Need some direction please....

[DerraZ]

Please feel free, anyone, to push this to the appropriate place if this isn;t it! We will be at ASM next June for 9 days with our family. I have a Nephew and his family that live in Fort Lauderdale, whom we see rarely. My question... would we be able to have them at our resort to swim and hang out on one of our non-park days? I"m going to go out on a limb and say this isn't allowed, but checking anyway. They may join us for a couple of days at the resort but that isn't decided just yet. Thank you!

 

[lanejudy]

Resort pools are for the exclusive use of registered guests. Your guests may join you at other spots around the resort, just not the pool.

 

[SteveMouse]

The hotel front desk may choose to provide you with guest wristbands. If available, there may or may not be a fee.

The waterparks are, of course, an alternative place to have water access.

 

[hardcorestitch]

Please feel free, anyone, to push this to the appropriate place if this isn;t it! We will be at ASM next June for 9 days with our family. I have a Nephew and his family that live in Fort Lauderdale, whom we see rarely. My question... would we be able to have them at our resort to swim and hang out on one of our non-park days? I"m going to go out on a limb and say this isn't allowed, but checking anyway. They may join us for a couple of days at the resort but that isn't decided just yet. Thank you!

Your visitors from Ft Lauderdale can hang out with you guys and do any activities, as long as it’s not explicitly stated that said activity is only for resort guests. Some activities like swimming in the pools are exclusive to guests. While some hotels like Swolphin have a thing called ResortPass where they could buy a pass to use the pools as non-guests, Disney’s resorts currently don’t have that.

 

[DerraZ]

Your visitors from Ft Lauderdale can hang out with you guys and do any activities, as long as it’s not explicitly stated that said activity is only for resort guests. Some activities like swimming in the pools are exclusive to guests. While some hotels like Swolphin have a thing called ResortPass where they could buy a pass to use the pools as non-guests, Disney’s resorts currently don’t have that.

Thanks for all of the feedback! I accept the rules on this, but honestly, how do they monitor such a thing?

 

[hardcorestitch]

It’s at random. You never know when they’re cracking down.

Thanks for all of the feedback! I accept the rules on this, but honestly, how do they monitor such a thing?

 

[meremac]

Thanks for all of the feedback! I accept the rules on this, but honestly, how do they monitor such a thing?

Some resorts have CMs stationed outside the pool gates checking to make sure the people entering are guests. This is standard procedure at YC/BC, but I've also seen it happen (albeit less consistently) at other resorts too.

 

[rangerxenos]

Please feel free, anyone, to push this to the appropriate place if this isn;t it! We will be at ASM next June for 9 days with our family. I have a Nephew and his family that live in Fort Lauderdale, whom we see rarely. My question... would we be able to have them at our resort to swim and hang out on one of our non-park days? I"m going to go out on a limb and say this isn't allowed, but checking anyway. They may join us for a couple of days at the resort but that isn't decided just yet. Thank you!

Inquire at the front desk when you check in. I had a local friend join me for the day a few years ago, and when I asked about how they would be able to get to the resort to visit me, I was also told they could use the pool if they wanted. (I did not ask, and they did not.)

Never hurts to ask.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Thanks for all of the feedback! I accept the rules on this, but honestly, how do they monitor such a thing?

Sometimes CMs are stationed outside the pool scanning for access, sometimes no one is scanning for access, sometimes they walk around to people at the pool to check room keys and party numbers on the reservations. It’s very random so you may or may not get caught. I would not want to get caught as Disney would then be within their rights to trespass the party, money paid for tickets/accommodations be darned.

FLL is not a short haul at 3-4 hours each way, if they’re going to all that effort I would want to make their visit worthwhile. Disney has their water park and Universal has a beautiful water park in Volcano Bay if Disney doesn’t seem like your jam.

 

[MICKIMINI]

Thanks for all of the feedback! I accept the rules on this, but honestly, how do they monitor such a thing?

We were at Poly last fall and watched a family do the walk of shame, marched out of the theme pool. When guests are paying big money to stay there (we were there as DVC members), it is irritating to have all the chairs taken by people not staying at the resort, honestly. They watch.

 

[IndyToThere]

In addition to the pool itself, your family might very well be turned away at the gate when attempting to park.

Since they would be coming from Fort Lauderdale (as was mentioned, is NOT a short drive) you would be much better served all going to one of the water parks to hang out.

 

[Dave006]

In addition to the pool itself, your family might very well be turned away at the gate when attempting to park.

Resort guests are allowed visitors. Your visitors just need the name of the main guest on the reservation. The Guard will just confirm the name is in the system, and ask the driver to show their Drivers License.

Dave

 

[IndyToThere]

Resort guests are allowed visitors. Your visitors just need the name of the main guest on the reservation. The Guard will just confirm the name is in the system, and ask the driver to show their Drivers License.

Ah, that's good to know!

 

[Mle8308]

Exactly, as @Dave006 mentioned, visitors are allowed. Ask at the front desk if they will allow your relatives to go to the pool with you. They may allow it at a quiet pool depending on the number of people. I don't think I've ever heard of anyone checking at the All Star pools, the main pools are huge and the quiet pools are pretty good sized, too. If it were a resort with a very popular feature pool, I would say most likely no, but it can't hurt to ask! Maybe they could get a room, too! That would solve it.

 

[jimmymc]

According to the rules, they are allowed to visit but not use the pools.

I've never seen cast members enforcing this rule at any All Star, and the only value resort I've seen them do it at is the Finding Nemo pool at AoA.

If they want to spend a whole day with you, they could book one night at ASM and not have to worry about it. This would also get them waterpark tickets on check in day. Ft. Lauderdale is a long drive to just be at the resort for a few hours and head right back.

 

[Disnsyncey]

According to the rules, they are allowed to visit but not use the pools.

I've never seen cast members enforcing this rule at any All Star, and the only value resort I've seen them do it at is the Finding Nemo pool at AoA.

If they want to spend a whole day with you, they could book one night at ASM and not have to worry about it. This would also get them waterpark tickets on check in day. Ft. Lauderdale is a long drive to just be at the resort for a few hours and head right back.

yeah, I was thinking that too! I would NOT want to spend 6-8 hours on the road in a single day for a "day trip"

They could stay with you (as long as the room occupancy wasn't over) and get all of the benefits, or like Jimmy said, they could book the cheapest room and still get a waterpark ticket! (and get to hang with you of course)

 

[Djm_in_buffalo]

I agree with the general sentiment here: the rules exist for a reason, so that paying guests get what they pay for, while at the same time, non-paying guests don’t get a windfall, to the detriment of the paying guests. This includes pool use, parking spaces to park the cars to use the pool, and tossing all their stuff on multiple of the finite number of deck chairs adjacent the pool.

Is this likely going to have enforcer employees, grinning ear-to-ear, waiting at the ready to evict the visitors? Probably not. But, like many things in life - - how likely would it be for store employees to catch you stealing a pack of gum at the grocery store? - - it’s the honor code.

That said, it’s not all doom and gloom. I would try to get creative; if your hotel room(s) are not at max capacity, why not add the Ft. Lauderdale family to the reservation in name only, so that they are “guests”? If the rooms don’t have additional capacity to do this, why not ask the hotel in advance - the CMs would likely have a good understanding of volume and usage, and may say it’s fine, or may not. Beyond that, I thought at least some of the hotels (BC comes to mind?) were charging a ‘day guest’ fee.