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From: Rudeney on 26 Apr 2010 14:31 Paul Lalli wrote: > On Apr 26, 2:01 pm, Rudeney <rude...(a)mickeypics.com> wrote: > >> So that means only guests with flight times after 4:00pm >> would need a later checkout time. What percentage of departing flight >> leave after 4:00pm from MCO? My guess is that it's much less than 50%, >> and in fact probably more like 20%. > > I don't know about anyone else, but I've never - not once - booked an > outgoing flight from Orlando for earlier than 7pm. Why on earth would > you want to cut short the time you have in WDW and go back to the real > world any earlier than you have to? Actually, this is one of the reasons we don't fly to WDW very often. Most all the flights home are way before 7:00pm. In fact, there are only for flights that leave after 5:00pm and they are crappy routes (connections with bad layovers). Now, if I want to leave before 4:00pm, there are over 30 flights to choose from. -- - RODNEY Next WDW Vacation? Who knows! Need to know more about RADP (rec.arts.disney.parks)? http://www.radp.org http://allears.net/btp/radp_bk.htm http://allears.net/tp/abrev.htm
From: Darrell Jefress on 26 Apr 2010 14:40 "Rudeney" <rudeney(a)mickeypics.com> wrote in message news:hr4ki7$ake$1(a)rudeney.motzarella.org... > > That's a good point, about Disney hotel occupancy rates. Still, the > number of people needing to stay late is probably far less than 50%. For > people flying out, and especially those using ME, they would need to leave > about three hours before their flight's schedule departure. Since normal > checkout is 11:00am, this means that only those on flights later than > 2:00pm would request late checkout. In my experience, I've always been > able to get checkout extended to at least noon, and most of the time > 1:00pm. So that means only guests with flight times after 4:00pm would > need a later checkout time. What percentage of departing flight leave > after 4:00pm from MCO? My guess is that it's much less than 50%, and in > fact probably more like 20%. So, it's a small number of people asking for > really late checkout times. If the room was not being scheduled for > another guest that evening, then it should be no problem for the hotel to > allow it, but it may not be something they know until the night before. I > say if it works out, let the guest stay, if not, then too bad. Rodney, my guess is that it's just less of a hassle for the resort - there's no issue of "well, my friend stayed here last month and *he* got late checkout". We all know about how stories circulate in the internet era. At the DVC properties, the policy is *no* late checkouts. I'm sure there are rare exceptions made, but it would have to be something really unusual. Also, having more rooms vacant at an earlier time just gives the hotel that much more flexibility in assigning rooms or dealing with unusual circumstances. In general, a room that is vacated later is more likely to end up unoccupied for the evening. It would be unfortunate for the nicer location rooms to go empty for a night while the guest checking in mid-afternoon ends up in the less desirable location N via D
From: Lisa Cubbon on 26 Apr 2010 20:00 Rudeney wrote: > m-i-c-k-e-y wrote: >> >> Other hotels have the option to give you a late check out because they >> don't run the occupancy rates that Disney runs. Disney rooms are >> typically booked at least 90% full, sometimes sold out during Easter/ >> Christmas time. They just don't have the number of rooms to be able >> to accommodate the numbers of late check outs and still get all the >> new check ins a room at a decent time. Could you imagine the number >> of people who would want to keep their room just because they are >> flying out later in the day? It just would not be feasible. During >> the slow times of the year, I'm sure they might have the rooms, but >> consistently, they would not. And if they consistently can not do it, >> then it would lead to a bad guest experience. > > That's a good point, about Disney hotel occupancy rates. Still, the > number of people needing to stay late is probably far less than 50%. For > people flying out, and especially those using ME, they would need to > leave about three hours before their flight's schedule departure. Since > normal checkout is 11:00am, this means that only those on flights later > than 2:00pm would request late checkout. In my experience, I've always > been able to get checkout extended to at least noon, and most of the > time 1:00pm. So that means only guests with flight times after 4:00pm > would need a later checkout time. What percentage of departing flight > leave after 4:00pm from MCO? My guess is that it's much less than 50%, > and in fact probably more like 20%. So, it's a small number of people > asking for really late checkout times. If the room was not being > scheduled for another guest that evening, then it should be no problem > for the hotel to allow it, but it may not be something they know until > the night before. I say if it works out, let the guest stay, if not, > then too bad. > > Now, I have actually rented a hotel room for an entire extra night and > checked out in the evening. Once I was flying out of Las Vegas on a red > eye and I didn't want to be "stranded" without a room that evening, so I > booked an extra night, knowing I'd checkout around 9:00pm. I paid for > the extra full night, even though I only "used" abut 10 hours of it. > That was worth it to me (actually to my company). Another time I've > seen this sort of thing was in ports of call for cruise ships. We > actually considered this at The Atlantis resort in Nassau so we could > use their recreation facilities. We ended up not doing it, and I'm glad > we didn't; the weather was not so great that day so it would have been > somewhat of a waste of money. > > We have checked out and paid an extra night to just get home earlier. It always comes down to time vs. money. Which is more precious to you at the moment. Lisa
From: Ginny Favers on 26 Apr 2010 21:24 On 4/26/2010 2:14 PM, Paul Lalli wrote: > On Apr 26, 2:01 pm, Rudeney<rude...(a)mickeypics.com> wrote: > >> So that means only guests with flight times after 4:00pm >> would need a later checkout time. What percentage of departing flight >> leave after 4:00pm from MCO? My guess is that it's much less than 50%, >> and in fact probably more like 20%. > > I don't know about anyone else, but I've never - not once - booked an > outgoing flight from Orlando for earlier than 7pm. Why on earth would > you want to cut short the time you have in WDW and go back to the real > world any earlier than you have to? > > Paul Lalli I think a lot of people don't live in cities with direct flights, or they have a drive of several hours facing them when they get back to the airport. We're fortunate to be able to take the 9 p.m. + flights home! ~Amanda
From: Tom Moeller on 27 Apr 2010 21:41
"Paul Lalli" <mritty(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:9704c80b-2e2f-44e3-95d3-172fc633d4f6(a)j15g2000vbq.googlegroups.com... > I don't know about anyone else, but I've never - not once - booked an > outgoing flight from Orlando for earlier than 7pm. Why on earth would > you want to cut short the time you have in WDW and go back to the real > world any earlier than you have to? > > Paul Lalli April 11th, the Sunday after NY's Easter break, we were scheduled to take off at 6:45pm. Due to delays on the incoming aircraft, the plane didn't take off till 8:15pm. 12-year-old DS arrived at home around midnight, and needed to be perky for school the next morning. So next time, we fly earlier in the day, and/or leave on Saturday evening instead. There's got to be some time allowed to return and readjust to the real world. tom |