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If you have stayed in a BC water view room, can you tell me about it? Is it worth it? How did you like it? Gotta make my selection soon!
If you have stayed in a BC water view room, can you tell me about it? Is it worth it? How did you like it? Gotta make my selection soon!
We are at YC now and when we checked in there was a notice on the bed about roofing work here but we haven’t seen anything.
We booked garden view but got quite the pixie dust upgrade to a water view
(I’m trying to upload a pic but it keeps giving me an error).
What was your view when you booked? And what makes you say it was clean compared to beach club? I too would have been disappointed with some things you describe.Just left the Beach Club. Once the housekeeping issues were worked out things did get better.
I think perhaps they’re understaffed however. We noticed the resort wasn’t quite as clean as we’ve experienced with our previous resort stays.
Trash in the elevator for a couple days(used band aids or I would have cleaned them myself), the mug refill area was super messy with fruit flies/gnats flying around the mug wash station. Random trash in the halls.
We swam for 6 of our 7 nights there and only had our bands scanned twice. I was surprised by the lack of checks! Once during our checks when we mentioned how they have not been checking the cast member told us that there were non guests in the pool a couple days prior. That they had a meeting about it and needed to check everyone. (I thought this was a standard thing?)
Also, I’m wondering, is the back of the lobby area the designated smoking area? Every time we walked through there were many smokers there. The smell seemed to settle in that courtyard.
I still kind of wish they had notified us of work being done before we checked in. The building we were staying in was the one that was being painted/worked on. The path to the pool/laundry was closed. All the windows in the hallways were blocked with plastic. Thankfully it didn’t affect us in the room or on the balcony.
I will say the cast members we encountered were all awesome especially the girls in the marketplace! They were so fun to talk to and were excited to help my kids pin trading. A lot of the lifeguards were very friendly. We had a great time meeting other guests at Stormalong Bay and my kids made lots of “vacation friends.” Most everyone seemed very friendly!
I think maybe my standards were too high on some things. It was just so strange to see some of the things we saw.
We have already discussed visiting again for our next trip. My kids LOVED Stormalong Bay. They also loved the freestyle machines, lol! I loved the view of the Boardwalk and the water. Walking into our room at night with the curtains open and seeing that beautiful view took my breath away. Loved it!
I do think it was a little expensive for what it was however. So for our next trip I think we will stay somewhere less expensive for most of the trip and save a couple days to stay at yacht club simply to use the pool and relax. We walked through yacht club and were REALLY impressed with how clean it was compared to BC. It was also much quieter.
Thank you all for all the info given in this thread and all the advice and answers to my questions. I’ll likely be back here in 2019 in preparation for our 2020 trip!!
Our view was water view. We were in front of the pool on the side closest to Epcot. It was beautiful especially at night. I loved it!What was your view when you booked? And what makes you say it was clean compared to beach club? I too would have been disappointed with some things you describe.
There are so many more families with kids of all ages at the BC, than the YC. I believe that might be one factor why the appearance is easier to be maintained at the YC, than the BC. It certainly is why the environment is more sedate and tranquil at the YC.
That's so awesome! We've never been upgraded. I never want to get my hopes up for one, but it sure would be nice one of these days lol. I read about people getting them all the time.Checked into BC at about noon today for our 2 night pre-cruise stay. Realized I forgot our magic bands at home. At check-in the gentaleman helping us said, “Oh! Your room is ready!” I was so excited because I had hoped we could go straight to our room. Then, he proceeded to say, “One moment and I’ll walk you up.” I was like “What did you just say???” because I know exactly what that means! Yup, we got bumped up to club level! The only request we put in was for a king bed along with a note that this is our 25th anniversary trip. No king bed but who’s complaining????
Hit up SAB for an afternoon swim then had a fab dinner at Homecomin’. What an excellent start to our vaca!
There are so many more families with kids of all ages at the BC, than the YC. I believe that might be one factor why the appearance is easier to be maintained at the YC, than the BC. It certainly is why the environment is more sedate and tranquil at the YC.
Absolutely! I definitely noticed this. It’s really the reason I’m somewhat concerned about taking my kids to YC. I don’t want them to negatively affect others vacations if they’re noisy.
Really I think it’s just that I’m getting older and my kids are getting older so I may be getting less tolerant of the noise and activity.
We stayed a single night in April ore-cruise over at WL. Well, we booked a standard View lodge room. They put us in a 1-bedroom Copper Creek. That was pretty crazy. Then this! We’ve done Disney vacations in the past. Loads of times. Until these 2 upgrades it’s never happened to us. With such short stays I think it increases the odds quite a bit.That's so awesome! We've never been upgraded. I never want to get my hopes up for one, but it sure would be nice one of these days lol. I read about people getting them all the time.
That's cool! Hopefully we get some pixie dust when we stay at BC since we booked a Standard room, but if not we will be okay. We won't hardly be in the room anyway.We stayed a single night in April ore-cruise over at WL. Well, we booked a standard View lodge room. They put us in a 1-bedroom Copper Creek. That was pretty crazy. Then this! We’ve done Disney vacations in the past. Loads of times. Until these 2 upgrades it’s never happened to us. With such short stays I think it increases the odds quite a bit.
Our view was water view. We were in front of the pool on the side closest to Epcot. It was beautiful especially at night. I loved it!
No trash strewn around at the yacht club and it just looked better maintained. I could just be because white trim is EXCEPTIONALLY difficult to keep looking nice especially with so much activity. We just noticed a lot of wear and tear on the beach club side that we didn’t see in the yacht club side. Their shop (can’t recall the name) was so much cleaner especially their mug refill area!