Resort Pool Invasion

[JDavis98]

I was staying at Kidani Village last week and the family and I decided to go swimming one early day. We ended up sitting next to a family of four (2 adults, 2 kids) who said the drove into Downtown Disney, parked there car, and took a bus to Kidani's Village to swim at the pool for the day. They also say they do it all the time. Are you telling me that when I swim in the pools at the resorts, I might be swimming with people who are not even staying at the resort? Does this happen often. Am I supposed to report these people? Has anyone else ever heard of this?

 

[chasadchick]

It's called pool hopping. It's not allowed, but people still do it.

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

yep.. In June there was a family that was parked at MK and took the bus to Jambo house "because its our favorite pool"

I was so pissed! I think all pools should be like SAB at the YC/BC

 

[jimmysmom74]

Unfortunately, happens a lot. Sometimes they check room cards when it is busy. Maybe MBs will change the practice.

 

[JDavis98]

This family wasn't even staying on property. I guess they were at home, decided to go swimming, drove to Downtown Disney, and took a bus to the resort. If you live near Disney and don't have a pool I guess you don't need one.

 

[wiigirl]

This family wasn't even staying on property. I guess they were at home, decided to go swimming, drove to Downtown Disney, and took a bus to the resort. If you live near Disney and don't have a pool I guess you don't need one.

 

[Jemepech]

Have stayed at AKL also have experienced it. Soon to be a thing of the past thought once the magic bracelets are completely rolled out you wont be able to. Since every one in the party will have a bracelet people will no longer be able to sneak in. Cant wait we were pick'd to test on our vacation. Got the magic bracelet the other day and have to say they pretty awesome!! Good colors and our names on the back. Kids are super excited. Bye bye pool hoopers.

 

[Diz Kids]

Have stayed at AKL also have experienced it. Soon to be a thing of the past thought once the magic bracelets are completely rolled out you wont be able to. Since every one in the party will have a bracelet people will no longer be able to sneak in. Cant wait we were pick'd to test on our vacation. Got the magic bracelet the other day and have to say they pretty awesome!! Good colors and our names on the back. Kids are super excited. Bye bye pool hoopers.

Unless they put something out to get into the pool area I don't think the MB's will change this much. I would keep mine on as a room key, but our kids were getting annoyed with the bands and would take them off before we went to the pool.

 

[Deb & Bill]

I was staying at Kidani Village last week and the family and I decided to go swimming one early day. We ended up sitting next to a family of four (2 adults, 2 kids) who said the drove into Downtown Disney, parked there car, and took a bus to Kidani's Village to swim at the pool for the day. They also say they do it all the time. Are you telling me that when I swim in the pools at the resorts, I might be swimming with people who are not even staying at the resort? Does this happen often. Am I supposed to report these people? Has anyone else ever heard of this?

yep.. In June there was a family that was parked at MK and took the bus to Jambo house "because its our favorite pool"

I was so pissed! I think all pools should be like SAB at the YC/BC

When you get information like this, notify the lifeguard. They will handle it.

No one gets to pool hop to AKL/AKV pools, not even DVC members.

 

[McMonsters]

We were just at Fort Wilderness and a family of four was also "just visiting" as the mom explained they were from Orlando and wanted some family time. I guess she caught the look I gave her and she gathered her clan and left, probably to another resort pool.

 

[DznyCrzy11]

yep.. In June there was a family that was parked at MK and took the bus to Jambo house "because its our favorite pool"

I was so pissed! I think all pools should be like SAB at the YC/BC

I think they should too!! Over on the Poly thread, people who have been there over the weekend have said they have started to issue wrist bands to resorts guests using the pool and making the pool hoppers leave.

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[Sue M]

I would report it to a lifeguard.

