We absolutely resort Hop. Every trip, we eat at at least one different resort than our home resort. We are always respectful of everyone on site, having no idea if they are guests or ‘hoppers’ We do have our favorites; we always eat at some Floridian restaurant. We have visited Animation, Port Orleans, French Quarter, Animal Kingdom, Polynesian, Floridian, and Contemporary. During Covid, we tried to visit Riviera but they wouldn’t let us in. Maybe some day we will be able to stay at a deluxe and I want to be prepared when I make my choice.
I hope WDW continues to allow Resort Hopping, but given that “Chapstick” has been renewed for 3 more years, I can only imagine the damage he will do in that time; Resort Hopping may be a casualty.
Staying at WDW has always been a total experience. We stayed at the Port Orleans every year for 10 days. We would eat there, in the parks and always go to another resort or two for lunch or dinner. It’s simply nuts to keep pushing away middle to lower income families. If I were rich, WDW would never be an annual choice for me.
We stopped going this year when they banned Magical Express.
I believe everyone should have the opportunity to see the hotels they may stay at in the future. I have stayed in most of the properties WDW offers and resort Hopping is how I picked my next one. People get a grip and stop being suck snobs. Play nice and that goes for management to!!
Agree. Some of us Floridians with annual passes like to go eat at one of the resorts with reservations . We have done this for years.It should continue to be welcoming just like always
I actually went for the first time to Disney World in May all by myself and I made it part of my plans to resort hop. I stayed at All Star Movies (my top choice) and I visited All Star Sports & Art of Animation during my stay. I loved it! Also, I had to specifically stop at the Polynesian for a souvenir for a family member that the shops on Disney property didn’t have. I think it’s a wonderful experience to resort hop 🙂.
100% agree. We have been DVC members for over 20 years and would never have joined if we weren’t able to see the other resorts. She’s just another “Karen” elitist.
Now as a Disney guest you ALL know that you can; go to every single resort/restaurant/gift shops & etc. I’ve been going to WDW since 86′ I’ve stay in treehouse villas,art of animation, Caribbean,old key west,port Orleans etc. We have always gone out of our way to find the certain things you don’t find in parks but @resorts. Especially drinking dole whips only poolside @the poly. Or beignets which you can get @ French Quarter. Lucky this yr we are staying @. Just wish they would have brought the dining plan back.
Maybe at Animal kingdom to eat and see animals. Have also been to many of the upscale resin the resorts. Lighten up unless they are pool crashing or something
Uh oh, “KAREN” Triggered! I don’t understand what the problem is. I Hotel Hop. I like to wander from Hotel to Hotel on non Park days to shop, maybe eat, definitely to just hang out and chill. Certain people make it seem like it’s CADDY DAY at the Pool (Caddyshack movie reference), where all the Misfits Golf Caddys occupy the Pool between 3 and 3:30, and act like animals. Nobody’s rampaging though the resort hallways Acting a fool. Leave things alone!
Nope. Race of complainer nit mentioned in the one vid I saw, nor in the article. Karen can be white or even orange or brown or blue, male, female or trans, straight or gay. Karen s cone n all races, not racist to call out a Karen whose race is not noted. Duh!
We love to hotel hop. We usually eat at O’Hana’s at the Poly and stay at the Port Orlean Riverside in the Princess rooms. My daughter collects those collectable pennies and has started some those collections where you have to find the other machines to finish and they are in the parks and hotels. So yes we hotel hop but can’t use their pools and we wouldn’t. Only dining and looking around etc.
My wife’s name is Karen so I cringe any time I see it used. Any Karen I’ve ever met as been a nice person and there were a good number 8n my town. Where the heck did the use come from, I would think Heather is more like it. Mini rant over. We also hop and I’ll admit we used other resort pools. Uh oh maybe we are the Karen’s.
We resort hop, it’s breaks up the day. We have lunch at a hotel near the park we’re at, like Grand Floridian if we’re at Magic Kingdom. It’s nice being able to look at the different hotels
We love going to see, take in the ambiance, shop and/or eat at the different resort properties. Love watching the fireworks from the vantage points! The onsite entertainment is awesome as well! Have even stayed at a couple. Today’s prices prevent such from happening though. 🙁 But I guess there should be no test driving a car before you buy, no samples anywhere and no movie previews, etc. Oh, and no free water or water fountains either. Please, lighten up a bit and try to enjoy life with the rest of us. 🙂 One day many of us won’t be here to bother you anymore.
We too love to Resort Hop! We did this on every single visit, when we would come down from Long Island, NY. Now that we live locally, we still do and can. Resort hopping is the best way to see other resorts, try their restaurants or quick serves. It is even fun to do as a drinking game, trying the many bars at each resort, using Disney transportation as the DD. Resort hopping is also a great way to see all the myriad of decorations, especially at Christmas. If you are a pin trader, you can Resort hop to check out all the pin trading boards. Or maybe just go on a Resort hopping shopping trip. All merchandise shops are different too, so it is so fun!
I too really hope Resort hopping never goes away.
This is stupid. Disney makes a lot of money by allowing people to eat at the resorts.
There are locals who just go to eat at the resort restaurants.
I’ve stayed at all Deluxe resorts and I love to eat at the various restaurants especially when staying at the Polynesian, Grand Floridian and Contemporary. It’s so easy to take the monorail to the other resorts. It’s fun to vary your dining experience. Plus you can’t always get a dining reservation at your hotel.
yep, every time we do because I know I’ll get the merch I want at certain resorts only…and yes florida residents do it all the time and they are not visiting any parks…some scalpers even go buy up all the merchandise so actual guests don’t have anything nice to buy with their annual pass discount. (thankfully disney is trying g to put limits on the most exclusive stuff so there will be some left with actual vacationers get there) Anyone should be able to visit any hotel as Long as they are respectful.
Let me just say , I am a Florida Resident and annual pass holder. I do visit parks and also other resorts ! My pass holder discount isn’t all that to be buying in bulk and scalping! I on the other hand cannot even make a reservation to eat somewhere until you vacationers do it first !
Visiting the various resorts to dine, shop or just enjoy the ambiance is part of any Disney experience. Further restrictions and endless reservation protocols are making the Disney experience really bad. When on vacation it would be nice to have some flexibility. Now we need to reserve the specific day for a park(s) visit, reserve the time and location of where we’ll eat, and reserve times for some attractions. That’s not vacation. If it continues I may stop visiting Disney parks.
I totally agree with the woman who said people shouldn’t be allowed to use your resort amenities!!! I pay $800 per night to stay at the Grand Floridian and I can’t get into the pool or the restaurants! All of you who can’t afford to stay there and use the pool etc are FREELOADERS ! Why don’t you pay $800 a night to stay there and not get to use anything?? Are you putting down lower prices resorts?? Anyone who doesn’t get this is clueless and probably feels entitled to use resorts that they didn’t pay for!
