I finally have time to start a synopsis of our recent BC vacation. The first week back is such a downer
and I jumped back into work with two 6 am shifts.
I work afternoon today, so I have a little more time with the kids in school!
We were at BC from Sept. 21st until Sept. 27th, staying in a standard view room on CL. We actually had room #5648, which is right outside the CL lounge, and is the same room that we had last year! I overheard one of the CMs discussing future renovations to the CL lounge in 2014, which include expansion of the lounge---incorporating 5648 and possibly the room next door.
Room: #5648----large standard view corner room with 2 queen beds and a daybed. The room has a Juliet balcony only and 2 sets of windows. Can see high Illuminations fireworks while laying in bed. Can see Wishes from MK when looking out the window behind the daybed. View from the Juliet balcony is of a large tree in the courtyard outside the solarium, but can also see BCV. I did not take any view pictures this time, since I took them last year. I can repost for anyone who is interested. Room is right outside lounge, which was very convenient. I would usually pop over to the lounge and bring food back to the room, avoiding the rush for a table. Heard a little noise from the lounge area, but nothing that bothered us---we're up early and we were asleep early, even through the fireworks noise on a couple of nights. Disney wears us out! Room condition was fine.....a couple of small cosmetic issues which I commented on the BC survey I received via email on Monday. Beds were so comfortable!! Wi-Fi service was spotty in our room. I had the best service during the early morning hours (4-6 am), so it seemed to be somewhat related to the volume of traffic. I had similar issues with my cell phone service (Sprint).
Flight/Check-In: We flew out of Pittsburgh on the 6:05 am flight, which meant DH and I got up at 2 am and woke the kids up at 3 am. The flight was fine, full of other families heading to WDW. DS4 actually took a little nap, but the rest of us couldn't sleep. We landed at MCO around 8:30 am, waited for our luggage, and headed to Alamo to pick up our rental car. I had spent time on the transportation board and had booked a Standard size car. Alamo does not have a Standard size aisle at MCO, so you automatically get a Full size. I had booked the reservation using Working Advantage, which is a discount website that I can access with a registration code from my employer (I work for a hospital that is VHA affiliated), and had a 7 day rental for $148.00. We use the Alamo kiosk, which was quick and easy, but we had to stop at the counter in the garage, because our free extra driver with Alamo Insiders wasn't showing on the paperwork. After that was taken care of, we headed to the Full size aisle. DH spotted a Dodge Charger right away among the Camrys and Impalas, and said--We're taking the Charger, so he was happy.
The drive to BC was quicker than I remembered. We made a quick stop at the Hess Express at the corner of Epcot Resorts Blvd. to pick up some bottled water and beer (cans for SAB), then we were pulling in to BC.
We're finally here! We gave the luggage to bell services and were met at the door by a CM who took us up to 5th floor to check in. DH and the kids went into the lounge for a breakfast snack while I took care of the check in. Our room wasn't ready at this point, so we headed off to AK for a little while....we were walking into AK at 11 am.
We came back to BC around 2 pm and our room still was not ready. There was an issue with valves in that room and the room next door and the rooms currently did not have water and they did not have another room to put us in.
So we hung out in the lounge, waiting for maintenance to come up and take care of the issue. Maintenance finally arrived and took care of whatever needed to be done and we were in the room around 3:30 pm.
To be continued.......
Cindy
If I am able to get everything taken care of by Thursday night it will be a miracle.
I'll report more later. 
