What everyone should know about BLT - title change

[culli]

First off please don't turn this into a bash BLT thread. I have read all the good stuff about BLT, and people's opinions of why they will never buy or stay there. We are going in Oct and just want to prepare ourselves ahead of time if possible. A few examples I have seen in various posts:

1. Limited ice machines
2. Something about a 1/4 inch gap or something in the bathroom doors
3. Being able to go #2 and eat breakfast the way the layout is set up
4. Etc

Just thought it would be good to get all the quirk stuff in one thread so people (ok..... well me) can prepare ourselves for our trips. I handle things much better if I'm not surprised by them and assume others are the same:confused3

[Sandisw]

We stayed on August 7th and 8th in a studio. Since we were probably the first ones in our room (it was ready at 7:30 am), my DS said that the sleeper sofa was still a little "stiff".

The space between the bed/couch and couch/sliding doors was a litte tight. We used these spaces to store the pillows from the couch when it was open.

The other quirky thing was the lock on the slider. You have to push both of them (not just the top one that I kept trying to do!!) to get it to lock.

Other than that, all the other things you have heard about.

[TheDISneyFamily]

OK, I remembered something about our BLT stay that bugged me... not enough pillows & blankets for the pull-outs in the 1-bedroom. We got in late afternoon on Opening Day and had to leave the room fairly quickly. When we got back it was late & when we opened the couch & sleeper chair for the kids, there were no pillows in them. We found one blanket in the closet, but that was it. Huh? :confused3 That wasn't going to do so I called Mousekeeping (which is in the Contemporary) to ask for more. I do believe I was their first call from BLT because they sounded confused. I asked for more pillows & blankets, and they said that they would bring some. Well, about 10 minutes later, a manager on a Segway came and knocked on the door to see what we wanted. I told her we needed more pillows & blankets, and she said that the pull-outs are designed to use the pillows that came with them. Ummmm... I don't think so. She reluctantly agreed to have someone bring us 4 pillows & 2 blankets. About 15 minutes later (at midnight) a CM came with a cart and brought our stuff. She was excited because it was her first time bringing something to BLT.

From now on, we will call to request the pillows & blankets as soon as we get there. :thumbsup2

[culli]

Good things, I changed the title of the post as it might be more accurate.

[il dvc junky]

There are no places to put your garbage on the first three floors. You have to take all your garbage to the forth floor.

[skelooch]

Is it also true that the bathroom sliding doors do not have locks, I didn't see any when I saw the model.
The vanity/kitchenette area is another big mistake IMO

[work2play]

In the studio, there is no soap dish in the bath tub. No shelf, nada! That was strange!

[disneynutz]

OK, I remembered something about our BLT stay that bugged me... not enough pillows & blankets for the pull-outs in the 1-bedroom. We got in late afternoon on Opening Day and had to leave the room fairly quickly. When we got back it was late & when we opened the couch & sleeper chair for the kids, there were no pillows in them. We found one blanket in the closet, but that was it. Huh? :confused3 That wasn't going to do so I called Mousekeeping (which is in the Contemporary) to ask for more. I do believe I was their first call from BLT because they sounded confused. I asked for more pillows & blankets, and they said that they would bring some. Well, about 10 minutes later, a manager on a Segway came and knocked on the door to see what we wanted. I told her we needed more pillows & blankets, and she said that the pull-outs are designed to use the pillows that came with them. Ummmm... I don't think so. She reluctantly agreed to have someone bring us 4 pillows & 2 blankets. About 15 minutes later (at midnight) a CM came with a cart and brought our stuff. She was excited because it was her first time bringing something to BLT.

From now on, we will call to request the pillows & blankets as soon as we get there. :thumbsup2

On the other new sleeper sofas at the other resorts, the pillows are stored under the back of the sofa. You need to tilt the sofa back to get to them. Are the BLT sofas the same?

[work2play]

On the other new sleeper sofas at the other resorts, the pillows are stored under the back of the sofa. You need to tilt the sofa back to get to them. Are the BLT sofas the same?

No they are not the same. They sit on top of the bottom cushion like a regular sofa.

[Crystal_27]

Ooooo, good idea for a thread. Subbing (since we'll be at BLT in less than a month). :goodvibes

[magsmom]

The studios are smaller - big difference between
blt and bwv/akl (confirmed with DVC). we found it
small for a family of 3.
As stated above the sleeper was awful.

[culli]

Ok we go in 9 days anything else!?!?!?:banana:

[ILIKEWDW]

Is it also true that the bathroom sliding doors do not have locks, I didn't see any when I saw the model.
The vanity/kitchenette area is another big mistake IMO

We stayed there last week and we found the bathroom doors with no locks, unconfortable and annoying :confused3 :confused: :confused3

Closets are smaller than in the SSR.

