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Anonymous wrote:Just stayed at two lovely Hawaiian resorts and didn't have to wait at all. In fact, I can't remember the last time I waited to check in somewhere. Can you give examples OP?

NP here. We waited forever, 20 minutes, at a resort in Williamsburg to check-in. It is incredibly annoying. I’m tired, hot, hungry and they make you wait in line forever and then check in takes 15 min. Why???

Are you talking about Great Wolf Lodge! I remember those very long lines when active DD was little. So hard!

This happens at every Caribbean resort - mid to high end - I have been to. At some mid range like Westins (thinking of Grand Cayman most recently), the check in line has literally been out the door.

Cabana Bay - can wait a half hour

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Anonymous wrote:Why is checking in at resorts so awful? It's frustrating to pay so much money and then spend 15+ minutes standing in line after hours of traveling. And then the actual check in process takes like 20 minutes while trying to keep our little kids calm. When we stay at regular hotels we can do online check in with the click of a button and go straight to our rooms.

WDW really has it down now. We do online check in, and they text us the room number and we can use our phone app to get in the room. We skip the front desk totally.

Oh have they set this system up since we went this past winter? We were exhausted when we got to Port Orleans and stood in the wrong place in the reception area waiting to check in, nobody acknowledged us then a long line formed and we had to go to the back of that. 4yo DD was tired and hungry. Fun times.

We used it last month. But also 18 months ago and during COVID.

It was a breeze. But we did the pre check on on the Disney app.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is checking in at resorts so awful? It's frustrating to pay so much money and then spend 15+ minutes standing in line after hours of traveling. And then the actual check in process takes like 20 minutes while trying to keep our little kids calm. When we stay at regular hotels we can do online check in with the click of a button and go straight to our rooms.

WDW really has it down now. We do online check in, and they text us the room number and we can use our phone app to get in the room. We skip the front desk totally.

Oh have they set this system up since we went this past winter? We were exhausted when we got to Port Orleans and stood in the wrong place in the reception area waiting to check in, nobody acknowledged us then a long line formed and we had to go to the back of that. 4yo DD was tired and hungry. Fun times.

Anonymous wrote:Just stayed at two lovely Hawaiian resorts and didn't have to wait at all. In fact, I can't remember the last time I waited to check in somewhere. Can you give examples OP?

NP here. We waited forever, 20 minutes, at a resort in Williamsburg to check-in. It is incredibly annoying. I’m tired, hot, hungry and they make you wait in line forever and then check in takes 15 min. Why???

Anonymous wrote:Why is checking in at resorts so awful? It's frustrating to pay so much money and then spend 15+ minutes standing in line after hours of traveling. And then the actual check in process takes like 20 minutes while trying to keep our little kids calm. When we stay at regular hotels we can do online check in with the click of a button and go straight to our rooms.

WDW really has it down now. We do online check in, and they text us the room number and we can use our phone app to get in the room. We skip the front desk totally.

Anonymous wrote:Just stayed at two lovely Hawaiian resorts and didn't have to wait at all. In fact, I can't remember the last time I waited to check in somewhere. Can you give examples OP?

DP but took us 10 mins at the ritz in grand cayman. Frustrating.

I don’t think this is just a cheap resort problem as one PP suggested. We’ve stayed at insanely expensive resorts in Asia, HI, etc. The only difference is that while they’re taking a half hour to check you in, you sit in a special private check-in lounge or patio or atrium and they bring you snacks and drinks and things.

Doesn’t matter how nice the surroundings are because it feels endless, especially when they disappear with your passport. No matter how nice the waiting area is, I’m still sweating through my airplane outfit and dealing with a kid who is jet lagged or wants to use the bathroom but I can’t leave with her because someone has my bags and my passport and I just want to put my tote down and take a shower.

Anonymous wrote:Island time

+1
Embracing the island time concept makes for a much more enjoyable Caribbean holiday.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - referring to our experiences with three resorts in Las Vegas, Orlando and Williamsburg. They are certainly not the fanciest resorts. The one in Orlando was definitely not cheap, for example.

Well there you have it. They're not fancy. Orlando is expensive even for non-fancy.
I've never NOT waited to check in, so I don't even know what I'm missing

What perplexes me is that regular hotels seem to be able to have check in last 0 minutes. I'm not talking about fancy hotels. I'm talking about the Hampton Inn.

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Anonymous wrote:Just stayed at two lovely Hawaiian resorts and didn't have to wait at all. In fact, I can't remember the last time I waited to check in somewhere. Can you give examples OP?

Anywhere in Mexico. They move at a glacial pace.

“They”? Who is “they”?

You need this explained?? The front desk people. You know the ones checking you in.

I know you wanted me to say Mexicans so you could call me racist. Sorry to disappoints. The front desk people usually are from all over the world .

You meant Mexicans and you are racist.

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Anonymous wrote:Just stayed at two lovely Hawaiian resorts and didn't have to wait at all. In fact, I can't remember the last time I waited to check in somewhere. Can you give examples OP?

Anywhere in Mexico. They move at a glacial pace.

“They”? Who is “they”?

You need this explained?? The front desk people. You know the ones checking you in.

All the front desk people in Mexico are slow?

That makes no sense.

I call BS that is not what you meant and you know it!

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Anonymous wrote:Just stayed at two lovely Hawaiian resorts and didn't have to wait at all. In fact, I can't remember the last time I waited to check in somewhere. Can you give examples OP?

Anywhere in Mexico. They move at a glacial pace.

“They”? Who is “they”?

You need this explained?? The front desk people. You know the ones checking you in.

I know you wanted me to say Mexicans so you could call me racist. Sorry to disappoints. The front desk people usually are from all over the world .

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Anonymous wrote:Just stayed at two lovely Hawaiian resorts and didn't have to wait at all. In fact, I can't remember the last time I waited to check in somewhere. Can you give examples OP?

Anywhere in Mexico. They move at a glacial pace.

“They”? Who is “they”?

You need this explained?? The front desk people. You know the ones checking you in.