Inspired by the "Can I cut in line..etc " thread

[PinkRhombus]

I love the thought of using refillable mugs anywhere at WDW! What does it cost them, 5 cents every time it's filled? No way most people would ever drink Disney out of house and home. It would also save on disposable cups, think of all the space they could save in a landfill! I don't buy that it would be grossly dirty - I use the same cup to drink out of all day at home, and I don't wash it every time I fill it.

I may be wrong, but I heard the soda was provided free of charge to Disney by whatever company it's made by.


We have a smaller, but still good sized, family amusement park about an hour or so from here called Holiday World. There are Pepsi beverage stations throughout the park where you walk in, grab a cup, and get free soda all day long. Free sunscreen, too.

 

[Doc CW]

Having one person get a FP while the other family gets in line and then the FP runner joins up with them is ok with me as long as its only one person. I also dont mind if a child has to get out of line to use the bathroom with a parent and then returns to the same respective spot in line with their family.

 

[Sugardimples]

I guess the issue for me with pool hopping is when guests from value resorts go use the pool at deluxe resorts and use the disguise of they are looking at the resort. I guess if I'm paying $400 a night for a resort than I would hope that the pool would be used only by guests staying at that resort.

And it's always guests from the values who do this? What an elitist remark!

 

[JoShan1719]

I would gladly pay $30 for a mug and $1 to refill it if I could do it at the parks. DH and I stay off property so refilling in the hotels doesn't work. And we drink a lot of soda so this wouldn't be a problem for us.

As for dad and the kids saving the table while mom gets the food, I don't care. I agree with the pp, I'd rather have all the kids at the table waiting for their food then in line running around, screaming, hitting each other, etc. I remember being a kid at the World and that two minute wait seemed like an eternity I did much better waiting at the table. This doesn't work for all families, but if it does work then I don't see a problem.

 

[Commando2319]

I think the difference here is that when you eat at a particular restaurant at a resort, you are paying for that experience. If it's an expensive restaurant, everyone who eats there pays the expensive price. However, someone could pay for a value resort and then jump over to a deluxe resort to use the pool. They aren't paying for the nicer pool. They are paying for the value pool. It's not fair to those who ARE paying for the deluxe pool. I think that's why a lot of people get miffed.

Really, I think they are complaining that the pool is crowded. And why is the pool crowded? Because people are all going to the nicest pools from other resorts. So they want to make it less crowded by limiting to people who are only from "that resort".

Really people. You are at Disney. It is going to be crowded no matter where you go. Deal with it.

Do we really want the Disney police on every corner checking for everyone's papers?

 

[Suellen]

Apparently the lifeguard you talked to didn't plan to enforce the rule, but I've seen other lifeguards enforcing it many times in my trips to WDW. In all my trips to Disney I have been to pools that were too crowded many times, and I'm always glad when the Disney lifeguards enforce the Disney rule about pool hopping. You might think it's a silly rule, and you might have found someone who doesn't enforce it, but it's still a rule.

Does anyone else find it utterly ridiculous that this is something the LIFEGUARDS are supposed to do??

Um! How about guarding lives and let someone else deal with who belongs there and who doesn't.

When at SAB in September ~ we were required to show our hotel keys (one for each member of our room except the little one) and get wristbands. Why don't they just do that at all pools and have someone to monitor people without wristbands?

OT: about parking at DTD and busing it MK.... we had a women on one of our buses complaining about how long the process took to:

Park at DTD
Walk to SSR
Wait for a bus
Stop at the various stops at SSR and FINALLY arrive at MK.

DH and I just exchanged that look and said "really? Wow that seems like a real waste of MK time!"

She continued to complain how much of her day was being WASTED by WDW transportation. For which she didn't pay.

All to save what? $14? Again ~ like the pool hopping ~ I DON'T GET IT!

 

[doconeill]

When at SAB in September ~ we were required to show our hotel keys (one for each member of our room except the little one) and get wristbands. Why don't they just do that at all pools and have someone to monitor people without wristbands?

That one is easy...money. They'd have to pay someone to do it.

