Is it on the Dining Plan?So I'm hearing great things already about the food at the Boathouse. A few friends ate there. Anybody planning to give it a try?
So I'm hearing great things already about the food at the Boathouse. A few friends ate there. Anybody planning to give it a try?
Oooh, just been reading the review on the Disney Food Blog. They reckon that when it comes on to the Dining Plan it will be a Signature. Not surprised with those prices!Unfortunately the Boathouse isn't on the dining plan (yet anyway).
Hi all! Relatively new poster but longtime lurker coming out of her shell!
(PS - I know that a new BC/YC thread will be starting soon, thank you natebenma for all your hard work! If you'd rather me re-post this to the new thread when it comes out, I'd be glad to do so! )
I'm going back to BC in May with my mom for a 'girls trip/PhD graduation celebration' after doing my honeymoon at BC and my first anniversary at YC the past two years with my husband. It's mom's first time back to the world in almost 30 years, and I am so excited to take her around and show her everything that's changed (she didn't even realize that there are more resorts than just the 3 monorail ones, and she was sad that "Birthdayland" wouldn't be at the MK!).
Anyway, I booked this trip through Orbitz, when I usually go through Disney directly. I'd like to make some room requests, specifically a refurbished room close to the main elevators. Mom is on the cusp of being able to walk the whole day fine, and needing to use an ECV (which she absolutely does not want to do), and knowing what some of the corridors at the BC can be like, I'd like to make the hotel part of the walking as easy for her as possible. Close to the elevators is a bigger priority for us than a refurbished room is. I've put both "close to the elevators" and "high floor" on my online check in to try to get these things, but I'm also wondering if I should try to convey these requests to Orbitz. However, going through Orbitz, I fear that the requests won't get relayed back to Disney, will get lost/confused somehow in translation, or worse, that the room assigners at Disney will be passive-aggressive (paranoid of me, I know!) and give us the exact opposite of what I'm asking for.
Has anyone gotten their room requests when done through Orbitz? If so, did you make the requests through online chat or by calling? I know that I can always go up to the front desk once we're at the BC and inquire if they can move us if the room is far down the hall, but the more I can do before we actually get there, the better.
Thank you!
@ichabody (and anyone else) it appears that the Frozen singalong is open for FP booking now in June
We got a refurbished room that is really nice. I think we are one of the first ones staying in this room since we are so close to the work zone. My only request was a full balcony, but we didn't get it. I'm not complaining, though, since we paid for a garden view room and received a room with a view of the lake. There is also a tree there, which is probably why it isn't a lagoon view room, but I'm not complaining. The movie on the beach tonight is Frozen and I stood on my little balcony to listen to her sing, "Let It Go". It was a nice surprise to get this room. I'll post pictures after I get home.
We had an interesting ride on the Magical Express this morning. We got to the bus around 10 am and they put us on a bus that stopped at Art of Animation, then Pop Century, leaving four people for the Caribbean Beach and just DH and I for the Beach Club. Once we got to be the only ones on our private bus, we asked the driver why they changed the route like that. He said that buses are required to leave the airport after twenty minutes so they added our small group because they couldn't wait any longer for passengers for the two value resorts. The irony is that our plans for tomorrow are to go over to AoA and Pop to check it out, but the ME did it for me.
We received a text while we were still at the airport at 9:50am telling us our room was ready. It gave us the room number and the floor. A cast member greeted us at the door with her iPad and asked us if we had received a text and if we knew the room, which we did. She asked if we had any questions and then said we could go straight to our room, which we did. We did not receive that little folder with the recreation schedule and a map of the resort, like they used to give people when they checked in. I stopped at the Concierge desk to pick up the recreation schedule this evening. Our MagicBands worked and going straight to the room was great.
We discovered that the bar section of Hurricane Hannah's does not take the Tables in Wonderland card.
It's been a long day, one that started at 3am for a 6am flight.
Let me know if you have any questions.
So I'm hearing great things already about the food at the Boathouse. A few friends ate there. Anybody planning to give it a try?
I'm not sure if the bedding situation has changed since the refurbishment work. There were only a handful of rooms with king beds in CL, I believe.
Is it worth it to ask? Depends on what your other priorities are. If a full balcony is important, then that should probably be your only request, or you could word it "Full balcony, please. King bed if possible". If you don't care if you get a full balcony, your request could be "King bed, if possible"
Yes - I booked last night for August and couldn't even get our first choice date!
Does anyone know if they are taking reservations for the Boathouse yet?
Well I keep asking to have Matthew McConaughey waiting in my room when I check in for my solo trips to Pop but THAT hasn't happened yet... so it is correct to remember that requests are requests and Disney may not be able to honor them. (Humph!!)
~NM
Dee has some good advice. You can call Orbitz, with your confirmation number handy, and tell them you would like to add a few room requests to your reservation. They will ask to place you on hold, while they contact the resort. I usually ask for up to three special requests. The hold is normally about 3-5 minutes, and when the agent comes back on line, I am told that the requests have been placed, but they are subject to availability.Hi all! Relatively new poster but longtime lurker coming out of her shell!
Anyway, I booked this trip through Orbitz, when I usually go through Disney directly. I'd like to make some room requests, specifically a refurbished room close to the main elevators. Mom is on the cusp of being able to walk the whole day fine, and needing to use an ECV (which she absolutely does not want to do), and knowing what some of the corridors at the BC can be like, I'd like to make the hotel part of the walking as easy for her as possible. Close to the elevators is a bigger priority for us than a refurbished room is. I've put both "close to the elevators" and "high floor" on my online check in to try to get these things, but I'm also wondering if I should try to convey these requests to Orbitz. However, going through Orbitz, I fear that the requests won't get relayed back to Disney, will get lost/confused somehow in translation, or worse, that the room assigners at Disney will be passive-aggressive (paranoid of me, I know!) and give us the exact opposite of what I'm asking for.
Has anyone gotten their room requests when done through Orbitz? If so, did you make the requests through online chat or by calling? I know that I can always go up to the front desk once we're at the BC and inquire if they can move us if the room is far down the hall, but the more I can do before we actually get there, the better.
Does anyone know if they are taking reservations for the Boathouse yet?
Just booked the Frozen Premium package for my 16 year old dd and myself. Even at 16 she is Frozen obsessed!
So I'm hearing great things already about the food at the Boathouse. A few friends ate there. Anybody planning to give it a try?
Is it on the Dining Plan?
Well I keep asking to have Matthew McConaughey waiting in my room when I check in for my solo trips to Pop but THAT hasn't happened yet... so it is correct to remember that requests are requests and Disney may not be able to honor them. (Humph!!)
~NM