Its no secret that VWL would be MY preference, but by the sounds of YOUR preferences, it would seem that BCV is the logical choice. In general, I hear more reports about poor condition at BCV than I do any other DVC resort. With VWL, you hear a handful of comments about how dark the room / resort feels in general, and dark somehow gets translated to dirty and/or outdated. What some people fail to recognize is that is exactly how the resort was meant to feel (ahem
theming anyone?).
Regardless, as others have mentioned, I take these types of comments with a grain of salt. Whenever anyone has a problem whether real or perceived you almost always hear about it. When someone is satisfied, they wont go to the ends of the earth to broadcast it across the worldwide web.
I have only stayed at three DVC resorts thus far (VWL, BLT and SSR), and I can tell you that I have never found cleanliness or room condition to be a problem in any of them. Sure, you can always find a cosmetic blemish here or there, but that goes for just about any hotel worldwide. Perhaps I have a higher tolerance for these types of things than others. On my last trip to Shanghai, I walked into the main entrance of my hotel (Holiday Inn Pudong
not an off the beaten path hole-in-the-wall) only to find the front desk personnel chasing a giant rat around the lobby with a shovel. Until I see that at DVC, I wont have ANY complaints
And no
I didnt eat at the restaurant the following day.