Using Magical Express luggage tags?

We've never had an issue (been 4 times now). We fly from Toronto to Orlando direct so we haven't dealt with connecting flights.

However, I don't think ME tags would make any difference when it comes to connecting flights. Any problems with connections would be the same whether it's a Disney bag or not. The tags are just treated extra special only at Orlando as far as I know.

If you have to go and get your bags in Philly to connect to the next flight, you could always put the tags on at that point I suppose.

I live the US but did have a connecting flight in Atlanta for my 2011 Disney trip. I didn't have any issues with my luggage.

I flew through Philly coming back from Europe a few years ago. I didn't have any issues with my luggage after going through customs. It made it back to Hartford with me.

I know you are looking more for advice from your fellow Canadians. I wanted to give you my experience with both having a connecting flight to Disney and flying internally into Philly. I think you'll be ok. I agree with Ken, any luggage issues shouldn't have anything to do with ME tags.

I have never had any issues with the tags. The only issue was when I traveled with my high school marching band/choir and our bags got to our rooms at like 1 or 2 am with the chaperons delivering the bags. Never had any lost luggage.

Personally I'd tag them. You're going to have to claim your luggage in Philly to get through Customs and then recheck it, so that negates the international part of the concern. I also have to say if they lose your luggage with a ME tag and report it to Disney, Disney works on finding it and it gets delivered to your room. My sister's luggage was lost last May and Disney told her she'd have it by the next morning. Around 1 am we get a knock on the door, its the bellman bring her bag!

And this is who they send to look for the missing luggage...

I agree with the advice you've been given. Since you're travelling internationally (although Canada to US doesn't really seem international does it? But maybe that's just b/c I've spent a lot of time in Canada.....), you'll probably have to get your bags in Philly to go through customs. If they're tagged already and happen to be lost, though, Disney will work on finding them.

I hope your trip goes well. I also hope you go out of a gate in the same terminal which you fly into when you arrive Philly. I always connect through Philly when I fly back to NY and it's not my favorite airport. People are ok, but I really don't like the shuttle transport between terminals there. And I've never actually sat in a seat during a layover. Seating seems really limited so I usually end up sitting in a corner, on the floor, with my head propped on my carryon. Ugh.

It's been a few years since we flew out of Halifax, but don't they have pre-clearance for American customs now just like Toronto? This would mean you are considered a domestic flight right from Halifax - wouldn't your luggage also be pre-cleared, and not require you to handle it in Philly?

Halifax is listed as preclearance on the CBP website (per google). Which is good b/c I can't imagine clearing passport control and customs in Philly, checking luggage, and changing terminals in an hour and forty minutes!!

I still say tag the bags and let Disney work it's "magic". But then again I'm lazy and I hate standing by the baggage carrousel and prefer it to appear in my room. What would be really magical if it appeared in my room, unpacked, ironed, and folded, but I guess even Disney's magic has limits!!

Well, if it makes you feel any better, I'm also a "worry wart". I analyze everything to the "nth" degree and think of worst case scenarios all the time. Ugg. It drives JanJ crazy at times!

However, in I trust, and I've found that their service is second to none. A Disney World trip is one of those times that I feel totally relaxed.

Deep breath and Ahhhhhh...

Everything will be fine!

We used ME luggage tags our last trip from Minnesota and had no issues. Like everyone else gas said, the transfer in Philly shouldn't be affected by the tags.