Just wanted to add my plug for the garden view rooms - love them! It's less expensive than water view, but guarantees you won't be overlooking a parking lot. Some are better than others, but we've always found something good about our garden views. If we're looking at shrubs during the day, for example, we look up and see the Eiffel Tower and fireworks at night! Our favorite garden view is the one we had last month - second floor right near the lobby and overlooking the courtyard and a little bit of SAB and the lake. If booking GV in the future, I think I'll request full balcony, close to lobby.
As for the transition from GF, GF is the only deluxe resort left on my bucket list - I've stayed at all the others. Having stayed at all the other MK resorts, I can definitely say that the Epcot area is my favorite. I like to walk and would rather walk to parks than wait for a bus, boat or monorail. And we love ADRs in Epcot, so the walk home to BC just couldn't be easier or more pleasant. We also prefer the decor at BC - that's one of the reasons I've not convinced my husband and three boys to sacrifice one of our favorite resorts for GF yet! Hope you love BC as much as we do!
Thanks so much for the info/explanation. I really appreciate it. I am sooooo a creature of habit... but...habits are meant to be broken. We still have two little ones who enjoy MK... but they also love HS and Epcot. We are looking forward to trying out BC. Love your explanation of garden view. They will love SAB if weather permits. Thanks again. DH and I love walking... we walk so much that we definitely don't gain weight on Disney vacation (even though we eat like there's no tomorrow.)
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