"Official" word on the future of pool hopping to SAB

[sgtpet]

JohnHM and DVCdudes sensed where I was coming from. Just having a little fun since everybody gets so serious about which location is better.

Seriously, who cares. If you want SAB then buy into BCV or take chances at the 7 month window. Why would somebody want to pool hop to a location that is going to be more overcrowded than it can be today. I think I might even go over to the Poly pool for a change.

And for all our OKW fans your homes are much larger than the rest of the WDW DVC's. No slide though. Oh no not again...

 

[cswans]

It does sound a bit like the beginning of the end of pool-hopping, and that is sad as it was a nice selling perk.

 

[CarolA]

I will say this. I have stayed at YC/BC and I was actually fairly amazed by the number of pool hoppers! I can only assume they were all valid since the CM at the gate was checking IDs, but there are LOTS more than you might realize. And lots of the pool hoppers were big groups of 7 or 8 people coming over from OKW.
(I could hear the cast member talking to them as he checked their IDs.)

 

[PamOKW]

Carol -- I'm not sure when you saw the large groups of pool hoppers. One possible explanation is that the SAB pool was made available to BWV guests when they were working on their pool. Someone also recently posted that the heater at BWV was not working and folks went over to SAB instead. I'm not saying that it's possible there are large groups all the times, just wondering if you might have hit an unusual circumstance.

 

[baileybrad]

I prefer pool hopping Hilton Head style. One with a great slide and the other with a back drop much superior to any of the Orlando DVC properties.

 

[TheWho]

I would hate to be a DVC sales person trying to explain this "perk" to a perspective buyer.
Let's see........You can pool hop except for the following situations, AKL is off limits (the animals are still getting used to their surroundings) You can't pool hop to SAB (in part due to the locals or non-DVC resort guests illegally crashing) You can't pool hop during several peak times of the year. You can't pool hop if your a DVC member (who dropped big bucks) who is not staying at a DVC resort.

I'm not saying any of these restrictions are NOT needed, however, this has become a "perk" that carries a big asterick next to it. It probably is time to end the confusion and end it.

I still want to ban BCV from walking over to my BW pool. OKW and WLV folks are of course welcome.

 

[Uncleromulus]

From an OKW person--thanks!!
Say--maybe you folks at all the other DVC spots would want to take up a collection and help bring the main pool at OKW into the new millenium?? Would be no real need for me to hop anywhere then!!

 

[~Magical Princess~]

Sorry to say, but that's yet "another" reason why I haven't joined yet ... I only "rent" ......

 

[invalid_char]

I can't see why anyone from BCV would ever pool hop to BWV, unless it was just one time out of sheer curiosity.

Even if it is a perk for BCVers to pool hop to Luna Park, I think it will be a perk that is very rarely exercised and certainly not often enough to concern anyone at BWV.

As Paul Newman once said (about his wife): "Why go out for hamburger when you can have steak at home?"

 

[CarolA]

By the way when I saw the pool hoppers it was August of 2001. (I think) All pools were open. My feeling is that a lot of them were from OKW. I based this on conversations I heard and the fact that I saw lots of people walking to their cars when they left the pool. My theory has always been that as DVC members we know we will be back so when it is HOT like it was that week, we head to the pools.

 

[PKS44]

I am confused. Why do some people want to see an end to Poolhopping? Why do others think this is the beginning of the end even if they don't want to see it end? Other than SAB with it's capacity issues is there really enough poolhopping to create any kind of issue to make Disney stop this selling point? I say no. IF SAB is out of the equation, the perk is a win win for everyone...The pools are paid for. There are many pools and probably few hoppers on any given day. Therefore they create minimal "extra" use of any pool and virtually no extra cost to Disney. They can tout this as a "perk" to sell DVC and it costs them nothing. Why end it? Where are all the "headaches?" What does Disney gain by ending it? (other than at SAB where BCV will increase capacity to the breaking point apparently most of the year--though when we were there on a busy October weekend SAB was nearly deserted...and I know rooms were hard to come by at YC BC and BWV at that time because I had tried to book them)
If they end poolhopping completely I will be shocked....and confused

 

[Tigger1]

I love the SAB pool but last trip I pool hopped to BWV, less crowded. I pool hopped for a quick swim while in the area.
The time it takes to go from one resort to another just to pool hop is too long. I would rather go to the water parks for the day.

It is neat to pool hop to different pools to also see the other hotels.

The poly and WL are nice pools too.

Tigger

 

[DVCajun]

When I was growing up we always pool hopped to the poly-- I have very fond memories of that pool.

I don't see them taking pool hopping away for good. If you make a big list like that, listing every pool separately, it does sound like a huge asterisk on our pool hopping privilege. However, if my memory serves me correctly, I was told that if capacity was an issue that resort guests would naturally have priority. That made sense to me (still does) and I was happy with that explanation. We are all on both sides of this issue at one point or another. I would be hugely peeved if I went to my pool and couldn't find a lounge because someone from another resort was pool hopping. Conversely, I can't in good conscience resent being restricted from someone else's pool if it's getting full.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

I would at least like to see the problem of non-DVCers and non-Y/B club guests using SAB addressed first, before taking it away from DVCers. I've stayed at the Beach Club 3 times since 97, and BWV once since becoming a member last year and pool-hopped to SAB, and we were NEVER asked for identification.

 

[DVCajun]

Actually, that's true in my case too. We weren't approached at all. Of course, it wasn't busy either, so maybe that's why.