I never did find out if that was a “rule” or if they just didn’t want guests getting to the front gates without a reservation. I’d often tell them I wanted to go to the Polynesian, or hop on the Skyliner (at HS) and they’d say something along the lines of “OMG! Have fun!”
Nice! Yeah I never saw any indication that guests couldn’t use the Bridge, but I wasn’t 100% sure.
Agreed, I forgot that the buses go direct to MK and not to TTC. Anyway, that just means that there should be absolutely no problem with parking (free for onsite) and walk from TTC to the Poly. Much easier and time saving. I guess that is what I get for always driving to the parks unless it's Epcot and then I will "hop" between MK and Epcot and park wherever I plan to be at the end of the day.
Not sure, but Disney is strict at the Contemporary. People would mobile order food at Contempo Cafe, or just claim they had, then get dropped off at CR as a way to bypass the slow security at the TTC. The smaller one on the walkway between CR/MK, and the one inside CR for the monorail were far less crowded in the morning.
But not for Capt Cooks.
The popup statement is meaningless. I asked Steakhouse 71 a year ago while we were staying at Polynesian. He said it’s to deter the people that has been previously described but there is no real block.Glad to hear that Gasp Grill no longer has that pop-up. We wanted to eat there in June 2022 and couldn't because we weren't a guest at that resort. It was at 7:30 p.m. and there were literally 4 people in the restaurant taking up one table. Then we went over to Contempo Cafe and had the same problem (again, despite the restaurant being less than 50% full). There were no CMs taking in-person orders that we could see. But we had no issues at Capt Cooks earlier in the day.
ETA: I just pulled up mobile ordering for all 3 of those restaurants and still got the pop up for Gasp Grill and Contempo Cafe.
If you are staying at Disney Resort - parking is free so you are just going out of your way going to the Springs unless you want to visit the Springs as well.
my point is you cannot just visit a resort by car,going to the spings lets you get on a bus to say the contemporary, then you have monorail to 3 resorts. going to say pop allows skyliner access to epcot, the just a short walk to 4 or 5 more, finally return to the springs to pick up your car.
It has worked that way for us since January of 2023. We missed a few years because of Covid but have since been back April 23, July 23, October 23 and just returned a week ago. Ignore the popup and order.
Yes parking is free but you may not park at any resort you are not staying at without a confirmed dining reservation.
Hence the question about parking at the TTC and walking over to Polynesian.
Because it takes all of 5 minutes to park in the MK lot and walk to the Polynesian. Same with parking in the Studios lot and hopping on the Skyliner.
