springandmac
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2006
The resort is gated but you use your room key to enter the resort. The parking pass is not used.
The primary mission of the "parking pass" is to sign people up for timeshare sales pitches. If you already own a timeshare, they are called "owner updates."
If you decide to talk to them and reject their various incentives to get you to attend their high-pressure sales presentation, they will give your kids balloons and answer questions about the resort. Or you can just skip it.
We were there in October and saw a Security Guard riding trough the parking lots on his Segway checking for parking passes, I think they're on to those of us who are skipping the parking pass desk.