Hi everyone,
First...Doesn't your heart just jump for joy when you see this:
Here is a recent review of our stay at BLT.
Contemporary:
BLT:
Room Selection: we chose a lake view one BR for our family of 4, DH and I (we are not telling!
) and DD's 16 and 18. We chose the 1 BR for the kitchen, but mainly for the 2 bathrooms and the sleeper couch and sleeper chair. DD 2 is 5 foot 10 and needs a little more space than sharing a single sofa bed! And with teen girls you can see why we wanted the second bath
We read this thread in its entirety (love this thread!) and determined by looking at the wonderful chart that is linked here that we could score a MK view in a Lake View unit if we requested a unit in the North Tower with an even number (this means asking for units ending in 04, 10, 12). We wanted to be on a floor closer to the "bridge" between Contemporary and BLT on level 5 (goes to level 4 at the Contemporary) so we could walk the stairs rather than always have to wait for the elevator. Requesting the North tower meant we were accepting a longer walk (all the way through the center tower) to get to the walk way, but this seemed worth it to get the MK view. The Lake View is also lovely!!
We paid rack rates because my DH's father was ill and we could not rent points like we usually do, we needed fully refunable. As it turned out he passed in December, but there was so much going on, I was not about to cancel and then search for a last minute rental. The rate was doable because we only stayed 4 nights, splitting the week with 4 days on the west coast visiting my parents (at a rate $o ) in their home.
Photo Tour of the 7710:
The view from our balcony:
This unit is the middle of the 3 1 BR that have a view; the o4 unit will have a much better view of MK, the 12 unit will be much like this but a little further away. You can see the fireworks pretty well, but the castle is far to the naked eye. My DH got some better photos with his telephoto. We could not see the Electric Water parade from this location. While there is a parking lot, tennis court and service area right below us, we did not notice any noise from inside the unit, on the balcony you could hear folks playing tennis, but not their conversations and the occasional car in the parking lot. Over all extremely quiet- especially indoors!!
Panorama of our view:
This gives you a sense of what the "straight on" view is from this unit, it is a lake...thus lakeview, but if you are sitting on the couch or on the balcony you can easily see the castle!!
Now we will make our way around the unit counter clockwise from the kitchen area...
This is the kitchen and living area:
The kitchen is well equipped with everything you would need including consumables...such as coffee, dishwashing liquid, paper towels etc. Whether these are offered to folks in their own or rented DVC units, I can't say.
This is the pull out double couch. Note that all of those "ottomans" and benches open for storage...it was great my DD1's roller bag actually could fit inside that ottoman and she could live out of her case without stuff laying around the living room all week.
The other side of the living area and the sleeper chair closed:
I will show it open in the next post;
Behind that shade is the door to the balcony. The wall unit also has several drawers, and DD 2 was able to unpack (which she likes to do) and there was plenty of room for her stuff.
This is the dining area:
That ottoman also opens for storage
Here is the main bedroom with the king:
View of the balcony and office area (yes, DH was working...but just a little bit!!)
This is the bath in the main king room:
Can you spot the hidden Mickey?? Hint: we brought it with us!
Shower in the main king bath:
This is the living area full bath:
Across from that bath is the entry and laundry:
The door you see next to the entry is a closet, perpendicular to that is the connecting door to the other unit- you can see how it is tucked well out of the main living areas, thus we never heard a peep. Additionally, there is a ventilation unit on the wall opposite the closet that runs continuously and this creates some white noise in that area, which would further mask any potential sounds...very well designed!
next up...some views around the BLT and Contemporary and a review (the opinion part!)