Looking at AKL

[cdurham1]

I just closed on a resale AKL contract and got my deed in the mail. I would really like to show my daughter the property on an upcoming trip, but we don't have a reservation. Last time we were there, we couldn't get in without a dining reservation or something. Now that I have DVC "paperwork," do you think we can get in to walk around? Last time, the guard asked if we had any DVC "paperwork?"

 

[Marionnette]

I just closed on a resale AKL contract and got my deed in the mail. I would really like to show my daughter the property on an upcoming trip, but we don't have a reservation. Last time we were there, we couldn't get in without a dining reservation or something. Now that I have DVC "paperwork," do you think we can get in to walk around? Last time, the guard asked if we had any DVC "paperwork?"

That's an odd request coming from a parking lot guard. I've never been asked to show my DVC "paperwork" and wouldn't have had it on me if I had been asked.

Some resorts are stricter about allowing people in to just look around if they are arriving by car. When the resorts first reopened it was every resort. You had to have an ADR to come in and park. But if you arrived via Disney transportation you were fine.

If you want to visit AKV, park at DS and take an AKV bus from there. Or take an AKV bus from one of the theme parks if you're doing the parks that day.

 

[cdurham1]

I told the guard I had a pending contract. Maybe he thought I meant I had just purchased one directly from Disney or something. I guess I will try driving there first and if that doesn't work, take Disney transportation from somewhere else. Ironically, taking Disney transportation is the least attractive thing about AKL, though. Lol

 

[DonMacGregor]

That's an odd request coming from a parking lot guard. I've never been asked to show my DVC "paperwork" and wouldn't have had it on me if I had been asked.

Some resorts are stricter about allowing people in to just look around if they are arriving by car. When the resorts first reopened it was every resort. You had to have an ADR to come in and park. But if you arrived via Disney transportation you were fine.

If you want to visit AKV, park at DS and take an AKV bus from there. Or take an AKV bus from one of the theme parks if you're doing the parks that day.

I know DLH and VGC (both cash and DVC sides) will only allow access to the parking lots with a valid room or dining reservation.

 

[wnielsen1]

Call DVC and schedule a tour at AKV

 

[Yinn]

I just closed on a resale AKL contract and got my deed in the mail. I would really like to show my daughter the property on an upcoming trip, but we don't have a reservation. Last time we were there, we couldn't get in without a dining reservation or something. Now that I have DVC "paperwork," do you think we can get in to walk around? Last time, the guard asked if we had any DVC "paperwork?"

They're a little more lenient on it but they're still asking if you have a dining reservation if you try to get on property. Do as @wnielsen1 said. Schedule a tour at AKV or go during open house.

 

[achinforsomebacon]

Did they stop doing the walk up tours at all DVC properties? Earlier this year, you could pretty much just show up at any WDW DVC location and they would show you rooms (and then you could check the rest of the resort out while you were there). If driving, all you had to do was say you were there to tour the DVC rooms. That's what the guide from the resort we were staying at told us to do. Scheduling a tour might make it more "official", but that might not be necessary.

 

[Yinn]

Did they stop doing the walk up tours at all DVC properties? Earlier this year, you could pretty much just show up at any WDW DVC location and they would show you rooms (and then you could check the rest of the resort out while you were there). If driving, all you had to do was say you were there to tour the DVC rooms. That's what the guide from the resort we were staying at told us to do. Scheduling a tour might make it more "official", but that might not be necessary.

They still have them. They’re called open houses. If you’re already on property they’re walk up but if you’re driving they ask you to call ahead to make a reservation.

If you tell the guard you’re there for the tour, they’ll probably let you in anyway. But why risk it when you can just make a reservation that’s free anyway.

 

[Frederic Civish]

As an owner, you are an OWNER, and you have all the rights to the property that other owners have. This includes the right to visit your property whenever they are open and allowing visitors - which generally means ALL THE TIME.

You just go. If anyone asks, you just say you are an owner. If necessary, show them your DVC Member card (Blue or White, it shouldn't matter). You can download a copy of this on the DVC Member's site, onto your phone.

I don't see why you should have any problems.

 

[cdurham1]

As an owner, you are an OWNER, and you have all the rights to the property that other owners have. This includes the right to visit your property whenever they are open and allowing visitors - which generally means ALL THE TIME.

You just go. If anyone asks, you just say you are an owner. If necessary, show them your DVC Member card (Blue or White, it shouldn't matter). You can download a copy of this on the DVC Member's site, onto your phone.

I don't see why you should have any problems.

Isn't that kind of like showing up at IBM headquarters and demanding to be let in by saying you own 100 shares of IBM?

 

[chalee94]

As an owner, you are an OWNER, and you have all the rights to the property that other owners have. This includes the right to visit your property whenever they are open and allowing visitors - which generally means ALL THE TIME.

DVC does not allow any sort of day use. (Otherwise, you'd have 25 pt owners living nearby using the pools all the time and parking at the DVC resort parking lots to access the parks.)

But you do have "all the rights to the property that other [DVC] owners have." You can try to book your home resort at 11 months out and when you come for that stay, you can have access to that property at that time. You purchased a "time share" so you only get access during your allocated "time."

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I just closed on a resale AKL contract and got my deed in the mail. I would really like to show my daughter the property on an upcoming trip, but we don't have a reservation. Last time we were there, we couldn't get in without a dining reservation or something. Now that I have DVC "paperwork," do you think we can get in to walk around? Last time, the guard asked if we had any DVC "paperwork?"

Just to be clear, it wasn't the resort itself that you were prevented from entering, it was the parking lot. If you took a bus from any of the Disney parks (or Disney Springs) you'd have no trouble.