Towels When Pool-Hopping

[DisneyTwinsMommy]

May 2010 will be our first trip as DVC Members! :cloud9:

There is a day during our upcoming trip when we have to be at Epcot in the morning, then again for dinner ADRs. Since we have 2 young boys, we almost always go back to the room mid-day for swimming/napping. I was thinking about swimming at the Boardwalk since AKV is a trek away. Will we be able to get towels to use while there? I would hate to lug them around the parks.

Also, can you pool-hop to ANY resort pool (except BLT, Kidani, and Beach club of course) or just DVC resorts. Ex. Can we swim at Poly?

[VWL Mom]

There were towels available at both the main pool and the quiet pool when we were there in August so you should be fine.

I believe the pool hopping privileges apply to DVC pools only.

[Tinkermom]

You can pool hop to ANY WDW resort pool except, as you noted, BLT, AKL, and BCV.

One of our favorite pools to hop to is the Poly pool! Towels are available for use at all WDW resort pools.

Info from the DVC member website on pool hopping - (I bolded and underlined the info you requested):

"Pool Hopping Information for 2009
Whenever you are staying on your Membership at Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort, Disney's Animal Kingdom Villas, Disney's Beach Club Villas, Disney's BoardWalk Villas, Disney's Old Key West Resort, Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, Disney's Vero Beach Resort, or The Villas at Disney's Wilderness Lodge, you and any Guests staying with you, are permitted to use most of the other Disney Vacation Club and Walt Disney World® Resort hotel pools (in addition to the pool at the resort hotel at which you are staying) if they are not at capacity. If the pool you are visiting reaches capacity, you may be asked to leave in order to accommodate Guests of that resort hotel. Please check with a Host or Hostess at the Front Desk of the resort hotel you wish to visit before you go to find out about pool-access availability. You must present your current "Key to the World" card with your "DVC Member" designation on it to use the other resort hotel pools.

Pool hopping is not available at Bay Cove Pool at Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort, Uzima Pool and Samawati Springs Pool at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge, Stormalong Bay at Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resorts, and the leisure pool at Disney's Beach Club Villas. There are no exceptions to this policy. As a reminder, during times of high occupancy, please be mindful of the limited number of pool chairs available, and refrain from leaving towels or personal items on unoccupied pool chairs.

Resort hotel pools may become unavailable from time to time due to capacity limitations. Due to the high occupancy that is expected, Disney Vacation Club Members and any Guests staying with them may not pool hop during the following dates*:


•November 23-29-, 2009
•December 12, 2009 - January 3, 2010
•February 14-20, 2010 (Sun – Sat)
•March 27 – April 10, 2010 (Sun – Sat)
•May 28 – 31, 2010 (Fri – Mon)
•June 27 – July 5 (Sun – Mon)
•Sept 3 – 6, 2010 (Fri – Mon)
•Nov 22 – 28, 2010 (Mon – Sun)
•Dec 12, 2010 – Jan 2, 2011 (Sun – Mon)"