Wilderness Lodge pool unscheduled close!

[kstinw19]

Was there any word that the WL main pool would be closing? Yesterday it was closed all day due to caulking and power washing of the deck and it was supposed to be open again today. But it is closed today as well.

Was this scheduled? It's a real bummer as my kids really wanted to try the slide. I would have changed my reservation had I known.

Between this and Obama's unscheduled visit, our planning is really being thrown for a loop this vacation

 

[kstinw19]

bump

 

[ToddyLu]

Seems they would let you pool hop in that instance....but I don't know about another slide to take its place. Did ya'll get to swim at another resort?

 

[lsg1]

Seems they would let you pool hop in that instance....but I don't know about another slide to take its place. Did ya'll get to swim at another resort?

If its closed again tomorrow, take a boat to either the Contemporary or the magic kingdom and take a monorail to the poly....we stayed there this past summer and while we love the wl and have strayed there many times, the poly pool had it beat

 

[nkereina]

If its closed again tomorrow, take a boat to either the Contemporary or the magic kingdom and take a monorail to the poly....we stayed there this past summer and while we love the wl and have strayed there many times, the poly pool had it beat

Unless they're DVC, I think they'd need permission to swim at the Poly pool. Usually when a main pool is closed for refurb, they may have an agreement with another resort that guests can use their pool. It's usually a specific resort you can go to, not just any. For instance, when the Poly pool was closed, they were allowing people from the Poly to use the GF pool.

 

[lsg1]

Unless they're DVC, I think they'd need permission to swim at the Poly pool. Usually when a main pool is closed for refurb, they may have an agreement with another resort that guests can use their pool. It's usually a specific resort you can go to, not just any. For instance, when the Poly pool was closed, they were allowing people from the Poly to use the GF pool.

That's true...they did ask to see room keys and gave us wrist bands this past summer at the poly.....I was assuming that if their pool was closed, they could hop but they need permission

 

[LilyWDW]

If its closed again tomorrow, take a boat to either the Contemporary or the magic kingdom and take a monorail to the poly....we stayed there this past summer and while we love the wl and have strayed there many times, the poly pool had it beat

When the pool at a resort is closed, they often all you to hop to a SPECIFIC pool. The OP could ask about which pool is open for their use. They can not just hop over to the Poly pool (pool hopping is against Disney rules). The Poly pool is often very busy and one of the most popular, so I doubt that would be the pool allowed.

Also, sometimes things happen that cause the closure of something without much (if any) warning.

 

[mrzrich]

When the FW pool was being rehabed, we were instructed by Disney to use the WL pool.

 

[JennSaint]

I would talk to the front desk and see about using another pool. That is a bummer!! I know when my boys were younger we based alot of our resort decision on the pool.

 

[anjalee6]

I know that it doesn't have a slide, but you can just go over to the quiet pool. You are allowed to use that pool at WL even if you are not staying im the villas.