I am so excited about our Poly standard studio stay in November but these type of reviews are becoming so common I'm beginning to second guess myself!! Are ALL the DVC studios having drainage issues? Which longhouse do you suggest? Also do all DVC studios at Poly have either a balcony or patio? that will be very important for us!
I feel the same way Kendallou! Our stay is in 21 days and I'm nervous about the conditions of the villas...at this rate I'm hoping we will get lucky and everything will work out okay. I was really looking forward to the walk-in shower. Blah.
I also hope someone is able to answers your questions as I am curious about those as well.
Our room was perfectly fine. No drainage issues.
As others mentioned, all PVB studios have either a balcony or studio.
My personal recommendation is to request Moorea for this year. If you get Moorea, you are guaranteed a garden view, plus it is great to walk along the beach to/from the GCH/pool. We will always hope to avoid Pago Pago, simply because half those rooms are parking lot view. Tokelau will have half the rooms facing the East pool construction which will not be done until winter 2016.
Our only issue with the room was the ferry horns, but we were lake view. Boat horns were minor. I believe our room had much poorer soundproofing than most. We could close everything tight and still hear neighbors on the balcony. When the door was open, they were talking normally. Likely a worker didn't do his job when he worked on our room.
DVD has already fixed some of the rooms that had shower drainage issues.
The key is for people to make sure to contact DVC member satisfaction with any issues that occur. They make sure to let the appropriate people know.
For what it is worth, DW loves BCV. At dinner, she told me PVB is now her favorite resort.