 

[ronfin]

yep.. In June there was a family that was parked at MK and took the bus to Jambo house "because its our favorite pool"

I was so pissed! I think all pools should be like SAB at the YC/BC

You're on vacation, and there are SOOOO many other things that would be worse, but the few extra people swimming in [your] pool makes you so "pissed"? Try getting robbed TWICE in one week. Once at EPCOT, and once at Pop, then talk about pissed. They're pool hoppers, not terrorists. Unless the pool was so crowded you literally couldn't fit in it, or every chair was taken, it's really not the worse thing that should make you that angry. Relax. Enjoy your vacation.

 

[tinkerpea]

You're on vacation, and there are SOOOO many other things that would be worse, but the few extra people swimming in [your] pool makes you so "pissed"? Try getting robbed TWICE in one week. Once at EPCOT, and once at Pop, then talk about pissed. They're pool hoppers, not terrorists. Unless the pool was so crowded you literally couldn't fit in it, or every chair was taken, it's really not the worse thing that should make you that angry. Relax. Enjoy your vacation.

I couldn't agree more!

 

[tinkerpea]

I have to say that unless the pool was insanely over crowded OR the family was overly impacting on your pool time ( not sure how) then I wouldn't be that bothered.

Yes I know you have paid alot of money for the privilege,and I also stay at the deluxe hotels so I understand this but there are bigger things in life to bother you then this,

I also don't see how MB will do anything to change this unless they decide to gate all oops, and I really hope they don't go that far as it will truly ruin the look of some pools!

 

[cart-mom]

You're on vacation, and there are SOOOO many other things that would be worse, but the few extra people swimming in [your] pool makes you so "pissed"? Try getting robbed TWICE in one week. Once at EPCOT, and once at Pop, then talk about pissed. They're pool hoppers, not terrorists. Unless the pool was so crowded you literally couldn't fit in it, or every chair was taken, it's really not the worse thing that should make you that angry. Relax. Enjoy your vacation.

It might seem like it's no big deal but it is. I'm paying top dollar to stay at the resort. If you aren't staying there, you can look but don't touch. Often these pool hoppers cause the pool to be over crowded with no seats available. Like at the poly when they hand out the bands the pool clears out. Being robbed sucks no matter where you are.

 

[Cadyrose]

Unfortunately I don't think the bands will halt it either...

We were just at the GF last week, swimming in the slide pool. We saw 2 gentlemen wearing the bands...only thing is GF isn't a testing resort. The lifeguards didn't even pick up on it and I didn't say anything. I had heard of many on here doing split stays so I gave the benefit of the doubt that a SS was the reason...

I didn't let it bother me and it was fine...plenty of room in the pool and not going to let it make me mad...as someone else said there are worse things that do happen...I lost my phone on Splash and my AP/TIW card fell out of my purse on Buzz when I went for my phone to take a pic if my perfect score.. I was lucky to gave them both found! But stolen property is more worthy of aggravation...

 

[Sheilby]

You're on vacation, and there are SOOOO many other things that would be worse, but the few extra people swimming in [your] pool makes you so "pissed"? Try getting robbed TWICE in one week. Once at EPCOT, and once at Pop, then talk about pissed. They're pool hoppers, not terrorists. Unless the pool was so crowded you literally couldn't fit in it, or every chair was taken, it's really not the worse thing that should make you that angry. Relax. Enjoy your vacation.

When you are paying good money to stay on site at Disney, especially at a deluxe, you shouldn't have to deal with more crowded conditions. The pools are sized for the resorts, not for everyone who didn't pony up the money but wants the perks from it. Should you have a less than ideal chair because a someone sneaked in and took the ones at the front? Should you have to wait in a longer line to use the slide with people who didn't pay for it? Would you be OK with people hopping in front of you at Splash Mountain when they didn't even buy a ticket?

Not to mention that every extra body in the pool makes it harder for a life guards to do his or her job and more bodies in the pools means more chemicals have to be poured in which costs money.

