“Most Disney Resorts offer online check-in before your arrival to speed up the registration process in the lobby. On our last stay at Pop Century, we were also given the opportunity to provide our email or cell phone number and receive a text with the number of our room. We were traveling by car to the Disney area that morning, not sure whether we should head to the parks or take a chance and stop at the resort to see if our room was ready (check in was at 3:00 pm). Then we received a text stating our room was ready and the room number. We opened our PassPorter to the Pop Century map and parked near the building we were in! No need to stop at the lobby and check in—just use your Magic Band as your room key! We unloaded our luggage in our room and headed to the parks! Big time-saver!”

— Contributed by Lisa O’Meara, a winner in our Reader Tip Contest