The Villas at Disney's Grand Californian Owners & Lovers Group - 3.0

It’s going to make a miserable morning experience…. Cash guests are going to be pissed… definitely not worth $330 a point direct for gross old shower heads, no early entry, and extremely crowded and slow security lines into both downtown Disney and DCA….
I bought VGC just so I could avoid the poors...now I'm the poor. 😭
 
That's interesting. I can't remember having to do that for the DTD entrance. For DCA you do have to scan in but I thought that was for showing you have a park ticket rather than proving you are a hotel guest.
The DTD entrance was always open to everyone, they used to check keycards in the morning for the DCA entrance but I haven't seen them do that in a long time.
 

The DTD entrance was always open to everyone, they used to check keycards in the morning for the DCA entrance but I haven't seen them do that in a long time.
I'm a rope dropper. During my last trip in July, they checked my keycard when I used GC's DCA entrance for ETPE, but not later in the day. Sorry I can't be more specific about what time they stop checking for your keycard to use GC's DCA entrance.

But this is a super major bummer about no more ETPE, and Pixar Place guests being able to use GC's DCA entrance. Security lines in DLR are so inefficient compared to WDW.

I call BS on their excuse saying ETPE isn't widely used. It seems like a penny pinching move, IMHO, but that doesn't sound as good for PR.
 
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I'm a rope dropper. During my last trip in July, they checked my keycard when I used GC's DCA entrance for ETPE, but not later in the day. Sorry I can't be more specific about what time they stop checking for your keycard to use GC's DCA entrance.

But this is a super major bummer about no more ETPE, and Pixar Pier guests being able to use GC's DCA entrance. Security lines in DLR are so inefficient compared to WDW.

I call BS on their excuse saying ETPE isn't widely used. It seems like a penny pinching move, IMHO, but that doesn't sound as good for PR.

I would much more respect them saying "hey $hiz out here in CA is expensive and we cant afford it anymore" than them feeding me a line of bull that people aren't using it when we all see and know that it is being utilized.
 
So they are replacing a perk that members could use every day, to avoid some crowds and could be used to get on multiple rides (if they were quick or had time), with something that members can use ONCE per TRIP for ONE ride that does nothing to avoid the crowds?

Talk about a downgrade
 















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