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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

1. Overall Convenience Disney Hotels offer so many amenities that enhance your Disney vacation.  The staff and management are like all the employees of Walt Disney World; they are Cast Members, and all the guests are the audience, while the Hotel and the parks are the stage.  They are there to entertain, assist, and make your stay the utm

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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

2. Beautifully Disney-themed rooms At select Disney Resort Hotels, you can request specially themed Disney rooms.  The Art of Animation Resort offers rooms with fully decorated suites themed around these animated Disney movies:  “Cars”, “The Little Mermaid”, “Lion King”, and “Finding Nemo”.  At Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, you can cho

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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

3. Package Pick-up and Delivery Service This unique service offered by all the Disney Hotel resorts is one of the most convenient perks offered.  Let’s say you find an oversized stuffed animal at Animal Kingdom, and you don’t want to purchase it right then because of the inconvenience of carrying it around for the rest of the day.  Since

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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

4. Priority Theme Park Admissions When a theme park has unusually heavy crowds (Christmas, 4th of July, spring break, etc.), Disney may restrict admission into that theme park for all customers.  When deciding whom to admit into the park, priority is given to guests staying at Disney World Resort Hotels.  This rarely occurs, but staying o

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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

5. Special Activities There are so many fun, adventuresome, and family oriented activities at all Walt Disney Resort hotels.  Take a ride on a horse-drawn carriage, rent a bicycle or surrey, enjoy a movie under the stars, sing songs around a campfire, swim in a fanciful Disney-themed pool with slides and poolside games, and so much more. 

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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

6. Disney Dining Plans The Disney Dining Plan (DDP) if available to Disney World guests who purchase the “Magic Your Way Vacation Package” or book using Disney Vacation Club points.  With the DDP, you are purchasing a certain number of meals ahead of time on a voucher-type system. Basically, for each night of your stay, each guest on your

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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

7. Complimentary Resort Transportation and Parking Walt Disney World provides complimentary transportation (motor coaches, ferry boats, monorail) to all four theme parks, water parks, Disney Springs, and other Resort Hotels.  Check with your Hotel for transportation choices available.

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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

8. Extra Magic Hours Guests staying at Disney Hotel Resorts have the opportunity to access select attractions in at least one of the four theme parks an hour before or two hours after regular operating hours.  Other than Fast Pass+ reservations, this is the best time to take advantage of lower crowds and shorter wait times.  *Fast Passes

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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

9. Disney’s Magical Express For those guests who have chosen air transportation, this is a fantastic perk.  Once you have made your Disney Resort Hotel and airline reservations, you will receive by mail special Disney luggage tags and your personalized Magic Bands.  Simply drop your luggage off at your local airport, and you will not see

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10 Benefits That Are Only Available to Disney Resort Hotel Guests

10. “My Magic+” Option Once you have chosen your Disney World Hotel and are ready to make those all-important Hotel reservations, think about this very significant option.  You will receive complimentary Magic Bands for everyone in your family.  Magic Bands are colorful, flexible wristbands which enable you, with a simple tap, to open you

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