You can not use the pool unless you are a resort guest! However you can reserve dining there and should be able to! I stayed at the Poly and went to Victoria and Alberts for dinner, also O’hana and California Grill- perhaps you would rather be limited to only eating at the resort you stay in?! Resort hopping should always be allowed as it might inspire you to try a different one! We actually did a monorail food hopping tour through Disney years ago and it was fabulous!
Yes you can. I know many people who come over to use the pools. Nobody checks! I’ve been staying at grand floridian for years and no one checks to see if only guests use the pools
How do you know the pool is overrun by non guests? Do they not look like GF guests? Is it not possible for the GF to have a busy pool full of rowdy guests or are we just being elitist?
Absolutely when you live in Florida for 47 years. And you frequently visit Walt Disney World resorts and their parks. You have every right to partake in any location and event that is allowed. However if you do not live in Florida you would not understand. Thank you for visiting
That’s surprising! We had to scan our magic bands to get into the pool at Beach Club and kids need a wrist band for the slide. We do resort hop for meals and book those reservations in advance. If you can’t find a reservation, try mousewatcher.com.
How many guests can stay at a resort like Poly or the Grand Florida a night. Like max occupancy? If all those guests wanted to go to the pool would they be able to at any given time during operating hours? I seriously doubt the pools occupancy max could accommodate every paying guest. Realistically not every paying guest will want to use that amenity, I get that. It’s also interesting that you knowingly associate with people who openly admit they use the pool without being paying guests.
I’m a big fan of spending time at resorts and resort hoping. You get a great idea of where else you might want to stay on the next trip. However, we are Polynesian owners and more so recently it’s turned into a hot nightlife destination. The restaurants and public areas are packed, busses and monorails too. I don’t think they should end resort hoping, but I can see how having a popular hopping resort impacts the guests experience.
Our family has resort hopped for YEARS. We go and check out the gift shops, food, amenities (for possibly a future stay), architecture (my one kid LOVES the details), we have learned sooo much from CM’s while resort hopping. It’s a great non park thing to do, especially when you just want to get out of the rain. If Disney bans resort hopping this could very well be our final straw. We have been AP’s for more than 10 years but we are not at all impressed with changes since Bob Chapek taking over. The fun and adventure is being sucked dry rather quickly.
The point of view is not entirely wrong. My last stay at the Poly, the lobby is always crowded. Trader Sam’s is always booked, O’hana is booked. There should be a priority for the guest actually staying at the resort no matter if it’s cash paid or DVC. There has to be an advantage to paying the money to actually enjoy a resort type of experience.
Truthfully, with there not being many perks by staying on property, the people actually paying should have some kind of benefit, no matter if it’s AKL, WL, or even POP.
Absolutely! We stay at the Grand Floridian and it’s over run with people not staying there. What perk is there for paying $800 per night?? We’ve been upset over this for years
First of all this has nothing to do with affordability. It has to do with people paying alot of money to stay someplace and having people who don’t pay use the pools, hot tub etc. I’m sorry about your situation but this is not what we are talking about
@Lori How do you know the pool is overrun by non guests? Do they not look like GF guests? Is it not possible for the GF to have a busy pool full of rowdy guests or are we just being elitist?
Can you tell us what a deluxe guest looks like, so we can filter out the All Stars from the Grand Floridians? Thank you.
I know many people personally that tell me they do this at the Grand and Poly. I also have friends that work for Disney that tell me this. So cut it out with your cute sarcasm
Bay Lake Towers does not have a restaurant so we have to hop to other resorts just to eat. Also the pool gates have locks on them so non guests cannot get in.
Go to Trader Sams about 13:30 and stand in line to get your name on the list. Once they have you written down, go upstairs to have a drink at Tambu Lounge. Head back down about 14:45 and wait to be called. You have to work for what you want. Also, check for dining reservations after 22:30 for the following day. This is how I got O’hana and other restaurants. People have to cancel before midnight to not get charged and it opens up a lot of reservations for places you weren’t able to secure when your window opened.
The point is the people that do pay the money for a resorts and amenities should be able to enjoy what they paid for and people using the amenities that are not actually paying for them should not be able to like Pools, 4th of July fireworks seating at the Poly and other amenities that the people staying there have paid for. I think everyone should be able to use the restaurants and “visit” the resort but it should end there and not overtake the experience for those paying for it. The problem is at peak times the people paying for it are not able to enjoy or do things or the amenities due to the “freeloader” and that’s what you are if you have not paid for a said amenity or experience. It’s laughable that people feel they are entitled to something that they haven’t paid for just because it’s there.
Resort hopping is definitely part of the Disney experience, not only to see the ambiance at different hotels, but also to partake in different dining experiences.
Disney would be foolish to take resort hopping away. I don’t want to eat all my meals where I stay. I like to go to different resorts and try different restaurants and look around the gift shops. I always resort hop at Christmas to look at the various trees and other holiday stuff. Chapek has taken away so much, don’t let him take this away.
This is how I decide the next resort I want to stay in. With the prices so high I would want to make sure that resort is for me before I spend the money. Plus it’s a nice diversion to the parks for a relaxing day. Also especially nice to see resorts decorated for holidays. If they stopped letting people resort hop I would stop going to Disney.
All I can say is WOW!!! I have been going to WDW for 50 years and even from the beginning, we have been resort hopping. We have our specific places we eat and drink at on every trip. We also love all the different merchandise at each hotel. I don’t think this should or ever could be banned as this is more revenue for Disney. As for reservations, I always get what I want. Most lounges are 1st come, 1st served! Don’t complain if you don’t want to do the necessary work to get what you want.
First off, people who “resort hop” are not using the resorts amenities such as the pool, gyms etc. It’s not allowed. Even DVC members have restrictions. They are at the resorts to shop, dine and maybe explore, just to see if it’s a place they may want to stay at in the future.
As a DVC member, I could care less if a vacationer wants to visit the same resort I’m staying in. I wouldn’t be able to distinguish the difference between a guest and a non-guest anyway.
My issue is AirBnB allowing ppl to advertise under ‘experiences’ individuals taking vans full of individuals who are in NO way registered or recorded on property as a resort or even a park guest into resorts for personal profit. Check it out. It’s there in black & white. Taking loads of ppl each nt to the Poly, Grand Floridian, & Contemporary to simply roam, unescorted, as they please throughout these 3 resorts, as well as on the monorail system, for hours. No doubt, the majority of these individuals are good ppl who merely want to see resorts they might not otherwise. No doubt also at LEAST once a wk someone you wouldn’t want around your child or family is also aboard. Yes- probably like individuals also staying at those resorts and/or in the parks. But there is at least RECORD of same!!!!!
