MoonFaerie
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Woo-hoo! Just booked BWI CL for the Princess Half Marathon weekend. Can't wait! I love the Boardwalk, and I've always wanted to stay club level.
jenneth79 said:Awesome!!!
We're heading back to BWI in early May....just called and added another night on the front of our trip so we can fly down, settle in, then wake up in the World!
Let's 'acronymize' Monsieur Paul to MP - I agree with you, what were they thinking? Ratatouilles maybe, but not Monsieur Paul. We last dined at Artist Point in August and we weren't as happy with our meal and service as we were in the past, but I know many love it, so don't let our experience dissuade you.Shorter trip for us this time around, so we're just planning dinners at Bistro de Paris (now the silly named Monsieur Paul..just doesn't quite roll off the tongue...) Artist Point (where we have not eaten before) and Le Cellier. I'm torn right now on how to handle the night we arrive (flight lands at 7:15, town car service to resort) and don't really want to make an ADR, but I REALLY want to go to Raglan Road... so maybe a late dinner for the two of us.
Is May good? I'm torn... our last two trips were supposedly quiet times (Feb and Oct) but were more crowded than September the year before.... then again, I think that September trip spoiled us....
Our last trip (Oct for F&W) we stayed at BWI CL and had a very good experience. I'm going to give it another shot this time since we got such a good discount on the trip. While I adore SAB and won't go near the clown pool, I really like how much smaller BWI is... less of a hike to get to our room!
Did you have problems w/ CL? Is there a TR I could read up on to get that info? They really seem to be hit or miss anymore in WDW!
You're going to love it! Have fun planningWoo-hoo! Just booked BWI CL for the Princess Half Marathon weekend. Can't wait! I love the Boardwalk, and I've always wanted to stay club level.
A question on a different thread got me thinking about exits from the building. Are there exits from the building that are not the "main" entrance? I'm sure there are ways to get out of the building, but are they just fire exits? Like if you are in one of the wings away from the main entrance, can you get out and walk across the grounds or parking area to kind of short cut to the DHS walkway? I hope I'm making sense.
Thanks!
Heading to BWI CL 5/23-6/2 with SFBANK and family.
dis-happy said:Yes! The best thing booking BWV standard view is you can pop right out on the walkway that leads to DHS (just past the Community Hall). There are also doors that exit to the quiet pool and the Clown Pool. I'm not big on elevators anyway, and so find the many stairways at BW very convenient.
We love the beginning of May. Although I've heard that September is the slowest time, so if you will be comparing it to that I'm not sure how busy it is.
We will be there April 29th-May 7th staying CL at BWI, what are you dates?
We do that too, I work half a day and then catch an afternoon flight. We're going in May too, which we do every year. Planning for a May trip gets me through the cold winter.
Let's 'acronymize' Monsieur Paul to MP - I agree with you, what were they thinking? Ratatouilles maybe, but not Monsieur Paul. We last dined at Artist Point in August and we weren't as happy with our meal and service as we were in the past, but I know many love it, so don't let our experience dissuade you.
If your flight doesn't even land till 7:15 and then you have to get out of the airport and drive to BWI, it could be after 8:30 before you even arrive. I'm not a late-night European style diner, so eating dinner after 9 wouldn't be so fun. Have you considered something on the BW or Epcot? Is it an Epcot PM EMH night?
Here's the link to my April 2012 BWI/CL review:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2908723
Does anyone know if you can not use the sofa bed and instead get a rollaway?
The sofa beds, are they comfortable? Someone mentioned, I read somewhere, that it wasn't comfortable at all, and very small.
I haven't seen a picture of the sofa bed pulled out as a bed. Would anyone happen to have a photo of it? Just wondering what the room space looks like when it's pulled out, and how in general what the "bed" would look like. Haven't stayed in a room with a sofa bed.
September 2013 WDW!
I do not have any pics, but the Villa sofa beds are very comfortable, they are not your typical sofa beds at all. They are queen size.
elgerber said:I do not have any pics, but the Villa sofa beds are very comfortable, they are not your typical sofa beds at all. They are queen size.
JessiBelle22 said:We're staying in a standard room, with a sofa bed. I'm guessing, maybe not much of a difference between the villas sofa beds, and standard rooms?? But thank you, for your response!
September 2013 WDW!
On select dates between now and January 25th, the Boardwalk Resort is conducting a new guest experience, the BoardWalk Ballyhoo Guided Tour!
This free 35 minute guided tour explores the history of the original boardwalk in Atlantic City that inspired our Disney Imagineers and showcases the artifacts, distinct period artwork and architecture unique to Disneys BoardWalk Resort.
The tour is offered:
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday - December 26, 27 and 28,
Monday, Tuesday and Friday from January 07 through January 25.
The tour starts at 2PM and meets at the Belle Vue Lounge
This is a testing period for the tour to see if it might become a regular offering.
http://land.allears.net/blogs/debwills/2012/12/boardwalk_ballyhoo_guided_tour_1.html