After reading this post the other day I checked all the usual places on the web to see if the pool will be closed. Nope, not on the schedule anyplace............I checked. Not even on the Disney sight though, other closings are listed.
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I suspect the maintenance at SAB is kinda hush hushso people don't do what I just did and change m' ressie to other locations.
Most other sites get their refurb information from the official bulletins Disney makes available to travel agents. That is typically a very up-to-date resource. Disney knows that it is in its best interest to give TAs the information they need to best accommodate their customers.
I doubt there is a great conspiracy afoot this time around. According to reports here, MS was notified of the closure about a week ago. It's hardly unprecedented for information like that to take more than a week--in this case a holiday week--to circulate to all departments.
As some of us have pointed out, Disney has been able to refurbish the pool in phases in prior years and there is every reason to believe they can do the same thing this time around. Beyond the 200-300 DVC Villas, there are over 1100 cash rooms at the Yacht and Beach Club resorts. Disney isn't going to make a hasty decision to close down the entire pool complex for nearly 3 months, thus negatively impacting the vacations of tens-of-thousands of families.
