Offsite Disney Springs Resort Area hotels to offer Extra Magic Hours and extended FastPass+ booking window

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Wednesday December 20, 2017 8:50am EDT · "Walt Disney World Resorts"

Guests of the Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels, beginning with stays on January 1 2018, and continuing throughout 2018, will be able to take part in the Extra Magic Hours benefit at Walt Disney World Theme Parks.

The Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels are: B Resort & Spa; Best Western Lake Buena Vista; DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando; Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace; Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista; Holiday Inn Orlando; and Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista.

Also, scheduled to begin January 10 2018, guests at the Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels, who have booked a Walt Disney Travel Company package including a stay at one of the hotels, and theme park admission, will be able to link their hotel reservation on MyDisneyExperience.com, and with a linked, valid theme park ticket, these guests can utilize a 60-day booking window for FastPass+ selections.

This hotel benefit is available from January 1 – December 31 2018, and is subject to change without notice. Guests without the Park Hopper Option or Park Hopper Plus Option must use their ticket for admission to the same theme park where they would like to enjoy the Extra Magic Hours benefit.

Other benefits of staying at one of the Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels include:

  • Advance tee times and discounts at all Walt Disney World® Resort golf courses
  • The ability to book advance dining and dinner show reservations for all restaurants across the Walt Disney World® Resort.

Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels include:

  • B Resort & Spa – the resort opened in June 2014 with 394 newly renovated guest rooms, the full-service B Indulged AVEDA Spa, and features American Kitchen Bar & Grill
  • Best Western Lake Buena Vista – the 18-story, 325-room resort overlooks scenic Lake Buena Vista and the Walt Disney World Resort, and offers two restaurants, a lounge, and wireless internet
  • DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Orlando – the hotel features 229 suites, and is the only all-suite resort hotel in the Disney Springs Resort Area
  • Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace –the 27-acre, newly renovated hotel features a redesigned pool area with four pools, seven restaurants and lounges, spa, and a Character Breakfast every Sunday
  • Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista – the closest hotel to Disney Springs, the resort offers two pools, a Disney Character Breakfast each Sunday, seven restaurants and lounges (including Benihana Steakhouse), and 24-hour fitness center
  • Holiday Inn Orlando – featuring modern Florida décor, a beach entry swimming pool, and complimentary Wi-Fi in all guest rooms and public areas
  • Wyndham Garden Lake Buena Vista – featuring a Disney Character Breakfast 3 days a week, 394 guest rooms, six dining options, and the Oasis Aquatic Pool Playground with interactive water features.

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Monorail_Red_77Dec 20, 2017
Aren't these hotels considered on-site third party hotels? I guess off-site has a better ring, even though the are on actual Disney Property just not owned or operated by Disney. When I think of off-site, I think of places like Orlando World Marriott or Lake Buena Vista Suites. But, maybe that is just me. LOL
I see that some of them do once a week character breakfasts in their hotels too.
Master YodaDec 20, 2017
↩ replying to Monorail_Red_77
"Good neighbor hotel" is the official term.

It has a slightly better ring to it than "on-site third party hotels" although that is an accurate description.:)
homerdanceDec 21, 2017
↩ replying to Andrew C
Not sure if it was earlier in this thread or not, but the fees that are charged, minus the parking fees, will be included in the quoted price when booked via WDWTC, so when calling you will be able to compare easier.
yaksplatDec 21, 2017
I just don't like this one bit.
MisterPenguinMar 11, 2018
Four Seasons Resort Orlando guests now get Extra Magic Hours at Disney parks
larryzMar 12, 2018
↩ replying to yaksplat
Well, now you can like it even less.
MisterPenguinAug 24, 2018
Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels Will Extend Select Disney Benefits Through 2019
BigThunderMattAug 25, 2018
Something tells me this is a precursor to some sort of paid unlimited FastPass outside of VIP Tours for Disney Resort Guests to sweeten the staying-on-property pot.
matt9112Aug 25, 2018
↩ replying to BigThunderMatt
if so i think free fastpass dies....theres simply not enough allocation for that without destroying stand by. NOW if it was some absurd amount than maybe but at anything sane no way.
JoeCamelAug 25, 2018
↩ replying to matt9112
Maybe that is the end game, you have everyone in the FP line BUT now they are paying to stand in the same line that was once free.
Remember when people said they would never sell the parks twice in a day? It is what happens now.
GoofGoofAug 25, 2018
I have to assume this is purely a money grab for Disney. These hotels must be paying more for the right to offer this. If they weren’t during the trial period they probably are now and/or will be in the future.
Kman101Aug 25, 2018
↩ replying to GoofGoof
It's a money grab I'm OK with. It benefits them and guests. They offered it before but then stopped. I was glad to see it brought back. It's a nice gesture. I just dislike the idea that you can book a FP 60 days out period.
GoofGoofAug 25, 2018
↩ replying to Kman101
I think we are getting close to a period where that on-site 60 day FP is going to become really valuable. It was virtually impossible to get FP for FoP at 30 days or closer when Pandora opened and it’s still very hard over a year later. I haven’t followed it as close this summer but I’m sure even Toy Story Land FP is hard to get. When things like SW, Rat, Great Mickey Ride, GoTG and Tron open they will all have the some similar level of frenzy (with SW significantly greater). I think Disney knows this and will probably jack up the cost to its “good neighbors” when they see how valuable it is.
MisterPenguinAug 25, 2018
If you're looking for the company's angle on this, keep in mind that Disney gets a lot of money from these hotels for being officially on their property. Rental of land. Taxes to Reedy Creek. Disney has an incentive to keep these hotels full over the ones outside their zone. And with their own resorts being full so often, they'd rather have guests feed the Disney Springs resorts than area Orlando hotels.
GoofGoofAug 25, 2018
↩ replying to MisterPenguin
I think with everything opening in the next 5 years they are going to need that room capacity unless they start building more rooms and fast. It’s similar to the Universal model or the Swan/Dolphin plan under Eisner using 3rd party vendors. Also similar to Disney Springs now. Rent and royalties are steady streams of cash flows while the volitility from the ups and downs of tourism and the economy is someone else’s problem.
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