The NEW Game Changing Hotel Perk You Are NOT Using Enough in Disney World

Are you fully taking advantage of your Disney World hotel stays?

Caribbean Beach Resort

While staying on property at a Disney World hotel can be pretty expensive, these stays often come with a wide array of PERKS. From water park tickets to early entry hours, there are plenty of reasons to choose to stay at a Disney World hotel. However, there’s one perk offered at these resorts THAT DOESN’T EVEN REQUIRE YOU TO BE A GUEST if you want to experience it!

Meeting characters is a fantastic Disney World pastime, and that carries over to the hotels!

Emma and Mirabel

The opportunity to meet your favorite Disney characters at hotels isn’t just limited to hotel guests — this is actually something you can do even WITHOUT a Disney World hotel reservation!

Right off the bat, the obvious thought centers around character dining experiences, and there are several hotel restaurants that offer them.

Snow White

However, you don’t necessarily need to spend an extra cent to meet characters at the hotel.

Sometimes, you can simply visit a hotel and find characters roaming around!

Dale!

Now, it needs to be pointed out that it’s never guaranteed which hotel will have the characters out and about, and sometimes you may just have to get lucky with timing.

Sometimes hotels will advertise specific meet-and-greet times, and you can also talk with Guests Services and they’d be happy to help you get your character questions answered.

Mickey and Minnie at Disney’s Boardwalk Inn

All in all, though, we’ve seen Disney characters pop up at the hotels away from their theme park homes, and it’s a great treat — especially when you’re visiting the hotel and not paying extra for the experience!

Goofy

Have you come across characters at the Disney World hotels? Let us know in the comments and continue to follow us here at AllEars for more Disney World tips, tricks, reviews, and updates!

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