BENEFITS

Experience all the magic by staying in the middle of it all. When you stay at a Disney Resort you can take advantage of all the privileges. The Disney cast members will assist you any way possible to make your vacation truly a magical one.

When you stay in the middle of the magic at one of the Disney Resorts you will receive all of the Disney advantages. Anyone who stays at a Disney run resort will receive all of the following benefits like early admission to the four theme parks, package delivery, free Disney transportation to the parks, ability to charge purchases to your room with your Disney Resort ID, and more.

EARLY ADMISSION TO PARKS
Another added advantage of staying at a Disney Hotel Resort is early entrance to the theme parks on certain days.   If you are fortunate enough to be staying at one of the. On these Surprise Mornings you can enter the parks before everyone else and get a head start on certain attractions. The list below will show what days each park offers early admission. Now, only certain attractions are open and the section below will show you what attractions are open.   The one misconception that most people have is that all the attractions are open on these Surprise Mornings.   The only attractions that are open are the ones listed, but they are some of the most popular.

Magic Kingdom
The days to visit the Magic Kingdom before anyone else are on Mondays, Thursdays, & Saturdays. The park opens one hour earlier just for Disney Resort guests. Here are the only attractions that will be open early: Orbiter, Space Mountain, Tomorrowland Transit Authority, Alien Encounter, Grand Prix Raceway, Tomorrowland Light and Power Company, Mad Tea Party, It�s a Small World, Snow White�s Adventure, Cinderella�s Golden Carrousel, Dumbo, Mr. Toad�s Wild Ride, Peter Pan�s Flight.

EPCOT
The two days that you can visit EPCOT are on Tuesday and Fridays. The park opens one hour earlier on these two days just for the Disney Resort guests. Here are the attractions that will be open early are: Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, Space Ship Earth, The Living Seas, and Innoventions. As you can see you don�t have many attractions open but the ones that are open are the most popular.

MGM
The two days that you can visit MGM Studios are on Wednesdays & Sundays. The park opens one hour earlier on these two days just for the Disney Resort guests. Here are the attractions that will be open: Tower of Terror, Star Tours, & the Great Movie Ride. Again these are the most popular attractions in MGM.

FREE TRANSPORTATION
When you stay in the middle of the magic you can take full advantage of the transportation. You can go from your resort hotel to any of the theme parks, the water parks, the Marketplace, or even Pleasure Island for free. Your parking is also free when you stay at a Disney Resort. So, if you decide to use the monorail, bus, or tram it is free. See the expanded section on transportation.

CHECK - IN & CHECK - OUT
The time for check - in is the same for all Disney Resort Hotels. The scheduled time for check - in is 4:00 p.m. The time that is scheduled for check - out is 11:00 a.m. All of the Disney Resort Hotels will store your luggage when arriving before the scheduled check - in time. This way you can go off to the parks and enjoy the day. Disney cast members will take care of watching your luggage for you. If the room is ready when you get down there they will give you your room earlier.
The Disney Resort Hotel will store your luggage if needed again when you check - out.    If you need a late check - out the hotel may be able to accommodate you.   Just ask at the time of check-in if they can give you a late checkout. You must let them know at the time of check - in.

PACKAGE DELIVERY
Here is another plus when staying a Disney Resort. Have you ever been in the park and you decide to buy something? Then you�re stuck having to carry it around all day. Because you know if you would of waited till the end of the day you would of forgotten to buy it or changed your mind. Well, help is on the way. They offer free package delivery for all Disney Resort guests. If you buy anything at any of the theme parks they will have it sent to your resort hotel for you. This will be delivered the next day to your resort hotel. So that you know what you are having sent to your room they will issue you a receipt. Since Disney has this service you know what that means, you don�t have to carry it. Plus now you can go and buy more things. So don�t let your self be weighted down by packages at the time of purchase make sure you ask for package delivery. (It�s a free service)

SMOKING
All of the Disney Resort hotels offer you a choice of smoking or non-smoking rooms. For the most part Disney is non-smoking resort.    You will find that the restaurants are generally non-smoking here.   All of the theme parks are non-smoking, attractions in the theme parks are non-smoking also. They do have several areas set for smoking. So at the time you make your reservation specify what kind of room you would prefer.