melk
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2000
Just back from 5 nights at Boardwalk, then 5 nights at OKW. First time at BWV, I requested an upper floor away from elevators and that's what we got. Yes, those hallways are long!! But we really enjoyed seeing Illuminations from our balcony. For a standard view room, we were quite happy with it.
We liked the location of it, nice walk to Epcot, but I think we would enjoy the walk more had it not been August. It was so hot! We ate at ESPN and walked the Boardwalk one night.
We were in room 4109, very nice, clean, except we did make mention of a couple of things. There was a little mold in shower, the towel bar was about to fall off the wall, and a shelf in the kitchen was very wobbly. And one night we got back to the room (after midnight) and our keys wouldn't work. Someone came up with a hard key to let us in, and the next morning they had to send up two people to change the battery in the locking mechanism.
But other than those things, the room was very, very nice, we really liked it.
Kids loved the pool, especially the slide. The water there seemed cooler than any other pool, we loved it. As a sidenote, I was a bystander in an incident with a parent allowing her daughter to urinate on the sidewalk right next to the pool. Another guest spoke up and there were some heated words. I stayed out of it, but come on, that's just disgusting and unsanitary (the mother kept saying "Hey, that's what little kids do")
At OKW we had a Grand Villa, #1622, building 16 near the Hospitality House (we had requested a GV near the main pool). One word to describe it: amazing!! It was so beautiful, we were all thrilled with it (we had extended family meet us there). It was in beautiful condition, I really can't think of anything there to complain about. But, what is up with the shower stall in the master bathroom? They have a soap dish up high, but no shelf for shampoo, razor, etc.? That would be my only complaint there.
We had a great trip, visited VWL (our home resort) and got a little homesick. But we enjoyed trying other resorts. Our highlights of the trip were the Pirate and Princess Party (we recommend that highly), our dinner out at Boma, and a side trip to Tropicana Field to see the Red Sox play the Devil Rays.
Also, met a very nice Dis'er at BWV (Hello Poorman!! Hope you had a great vacation!). We checked out the AKL rooms at Saratoga Springs and they look really, really nice. Just another choice to make for next time, I guess.
If you have any questions, just ask.
We liked the location of it, nice walk to Epcot, but I think we would enjoy the walk more had it not been August. It was so hot! We ate at ESPN and walked the Boardwalk one night.
We were in room 4109, very nice, clean, except we did make mention of a couple of things. There was a little mold in shower, the towel bar was about to fall off the wall, and a shelf in the kitchen was very wobbly. And one night we got back to the room (after midnight) and our keys wouldn't work. Someone came up with a hard key to let us in, and the next morning they had to send up two people to change the battery in the locking mechanism.
But other than those things, the room was very, very nice, we really liked it.
Kids loved the pool, especially the slide. The water there seemed cooler than any other pool, we loved it. As a sidenote, I was a bystander in an incident with a parent allowing her daughter to urinate on the sidewalk right next to the pool. Another guest spoke up and there were some heated words. I stayed out of it, but come on, that's just disgusting and unsanitary (the mother kept saying "Hey, that's what little kids do")
At OKW we had a Grand Villa, #1622, building 16 near the Hospitality House (we had requested a GV near the main pool). One word to describe it: amazing!! It was so beautiful, we were all thrilled with it (we had extended family meet us there). It was in beautiful condition, I really can't think of anything there to complain about. But, what is up with the shower stall in the master bathroom? They have a soap dish up high, but no shelf for shampoo, razor, etc.? That would be my only complaint there.
We had a great trip, visited VWL (our home resort) and got a little homesick. But we enjoyed trying other resorts. Our highlights of the trip were the Pirate and Princess Party (we recommend that highly), our dinner out at Boma, and a side trip to Tropicana Field to see the Red Sox play the Devil Rays.
Also, met a very nice Dis'er at BWV (Hello Poorman!! Hope you had a great vacation!). We checked out the AKL rooms at Saratoga Springs and they look really, really nice. Just another choice to make for next time, I guess.
If you have any questions, just ask.
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Sure wish we had done it years ago when the points were much cheaper! 
You will absolutely love it. I thought those AKV villas were beautiful. I think you will really love staying in the villas vs. a hotel room, plus the flexibility of trying all the different resorts. Congrats again!!
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