Reported this AirBnB ‘experience’ to Disney. Nothing done. Except Bob Paycheck got a 20mil bonus🙄 So think twice before booking your family at any of these 3 resorts!!!
My wife and I have resort hopped for 30 years. It’s fun to explode all the resorts. I do however believe the Magic Kingdom resort Monorail should only be used by guests staying at the monorail resorts. I pay too much money to be crammed into these monorails when non-resort monorail guest have other ways to get to the Magic Kingdome. Years ago, cast members wouldn’t let you ride the Resort monorail unless you showed proof that you were staying at those resorts. I miss those days. I’m not a prude. I just think the resort monorail was a perk of staying at the deluxe resorts.
It’s a stupid idea to end resort hopping, and it will never happen. The restaurants need the business, just to name one reason. It also helped me decide where to stay next time.
Yes we go to restaurants at many of the different hotels. Scat Cat’s on Friday night with Jazz and beignets at French quarter. If I can’t get a room there are you saying I can’t go? Or I can’t go to Ohana or Kona Cafe if I don’t stay at the Polynesian. While I am there of course I am going to walk into the gift shops to see what themed merch is there. This is a silly statement especially for Walt Disney World Resort.
Resort hopping is a great way for visitors to take a closer look at another resort. It’s good marketing. We also often enjoy eating at the restaurants in other resorts.
If you do not have a dining reservation you should not be allowed to park there. Other than that hop a bus or monorail and explore. I have stayed at every level of hotel on Disney property yet prefer the deluxe hotels because they do not have that Motel 6 quality with a door leading outside.
Yet I see the point of paying $1000 a night like when we stayed at the Grand Californian only to have crowds everywhere of gawkers filling upon the common areas and snatching up the Christmas goodies that are for guests. Yes I understand this is WDW the article is about.
Disney has and continues to divide down social economic lines. Remember Walt was not alive when Disney World was built so please stop waxing poetic about what he would do. When Disney went public it became about share holder equity and not about anything else but quarterly profits.
If it wasn’t allowed, you wouldn’t be able to make a dining reservation at any resort on the Disney website. I seriously doubt the restaurants would thrive if it was only available to guests at that resort.
Agreed CK. Even Disney has slow times, though not this year. Why would resort restaurants sit half full and refuse service to locals or other resort guests? Perhaps resort guests should be able to book dining at their resort further in advance? Either way, we were there in May, it was a zoo, and we got every dining reservation we wanted. Just got to keep checking.
We love to resort hop, especially at Christmas time. Each resort is decorated so beautifully. Not to mention dining whether it is full service or quick service many different choices.
I love to resort hop; it helps me decide where I may want to stay next time. Furthermore, that’s how Disney convinces guests to book the different resorts, by
allowing guests to resort hop. I used to stay exclusively at Shades of Green, but through resort hopping, I discovered some other resorts I want to stay at. As long as non-resort guests aren’t acting like idiots, I don’t see the problem…
The first time I went to Disney, I was 10, they had only been open a few years. We “park hopped” then. We camped at Ft wilderness, had dinner and breakfasts at the Polynesian, my uncle saw Bett Midler at the Contemporary, then a few years later River Contry opened. We had days at pools, horse back rides, hay rides, and oh those “E” tickets!
I was there last June. 3 parks, 1 water park, dinner at Narcoosees, gift shopping at Wilderness lodge, Contemporary, and the Polynesian. Yea my RV was at Ft Wilderness, but we left a trail of cash the whole way, and that’s the way THEY like it.
We always go to different resorts,especially at Christmas time to see the decorations. Plus we like to eat at the different hotels. Please don’t take that away.
We do go to other Hotels,especially for Dinner. When we were new to Disney, it helped us decide where we wanted to stay next. We have stayed in Deluxe resorts, moderates, and value resorts. We always stay on WDW property. We never use the pools. We do live in Florida and for us, it is a 2-hour drive each way. We have gone just for the day. We go only on weekdays: Tuesday through Thursdays. We avoid weekends and Holidays. I see no harm in going to other resorts, especially if you are a resort guest.
There are restaurants at the resorts that count on resort hopping. Plus there are activities and events that promote resort hopping. My nephew’s went on a pirate adventure while the rest of my family enjoyed the eats and shops at the Grand Floridian. Comment is just short slighted.
@Lori Do they not look like GF guests? Is it not possible for the GF to have a busy pool full of rowdy guests or are we just being elitist?
Can you tell us what a deluxe guest looks like, so we can filter out the All Stars from the Grand Floridians? Thank you.
This is the call of the Walt Disney company, period, end of story. If the Walt Disney company wants to let people explore the lobby of their hotel, that’s their business. If you’re a guest there and you don’t like it, you don’t have to stay there. But a guest has absolutely no business getting furious over visitors who are being welcomed there by the Walt Disney company. That’s arrogant and ugly and speaks volumes at such a person.
@Mexicansun I have friends who work for Disney that said people use the pools etc at the Grand and Poly all the time that aren’t staying there . You can cut the sarcasm
Some of these comments are just too funny. They only thing I would add is to maybe give some sort of priority for dinner reservations at the resort you are staying at. That’s it. We used to go for a special meal at some resorts. TBH, the time it takes to get to a resort and back to your hotel takes a big chunk of time of your day. Using Disney transportation you have to allow an hour and a half to get there. So depending on the timing, there is a lot of waiting around. It might be good for a day off or your first night, but that’s about it.
Who has the time to come up with these complaints? Walt Disney World is considered a “resort.” It’s part of a vacation to eat and shop at the resorts. That’s why one can make ADR. I will continue to experience WDW the way it was created.
I DO love to “Resort Hop”, but I really prefer to drive my car to the various resorts. Unfortunately, this isn’t always possible even during non-holiday weeks as I’ve found out the hard way on several occasions — I’ve been forced to turn around at Beach Club & Yacht Club on a couple of occasions, as well as USUALLY at the Contemporary even though I could see that in every one of those occasions that the parking lots were far from full! I’ve always suspected that a LOT has to do with who is working the entrance at the time. Interestingly, I’ve never had an issue at the Grand Floridian — I simply tell security at the entrance that I’m going to have a drink at the Enchanted Rose or one of the other bars & they flag me through.
So if I’m not staying at the Polly I shouldn’t be allowed at Ohana ? I can’t take my family to Chef Mickeys if we aren’t calling the Contemporary “home” ? Yeah, the dissenter needs to take a deep breath and embrace reality. Restaurants, resort tours, and unique merch locations are all a part of the WDW experience.
We’ve stayed at the Animal Kingdom Jambo house a couple of times already. It’s actually easier to do resort hopping if you’re a guest at one of their resorts because of parking purposes. We ate at Chef Mickey’s at Contemporary resort, had Dole Whip and luau at Polynesian resort, met my sister’s family at Finding Nemo resort can’t remember the name but pool had Finding Nemo theme, had Easter lunch at Grand Floridian and even saw where they have a memorial for that little boy that got dragged by an alligator. People don’t go just to do resort hopping, they actually go to eat at the resorts restaurants.