OT: about parking at DTD and busing it MK.... we had a women on one of our buses complaining about how long the process took to:

Park at DTD
Walk to SSR
Wait for a bus
Stop at the various stops at SSR and FINALLY arrive at MK.

DH and I just exchanged that look and said "really? Wow that seems like a real waste of MK time!"

She continued to complain how much of her day was being WASTED by WDW transportation. For which she didn't pay.

All to save what? $14? Again ~ like the pool hopping ~ I DON'T GET IT!

Nothing rankles SSR owners more...

 

[Commando2319]

I agree! And if every member of every party was in line with their strollers...can you even imagine what the line would look like Many of the counter service lines won't even accomodate a stroller. I think the big issue is people sitting at tables who are not eating there. They have no way of telling who is legitimately waiting for food, and those taking a break.

This is something that I have never understood. The seating at any counter service restaurant is first come first serve. Period.

And most of the seating is either outside along the walkway or overlooking some sort of view. So every person has the same right to sit there and for as long as you like regardless if you ever eat any food there.

The problem is not that people are sitting before they eat or without eating, the problem is that that area of the park is Too Crowded. On busy days at busy times, people just have to accept that. And stop worrying about other people so much.

 

[Scurvy]

Do we really want the Disney police on every corner checking for everyone's papers?

I do.

I know, that sounds like an over-the-top comment. But really, I would like for Disney to enforce their rules. You're right, Disney is always crowded. In the summer, even when there are no pool hoppers, the resort pools get horribly crowded. I don't want to find that the pool at my resort is full because a bunch of people from other resorts are using it.

Suellen has a good point - lifeguards do have better things to worry about, so they probably aren't the best choice to be enforcing those rules! At some of my favorite Vegas resorts, you have to check in at the pool using your room key. The pool attendant then escorts you to your chairs and you are allowed to use the pool. If you try to use the pool without checking in, the will come talk to you. If you don't have a room key, they kick you out of the pool area. I wish Disney did the same thing. I see that they do at SAB. I think that's great, and I wish they'd add it everywhere else. I would be willing to pay slightly higher prices if it meant they would hire pool attendants.

I feel the same way about EMH. On some of our trips, the only reason we stay in a Disney resort is so we can use Extra Magic Hours. Time and time again I see people trying to use EMH even though they aren't staying on premises. I love it when Disney checks room keys and makes people leave who aren't entitled to be there. I love it when they make people who don't have tickets for the Halloween or Christmas parties leave the park during those parties. Years ago you had to display your pass any time you wanted to ride anything at the Magic Kingdom. I see why they don't do that any longer since they know if you're in the park you must have a pass. I do wish that people were always required to display their pass or ticket at the after hours events.

Disney is crowded; that's to be expected. I don't want to have to put up with even larger crowds because of some people who think the rules shouldn't apply to them.

 

[ICF]

We have a smaller, but still good sized, family amusement park about an hour or so from here called Holiday World. There are Pepsi beverage stations throughout the park where you walk in, grab a cup, and get free soda all day long. Free sunscreen, too.

I love holiday world....free drinks, free parking, free sunscreen and a very nice water park to go along with it!!

 

[claryche]

I love holiday world....free drinks, free parking, free sunscreen and a very nice water park to go along with it!!

OT, but this makes me want to check out Holiday World now.

That is so crazy that people who don't stay on site use the buses and on top of that complain about them. I would never think about doing that. I know that we all would hate this, but maybe Disney should make it where we have to show our KTTW to get on a bus at DTD. They could just do it there, not everywhere. Yes, it might add an extra minute to loading, and it would be annoying at first, but it would stop people from doing this. And also it might create more parking spaces at DTD for people who are actually shopping there, not just using it to get onto a bus.

 

[DaniB]

Ok, editing this as I just finished reading through the whole thread.

I had no idea there's a "rule" about not letting people claim tables until they have food.

Seems completely ridiculous to me... Perfectly the norm here at food courts! One or more people sit at the table, while another goes and gets the food. My husband or I will sit at the table with the kids while the other places the food order and brings back to food.

