we got our bags, will they hold them until the morning or do they still deliver them late?Has anyone arrived late with ME?

We've arrived late a couple of times, but we've always brought our bags with us so we didn't have to wait 'til morning for them.

 

[EpcotGrl]

We have used Magical Express 4 times and love it. This trip we will be flying in late and arriving Orlando after 11. My question is when will we got our bags, will they hold them until the morning or do they still deliver them late?Has anyone arrived late with ME?

I usually arrive late & get my own bag just so I don't have to wait on it, but that's just me I'm impatient

 

[Deadmanwalking]

Save yourself some worries don't attach the yellow sticker tags and pick up your own bags then you'll be sure to have them when you arrive.

 

[MrsPortiaB]

On our Sept. 06 trip, we arrived late at around 11 P.M.ish and we used Magical Express. What a joy it was not to worry about our luggage at that time of night!

We were told that we would not get our luggage till the morning but we asked if it would be okay to have it delivered that night because we didn't have any change of clothes for the next day and they did! Only it was like..2 or 3 AM when it arrived. Thank goodness DH stayed up to get it. We were very grateful since we flew over from Oregon so it was nice to shower get into something comfy for the night!

A good suggestion so you can avoid any early morning visits by the Luggage Assistance CMs (although they are very lovely people ) may be to pack a carry-on overnight bag with a change of clothes for that night and the next day just in case your luggage doesn't arrive until the morning!

Hope this helps! :wave:

 

[JDM]

I usually arrive late & get my own bag just so I don't have to wait on it, but that's just me I'm impatient

An excellent idea, even if you DON'T arrive late.
On last month's trip, we landed at 3pm and didn't see our luggage until 10pm!!

From now on, I'll claim it myself and put it on the bus.

 

[PLTram]

Our luggage took a lot more than the 3 hours they promised. I think we landed at 5:00 and finally called to get our luggage at about 9:30 pm. It arrived shortly after we called.

 

[Trishnh]

we just had this same situation..We arrived in Orlando at 11:30 pm..We packed one suitcase with all our nighttime 'stuff' and a change of clothes for the nest day & let ME get the rest of our bags and deliver them to our room the nest day. Worked out great...Except for the fact that it took over 2 hours for them to find 2 connecting handicapped accessible rooms at that time of night:fork: (and we never did end up them!)

 

[bgraham34]

I always just carry the bags with us when arriving at the Airport. We often come in later and I want to make sure I have my stuff when i get to the room.

 

[CleveRocks]

A few thoughts:

No matter where I fly, I ALWAYS pack a carry-on with belongings for the first 24 hours just in case the AIRLINE delays my luggage. SO it's no different when I take DME. I really don't care when my luggage shows up, since I'm prepared for the first day, anyway.

Disney says your luggage should get to your room about 3 hours after you arrive at your resort, not 3 hours after your plane lands. It says so right in the DME packet.

By getting your own luggage, you delay yourself getting to your resort anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour. You not only waste time at baggage claim, but you also will likely not be on the bus with others from your flight going to the same set of resorts, so you'll also have to wait for the next bus going to your destination.

Also, flying in with 2 young kids at about 10:30 p.m., I was THRILLED to get to my resort ASAP and get them to bed rather than wasting precious time waiting at baggage claim, etc. Just my opinion ....

If your airline misdirects your luggage, you'd normally have to wait in line at your airline's baggage office, fill out forms, and then get to your resort WAY late. If you put DME tags on your bags and check-in at the DME Welcome Center, DME will act as your agent and track your bags down for you and deliver them to you. I'm sure a substantial number of "late luggage" incidents were caused by the airline sending the luggage to MCI (Kansas City) instead of MCO and then flying it back to MCO, or something along those lines. If you have DME tags on those bags, the irony is you don't have to do anything, and have no way of knowing to be annoyed with the airline and not DME. But if you didn't have the DME tags on your bags, you'd have wasted time at the baggage office in the airport.

 

[figmentmom]

Put your nightie and a change of clothes in your carry-on, and let DME worry about the rest of it. You'll be glad you did.

Have a great trip! :wave:

 

[spaceghost]

We arrived at 11:30PM back in April and used ME. When we arrived at the hotel (AS:Movies), they told us that they would just leave a message on our phone once the bags were in and we could just call down once we got the message and they'd bring them up. So, we brought our nighttime clothes in out carry-on and were good to go. When we woke up in the morning the light on the phone was flashing - I called down and the bags were there 10 minutes later. It was really easy and totally worth it. Waiting for your bags is going to add another 20-30 minutes to your already late check-in time. The sooner you can get on the bus and get to the resort the sooner you can get a good night's sleep.

 

[shuflemstr]

When I was there in March, I didn't get to the resort until after midnight. When I checked in they asked me if I would rather have the bags as soon as they got there or in the morning. I told them in the morning would be fine. We were still asleep when they came. It was around 8am. I love Magical Express.

 

[Craig & Lisa]

We arrived twice late, got our bags ourselves, save yourself the headaches, don't put the tags on and get them yourself. That way you'll sleep peacefully, otherwise you may lay awake wondering if they lost your bags on the way down,and you have all of your things right away.