We don’t “resort hop” but we do have restaurant favorites at resorts other than our “home base” resort. We use the WDW internal bus system to move around “the world” so we don’t take up parking spaces. This OP needs to “get a grip”.
When our girls were young we thought it inappropriate to stay in a top tier hotel because we felt their loud voices and antics would disrupt the clientele. Later on, we enjoyed these resorts when they were teens.
I know many people personally that tell me they do this at the Grand and Poly. I also have friends that work for Disney that tell me this. So cut it out with your cute sarcasm
We just stayed at the Cabins at Ft Wilderness in May…. We resort hopped. We went to Wilderness Lodge to find Magic Bands(Ft Wilderness was sold out) and Port Orleans to eat at their food court (only 1 quick serve restaurant with a small menu at Ft Wilderness). It wasn’t like we were going to the other resorts to use their eminities other than their shops and restaurants… It would another thing if we were using their pools or the such….
I absolutely will not stop reccomending that people resort hop. Many of the resorts are some of the best themed in the world, and the restaurants are some of the best on property. Not to mention, the things you see during the holiday’s are well worth it for everyone to see, especially at the current prices Disney is charging. In fact, I may even step up efforts to inform people about it if this is the type of elitist attitudes we need to put up with to be DVC members. Go find another place to vacation if that’s the kind of attitude you have.
Of course resort hopping is encouraged! That’s why there are restaurants and shops and shows and spas, for all guests to experience them. And that is if you are a guest in that particular resort, or at another resort, or just a day visitor.
As noted in the article, there are amenities, such as pool and recreation areas that are exclusive to the guests of that resort, bit otherwise it is open to all.
To mustlovedogs lady get a life. If you notice resort hopping and complain about it, then you go to Disney way to much and it must be nice to have that kind of money to do so. For you to request Disney to change policies because it’s inconvenient for you, makes you a very inconsiderate, selfish person. Your parents failed as parents to teach you humility and consideration.
We stay at Shades of Green on WDW Resort, the military resort and me and my wife have “Super Date Night Weekends” there and never go to the parks unless we have a dining reservation, but we resort hop, lounge hop, monorail crawl, all night then go back to Shades for a romantic night alone. We are passholders too but we love to hop at WDW and do adult Disney!
I’ve lived in Orlando for 50 years and guess what?! We locals also get to visit the resorts even if we’re not guests, and that’s been Disney’s policy since the day WDW opened.
Long time resident of Florida. We live in Orlando and we resort hop to all the different restaurants and events in the resorts. Thousands of locals do this.
Its a public place not a private residence. Folks can eat where ever they want and visit other resorts. How are you going to know if a person is staying there or not.
There was a time, back in the 70’s, when eating anything at WDW was done only if you were starving! The food was horrendous and literally the same everywhere you went! Nowadays, eating is an adventure and totally a part of the whole experience…I’m pretty sure the intention was that people would visit each and every resort to sample all that is offered. As well, the transportation system is free and travels pretty much everywhere, giving guests the opportunity to easily navigate the entire Disney experience. So thinking that you somehow have exclusive rights to any one resort is ludicrous and beyond imagining (get it?)…so lighten up, unclench, erase your ugly resting face, and try to enjoy yourself without ruining it for others!
We almost always book meals at Ohana, 1900 Park Fare, Chef Mickey’s and Toppolino’s. So yes, we resort hop every time. It also gives us a chance to think about where we want to stay next trip. I can’t imagine Disney would stop people from dining at the resort restaurants just because they didn’t stay at the resort. That is ridiculous and really would not make good business sense. Person complaining sounds like a whiney brat.
Have a magical day. How many times have you heard this sentiment offered by someone at Disney? And what is magic but creating something that seems impossible to the casual observer, or even those with the keenest of vision? We have been coming to Walt Disney World since 1978. My wife and I are coming again this August to celebrate our 49th anniversary. We have stayed at most of the resorts over the years, and look forward to our stay at Port Orleans French Quarter. Part of the magic is the opportunity to visit other resorts while staying as a guest at WD. Over these past 44 years our decision to stay at the Polynesian, The Grand Floridian, Fort Wilderness, Wilderness Lodge, The Art of Animation, or any of the other resorts we have stayed at, was the result of a prior visit to those resorts. The cost to Disney is nothing and the benefit is that many times, others have also made the decision to stay “in the magic” because of the visits to these resorts. Have a Magical Day is not only about what was, or is, but what could be!
Disney has made it almost impossible for families to enjoy the magic. resort hopping has always been a part of Disney vacations and often inspired the next trip to stay at one next time. We had family traveling to Orlando for business and planned to visit some resorts for dinning and they were all locked down like a army concentration camp. So they went to Universal and spent their money and didn’t feel like they were not welcome. So, here’s to you Disney, you have shot yourself in the foot yet again. Someone is always going to capitalize on your greedy uppity, only the rich welcome attitude. Disney is not for families anymore. The dollar itself owns Disney. So sorry #worldssaddestxdisneyfan
Comments for Fans Furious At Plea To Ban Disney Resort Hopping
S Nogg
We absolutely resort Hop. Every trip, we eat at at least one different resort than our home resort. We are always respectful of everyone on site, having no idea if they are guests or ‘hoppers’ We do have our favorites; we always eat at some Floridian restaurant. We have visited Animation, Port Orleans, French Quarter, Animal Kingdom, Polynesian, Floridian, and Contemporary. During Covid, we tried to visit Riviera but they wouldn’t let us in. Maybe some day we will be able to stay at a deluxe and I want to be prepared when I make my choice.
I hope WDW continues to allow Resort Hopping, but given that “Chapstick” has been renewed for 3 more years, I can only imagine the damage he will do in that time; Resort Hopping may be a casualty.
EMM
Staying at WDW has always been a total experience. We stayed at the Port Orleans every year for 10 days. We would eat there, in the parks and always go to another resort or two for lunch or dinner. It’s simply nuts to keep pushing away middle to lower income families. If I were rich, WDW would never be an annual choice for me.
We stopped going this year when they banned Magical Express.
Jenny Jelesberg
We try to have sex at each resort (located on the monorail line).
Beverly
I believe everyone should have the opportunity to see the hotels they may stay at in the future. I have stayed in most of the properties WDW offers and resort Hopping is how I picked my next one. People get a grip and stop being suck snobs. Play nice and that goes for management to!!
Keygan
Agree. Some of us Floridians with annual passes like to go eat at one of the resorts with reservations . We have done this for years.It should continue to be welcoming just like always
S1
What would have Walt done? The answer is to charge people more money. They are clearly not charging enough money.
