Kind of Shocked! Well maybe just suprised.

[BCV23]

Actually I don't know that it's that much more effiecent to go to a park as to DTD. Any way you do it is pretty inefficeint. For the Poly you have to bus to MK and then hike to the monorail, wait on the monorail etc.... (I personally find the monorail to be pretty slow)

There isn't a bus from the Polynesian to the MK. You can take the resort monorail or small launch. Or you can walk to the TTC ( a very short stroll) and catch the express monorail or ferry to the MK. All of these options are fun IMHO. Once you're at the MK, catch the bus to the AKL.

If you will have a car, drive.

Transferring through DTD just isn't as fast from the Polynesian as using the MK as your transfer point.

 

[maya44]

It may or may not be a marketing tool but it's really no different than those used by most major department stores. If you'll look around next time you're out shopping you'll notice there are few direct routes through the stores.

It is one thing to try to design things to increase shopping etc...

But if I asked an employee at a Department Store "What is the fastest way to get between X and Y" and they deliberately sent me on a route that was less direct than others I would not be happy. It's one thing to market, its another to lie for the sake of marketing.

Moreover, our friend who does still work for Disney (in a diff division) and stayed at the POLY confirmed with CURRENT employees that this was a little ploy on Disney's part!

 

[Chuck S]

Moreover, our friend who does still work for Disney (in a diff division) and stayed at the POLY confirmed with CURRENT employees that this was a little ploy on Disney's part!

Oh please, "confirmed" with a CM? If eveything that was "confirmed" by a CM wre true, Disney would be very different than what we see today.

The bottom line is Disney has every right to route people on their property any way they wish, it may be for shopping, but as pointed out several times i this thread, not really an issue if you're going resort to resort for a meal. You don't don't like it, don't shop.

They may also route you that way to distribute guests in the transportation system to the less crowded routes. If you have a friend who is a CM, perhaps you should have asked him/her the best route.

Routing through DtD has been the norm for many years, whatever the reason...what answer would you expect the CM to offer you? Probably the one their employer wants them to, huh?

 

[gigi1313]

Routing through DtD has been the norm for many years, whatever the reason...what answer would you expect the CM to offer you? Probably the one their employer wants them to, huh?

or the only one they know

 

[BCV23]

The fact that it is Thanksgiving Day shouldn't impact using the MK as a transfer spot at least on the way to AKL. If anything, the buses to/from AKL will be running more frequently to the MK.

It is counterintuitive to go from the North end of property to the East end in order to get to the SW. In addition, if you go to DTD, you go through many more stop lights than from the MK to AKL.

 

[Chicago526]

If you are going to transfer at a park, make sure you won't be transfering as the park is closing, the buses are a mad house at park closing.

 

[pumpkinboy]

OK, now we should all remember that the Disney Dining call center is located in Tampa some 90+ miles away. Who knows if some of the CMs there even know; but they do have an official script, which is likely the easy fallback when the CMs are under time pressure. The DTD route is the option that is sure to work at all hours, tho 90% of the time not the fastest. In the case offered by the OP, I think the Monorail or ferry to MK then bus to AKL. For the return, I think a cab might be a good call, or else either the MK or Epcot bus, then Monorail to the Poly.

 

[disneyldwjr]

or the only one they know

I expect they know far more than one, I think they do, however, follow procedure and scripts, which, btw, is their job.
Also, if were in a store and asked the shortest way from A to B, how would you know if you were being taken on a hike since you don't know where B is to begin with>

 

[maya44]

I expect they know far more than one, I think they do, however, follow procedure and scripts, which, btw, is their job.
Also, if were in a store and asked the shortest way from A to B, how would you know if you were being taken on a hike since you don't know where B is to begin with>

You wouldn't know. But if you later found out on your own that they were not being honest, you'd be annoyed.