So excited---66 days to go!!
First...my DH agreed to add an extra night to our trip so our new dates are 7/8-7/15. Now, we won't have to miss out on MK pm EMH- we can enjoy them on our last night there!
Second...IPO was able to book the Illuminations cruise for us on my son's birthday and our good friends from Tampa will be joining us
Third...I just booked the MK dessert party for 7/10. We have never done this , so looking forward to it!
It is becoming harder and harder to keep all of these wonderful surprises from my kids but I'm trying to stay strong!!
I'll adjust your dates on the B.O.G.
Sounds like some absolutely awesome surprises!
Just a FYI that my work will be hosting a conference at the Yacht Club Sunday May 5 to Wed May 8 of about 325 people.. Last year there was a breakfast buffet out on the Marina every morning with characters.. On 5/6 they will be hosting a dinner and entertainment in the AK and on 5/7 they will have a dinner & Illuminations dessert party.. Very sad to not be going this year but feel blessed that I got picked to go last year..
Thanks for letting us know about the conference.
Hello everyone! Just joined after lurking for a long time. I'm a FL native and have been to WDW over 40 times but our 3 daughters (ages 10, 8 & 3) have never been. This past April we surprised them with a week long visit and during our trip we stayed club level at the GF. That was awesome!
This July we are going back for another week but will be staying in a Deluxe Club level room at the BC. This will be my first stay at the BC so this thread has been a great source of info on that resort!
to this thread and to posting on the DIS!
I'll add you to the Be Our Guest list for July.
Let us know if you have any questions about the resort.
Hello. I guess I will be joining in. I just changed my reservation from POR to YC SV. We will be there August 22-31 of this year. This is our first ever trip to WDW, well, Florida for that matter. I have been enjoying the thread.
Question: Does anyone have teens and what have the teens thought of Yacht Club?
I showed by 16 year old DD a video of YC from youtube and it unfortunately showed an older woman being pushed in a wheelchair. Now my DD is convinced YC is like a nursing home and is not happy with the resort choice. She said it should be fine as long as she doesn't have to feed any old people tapioca pudding. She is kind of making me regret changing, but not enough to change my plans.
I'll add you to the Be Our Guest list for August.
I'm glad everyones responses have reassured you (and hopefully your daughter). It's all good!!!
Hi just wondering if anyone knows if the YC club lounge is still open 24 hrs and if so what is on offer after 10pm?
Also I know some of you arranged in-room celebrations/gifts through the IPO-would you mind telling me how you do this? I know about the Disney florist but I was thinking more along the lines of things on sale at hotel shop plus maybe game card for arcade or something?? Hoping to celebrate 25th anniversary at Yacht Club (club level) but would do something wee for kids too as they are just brilliant (not that I'm biased
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Thanks for any help
Bumping this!!!
I think Robyn did this (with pixarmom's photographic help). Robyn looked at the Marketplace pictures that pixarmom took, and made note of some of the goodies for sale, then prepared a list of things for IPO to purchase on her behalf.
Maybe one or both of them could elaborate on this.
I know you've already gotten a lot of great reassurance -- but just another mom of a teen (boy, 15) reporting that it is an IDEAL resort for teens! DS refuses to even consider staying elsewhere. The resort itself gives teens the opportunity to be reasonably independent (family can be at the pool, but it's so big that he can enjoy himself without feeling constrained by us), being able to walk to Epcot is fantastic, etc. Just a great place to stay!
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Giving you a
Not sure if you have posted here before, I don't remember seeing your screen name on the B.O.G list in the past.
We 'might' be staying here in September, have had to change our ressie 7 times!! We finally all agreed we'd spend the xtra for a deluxe but ALWAYS the Contemporary Garden View/STandard has been the cheapest of all Deluxe for five people...when checking tonight I realized Beach club Garden View was actually cheaper than CR by $120...every bit helps..we have never stayed here so that is kind of exciting...just a question on the day bed, is it as long as the one at CR? My son is 6'3 and will be sleeping on it, on the cruise ships he did just fine on their day beds...thanks! Now, I need to go through and see what I need to learn about BC!
Please let us know if you end up booking here for September.
From what I understand- there are two types of daybeds at the Beach and Yacht Club. The older ones are smaller and more appropriate for a younger child and the larger ones are fine for adults, even tall ones like your son. I also have heard that rollaway cots are very comfortable.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure that the room assigners know which rooms have which type of daybeds, although if I were you, I would specify "Large sized daybed for my tall son, please" Maybe that would help.
DH and I will be staying at the BC for the first time in October
We have a garden view room and will request a King bed. Anything else we should request? It's only DH and I so the distance to walk to things doesn't really matter. I've read here to request Epcot view for the fireworks, but are there gardenview rooms/king bed that face this direction?
I'll add you to the Be Our Guest list for October.
Just making sure that you realize that not all of the rooms at the Beach Club have full balconies, so if that is important to you, you need to add that request to your reservation.
Please remember, list your most important request first, and understand that there is no way to book these types of requests. The room assigners will do their best to get you into the type of room you want, but they are limited to what is available on the day you check in.
Woo hoo! Awesome news! I am just now seeing that July is open for booking a Wishes dessert party. Hopefully I can still get one!
I think there are only reservations through July 10 so far, so if you are looking for later than that in July, you still have a chance. Now that you are CL at YC (and at the Poly), have you asked IPO to try to book the night you want?
I am looking for July 19, so I will be checking later today, and for the next few days, to see if Disney has opened up reservations for those days.
Try FedEx Ground or UPS (you can check their prices online). We have found that, over a certain size or weight, they are cheaper than USPS.
Thanks for the suggestion! The only problem, I think, is that if they send by those methods, they will be charged a handling fee by the convention center, although I believe the fee is by weight... so it may end up being less expensive than USPS in the end for the larger, but lighter weight stuffed animals.
having to get off the bus at AK wet & yucky from BB and transfer to another bus to get back to resort will really increase travel time. If you have a 20 min bus wait at BB, then another 20 min bus wait at AK. That's 40 min just on wait time. Since we plan on a few WP days this August, having to take 2 busses is not masking me happy.
