Can you check out of a room reservation early?
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ShellingConnie · 08-04-2012, 05:00 PM

Here's the story:

My husband is going for a convention and staying at CR next week. He booked his room only room for 10 days. He has not altered that.

He currently plans for being there for 8 days total - 4 convention days, 4 park days.

He says if he is having fun at the parks after the convention ends he may stay for 10 days so he doesn't want to change his room only reservation.

He was wondering if he leaves at the end of 8 days because he's not enjoying the parks alone, will he get charged for the other 2 days?

I have no idea. I've always stayed the full amount of time I booked.

Sue M. · 08-04-2012, 05:26 PM

Well you could drive down and take those 2 days off his hands,

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I'm not sure of the answer, but I'd think he would be charged.

aislinn0903 · 08-05-2012, 05:53 PM

Is he crazy?! Are you?!!

2 extra days at the world and he would throw them away? Get down there and have a blast!

EddieCVS · 08-05-2012, 06:07 PM

I think he would be charged for the days he reserved. Go along with him and enjoy yourself in the parks too if you can.

iloverags2 · 08-05-2012, 06:39 PM

We had to leave early once and notified the front desk the day before leaving. We were not charged for the days we did not stay.

ShellingConnie · 08-05-2012, 07:40 PM

Unfortunately school starts tomorrow and I don't pull the kids out for vacations anymore since they are in higher grades now with tons more work.

He's there now in the Magic Kingdom so I guess I'll find out what happens in 8 days if he decides to leave early.

allgiggles · 08-05-2012, 09:09 PM

I know my sister and her family checked out early and didn't get any money back, but she didn't ask about it either. She was just frustrated that her kids (first trip to Disney) only wanted to swim in the resort pool and didn't want to go to the parks anymore so they checked out a day early and headed home (they drove). Why she didn't just stay there and let them swim for the last day is beyond me, but whatever (personally, I can't imagine checking out of WDW early for anything other than a serious illness or other family emergency :-D). When I asked her if they at least got a refund for 1 night at the resort (she had a room only ressie) she said, "No. I didn't even think to ask about that when I checked out. I was just so mad at the kids for wanting to swim rather than go to the parks that I just wanted to get home."

I would specifically ask about it when he checks out if he leaves early.

Carousel96 · 08-05-2012, 10:41 PM

Can't speak for Disney, but I know at other hotels it's often okay if you tell them ahead of time -- "We're going to be leaving Thursday, not Friday" but they're less accepting when you say "We're leaving TODAY."
Of course, that assumes it's a pay-on-checkout arrangement. Prepaid ressie would probably be a different thing.

Although now that I think about it -- we did leave the Marco Island Marriott early one year because the weather was lousy, and added a night at the beginning of our WDW stay.

Sue M. · 08-05-2012, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ShellingConnie

Unfortunately school starts tomorrow and I don't pull the kids out for vacations anymore since they are in higher grades now with tons more work.

He's there now in the Magic Kingdom so I guess I'll find out what happens in 8 days if he decides to leave early.

Oh, that would just about kill me

**mzozzietj** · 08-06-2012, 06:30 AM

Here's hoping he has so much fun, he won't need to find out. Or you can tell him to come home early and you can fly down and enjoy a few days

iloverags2 · 08-06-2012, 06:38 AM

I should have clarified, when we checked out early we had a room-only reservation and not a package.

ShellingConnie · 08-06-2012, 02:58 PM

So he stopped by the front desk this morning and asked them. They said since he has a room only reservation as long as he gives them 24 hours notice he won't be charged for the remaining days.

But he also told me that he has since decided he'll probably stay for the full 10 days because he wants to do a day at the Kennedy Space Center and another day visiting friends who live nearby.

**Luvsun** · 08-07-2012, 09:54 AM

Glad he was able to get an answer!

you are not there with him enjoying the fun of WDW!

**HiddenMickey** · 08-07-2012, 10:53 AM

We did it before.

I had a room only reservation for an one day more than we decided to stay at ASMovies. We decided to leave a day earlier than our original plan. We did not get charged for the last day.