Disney's YACHT & BEACH CLUB RESORTS Information & Questions

White Rose said:
ok.. as you might have gathered, there was a lot of stuff that went on that I did not mention during the trip. Now that the trip is over, I can relate some of them, just, hopefully to make you laugh, roll your eyes, or be grateful you did not have to deal with her.

They were late for EVERYTHING, including reservations, and meeting up with the tour guide.

The thing that was angering me the most was the fact that she was the one who told me they could only go for a very very short amount of time, so I booked the tour guide to maximize the time in the parks. Then she complained they did not have time to shop or walk slowly around epcot, while we were paying over $300 an hour for a tour guide to take everyone on rides....then it was too rainy, too sunny, too hot, too cold, too crowded, too quiet. We had credits left over from dining, so of course 'the dining package was a waste of money'...We would have been fine if they were not always so late...

She tried to tell us that certain people (my dad) did not want to ride test track, when it was a running joke my dad always wanted to ride TT, but every time it was shut down due to rain....!!! She never asked him, she just spouts out whatever comes in her head at that second. She told us people were sick when they were not, people were tired when they were so excited. She tried to say her kids did not want to see or do something when she had no idea what it was we wanted them to see or do. The parks were open too long or not long enough. She argued, complained and tried to take control of every single situation. Every time the kids touched anything (they are 9-17) she slathered everyone with hand sanitizer and she interrogated each person on what they touched.

Based on her animosity on anything Disney, I did not try to do matching Tshirts or anything like that...she decided to use fabric paint and make her own...and...HEY! that shocked me! I was actually pleasantly surprised she would do this! I even thanked her! The men's shirts were cute! ...but for the women, instead of leaving the shirts alone she CUT THEM UP making them look like something out of a rejected 80's beach movie! Her 15 year old daughter refused to wear it. I refused too. It might look 'cute' on a 9 year old, but on a busty adult, it looked...trashy. (she cut the collar out, and shredded the shirts to ribbons and then 'tied' the cut pieces back together.)

Okay, that is out of my system...the trip ended...I hope my dad had a good time...I really do. He wants to come down with just my hubby and I on our next Disney Trip...and the kids do, too. I guess we did it right.
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I respect you for your patience with SIL and completing the trip. So glad next time it sounds like your Dad has it figured out for proper traveling companions!
 
DonaldDuckFamily said:
We're going back to Beach Club Dec 25- Jan 5th. Last time we stayed here was Aug 2014 so looking forward to the seeing the renovated rooms. We stayed at BWI in March and those renovated rooms were really nice and spacious.

Does anyone know if we go to Beaches and Cream without a reservation, can we order the Kitchen Sink (and not the mini sink). We have family that will be stopping to visit and I thought this would be something fun and I can't get an ADR for 8. Not surprised since it is so small inside.
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You might want to consider using a table finder website to watch for reservations - I use one where you can put the restaurant, time and party size and their system searches and will notify you if an opening pops up in your time frame. Given the time between now and your trip you would have a good chance of snagging an opening as people rearrange their schedules!
 
nanaka said:
I am leaving for Yacht Club on Sunday. I am afraid that I may be more excited than my kids! This thread has been so incredibly helpful during the planning hase
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I agree! We leave Saturday and I spent most of today doing laundry and packing :fish:- first day of school is Wednesday and work has been super busy, so im trying to stay ahead of things! Honestly, did not expect it to be so hard to pare down my daughter's clothing to her favorite summer outfits. Sheesh.

Reading all these recent trip reports is like candy to a baby here....keep them coming!!! popcorn::
 
I have not been keeping up with the thread lately & just saw the news about your husband Teena. My deepest sympathy on your loss. I hope your memories are giving you some comfort. You and your family are in my thoughts.
 
Ninja Mom said:
What we have here is the need to pack a unbreakable thermos, chilled and filled with the alcoholic beverage of your choice and a latex, rainbow colored, flower petal-ed bathing cap that will provide you with "on location" shade where ever you may roam whilst you are wearing it....

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~NM
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So, if you cannot use basically anything to reserve a sun lounger what are you supposed to do with your stuff when you are in the pool? This sign always cracks me up.
 
We got back Saturday from our trip. We were at the Poly for 5 nights followed by the BC for 5 nights.

Let me just say we fell in love with the BC! My kids found Stormalong Bay to be the best thing ever. We spent midday breaks there plus a whole rest day that was originally supposed to be Blizzard Beach day but we decided to just stay at the pool. They loved playing volleyball, the lazy river and the whirlpool. Best pool I've ever been to hands down.

The rooms were gorgeous. Smaller than the Poly but I really liked the sinks separate from the "private pooper" as DD liked to call it.

We had room 3700. A long walk from the elevators but not so bad. We had standard view and had a view of the room but when you looked to the right you saw the Epcot ball. The beds are the best beds EVER! So comfy!!!! We had a day bed in this room and a full balcony. DD didn't use the daybed. She slept with her brother instead. It worked out just fine.

Housekeeping was great. Everyone at the BC seems to be so friendly and just love their job! I ran out of my conditioner and I asked for extra conditioner and they brought me a huge bag. I use one of those bottles myself and then DD another bottle and I even used it as a leave in for DD since she was in the pool so much.

We ate at Hurricane Hanna's twice. The burgers were really good. I had a sunken treasure. Very tasty!

The kids were cranky one night so we got them HH and had a date night at Epcot. We ate and drank around the world. Our last stop in UK we found a seat and watched Illuminations. It was a perfect night and such a short walk back to the hotel!