The day of our T&T they did not let any shampoo, conditioner, soaps. We did not ask for it as we had our own, but I supposed they had to do it.

The faucet is not comfortable and the water accumulates behind ..

It supposed that only ppl with a key could enter the bridge but I saw ppl letting doors open, so we did not need our key.........

But WE HAD a GREAT VIEW of the MK.....

The worst part are the doors with no locks, but I hope they fixed that soon, we would like to invite some friends and relatives to stay at a Grand Villa, but with no locks........ maybe we must stay at another resort.

Just relax and have a GREAT TIME!!!!

:woohoo: :yay: :dance3: :cool1: :rotfl:

[LIFERBABE]

No Sheers!! Just curtains. It's either curtains open to have natural light or curtains closed and room darkened.

Saw lots of wide open curtains on the lower levels which allowed full view of the units.

The gap in the bathroom door allows air to blow into the bathroom and blow the shower curtain in on you. Hence the reason I noticed that the tub must be made out of a material other than steel, because the magnetic shower liner does not stick to the sides of the tub to hold it in place.

The shower head could be used to strip paint from cars. I had to run half-faucet, half shower to to reduce pressure. Shower stream is not adjustable.

No shelves in shower area to place items. The little bottles barely fit. It makes the vanity/kitchen combo a quasi dressing area, which means you will have naked people in your kitchen!:rotfl:

That is why my new name for the studios is "intimate" not small:wizard:

Oh, and maybe Im the only one with this problem, but I sleep on the left side of the bed, and my rear kept scraping the wall. So if you see a groove on the left wall, you will know how it got there:lmao:

[ILIKEWDW]

No shelves in shower area to place items. The little bottles barely fit.

I missed that! we were at a 2BR, so in the master there is no problem, but the other two bathrooms have no space to put big (even medium) bottles of shampoo, conditioner.... they must put shelves.

[Deb & Bill]

...
3. Being able to go #2 and eat breakfast the way the layout is set up
...

More like being able to brush your teeth and brush your butter on your toast at the same time.

[tallgalaz1]

Thank you all for sharing. :thumbsup2

[Jillpie]

In the studio, there is no soap dish in the bath tub. No shelf, nada! That was strange!

So where exactly do you store your bar of soap?? On the floor of the shower? And this slider door, I don't get it. Does anyone have close up pics of the shower and door so we can see it?

[Chuck S]

There are no places to put your garbage on the first three floors. You have to take all your garbage to the forth floor.

In the studio, there is no soap dish in the bath tub. No shelf, nada! That was strange!

This is interesting. While not a deal breaker for staying at BLT, these are the two things mentioned so far that I would find most annoying. I take my trash out almost daily at OKW. And the soap dish thing is just odd.

[plymouthmom]

Oh you all are scaring me! I am going with DD and awfully picky Mom in Febuary. Booked BLT because I wanted to be close to all my favorite restaurants and my mom is a comteporary kind of lady. Both in the sense of her style and we stayed at the Contemporary at park opening in 1971.

We are 4 nights, requested Lake view. Just want her to be happy! don't want to switch but jeez.....SCARED!

[Coach81]

Wow.. making me second guess our planned stay there in 2011...

[Deb & Bill]

So where exactly do you store your bar of soap?? On the floor of the shower? And this slider door, I don't get it. Does anyone have close up pics of the shower and door so we can see it?

Bar of soap?? Lady, this is an upscale resort. ;) You use the provided shower gel in the shower.

Do you mean there isn't any ledge around the tub at all???

[murcor]

More like being able to brush your teeth and brush your butter on your toast at the same time.

Who thought this layout was a good idea?? :confused3

[TagsMissy]

The shower head could be used to strip paint from cars. I had to run half-faucet, half shower to to reduce pressure. Shower stream is not adjustable.



The water stream pressure is adjustable. I have to say we were all laughing hard as my nephew had a shower on a previous trip in the non-master shower and he was howling in pain and commenting. When he was done we wondered what was up... my hubby went to check it out and there's an adjustment -- all showers after that in the two non-master bathrooms were fine. However I couldn't tell you HOW the adjustment is made as I never tried it-- I'll have to ask the hubby later tonight.

[diesel]

I believe I heard that the rooms at BLT don't have ceiling fans. I find that odd. I love having a ceiling fan going while I sleep especially when the AC shuts off.

[DenLo]

I believe I heard that the rooms at BLT don't have ceiling fans. I find that odd. I love having a ceiling fan going while I sleep especially when the AC shuts off.

