Pool Hopping Made Simple

[Jimbo]

BarbOKW - You did the right thing; don't feel bad.

 

[jcodespoti]

Good job barbokw, Next time I'm in ORlando I just show up at somebody's pool w/ all my stuff and use it


Joe in CT

 

[Werner Weiss]

In another thread, KNWVIKING wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>If Disney and DVC had any idea there would be this many problems with pool hopping they would have either never started it or taken 8 pages to explain and regulate its useage.[/quote]
Are there really "this many problems" with pool hopping? I don't think so. Generally, pool hopping works very well. It doesn't take 8 pages to explain pool hopping. It only takes two short paragraphs. Unfortunately, those paragraphs haven't been communicated well to DVC members. That's not a pool hopping problem, that's a communication problem.

Yes, there were problems last week. A Boardwalk CM forced some DVC members to pack up and leave in the middle their fun, as though they were crooks who had been caught stealing. The DVC members were there in good faith, thinking that the only pool hopping restriction was at Stormalong Bay (Yacht & Beach Club) -- a misconception that DVC must take responsibility for because of the ambiguous wording of a note about the April 1-15 pool hopping restrictions, posted on the Internet and handed out at check-in.

But would a restriction at the Boardwalk pool even have been needed if, as people arrived, access had been properly limited to Boardwalk guests and DVC members staying at DVC resorts on points?

Pool hopping isn't even a problem at Stormalong Bay (Yacht & Beach Club). Most of the year it's open to pool hopping. I remember going to Stormalong Bay on an August 1999 afternoon. It was perfect pool weather, but the pool area wasn't at all crowded.

Do you really want to see angry and disappointed DVC members? Then eliminate pool hopping.

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Werner Weiss, Curator of Yesterland, featuring discontinued Disneyland attractions