We want to go back in November 2017 for food and wine. I don't know if we can swing the BC at full price (we were on the magical deal) but if we can it's our #1 choice!

On check out day we hung out at the Solarium. The kids layed on the couches and played on their phone/ipad. It was a nice break.

Our stay at the BC was just magical!
 
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I would like to add that we enjoyed our stay at the Poly too.

After a 12 hour flight delay that exhausted us we had two full park days. The kids were being extra whiney and huge complainers. My kids are 15 and 9 so I expect for that to be at a minimum. It was CONSTANT questioning of every single move we made. They wanted to ride 7 Dwarfs with a one hour wait. I told them to hold off that I had a FP for later or we would ride it near closing. Every 10 minutes they asked again and again. This was constant. If I said we were going to sit at these seats at the pool my son would have a whole complain fest on why these seats, why not those, why this, why that. Just huffing and puffing about everything.

Saturday we went to Chef Mickey's and then headed to PM EMH at MK. It was raining. We put on ponchos an headed out. Everyone was fine except my son. The rain was messing up his hair! He acted as if he was going to melt in the water. I lost it. I said we are out of here. He was just yapping at the lips and I got really stern with him and he stopped. We got back to the room and I told them to go to bed and boyfriend and I hit Tambu Lounge and Trader Sam's. I had just had it. I was almost in tears because I felt like I had planned this trip and done all of this work and spent all of this money and they weren't appreciating it.

Sunday was our rest day. We hit the pool and then it rained. The kids napped and then I had Cali Grill date night. The kids were fine hanging in the room.

Monday we regrouped, hit HS in the morning, rode RnR and ToT 4 times in an hour. Then went to Epcot for lunch and then checked into the BC.

Our trip turned around that day. It was like a whole different vacation. Everyone was happy again and enjoying themselves!

The kids were just in awe of the BC and that pool! At the Poly DD wanted me in the pool to play with her the whole time. At BC, with the volleyball area, lazy river and whirlpool she didn't even remember I was in the area! lol I actually got in the pool a lot more at BC because the tempature was so refreshing. We felt the Poly pool was way too cold for us.
 
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mi*vida*loca said:
I would like to add that we enjoyed our stay at the Poly too.

After a 12 hour flight delay that exhausted us we had two full park days. The kids were being extra whiney and huge complainers. My kids are 15 and 9 so I expect for that to be at a minimum. It was CONSTANT questioning of every single move we made. They wanted to ride 7 Dwarfs with a one hour wait. I told them to hold off that I had a FP for later or we would ride it near closing. Every 10 minutes they asked again and again. This was constant. If I said we were going to sit at these seats at the pool my son would have a whole complain fest on why these seats, why not those, why this, why that. Just huffing and puffing about everything.

Saturday we went to Chef Mickey's and then headed to PM EMH at MK. It was raining. We put on ponchos an headed out. Everyone was fine except my son. The rain was messing up his hair! He acted as if he was going to melt in the water. I lost it. I said we are out of here. He was just yapping at the lips and I got really stern with him and he stopped. We got back to the room and I told them to go to bed and boyfriend and I hit Tambu Lounge and Trader Sam's. I had just had it. I was almost in tears because I felt like I had planned this trip and done all of this work and spent all of this money and they weren't appreciating it.

Sunday was our rest day. We hit the pool and then it rained. The kids napped and then I had Cali Grill date night. The kids were fine hanging in the room.

Monday we regrouped, hit HS in the morning, rode RnR and ToT 4 times in an hour. Then went to Epcot for lunch and then checked into the BC.

Our trip turned around that day. It was like a whole different vacation. Everyone was happy again and enjoying themselves!

The kids were just in awe of the BC and that pool! At the Poly DD wanted me in the pool to play with her the whole time. At BC, with the volleyball area, lazy river and whirlpool she didn't even remember I was in the area! lol I actually got in the pool a lot more at BC because the tempature was so refreshing. We felt the Poly pool was way too cold for us.
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So glad the kids turned around and enjoyed the trip. Sometimes all it takes is a Mommy meltdown. The kids still tease me with my "I'm done" outburst that I had at World Showcase :) Thank you for reporting back! My heart broke for you reading your delays on here :hug:
 
Hi everyone! I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone on this thread!! I obsessed over your pictures and posts before our trip. We stayed at BC Aug 22-29, and it was amazing and perfect!! I am so in love with this resort! I want to live there! We were given room 4626, standard view. It had a daybed and a balcony with table and chairs. Our view was partial rooftop and partial courtyard, which was wonderful for a standard. So nice to sit outside and drink my coffee every morning. I loved the newly refurbished room and we all loved Storm Along Bay so much!! The walk into Epcot was incredible! THANK YOU so much for this thread!! Another die hard Beach Club fan has been created :)
 
Just got back on Saturday after a fabulous 8 night stay and all I can say is that BC has completely ruined us for all other resorts! We've stayed about a half a dozen times at Swan/Dolphin, so we knew that we'd love the Epcot area location, but had no idea how amazing and beautiful BC would be. We booked a magical deal, so hopefully will be able to have a repeat trip next year. We've visited WDW about 12+ times in the past decade and this was easily my favorite trip yet - everything went off without a hitch (well, except for my not realizing that there was no bus to DTD directly from DAK, which resulted in our being late for our Raglan Road reservation... but even that snafu all ended well). Now I'm suffering from terrible PDD (post Disney depression)... so off to plan for next year!
 
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