Chris B
Youre getting Walt mixed up with Chapek.
Brooke-Lynne
I actually went for the first time to Disney World in May all by myself and I made it part of my plans to resort hop. I stayed at All Star Movies (my top choice) and I visited All Star Sports & Art of Animation during my stay. I loved it! Also, I had to specifically stop at the Polynesian for a souvenir for a family member that the shops on Disney property didn’t have. I think it’s a wonderful experience to resort hop 🙂.
Jen
Sounds like she needs to check lost and found for her chill pills.
Kat
100% agree. We have been DVC members for over 20 years and would never have joined if we weren’t able to see the other resorts. She’s just another “Karen” elitist.
E.Chambers
Now as a Disney guest you ALL know that you can; go to every single resort/restaurant/gift shops & etc. I’ve been going to WDW since 86′ I’ve stay in treehouse villas,art of animation, Caribbean,old key west,port Orleans etc. We have always gone out of our way to find the certain things you don’t find in parks but @resorts. Especially drinking dole whips only poolside @the poly. Or beignets which you can get @ French Quarter. Lucky this yr we are staying @. Just wish they would have brought the dining plan back.
J
Maybe at Animal kingdom to eat and see animals. Have also been to many of the upscale resin the resorts. Lighten up unless they are pool crashing or something
Anthony
Uh oh, “KAREN” Triggered! I don’t understand what the problem is. I Hotel Hop. I like to wander from Hotel to Hotel on non Park days to shop, maybe eat, definitely to just hang out and chill. Certain people make it seem like it’s CADDY DAY at the Pool (Caddyshack movie reference), where all the Misfits Golf Caddys occupy the Pool between 3 and 3:30, and act like animals. Nobody’s rampaging though the resort hallways Acting a fool. Leave things alone!
BdBum
First word that came to mind while reading the article…”Karen.” LOL
Mark Sheldon
Your a racist
Weewe
Nope. Race of complainer nit mentioned in the one vid I saw, nor in the article. Karen can be white or even orange or brown or blue, male, female or trans, straight or gay. Karen s cone n all races, not racist to call out a Karen whose race is not noted. Duh!
Denise
We love to hotel hop. We usually eat at O’Hana’s at the Poly and stay at the Port Orlean Riverside in the Princess rooms. My daughter collects those collectable pennies and has started some those collections where you have to find the other machines to finish and they are in the parks and hotels. So yes we hotel hop but can’t use their pools and we wouldn’t. Only dining and looking around etc.
KDSG
Please please stop using the name Karen in such a derogatory way. It’s really taking a toll on the young Karens of the world.
Kieth Kayman
My wife’s name is Karen so I cringe any time I see it used. Any Karen I’ve ever met as been a nice person and there were a good number 8n my town. Where the heck did the use come from, I would think Heather is more like it. Mini rant over. We also hop and I’ll admit we used other resort pools. Uh oh maybe we are the Karen’s.
Grace
We resort hop, it’s breaks up the day. We have lunch at a hotel near the park we’re at, like Grand Floridian if we’re at Magic Kingdom. It’s nice being able to look at the different hotels
Terry
We love going to see, take in the ambiance, shop and/or eat at the different resort properties. Love watching the fireworks from the vantage points! The onsite entertainment is awesome as well! Have even stayed at a couple. Today’s prices prevent such from happening though. 🙁 But I guess there should be no test driving a car before you buy, no samples anywhere and no movie previews, etc. Oh, and no free water or water fountains either. Please, lighten up a bit and try to enjoy life with the rest of us. 🙂 One day many of us won’t be here to bother you anymore.
Glenda
We sometimes go to Disney and don’t do parks. We love to park hop and eat at resorts restaurants. So fun.
Cheryl
Yes!!! This.
Kat
We too love to Resort Hop! We did this on every single visit, when we would come down from Long Island, NY. Now that we live locally, we still do and can. Resort hopping is the best way to see other resorts, try their restaurants or quick serves. It is even fun to do as a drinking game, trying the many bars at each resort, using Disney transportation as the DD. Resort hopping is also a great way to see all the myriad of decorations, especially at Christmas. If you are a pin trader, you can Resort hop to check out all the pin trading boards. Or maybe just go on a Resort hopping shopping trip. All merchandise shops are different too, so it is so fun!
I too really hope Resort hopping never goes away.
Cheryl
Yes.
Michelle
This is stupid. Disney makes a lot of money by allowing people to eat at the resorts.
There are locals who just go to eat at the resort restaurants.
I’ve stayed at all Deluxe resorts and I love to eat at the various restaurants especially when staying at the Polynesian, Grand Floridian and Contemporary. It’s so easy to take the monorail to the other resorts. It’s fun to vary your dining experience. Plus you can’t always get a dining reservation at your hotel.
J
yep, every time we do because I know I’ll get the merch I want at certain resorts only…and yes florida residents do it all the time and they are not visiting any parks…some scalpers even go buy up all the merchandise so actual guests don’t have anything nice to buy with their annual pass discount. (thankfully disney is trying g to put limits on the most exclusive stuff so there will be some left with actual vacationers get there) Anyone should be able to visit any hotel as Long as they are respectful.
Cheryl
Let me just say , I am a Florida Resident and annual pass holder. I do visit parks and also other resorts ! My pass holder discount isn’t all that to be buying in bulk and scalping! I on the other hand cannot even make a reservation to eat somewhere until you vacationers do it first !
Marcus
Visiting the various resorts to dine, shop or just enjoy the ambiance is part of any Disney experience. Further restrictions and endless reservation protocols are making the Disney experience really bad. When on vacation it would be nice to have some flexibility. Now we need to reserve the specific day for a park(s) visit, reserve the time and location of where we’ll eat, and reserve times for some attractions. That’s not vacation. If it continues I may stop visiting Disney parks.
Lori
I totally agree with the woman who said people shouldn’t be allowed to use your resort amenities!!! I pay $800 per night to stay at the Grand Floridian and I can’t get into the pool or the restaurants! All of you who can’t afford to stay there and use the pool etc are FREELOADERS ! Why don’t you pay $800 a night to stay there and not get to use anything?? Are you putting down lower prices resorts?? Anyone who doesn’t get this is clueless and probably feels entitled to use resorts that they didn’t pay for!
Julie
You can not use the pool unless you are a resort guest! However you can reserve dining there and should be able to! I stayed at the Poly and went to Victoria and Alberts for dinner, also O’hana and California Grill- perhaps you would rather be limited to only eating at the resort you stay in?! Resort hopping should always be allowed as it might inspire you to try a different one! We actually did a monorail food hopping tour through Disney years ago and it was fabulous!
Lori
Yes you can. I know many people who come over to use the pools. Nobody checks! I’ve been staying at grand floridian for years and no one checks to see if only guests use the pools
Gw
You have to scan the magic band to get into the grand Floridian pool so no they are not
TuckFrump
Hi @mustlovedogs939, nice to meet your sockpuppet account.