No one claimed it is worse than being robbed, that sucks, but if you want to play the "hey worse things happened to me so you have no right to be pissed" game we can go all night. I had my house burn down and two of my cars were crushed by a tree. I had a stillborn baby. Plus my birth mother died before I could find her, I found that out the day after I started a new job and a week later my dad died unexpectedly and I missed getting to the hospital by 15 minutes to say goodbye. Oh and my mom (adopted) has advanced Parkinson's and since I'm sort of an only child (my brother is in jail), the burden of caring for her falls solely on me while I am still trying to raise 3 young boys. In other words you have no right to be pissed because you didn't protect yourself while walking around Epcot.

It's annoying when people tell you what you have a right to be annoyed about, isn't it? BTW, everything I mentioned above is 100% true, yet I would still be pissed if someone who didn't pay for it was using my pool.

 

[ronfin]

It might seem like it's no big deal but it is. I'm paying top dollar to stay at the resort. If you aren't staying there, you can look but don't touch. Often these pool hoppers cause the pool to be over crowded with no seats available. Like at the poly when they hand out the bands the pool clears out. Being robbed sucks no matter where you are.

In the grand scheme of things, it really isn't a big deal. The reason you get mad is because you assume that they somehow ruin your pool experience. You see a crowded pool and wonder how many should or shouldn't be there. Chances are that your resort is either booked to capacity, like most of the resorts, or you went to the pool simultaneously the same time a lot of your fellow guests did. Say 4 people out of the 200 in that pool are hoppers. Does that in any way affect you? Does it really? Think about that before replying. If 4 people that happen to check-out your pool seriously bother you out of the 200 already there, then you have bigger issues to be concerned about. I'm not letting 4, or 40 pool hoppers ruin my vacation, or make me go tell on someone because they're breaking the rules. I speed on occasion, and don't always stop completely at Stop signs. I guess because I don't follow the rules 100% of the time all the time I must be a bad person and someone should report me to the proper authority. Or, they can just enjoy their vacation and not let the little things bother them. Uncork the butt and chill. You're there to have fun, not get all worked up over a few pool hoppers. If you somehow find out there are 40 or more then maybe it's time to say something, but this is pointless thing to even worry about, because how would you ever know? Relax. Have fun. Go grab a drink or something at the pool-side bar. Life has worse things to get worked-up about. Geeze.

 

[ronfin]

When you are paying good money to stay on site at Disney, especially at a deluxe, you shouldn't have to deal with more crowded conditions. The pools are sized for the resorts, not for everyone who didn't pony up the money but wants the perks from it. Should you have a less than ideal chair because a someone sneaked in and took the ones at the front? Should you have to wait in a longer line to use the slide with people who didn't pay for it? Would you be OK with people hopping in front of you at Splash Mountain when they didn't even buy a ticket?

Not to mention that every extra body in the pool makes it harder for a life guards to do his or her job and more bodies in the pools means more chemicals have to be poured in which costs money.

No one claimed it is worse than being robbed, that sucks, but if you want to play the "hey worse things happened to me so you have no right to be pissed" game we can go all night. I had my house burn down and two of my cars were crushed by a tree. I had a stillborn baby. Plus my birth mother died before I could find her, I found that out the day after I started a new job and a week later my dad died unexpectedly and I missed getting to the hospital by 15 minutes to say goodbye. Oh and my mom (adopted) has advanced Parkinson's and since I'm sort of an only child (my brother is in jail), the burden of caring for her falls solely on me while I am still trying to raise 3 young boys. In other words you have no right to be pissed because you didn't protect yourself while walking around Epcot.

It's annoying when people tell you what you have a right to be annoyed about, isn't it? BTW, everything I mentioned above is 100% true, yet I would still be pissed if someone who didn't pay for it was using my pool.

We place values on what bothers us differently. Pool hoppers are the least I can think of while on vacation at Disney, but hey, if that irks you, then there's nothing I can say to change that. Just happy it's very low on my radar.