 

[PinkRhombus]

And it's always guests from the values who do this? What an elitist remark!

Not elitist. Why would someone leave a higher end pool with a slide and better amenities (not to mention their room near by) to go hang out at a value pool?

 

[Peggy Jean]

The only rule I think is actually silly is the walking people to EE at opening. It creates a lot of pushing and shoving that wouldn't happen if the people who wanted to be first could just run ahead of everyone else and leave those of us who don't want to push and shove in their dust.

It was better before they started this rope-walk crap.

We've experienced the "drop the rope" issue in the past, somplace different than EE and actually had people nearly knock down mt DMiL, who was 67 at the time, and my DD ended up on the ground. We were at the front and apparently not as fast as some wanted us to be. Not everyone chooses to be civil.

 

[Jensmom80]

I had no idea until tonight that the refillable mugs were only supposed to be filled at the guest's respective resort. I thought they could be filled anywhere within WDW.

To be honest though, I didn't find out about these mugs until I joined the Dis. I'm not a soda drinker so I'd probably never get one anyway.

You can use them for ice tea(which is what I do), coffee, or hot chocolate! Anything on the beverage bar at your resort has always been my understanding!

 

[Jensmom80]

I don't really have a problem with people saving tables IF and ONLY if the park isn't busy that day and they are actually getting food. I get upset when there are people sitting there that have brought their own lunches and are only using the restaurant for the a/c.

Uumm.. also and this might offend some people... we always take our mugs back year after year. No one has ever said anything to us about it. We do buy new ones every two years or so because they start to fade but not one CM has ever told us we couldn't reuse them. It does irck me to find people using ones from other theme parks(Universal, Six Flags, etc...) because they've never paid for the Disney ones.

Seats on the bus... If the bus is crowded I always stand. My DGma80 goes with my DD9 and I and has siadick nerve problems and I always make sure she has a seat first before I take one. On many occasions a gentleman has offered his seat up to her and I am completely and utterly thankful for that. So to all the men who offer their seats to the elderly or women with small children a great big THANK YOU!!! I myself return the favor and give my seat to someone with a small child or an elderly person if there are no other seats available. I do not think we should have to give up our seats because we paid like everyone else but I think that the people that do go under appreciated!

 

[Suellen]

Uumm.. also and this might offend some people... we always take our mugs back year after year. No one has ever said anything to us about it. We do buy new ones every two years or so because they start to fade but not one CM has ever told us we couldn't reuse them. It does irck me to find people using ones from other theme parks(Universal, Six Flags, etc...) because they've never paid for the Disney ones.

 

[torinsmom]

OT, but this makes me want to check out Holiday World now.

That is so crazy that people who don't stay on site use the buses and on top of that complain about them. I would never think about doing that. I know that we all would hate this, but maybe Disney should make it where we have to show our KTTW to get on a bus at DTD. They could just do it there, not everywhere. Yes, it might add an extra minute to loading, and it would be annoying at first, but it would stop people from doing this. And also it might create more parking spaces at DTD for people who are actually shopping there, not just using it to get onto a bus.

Everything I have read has said that the right to use Disney transportation is tied to your WDW ticket, not your room key. Otherwise, how would off site guests get from the TTC to MK? We are staying offsite in June, and if I decide I want to visit WL, I will jump on a bus from the parks, not take my car.

Marsha

 

[Suellen]

I believe that technically use of the transportation system is supposed to be for resort guests.

Except for the transportation that gets you from the parking lot to the park.

I.E. the buses and boats to the resorts are for resort guests.

Trust me WDW does not encourage people to park at DTD and walk to a resort in order to bus to MK ~ so they don't pay the $14 parking fee.

From the disney site

Complimentary transportation throughout Walt Disney World Resort—including transportation to and from Disney Theme Parks and Disney Water Parks—is available to Guests of select Walt Disney World Resort hotels.

 

[doconeill]

Just as an FYI - just because it mentions it is specifically available to resort guests, does not mean it is exclusive to resort guests...although it some cases at least it really should be...