Ubers no longer allowed to drop off at The Contemporary?

[AngiTN]

We're having an issue locally where it's become difficult for Uber and Lyft drivers to enter a nearby military post. Ride share is great and serves a purpose, but it does cause concerns if security is an issue. Obviously Disney doesn't require security clearance but I'm sure that any security process is dynamic.

Uh, I'm shocked Ride Share is allowed on any base whatsoever, unless the driver is also Military. I was a military spouse and we didn't get on without our sticker on the car, it was monitored 24/7, by people who mean business. Without authorization to access (sticker or ID) you went to the visitor parking lot. This was in much safer times too.

Disney wouldn't ever have near the security concerns as a military base. And again, if drivers are allowed in to pick up a passenger how can they not be allowed in to drop off, while also picking up someone?

I get this isn't your suggestion, just showing the flaw of whatever reasoning the misinformation was based on.

I don't know if this is true or not, but when we uber'd for California Grill in early Feb, the gate wanted our name and the reason for our visit. So they did ask questions.

There are a lot of valid reasons to visit CR that don't involve a reservation, ADR or walking to MK. As long as the car isn't parking there (which isn't allowed without the first 2) then the guards don't have issue with it. They'll ask why someone is going in order to have the resort notified if it's a check in. They can do this at any resort, and have. I find this particular thing varies greatly by guard, not resort. Most hear the driver say "dropping off" and ask to see their ID and that's it.

 

[siren0119]

When we were there in 2018 we KIND OF experienced this. Our Lyft driver said they didn't like the rideshares pulling into the parking lot and just turning around so that passengers could be dropped off close to the walkway to MK. He ended up driving us all the way to the lobby and we walked from there. It sounds like lots of guests were requesting to be dropped off right near the guard shack just inside the gate, so they were turning drivers away that weren't going all the way to the lobby. It was pretty easy to just get dropped at the front of the hotel and walk the little extra way.

 

[AngiTN]

Oh, yeah, no, we always go to the lobby for drop off. I don't even tell the Uber driver why we are going to CR, so they wouldn't do anything BUT go to the lobby. I think dropping off in the parking lot is a poor idea, period. Their parking lots are too busy.

 

[PatMcDuck]

You can't walk over to the lobby at GC anymore, from the outside, without a GC keycard. (You can walk in from DD or DCA). Makes me nuts when I stay at Paradise Pier, can't walk across street anymore to enter GC lobby. I never had a problem using Uber there, for either pickups or drop-offs (last visit there was summer 2019).

 

[JimMIA]

They did it with Grand Californian in DLand CA. So I'm more inclined to believe it after that

Some lady claimed it happened to her specifically last month.

Was that on Facebook too?

 

[DisSurfer878]

So you are saying that they won't allow non resort guests in GCL? Do they ask for proof when walking in the door? We walked over from our hotel and weren't stopped or questioned. Seems odd that they lock down a resort

Yep. We go to DLand CA all the time. We walk in from that side or park over there or even stay at Paradise Pier. Every single time in the last 18 months we have been stopped by a gate guard and asked for a reservation number or a room key. Their argument is because there is no security on that side. We know dozens and dozens of people who have had the same thing happen to them

 

[DisSurfer878]

Was that on Facebook too?

No. It's listed ON the Grand Californian page for Disneyland. But go off with your uninformed self.

 

[DisSurfer878]

You can't walk over to the lobby at GC anymore, from the outside, without a GC keycard. (You can walk in from DD or DCA). Makes me nuts when I stay at Paradise Pier, can't walk across street anymore to enter GC lobby. I never had a problem using Uber there, for either pickups or drop-offs (last visit there was summer 2019).

We've been asked if we're dining or staying there. We usually lie and say we're dining at the lounge bar. But if you're not dining there Uber cannot drop you off so you have to lie

 

[DisSurfer878]

Its just Fake News. I use Lyft to get picked up and dropped off at the Grand Californian.

Picked up isn't the problem. Dropping off is.

 

[mckennarose]

We love to get dropped and picked at CR and never had an issue. I am interested in hearing first hand reports if it's true.

When Uber was young, the Security cm's sometimes asked for a rider's MB or resort id.

I don't know if this is true or not, but when we uber'd for California Grill in early Feb, the gate wanted our name and the reason for our visit. So they did ask questions.