Mexicansun
How do you know the pool is overrun by non guests? Do they not look like GF guests? Is it not possible for the GF to have a busy pool full of rowdy guests or are we just being elitist?
Lori
I know people PERSONALLY that tell me they go and use the pools etc at the Grand and Polynesian!!
Stephen
Absolutely when you live in Florida for 47 years. And you frequently visit Walt Disney World resorts and their parks. You have every right to partake in any location and event that is allowed. However if you do not live in Florida you would not understand. Thank you for visiting
JB
That’s surprising! We had to scan our magic bands to get into the pool at Beach Club and kids need a wrist band for the slide. We do resort hop for meals and book those reservations in advance. If you can’t find a reservation, try mousewatcher.com.
Lisa
How many guests can stay at a resort like Poly or the Grand Florida a night. Like max occupancy? If all those guests wanted to go to the pool would they be able to at any given time during operating hours? I seriously doubt the pools occupancy max could accommodate every paying guest. Realistically not every paying guest will want to use that amenity, I get that. It’s also interesting that you knowingly associate with people who openly admit they use the pool without being paying guests.
Nicole
I’m a big fan of spending time at resorts and resort hoping. You get a great idea of where else you might want to stay on the next trip. However, we are Polynesian owners and more so recently it’s turned into a hot nightlife destination. The restaurants and public areas are packed, busses and monorails too. I don’t think they should end resort hoping, but I can see how having a popular hopping resort impacts the guests experience.
Nicole
Our family has resort hopped for YEARS. We go and check out the gift shops, food, amenities (for possibly a future stay), architecture (my one kid LOVES the details), we have learned sooo much from CM’s while resort hopping. It’s a great non park thing to do, especially when you just want to get out of the rain. If Disney bans resort hopping this could very well be our final straw. We have been AP’s for more than 10 years but we are not at all impressed with changes since Bob Chapek taking over. The fun and adventure is being sucked dry rather quickly.
Jp
The point of view is not entirely wrong. My last stay at the Poly, the lobby is always crowded. Trader Sam’s is always booked, O’hana is booked. There should be a priority for the guest actually staying at the resort no matter if it’s cash paid or DVC. There has to be an advantage to paying the money to actually enjoy a resort type of experience.
Truthfully, with there not being many perks by staying on property, the people actually paying should have some kind of benefit, no matter if it’s AKL, WL, or even POP.
Lori
Absolutely! We stay at the Grand Floridian and it’s over run with people not staying there. What perk is there for paying $800 per night?? We’ve been upset over this for years
TuckFrump
Must be nice to afford that. We can’t afford to hire caregivers for my disabled father.
Lori
First of all this has nothing to do with affordability. It has to do with people paying alot of money to stay someplace and having people who don’t pay use the pools, hot tub etc. I’m sorry about your situation but this is not what we are talking about
Cynthia
I have resort hopped since WDW has been opened. I enjoy the restaurants. In fact, most of our reservations for dinner are at resorts for many reasons.
Mexicansun
@Lori How do you know the pool is overrun by non guests? Do they not look like GF guests? Is it not possible for the GF to have a busy pool full of rowdy guests or are we just being elitist?
Can you tell us what a deluxe guest looks like, so we can filter out the All Stars from the Grand Floridians? Thank you.
Lori
I know many people personally that tell me they do this at the Grand and Poly. I also have friends that work for Disney that tell me this. So cut it out with your cute sarcasm
Bob
LORI is lying out her nostrils!
Norm
Bay Lake Towers does not have a restaurant so we have to hop to other resorts just to eat. Also the pool gates have locks on them so non guests cannot get in.
DianeMRL
Go to Trader Sams about 13:30 and stand in line to get your name on the list. Once they have you written down, go upstairs to have a drink at Tambu Lounge. Head back down about 14:45 and wait to be called. You have to work for what you want. Also, check for dining reservations after 22:30 for the following day. This is how I got O’hana and other restaurants. People have to cancel before midnight to not get charged and it opens up a lot of reservations for places you weren’t able to secure when your window opened.
Chevy
The point is the people that do pay the money for a resorts and amenities should be able to enjoy what they paid for and people using the amenities that are not actually paying for them should not be able to like Pools, 4th of July fireworks seating at the Poly and other amenities that the people staying there have paid for. I think everyone should be able to use the restaurants and “visit” the resort but it should end there and not overtake the experience for those paying for it. The problem is at peak times the people paying for it are not able to enjoy or do things or the amenities due to the “freeloader” and that’s what you are if you have not paid for a said amenity or experience. It’s laughable that people feel they are entitled to something that they haven’t paid for just because it’s there.
Norm
I am a DVC member, so I have paid my dues. I will go to any resort I choose to eat and shop.
Lori
We aren’t talking about shopping and eating
P Cameron
Resort hopping is definitely part of the Disney experience, not only to see the ambiance at different hotels, but also to partake in different dining experiences.
Jan
Disney would be foolish to take resort hopping away. I don’t want to eat all my meals where I stay. I like to go to different resorts and try different restaurants and look around the gift shops. I always resort hop at Christmas to look at the various trees and other holiday stuff. Chapek has taken away so much, don’t let him take this away.
Kim
This is how I decide the next resort I want to stay in. With the prices so high I would want to make sure that resort is for me before I spend the money. Plus it’s a nice diversion to the parks for a relaxing day. Also especially nice to see resorts decorated for holidays. If they stopped letting people resort hop I would stop going to Disney.
DianeMRL
All I can say is WOW!!! I have been going to WDW for 50 years and even from the beginning, we have been resort hopping. We have our specific places we eat and drink at on every trip. We also love all the different merchandise at each hotel. I don’t think this should or ever could be banned as this is more revenue for Disney. As for reservations, I always get what I want. Most lounges are 1st come, 1st served! Don’t complain if you don’t want to do the necessary work to get what you want.
Mickeymouse3
First off, people who “resort hop” are not using the resorts amenities such as the pool, gyms etc. It’s not allowed. Even DVC members have restrictions. They are at the resorts to shop, dine and maybe explore, just to see if it’s a place they may want to stay at in the future.
As a DVC member, I could care less if a vacationer wants to visit the same resort I’m staying in. I wouldn’t be able to distinguish the difference between a guest and a non-guest anyway.
Tori
My issue is AirBnB allowing ppl to advertise under ‘experiences’ individuals taking vans full of individuals who are in NO way registered or recorded on property as a resort or even a park guest into resorts for personal profit. Check it out. It’s there in black & white. Taking loads of ppl each nt to the Poly, Grand Floridian, & Contemporary to simply roam, unescorted, as they please throughout these 3 resorts, as well as on the monorail system, for hours. No doubt, the majority of these individuals are good ppl who merely want to see resorts they might not otherwise. No doubt also at LEAST once a wk someone you wouldn’t want around your child or family is also aboard. Yes- probably like individuals also staying at those resorts and/or in the parks. But there is at least RECORD of same!!!!!
