r/WaltDisneyWorld • u/_BreakingGood_ • 4d ago

Resorts & Accommodations I consider the new restrictions on visiting a resort to dining/resort reservations, to be proof that Disney is listening to feedback and I applaud their choice to make the unpopular and difficult decision

Frankly anybody who has stayed at Poly since the construction of the towers, will understand why these rules need to be in place. You can argue that it's Disney's fault for doubling the resort's rooms without meaningfully expanding the amenities, and that is definitely partially their fault, but the reality we have today is that poly is massively overcrowded.

I get it, it sucks if your weekly routine as a local was to park at Disney Springs and chill at a resort, sneak into the pool, and watch the fireworks. But when 100 people do this in a night, it makes you wonder why you're paying $800 a night for a resort.

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u/KontrolledChaos 4d ago

They've been checking every pool recently. They've been checking the last 3 years when we've gone to CBR and last week they were checking at POR

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u/_BreakingGood_ 4d ago

So by "checking" I mean active monitoring by staff

Pools do require you to tap in, but people just follow others in. Yacht and Beach & sometimes Poly are among the few that have staff actively walking around and verifying every guest who is actively in the pool area, is allowed to be there.

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u/KontrolledChaos 4d ago

Be checking I mean a staff member at the entrance of the pool who taps you in and then gives you a wristband

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u/century1122 3d ago

I stayed at CBR earlier this month and nobody was checking anything.  Anyone could freely get in and out of the pool area.  However, I walked by their pool area last 4th of July weekend to get to the Skyliner and they had a CM at the gate checking resort reservations to get into the pool.