Unless you are a DVC member and the pool isn't excluded from the perk.You can sight-see resorts and also eat at their restaurants, but you won't be able to use most swimming pools
They are clearly hurting for business at some of the resort restaurants, yet they make you feel as unwelcome as possible driving to the security kiosks. Depending on the officer, they make you show your reservation confirmation or, at the very least, explain in detail where you're going. Then they make you show a photo ID, which is the most baffling policy of all. They don't scan the ID, don't compare it to a list of banned names, they just make you show it to them. Their requirement just seems to make sure you have a face. It's not a big deal, just a policy nobody has clearly thought through. It all feels like you're doing something wrong or being a slight nuisance.
I do get the added security during peak times (holiday fireworks, etc) at the monorail hotels but the rest of the year it's unnecessary.
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