Fans Are NOT Happy That Disney Is Cracking Down on This Hotel Rule

When you visit Disney World, there are specific rules that you need to follow.

Some of those rules are official, like what you can and can’t bring into the parks. Other rules are sort of unspoken rules that everyone just sort of knows to follow. Now there is one Disney World hotel rule, though, that a lot of people aren’t even aware of. However, some Disney fans aren’t thrilled about this particular rule because it’s going to be enforced a lot around the holidays.

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During busier times in Disney World, if you’re not staying at a particular hotels, you may be prohibited from parking at those hotels, as well as using Mobile Order at the hotel’s quick service restaurants. You may also be restricted from visiting certain hotels during busier periods, like during the Golf Cart Parade at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground.

Now sometimes, this isn’t a problem, but we’ve seen this come up during busier times, including the holidays. You may even see a message pop up on the My Disney Experience app if you try to Mobile Order at a restaurant that’s at a hotel you’re not staying at.

We’ve also had instances of where we weren’t allowed to park at a hotel without an advance dining reservation at a restaurant there.

We asked you, our readers, what you thought about this rule on Facebook, and got a few replies. Interestingly enough, Laura said, “I honestly never knew this was a rule!”

We don’t know if this rule is written down anywhere. It’s just something that Disney puts in place when hotels are busier than normal.

Teresa said she’d never come across the rule: “Never been blocked from placing a mobile order at any of the Magic Kingdom resorts. I stay at Beach Club so no issues on the boardwalk but I have placed orders at all 4 of the MK properties and never been blocked.”

It’s likely many guests haven’t as it is specifically something we only see happen during specific times in Disney World.

However, Rhonda has seen such a rule put in place: “I have seen them turn people away from the Polynesian Beach during fireworks while staying there.”

Michelle had a similar story: “I was a guest at the Grand Floridian over the 4th of July and they had the beach blocked off for resort guests only and they were giving wristbands and checking room reservations.”

We just want to make you aware of the rule, just in case. Like we said, it isn’t ALWAYS enforced, but if you’re visiting Disney World this holiday season, you may expect that it won’t be easy to park at a hotel other than your own.

There are two ways around this, though! First, you can take Disney transportation to the hotel. Depending on where you’re staying and where you’re going, you may need to take a couple of buses to do this — but it can be done. One of the simplest ways by bus is to take a bus from your hotel to one of the parks or Disney Springs, and then take a bus from there to the hotel you want to visit. The second way around this, of course, is by making a dining reservation for a restaurant at the hotel you’d like to visit.

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