GerriS
Disney Parks Globetrotter
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2011
I would price out your pre night hotels on your own. As Sayhello said, it's usually cheaper and you should be able to keep your transfer. If you choose a different hotel (like HKDL rather than Peninsula), you typically have to arrange your own transfer. I'm very surprised they gave a transfer option at all from HKDL. $135 is probably what you would pay if you arranged your own private transfer.
Thoughts on Hong Kong...
Option 1 - HKDL should be very easy to taxi to from the airport. Book it on your own and taxi there, and just taxi from HKDL to the Peninsula. Language barrier won't be a big issue in HK.
Option 2 - Just go straight to the Peninsula (depending on price) after you get off the plane and then take the subway down to DL. It's about a 30 min subway ride. It may be more convenient if you don't have to change hotels.
Thanks for the reply. The quoted hotel price included nothing; park tickets are less than $60US so that seemed like a bargain. Interesting the hotel is so high as it is not even peak season and I am spending little time in the room. I also don't understand Disney skimping on the transfer, after including the trip from the airport to the Penninsula in my package. I was only wanting to make my own way to the Resort and use my package transfer to meet up with ABD from there. It's little things like not accommodating my wanting to spend an extra day at the HK resort that makes me cringe. It's not like the trip is cheap to begin with and Disney saves money if I don't use the transfer and I am intending to spend bucks at the Resort just prior. I think $600 to stay for one night and then expecting me to get to the Penninsula on my own is petty. Ugh!
We are planning on staying at Pennisula through ABD for the extra night for between $600-700, and take metro to the park. That way transfers are included to hotel, so it sounds like a wash.