Reported this AirBnB ‘experience’ to Disney. Nothing done. Except Bob Paycheck got a 20mil bonus🙄 So think twice before booking your family at any of these 3 resorts!!!
Scott
My wife and I have resort hopped for 30 years. It’s fun to explode all the resorts. I do however believe the Magic Kingdom resort Monorail should only be used by guests staying at the monorail resorts. I pay too much money to be crammed into these monorails when non-resort monorail guest have other ways to get to the Magic Kingdome. Years ago, cast members wouldn’t let you ride the Resort monorail unless you showed proof that you were staying at those resorts. I miss those days. I’m not a prude. I just think the resort monorail was a perk of staying at the deluxe resorts.
pattimarie
It’s a stupid idea to end resort hopping, and it will never happen. The restaurants need the business, just to name one reason. It also helped me decide where to stay next time.
Heather
Exactly.
Ligma
I’m a DVCer. And I say resort hop. Have fun, enjoy the decor, restaurants and ambiance. This is just a Karen with butt hurt.
Beth
Yes we go to restaurants at many of the different hotels. Scat Cat’s on Friday night with Jazz and beignets at French quarter. If I can’t get a room there are you saying I can’t go? Or I can’t go to Ohana or Kona Cafe if I don’t stay at the Polynesian. While I am there of course I am going to walk into the gift shops to see what themed merch is there. This is a silly statement especially for Walt Disney World Resort.
Heather
Resort hopping is a great way for visitors to take a closer look at another resort. It’s good marketing. We also often enjoy eating at the restaurants in other resorts.
Dr. Manny
If you do not have a dining reservation you should not be allowed to park there. Other than that hop a bus or monorail and explore. I have stayed at every level of hotel on Disney property yet prefer the deluxe hotels because they do not have that Motel 6 quality with a door leading outside.
Yet I see the point of paying $1000 a night like when we stayed at the Grand Californian only to have crowds everywhere of gawkers filling upon the common areas and snatching up the Christmas goodies that are for guests. Yes I understand this is WDW the article is about.
Disney has and continues to divide down social economic lines. Remember Walt was not alive when Disney World was built so please stop waxing poetic about what he would do. When Disney went public it became about share holder equity and not about anything else but quarterly profits.
CK
If it wasn’t allowed, you wouldn’t be able to make a dining reservation at any resort on the Disney website. I seriously doubt the restaurants would thrive if it was only available to guests at that resort.
JB
Agreed CK. Even Disney has slow times, though not this year. Why would resort restaurants sit half full and refuse service to locals or other resort guests? Perhaps resort guests should be able to book dining at their resort further in advance? Either way, we were there in May, it was a zoo, and we got every dining reservation we wanted. Just got to keep checking.
Nicci Stigall
We love to resort hop, especially at Christmas time. Each resort is decorated so beautifully. Not to mention dining whether it is full service or quick service many different choices.
Jessi G.
I love to resort hop; it helps me decide where I may want to stay next time. Furthermore, that’s how Disney convinces guests to book the different resorts, by
allowing guests to resort hop. I used to stay exclusively at Shades of Green, but through resort hopping, I discovered some other resorts I want to stay at. As long as non-resort guests aren’t acting like idiots, I don’t see the problem…
K S
The first time I went to Disney, I was 10, they had only been open a few years. We “park hopped” then. We camped at Ft wilderness, had dinner and breakfasts at the Polynesian, my uncle saw Bett Midler at the Contemporary, then a few years later River Contry opened. We had days at pools, horse back rides, hay rides, and oh those “E” tickets!
I was there last June. 3 parks, 1 water park, dinner at Narcoosees, gift shopping at Wilderness lodge, Contemporary, and the Polynesian. Yea my RV was at Ft Wilderness, but we left a trail of cash the whole way, and that’s the way THEY like it.
Anita Freeman
We always go to different resorts,especially at Christmas time to see the decorations. Plus we like to eat at the different hotels. Please don’t take that away.
Linda Ruffini
We do go to other Hotels,especially for Dinner. When we were new to Disney, it helped us decide where we wanted to stay next. We have stayed in Deluxe resorts, moderates, and value resorts. We always stay on WDW property. We never use the pools. We do live in Florida and for us, it is a 2-hour drive each way. We have gone just for the day. We go only on weekdays: Tuesday through Thursdays. We avoid weekends and Holidays. I see no harm in going to other resorts, especially if you are a resort guest.
Crystal
There are restaurants at the resorts that count on resort hopping. Plus there are activities and events that promote resort hopping. My nephew’s went on a pirate adventure while the rest of my family enjoyed the eats and shops at the Grand Floridian. Comment is just short slighted.
Mexicansun
@Lori Do they not look like GF guests? Is it not possible for the GF to have a busy pool full of rowdy guests or are we just being elitist?
Can you tell us what a deluxe guest looks like, so we can filter out the All Stars from the Grand Floridians? Thank you.
Louis
This is the call of the Walt Disney company, period, end of story. If the Walt Disney company wants to let people explore the lobby of their hotel, that’s their business. If you’re a guest there and you don’t like it, you don’t have to stay there. But a guest has absolutely no business getting furious over visitors who are being welcomed there by the Walt Disney company. That’s arrogant and ugly and speaks volumes at such a person.
Lori
@Mexicansun I have friends who work for Disney that said people use the pools etc at the Grand and Poly all the time that aren’t staying there . You can cut the sarcasm
DVCSSR
You have to use a M/B to get into the Poly pool
Jose
Complaining about resort hoping? Seriously! What a “KAREN”.
Deb
Some of these comments are just too funny. They only thing I would add is to maybe give some sort of priority for dinner reservations at the resort you are staying at. That’s it. We used to go for a special meal at some resorts. TBH, the time it takes to get to a resort and back to your hotel takes a big chunk of time of your day. Using Disney transportation you have to allow an hour and a half to get there. So depending on the timing, there is a lot of waiting around. It might be good for a day off or your first night, but that’s about it.
ACorrado
Who has the time to come up with these complaints? Walt Disney World is considered a “resort.” It’s part of a vacation to eat and shop at the resorts. That’s why one can make ADR. I will continue to experience WDW the way it was created.
Eric Lee Erickson
I DO love to “Resort Hop”, but I really prefer to drive my car to the various resorts. Unfortunately, this isn’t always possible even during non-holiday weeks as I’ve found out the hard way on several occasions — I’ve been forced to turn around at Beach Club & Yacht Club on a couple of occasions, as well as USUALLY at the Contemporary even though I could see that in every one of those occasions that the parking lots were far from full! I’ve always suspected that a LOT has to do with who is working the entrance at the time. Interestingly, I’ve never had an issue at the Grand Floridian — I simply tell security at the entrance that I’m going to have a drink at the Enchanted Rose or one of the other bars & they flag me through.
