Polynesian Pool Question

[Noles2002]

So we are planning our next trip to Disney for spring of next year. We are going to rent DVC points for our stay this time. I thought I had narrowed it down to Beach Club, but my husband has been quite vocal that he wants to stay at the Poly this time around. (He never chirps in his 2 cents and always gives me my way, unless it really matters to him..so I was considering switching) He feels being in proximity to MK with 3 children under 9 is key right now since that will be our main park. I agree too. But as I was going through some post regarding the Poly I came across one that concerned me a little.

https://www.disboards.com/threads/grand-floridian-vs-polynesian-august-stay.3520125/

Many people are complaining the Poly pool is CRAZY overcrowded and tons of non-guests are entering. One person called it "people soup" Through some more research I found a lot of people complaining about this and mainly it is because they aren't scanning MB to enter the pool. I know when we stayed at the AOA last year, we had to scan our MB to enter. Now most of these posts are over a year old, so I'm wondering if people are still finding this to be a problem? We definitely plan to have some pool time while we're there, but would hate to find we are standing shoulder to shoulder with someone while doing so! I understand that pools will be crowded, but allowing non guests to swim is a whole other issue and leads to even more crowding. TIA!

 

[LisaCM614]

So we are planning our next trip to Disney for spring of next year. We are going to rent DVC points for our stay this time. I thought I had narrowed it down to Beach Club, but my husband has been quite vocal that he wants to stay at the Poly this time around. (He never chirps in his 2 cents and always gives me my way, unless it really matters to him..so I was considering switching) He feels being in proximity to MK with 3 children under 9 is key right now since that will be our main park. I agree too. But as I was going through some post regarding the Poly I came across one that concerned me a little.

https://www.disboards.com/threads/grand-floridian-vs-polynesian-august-stay.3520125/

Many people are complaining the Poly pool is CRAZY overcrowded and tons of non-guests are entering. One person called it "people soup" Through some more research I found a lot of people complaining about this and mainly it is because they aren't scanning MB to enter the pool. I know when we stayed at the AOA last year, we had to scan our MB to enter. Now most of these posts are over a year old, so I'm wondering if people are still finding this to be a problem? We definitely plan to have some pool time while we're there, but would hate to find we are standing shoulder to shoulder with someone while doing so! I understand that pools will be crowded, but allowing non guests to swim is a whole other issue and leads to even more crowding. TIA!

We stayed at the Polynesian using rented points last summer. We did not run into a crazy overcrowded situation at the Lava Pool and we were there right before the 4th of July. The Lava pool was busy but we really preferred the Oasis pool. It was so nice. The zero entry end had fountains right in the pool that little kids had the best time playing in. The hot tub at that pool is huge and we really liked the pool bar. We only went to the Lava pool once because we enjoyed the Oasis pool so much.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

We stayed at Poly right after they installed the fence around the pool and you had to use your MB's to enter, so unless people are holding the gate for others, I don't know how non-guests are getting in . . . ? That being said, it wasn't crowded when we stayed there (it was the last week of August though). My main complaint about that pool, though, is there is absolutely no shade. Even if you find chairs with an umbrella (which are few and far between), as the sunlight shifts throughout the day, a once-shaded spot becomes super-sunny. Have you considered GF? They have two big pools and a cute splashpad for the kids. It is so much more low-key than Poly, IMHO. Except for room size and theming, I'm not a huge Poly fan. I, again, find the pool shade to be lacking as well as restaurant availability (Capt. Cook's is a chaotic nightmare)