This I can understand.... If you go to Ohana or other resort to eat the guard will ask for ID, where you're going or scan your band. I think it's all for security purposes and they want to know who is coming in to the resort itself, not necessarily if you're getting dropped to walk to MK.

 

[MillauFr]

Picked up isn't the problem. Dropping off is.

Just say you are dining at the lounge

 

[JimMIA]

No. It's listed ON the Grand Californian page for Disneyland. But go off with your uninformed self.

Just FYI, what happens in California has nothing to do with what happens at Disney World in Orlando. Yes, we all know it's the same company, but the resorts are totally different and have different policies.

I am still waiting for the first ACTUAL report from someone who has personally had anyone stop them from using Uber to or from Disney's Contemporary Resort at WDW.

Any twit can post on Facebook, Twitter, etc.

 

[AJR]

Long time reader very infrequent poster. I hate drop offs at my “Home BWV” they use our bathrooms and walk or stager to EPCOT I’m sure it’s same as Contemporary. DVC owners and those who stay on cash absorb the cost. Sorry Uber enter the front or TTC.

 

[lorenae]

Long time reader very infrequent poster. I hate drop offs at my “Home BWV” they use our bathrooms and walk or stager to EPCOT I’m sure it’s same as Contemporary. DVC owners and those who stay on cash absorb the cost. Sorry Uber enter the front or TTC.

You have to pay for someone to use the public restrooms in the resort if Uber drops then off to go to Epcot? And they stagger there? Really?

I understand it’s your home resort, but I really think you didn’t quite mean to be as nasty as it came across.

 

[AngiTN]

Long time reader very infrequent poster. I hate drop offs at my “Home BWV” they use our bathrooms and walk or stager to EPCOT I’m sure it’s same as Contemporary. DVC owners and those who stay on cash absorb the cost. Sorry Uber enter the front or TTC.

I had no idea you owned bathrooms at BWV or the IG entrance to Epcot.
I hope my use of both aren't annoying to you when I stay at BWI
And just what cost do these drops off's cost you?
Seriously.

 

[mckennarose]

Long time reader very infrequent poster. I hate drop offs at my “Home BWV” they use our bathrooms and walk or stager to EPCOT I’m sure it’s same as Contemporary. DVC owners and those who stay on cash absorb the cost. Sorry Uber enter the front or TTC.

And here I thought Disney welcomed everyone to their resorts. Must be my mistake.

 

[MillauFr]

And here I thought Disney welcomed everyone to their resorts. Must be my mistake.

They don't want the Grand Californian being a defacto drop off for Disneyland. Plus you get to use the resort guest special security screening lines which can be much shorter. The security lines off of Harbor can be 30 to 45 minutes. There is a big benefit to being dropped off there.

 

[mckennarose]

They don't want the Grand Californian being a defacto drop off for Disneyland. Plus you get to use the resort guest special security screening lines which can be much shorter. The security lines off of Harbor can be 30 to 45 minutes. There is a big benefit to being dropped off there.

Right, but the thread is about getting dropped at the Contemporary in WDW. I've never been to Disneyland.

Either way, @AJR was complaining about people dropped at BWV, using the bathrooms which somehow cost him/her money (?), and people walking or staggering to Epcot.

How would he/she know people who are dropped off use bathrooms? Is he/she standing at the door watching people and where they go? How does he/she know if it's a ride share dropping off and not family or friends driving them? How would the poster know if someone was staggering/walking to Epcot after getting dropped off? I'm not even going to touch the "stagger" part. There's so much entitled assumption in that post.

 

[JimMIA]

Interesting factoid about dropoffs at Disney's Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World in Orlando (the subject of this thread)

According to Google Maps, the Contemporary is 2,494 miles from Disneyland's Grand California.

So a dropoff at Grand CA might not be that convenient for Magic Kingdom.

 

[GoingSince1990]

Long time reader very infrequent poster. I hate drop offs at my “Home BWV” they use our bathrooms and walk or stager to EPCOT I’m sure it’s same as Contemporary. DVC owners and those who stay on cash absorb the cost. Sorry Uber enter the front or TTC.

We always Uber to Beach Club when we want to enter Epcot via the International Gateway entrance, as it is closer than BWV. Of course the best thing of all for Disney to do would be to set up well-organized dropoff lanes at the MK itself (not the TTC) as well as Epcot's IG, for rideshare and taxi users. This would reduce the traffic and workload for the guards at Contemporary as well as the Beach Club, and also reduce monorail/ferry use between TTC and MK.