Scrappy
Honestly people will complain about anything these days just to get their 2 minutes of Recognition. Get a life and let’s others live theirs.
Doug
So if I’m not staying at the Polly I shouldn’t be allowed at Ohana ? I can’t take my family to Chef Mickeys if we aren’t calling the Contemporary “home” ? Yeah, the dissenter needs to take a deep breath and embrace reality. Restaurants, resort tours, and unique merch locations are all a part of the WDW experience.
Jhun Senores
We’ve stayed at the Animal Kingdom Jambo house a couple of times already. It’s actually easier to do resort hopping if you’re a guest at one of their resorts because of parking purposes. We ate at Chef Mickey’s at Contemporary resort, had Dole Whip and luau at Polynesian resort, met my sister’s family at Finding Nemo resort can’t remember the name but pool had Finding Nemo theme, had Easter lunch at Grand Floridian and even saw where they have a memorial for that little boy that got dragged by an alligator. People don’t go just to do resort hopping, they actually go to eat at the resorts restaurants.
Julia
We don’t “resort hop” but we do have restaurant favorites at resorts other than our “home base” resort. We use the WDW internal bus system to move around “the world” so we don’t take up parking spaces. This OP needs to “get a grip”.
Leo
When our girls were young we thought it inappropriate to stay in a top tier hotel because we felt their loud voices and antics would disrupt the clientele. Later on, we enjoyed these resorts when they were teens.
Lori
I know many people personally that tell me they do this at the Grand and Poly. I also have friends that work for Disney that tell me this. So cut it out with your cute sarcasm
Tamie
We just stayed at the Cabins at Ft Wilderness in May…. We resort hopped. We went to Wilderness Lodge to find Magic Bands(Ft Wilderness was sold out) and Port Orleans to eat at their food court (only 1 quick serve restaurant with a small menu at Ft Wilderness). It wasn’t like we were going to the other resorts to use their eminities other than their shops and restaurants… It would another thing if we were using their pools or the such….
Shawn
I absolutely will not stop reccomending that people resort hop. Many of the resorts are some of the best themed in the world, and the restaurants are some of the best on property. Not to mention, the things you see during the holiday’s are well worth it for everyone to see, especially at the current prices Disney is charging. In fact, I may even step up efforts to inform people about it if this is the type of elitist attitudes we need to put up with to be DVC members. Go find another place to vacation if that’s the kind of attitude you have.
Steve
Entitled brat. Needs a lesson in real life.
Chad
I certainly hope you’re being sarcastic S1.
Missy
Of course resort hopping is encouraged! That’s why there are restaurants and shops and shows and spas, for all guests to experience them. And that is if you are a guest in that particular resort, or at another resort, or just a day visitor.
As noted in the article, there are amenities, such as pool and recreation areas that are exclusive to the guests of that resort, bit otherwise it is open to all.
Manny
Or as decent people who care about their children know it…”Disney?”
Doctor Theopolis
Is this the same woman who said only women with children should be allowed at the parks and that they should go to the front of all lines?
Mrs. Dewitt-Bukater
Will the resorts be assigned by class?
Ricky
To mustlovedogs lady get a life. If you notice resort hopping and complain about it, then you go to Disney way to much and it must be nice to have that kind of money to do so. For you to request Disney to change policies because it’s inconvenient for you, makes you a very inconsiderate, selfish person. Your parents failed as parents to teach you humility and consideration.
Tony
We stay at Shades of Green on WDW Resort, the military resort and me and my wife have “Super Date Night Weekends” there and never go to the parks unless we have a dining reservation, but we resort hop, lounge hop, monorail crawl, all night then go back to Shades for a romantic night alone. We are passholders too but we love to hop at WDW and do adult Disney!
joho0
I’ve lived in Orlando for 50 years and guess what?! We locals also get to visit the resorts even if we’re not guests, and that’s been Disney’s policy since the day WDW opened.
Diana
Long time resident of Florida. We live in Orlando and we resort hop to all the different restaurants and events in the resorts. Thousands of locals do this.
DVCSSR
Its a public place not a private residence. Folks can eat where ever they want and visit other resorts. How are you going to know if a person is staying there or not.
Marcie
There was a time, back in the 70’s, when eating anything at WDW was done only if you were starving! The food was horrendous and literally the same everywhere you went! Nowadays, eating is an adventure and totally a part of the whole experience…I’m pretty sure the intention was that people would visit each and every resort to sample all that is offered. As well, the transportation system is free and travels pretty much everywhere, giving guests the opportunity to easily navigate the entire Disney experience. So thinking that you somehow have exclusive rights to any one resort is ludicrous and beyond imagining (get it?)…so lighten up, unclench, erase your ugly resting face, and try to enjoy yourself without ruining it for others!
Tammy
We almost always book meals at Ohana, 1900 Park Fare, Chef Mickey’s and Toppolino’s. So yes, we resort hop every time. It also gives us a chance to think about where we want to stay next trip. I can’t imagine Disney would stop people from dining at the resort restaurants just because they didn’t stay at the resort. That is ridiculous and really would not make good business sense. Person complaining sounds like a whiney brat.
Fitz
Have a magical day. How many times have you heard this sentiment offered by someone at Disney? And what is magic but creating something that seems impossible to the casual observer, or even those with the keenest of vision? We have been coming to Walt Disney World since 1978. My wife and I are coming again this August to celebrate our 49th anniversary. We have stayed at most of the resorts over the years, and look forward to our stay at Port Orleans French Quarter. Part of the magic is the opportunity to visit other resorts while staying as a guest at WD. Over these past 44 years our decision to stay at the Polynesian, The Grand Floridian, Fort Wilderness, Wilderness Lodge, The Art of Animation, or any of the other resorts we have stayed at, was the result of a prior visit to those resorts. The cost to Disney is nothing and the benefit is that many times, others have also made the decision to stay “in the magic” because of the visits to these resorts. Have a Magical Day is not only about what was, or is, but what could be!
Suzan whittington
Disney has made it almost impossible for families to enjoy the magic. resort hopping has always been a part of Disney vacations and often inspired the next trip to stay at one next time. We had family traveling to Orlando for business and planned to visit some resorts for dinning and they were all locked down like a army concentration camp. So they went to Universal and spent their money and didn’t feel like they were not welcome. So, here’s to you Disney, you have shot yourself in the foot yet again. Someone is always going to capitalize on your greedy uppity, only the rich welcome attitude. Disney is not for families anymore. The dollar itself owns Disney. So sorry #worldssaddestxdisneyfan
Comments are closed.