Take a look at the "night stand" between the bed and the couch.
There was enough room for the hotel phone, a pen, and the little pad of paper they give you. Once I plugged my phone charger in beneath it and put my phone up there, there was NO room for anything else! And the couch was completely flush with the "night stand"; MEK could have reached over and tapped me in the bed to tell me to stop snoring if she wanted to, and never left the couch!
There is no way 4 people could stay in this room. Especially with that galley vanity/kitchenette arrangement. That would be a nightmare. From what I read in my Disney Files magazine, they are going to be fixing some of that. Putting the bathroom vanity/sink *in* the bathromm (there's a novel concept), fixing the gap in the goofy sliding bathroom door, and adding a lock to it. Not that it needs a lock because good luck getting the thing open to begin with; it's rather particular about which direction you pull. I kept telling Mary Ellen I would like to see a 1 bedroom at BLT but all you have to do is stand on the walkway and look into the rooms because there are no sheers on these rooms. That's right, no sheers; DH would not do well with that, I'm sure he'd be unintenionally streaking in front of the MK every day.
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Jen - you are completely cracking me up with this! Especially the "good luck" getting the sliding bathroom door open. Most of the time the door wouldn't start to move and I would keep pulling and pulling until it would all of a sudden give and then I was afraid I was going to fall at crack my head on the tub or the floor. I think I got rougher with that door the more I used it.
Woo hoo! Fabulous room pics Jen! That shelf cast a shadow the shape of the contemporary! How funny is that?!
Yeah Melissa - you figured it out. I had to ask Jen what it was and then I said' "Doh!"
There is no way I would like the bathroom sink in the kitchenette! Ick!
It bothered me every time I dried my hair because my hair falls out a lot. I kept thinking I hope I don"t find a hair in my coffee the next time I make some.
I'm wondering how DH and I are going to like our 1 bedroom next week!
I think you will love it! A 1BR will be awesome. I think it even has two bathrooms!
That is a lot of vultures! In the few times that we've stayed at WL I can tell you there are always a lot of birds over what used to be Discovery Island! We even saw a Bald Eagle that came from that direction and flew right over us standing at the boat dock! It was very cool!
I think we were right across from where Discovery Island used to be. Those vultures would nest in the trees outside our room. They were everywhere.
No Sheers????????????
OK honestly, that makes me not want to stay at BLT at all. That would freak me out.
My personal opinion is that they tried to do BLT as cheaply as possible and cut the maximum amount of corners knowing that people would want to stay there because of location, location, location. I think they misjudged to some degree.
Although, if it wasn't for the fab location I would not want to stay there again in a studio.
Thanks for those pictures!
It looks beautiful! Can't wait!!
The pictures don't even start to do Kidani justice. It really is totally fabulous in real life. I stayed there one month after it opened and it was amazing!
What a great view. I would enjoy looking off a balcony at Cinderella's castle.
There really is not better view than looking at the castle. It's so amazing!
The bathroom sink in the kitchen?!
That does sound very odd. I hope that is one of the things Disney is fixing.
According to the Disney files they are, but that sounds like one expensive fix. Should have done it right in the first place.
Elwww I am not digging that bathroom sink situation. I mean everyone sat around and agreed that it would be a good idea to do that?!!
And while we are at it lets not put any sheers on the windows...
Snip, snip, snip...the sound of cutting corners.
That is okay though because I am still going to stay there!!
Tracy
We did!
Mentioning the curved building reminded me of something that was on the news in Vegas a couple of weeks ago. There is a new hotel/casino that is curved & all the windows are of a sort of mirror finish. Well, it seems that at the curve the sun reflects onto a space by the pool. The rays collected set plastic bags, etc. on fire!
The guests call it the Death Ray! The management knew about this problem & thought that it was fixed. They call it a Solar Convergensce. The news people were cracking up!
Can you imagine sitting at the pool and looking down and your magazine is on fire!
Nice!
The room did seem small, like a college dorm! The view almost makes up for the smallness, but that bathroom sink in the kitchenette was not so nice.
Exactly as small as a 1980's college dorm. But seriously, the view DID make up for it and we really weren't sitting around the room that much. Almost never. If we were back there in the afternoon it was to take a power nap then head out again. Plus the balcony was huge!
kitchenette - We did not like it not because of space but the whole hair thing! Can you imagine someone with really long hair in there. Although the hair dryer was pretty nice.
Love the BLT room pics! It is very small though, it looks about the size of a room at the All Stars!
Of course, you don't get that view at the All Stars!
Trust me - the actual room space was smaller than the All Stars. I'm sure it was bigger in square footage, but most of the space was taken up with the galley kitchen, bathroom, and entryway. The sleeping area is tiny.
Enjoying your report immensely! We had our first BLT stay (1BR) in Sept., and will be squeezing into the Studio in a couple of weeks. We were on the 5th floor, which was great for walking over to the Contemporary. The views were stunning -- we spent a lot of very enjoyable time just relaxing and looking out over Bay Lake.
papertraveller! So glad to have you join in. Did you love the 1BR? I think a 1BR would be fab!
How was the view from the 5th floor? Did you think it was too low?
Oh what a hardship - to be going back and squeezing into a studio!
Your pictures are absolutely fantastic. They have given such a different view of the parks, much of which I have never noticed before. You really bring out the fine details of WDW in your pictures. Amazing! Loving your TR so far.
I was tempted to ask him to add some juice to it or something but I suffered in silence. Once the ice melted a bit it got... watered down and more drinkable.
Seeing these paintings made me think of her. Fond memories, good memories, but I miss her terribly.
Congrats on the 
