Patcheslee
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Our Oktoberfest has been cancelled already, so our county may be more cautious than many are expecting. It was definitely a surprise to hear about.
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News Walt Disney World's COVID-19 reopening plans announced - July 11
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GoofGoof
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When the system opens they will let you know one way or the other if park hopping is allowed. If it’s not the money will be refunded. If it is there’s a good chance you won’t be allowed to book a reservation for multiple parks per day so it will be on an as capacity is available basis on the day of. If people don’t want to pay extra for park hopping without a guarantee they can hop to any park then they don’t have to. It’s like Steve said this isn‘t going to be the Disney experience we are all accustomed to. As another poster pointed out earlier the parks all close early and there’s no nighttime shows so park hopping will really be reduced anyway with the one exception of hopping to EPCOT for dinner since that the one park open later. EPCOT is huge and has tons of capacity. It will likely never “sell out”. What will probably be the main issue with hopping is starting somewhere else and trying to hop to DHS. That park could hit capacity more quickly.
CaptainAmerica
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No pool at Beach Club though, right?
peter11435
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There is a pool at the beach club villas that will be open.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
We don’t know that yet. The main pool is closed in June when only BCV is open and not the hotel. We still don’t even know for sure YC or BC hotels are opening July 11. If only one opens and with some floors or wings closed it’s possible the main pool stays closed. It is more expensive to operate and maintain and they have a quiet pool they could use.
GoofGoof
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Can they allow hotel guests to use that pool? I thought because it’s paid for by DVC maintenance fees it’s not available to hotel cash guests.
Disstevefan1
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Ha! NOT a Number, as I said, there are no numbers, we have no idea what lowest? Low means, LOL LOL! This is exactly what I am saying..
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
The distinction between the "hotel" side of a resort and the "villa" side of a resort is meant to be invisible to cash guests. If you're staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge, broadly defined, you have access to the facilities at both Jambo House and Kidani Village. Some people tried to argue a while back that the Boulder Ridge pool was supposed to be off limits to cash Wilderness Lodge guests, but that's absolutely not the case.
DisneyDebRob
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I didn’t even think of that.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
It's not correct. There is no such thing as a "DVC pool." Cash guests of a resort have access to the recreation facilities at the entire resort.
EDIT: I was corrected below, as it appears that this is the case at Bay Lake Tower. I don't believe it is the case anywhere else.
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ThatMouse
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What gets me is unless you're an AP you really have no skin in the game. Oh you have a room reservation? ADR? DVC? You can just cancel (or bank or sell or rent). But AP's cannot get a real refund or even sell them. I'm hoping that changes. Lucky for us we only have 2 silvers, but imagine families with $5000 in AP's - no refund? What do you do in that situation? Just not go?
What are you on about? Of course there’s a number.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
Not true. The Bay Lake Tower pool is exclusive to guests staying there. If you are staying at CR you aren’t eligible to use it. I know that for sure. I was asking about BCV because I wasn’t sure if that was the case there too. It’s not consistent between resorts.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
Good catch, you're right. If you look up images of the resort maps, the Contemporary's is very clear that all BLT facilities are exclusive to BLT. It almost reads as if they don't even want non-DVC people walking on the grounds (not that they have much in the way of grounds to begin with). They appear to be unique in that regard.
Well, they've already said AP holders can elect to get a refund of their pass if they want. But if they follow the same rules that they did for Shanghai, AP holders will be able to use their pass with a free reservation when the parks re-open in a limited capacity, but the expiration date will still be extended until the restrictions are lifted. Granted I haven't seen them *say* this yet, but I'd expect something similar here since the tickets will be so limited use (and they've said that AP holders may not be able to get in). Doing that seems to make a lot of sense to build goodwill for those (presumably) loyal guests.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
Didn’t they offer refunds for annual pass holders? I think the only people on the hook are DVC owners. You can delay a certain amount of time depending on your use year but you cannot cancel without losing points.
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin extends its closure to the end of July
Walt Disney World Swan Resort News
The resort closed on March 24 and will remain closed for at least another 6 weeks.
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Sirwalterraleigh
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...well that explains the maximum rates for July.
For the upteenth time: No one in zip code 32830 wants to be open. At all.
For the upteenth time: No one in zip code 32830 wants to be open. At all.
Horizons '83
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Looks like the Swan will be closed until August 12th with the Dolphin only open from July 30th through August 11th. This is based off the availability calendar.