Not trying to rain on anyone's parade but this makes me glad I am not a local just visiting the parks and resorts because when you stay there as a guest--you're guaranteed to get in obviously and you won't be turned away anywhere because you've got the different types of Disney transportation to get you to where you want to go--especially when wanting to visit or eat at another resort. Now my fear is going to be when they start saying that you can't get in even then, unless you are a guest of that particular hotel or have a reservation. That's when I'm gonna have the problem then because that defeats the whole point of visiting and exploring these places and to get people to want to stay there on a future trip. Do you think they'll start doing that eventually? I hope not.
I could just see it now--you're staying at Beach Club and decide to walk over to Boardwalk to hang out at Bellevue Lounge or to eat at Big River Grill (which is walk-ups only) and they got a CM standing there at certain entrances checking Magic Bands and asking if you're a guest of Boardwalk or have a reservation--and if you don't fit any of that--you're not allowed to wander around. Same if you're staying at Pop Century and take the bus to get to Animal Kingdom Lodge just to explore but you get off the bus and yet there's a CM there, standing around and asking every single person getting off (this would be at the monorails/boats too) are you a guest, reservation, etc., and if you aren't--you aren't getting in. Does anybody here think it will ever come to that? I shudder at the thought because exploring the hotels is just as fun as going to the parks. I mean they've cut down on pool hopping, which I can understand, so do you think they'd have a problem with people just visiting just because--whether they are a guest at another Disney hotel or not?
That's why it does suck for the locals because obviously it has to do with the amount of parking at some of the places--and they just don't have a lot of it--so I can understand why they're doing this and cracking down now. But what I'm concerned about is when you are a guest staying at a different resort or you're a local that goes to the TTC and uses Disney transportation and still you get turned away just because you're not staying there or have a reservation? What are the odds of that ever happening? It scares me to think about...