I believe the fans are set to come on automatically based on movement. So you would not be able to leave a fan on for the white noise effect. Boy we could never share a room, that would drive me nuts! :rotfl:

[Deb & Bill]

Who thought this layout was a good idea?? :confused3

This is going to sound sexist, but, I swear, it had to be a man. And an architect. An Engineer would have never combined these two areas.

[Deb & Bill]

I believe the fans are set to come on automatically based on movement. So you would not be able to leave a fan on for the white noise effect. Boy we could never share a room, that would drive me nuts! :rotfl:

Ceiling fans come on automatically? I think you mean the exhaust fan in the bathroom.

[Cmbar]

The water stream pressure is adjustable. I have to say we were all laughing hard as my nephew had a shower on a previous trip in the non-master shower and he was howling in pain and commenting. When he was done we wondered what was up... my hubby went to check it out and there's an adjustment -- all showers after that in the two non-master bathrooms were fine. However I couldn't tell you HOW the adjustment is made as I never tried it-- I'll have to ask the hubby later tonight.



:worship::worship: Please ask hubby and let us know! I am getting nervous about these little things!

[LIFERBABE]

:worship::worship: Please ask hubby and let us know! I am getting nervous about these little things!


I want to know too!! We return in 2 weeks and that would be a big help. I could not figure it out.

I loved my stay, but BLT does have it's share of oddities. Nothing to be scared of it is still a great place to call home.:wizard:

Have a few more to add:

No pool shower at BLT. You need to go over to the CR pool area and there are locker rooms. 1 shower (HA accessible) in the ladies and if I remember correctly, there are lockers inside the restroom and definitely outside.

The Sand Bar Grill at CR has really great Double Bacon Cheeseburgers:wizard:(probably why my rear keeps scraping the wall:rotfl:) and Baked Lays!

The Fitness Center and Spa are at the CR on 3rd Floor right off the elevators.

No ceiling fans in the studios.

My studio had an Ihome that charged my Iphone and played my music.

The luggage rack is in the back of the closet. I missed it for 2 days there is so much going on in that closet!

Most storage I have ever had in a studio. Lots and lots of storage!

The Wave is awesome for dinner!:wizard:

[LIFERBABE]

This is going to sound sexist, but, I swear, it had to be a man. And an architect. An Engineer would have never combined these two areas.


I saw that AT&T commercial where the guy is watching TV from the empty tub eating a bowl of popcorn and he offers his friend some popcorn and the friend is like "Im not eating in the bathroom":rotfl: This is 2 guys, so even they know better!

[Chuck S]

I saw that AT&T commercial where the guy is watching TV from the empty tub eating a bowl of popcorn and he offers his friend some popcorn and the friend is like "Im not eating in the bathroom":rotfl: This is 2 guys, so even they know better!

Well, one of them knew better. :rotfl2:

[beccasmom]

We stayed in a lake view studio on 8/21-22. Our unit was on the 9th floor. The views were pretty nice; we could see fireworks from EC easily and the Water Pageant was right outside our window, which was very cool! :lovestruc We will definitely be back, but will focus on either a one or two-bedroom unit. Studio was just too small, IMHO. Our thoughts about BLT -

- Love the location! Just about the best of any DVC, IMHO. :thumbsup2
- Rooms seemed very quiet; in fact, we did not see anyone on our floor except for one guy at the ice machine.
- Did not mind the sliding door to the bathroom. We are all one family and it was a non-issue for us; might be weird otherwise.
- Definitely did not like the "bathroom sink in the kitchen" set-up. :confused: Lots of storage space, though.
- The studio is small. Was really surprised how small. Okay for two adults, though.
- Liked the galley kitchen. Set-up was practical and fairly intuitive.
- Liked the balcony size.
- Flat-panel tv - picture was great (watched the Little League World Series while waiting for the rain to lighten up! ;))
- The table next to the bed was too small.
- Whoever slept on the right side of the bed could easily bump into the kitchen wall when rising from the bed; did not seem to be enough space between wall and bed.
- It was brand new on our stay! Everything seemed and looked fresh.
- Getting to the MK is a snap. Crazy easy! :woohoo:
- We've always been CR fans. Enjoyed the Contempo Cafe -- the flatbreads were really great.
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[dclfun]

I'm sorry if this has been posted somewhere...but what is the SF of a studio at BLT? Is it smaller than a value studio, for instance, at AKLV? Sounds to me as though I'll want a 1-bedroom at least for 3 adults, one toddler, otherwise we'll be too close for comfort. We almost added points at BLT last Dec and then decided to add instead at VGC. Can't wait to try it out though some day! Thanks for all the informative posts.---Kathy