My family is driving to Disney for a Saturday to Saturday stay and are coming in a day before our reservation starts with Disney. We plan to stay at an offsite hotel the Friday night and rope drop Animal Kingdom on Saturday before we check into our Disney hotel. Has anyone had experience with this? Are the Dining plan and tickets active on the first day of your stay before you check in with the hotel? I have done the online check in for a 7:00 am start but didn't want any surprises once we get there. Thanks for all your help.