Originally Posted By MPierce >> Giggling loon... or internet troll? YOU... make the call! << Personally I think it's Jay Rasulo.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Currently Disney makes it pretty clear that pool-hopping is NOT acceptable. Not even for DVC members at the more popular pools.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Visiting all the resorts is in fact acceptable and encouraged. Pool hopping? I'm not sure if the policy has changed, but it used to be if you paid for a moderate you could use any of the moderate (or value) pools. If you wanted to swim in a deluxe pool it was policy for only deluxe resort guests use the deluxe resort pools. I'm not sure if any of the "regular" deluxe guest could use the monorail resort pools or not, given the premium charged at them.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Visiting all the resorts is in fact acceptable and encouraged. Pool hopping? I'm not sure if the policy has changed, but it used to be if you paid for a moderate you could use any of the moderate (or value) pools. If you wanted to swim in a deluxe pool it was policy for only deluxe resort guests use the deluxe resort pools. I'm not sure if any of the "regular" deluxe guest could use the monorail resort pools or not, given the premium charged at them. << Pool hoping is a Romper Room no-no. You are only allowed to swim at your designated resort pool unless it is under construction. Then you will be informed of the alternate pool you can use.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I was informed of the pool hopping policy some time ago so I am not surprised it may have changed. BUT, I know there is at least one exception that I know of, when booking POR we were told we could use the POFQ pool, which although it gets more hype is quite inferior to the pool on Ol' Man Island.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I was informed of the pool hopping policy some time ago so I am not surprised it may have changed. BUT, I know there is at least one exception that I know of, when booking POR we were told we could use the POFQ pool, which although it gets more hype is quite inferior to the pool on Ol' Man Island. << I think that is because it is considered one resort now, Port Orleans, with two sections, French Quarter, and Riverside.
Originally Posted By MPierce The only thing I'm absolutely certain of is that Spirit probably lounges at Stormalong Bay at the Yacht and Beach Club sipping coke out of his refillable mug that he got at the Wilderness Lodge in 1994, no matter where he's staying.
Originally Posted By 3disneylocations I still use my POP mug from 5 yrs ago (I will NEVER stay there again!) @ CBR and have used @ Season @ Epcot...
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<WDW resorts don't charge for parking; interesting, when anyone challanges Spirit he (she?) screams pixie dust... ; Spirit, don't care what you paid @ Ermils lite - everything on the menu was close to $20.00 and up, if you got a discount - fess up; movies in the pool were Shreck-for some, okay... And PS (you P ant) your words will not drive me from this site, your words brought me to this site soooo... Game on! I am plopped on my couch listening to Jacques Brel (@ this moment - Jacque - kinda fits... Listen!). LOL! IMOH. ABC. LMNOP....>> Can someone translate this into English? Or even American? Even Pierce is more understandable than this ... even after coming in from the backyard still.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> First, on behalf of the entire cast of the Laughing Place, I'd like to welcome you to The Disney Bashing Kingdom of the World. I do love when newbies somehow ;-)decide to aim their first posts here at me in a confrontational style. << <<It's amazing how many times that has occured.>> I am so special ... they love me, they really, really love me.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> I think 3disneylocations should get talking points on how to stay around here from my old pal Dis-Phillip (who I hope hasn't been hit by a Disney bus!) << <<You missed Phils latest post a couple of days ago. It was really quite tame. Plus he didn't say anything about hating you at all. Very disappointing indeed.>> That's a shame ... I mean the not getting hit by a MAGICal bus part!
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> Pierce: Now Unintelligible in Multiple Languages! << <<I like to think of it as a diversified lifestyle portfolio.>> We need to find a way to market your talents to the Disney fan comunity in a way that makes us lots of money for doing nothing but playing them ...
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >> I was informed of the pool hopping policy some time ago so I am not surprised it may have changed. BUT, I know there is at least one exception that I know of, when booking POR we were told we could use the POFQ pool, which although it gets more hype is quite inferior to the pool on Ol' Man Island. << <<I think that is because it is considered one resort now, Port Orleans, with two sections, French Quarter, and Riverside.>> Yes, exactly. Hopping is allowed at 'sister' properties ... Port Orleans and Dixie Landings would be one example ... or All Star Music and All Star Sports would be another. Beyond that, only DVCers are allowed to hop to any pool on property (with the exception of Stormalong Bay at BC and I think DAK Lodge ... and they have many black out dates during crowded periods when they can't hop at all). The only time hopping was allowed was in the 70s and 80s when Disney only had a few resorts and they were all at the deluxe level and there wasn't an Internet for people to put ways to scam out to others. Once CBR opened and then Disney went on a massive build-out of WDW, pool-hopping ceased to exist (except for the situations listed above). Now, Disney isn't cracking down on this except at some deluxe resorts. If someone (and not saying they should because I don't know why they would) wanted to swim at the ASMu's piano pool or one of the CSR's Casitas' pools or the quiet pool at the YC, I'm 99.9999% sure they'd never get called on it unless they made it very obvious.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<The only thing I'm absolutely certain of is that Spirit probably lounges at Stormalong Bay at the Yacht and Beach Club sipping coke out of his refillable mug that he got at the Wilderness Lodge in 1994, no matter where he's staying.>> Nope. BC/YC have become way too downmarket for me. ... and my WL mug is a 1998 edition.
