mellvswdw1
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 28, 2007
Hello fellow DVC'rs! DH and I just returned for a nine day 3 DVC resort stay. We chose to leave a day early to avoid Irene, but ended up getting an extra day with no travel worries. We utilized DME, and only had a 20 minute wait.
Our first night we had a 1BR Villa at WL. We were tired when we arrived at 3pm and our room was ready. We had groceries delivered from We Go Shop and they did a great job. The room was clean and tidy, and in good shape. Nothing bad or dissapointing to report. We made dinner in the room that night and took a nice stroll around the resort. This is one of our favorite things to do, just decompress and have a glass of wine at the Territory Lounge. Unfortunately, there was too much wind for the Water Parade.
We checked out the next morning at 10 and moved over to AKV in the Jambo House. We took a taxi instead of having them deliver our luggage as we had bottles of wine, glass jars(salsa, etc.), and eggs. There was a long line, but I was finally able to check in and found out our room was ready! We went up to our 1BR Savannah room view.....and wow, what a room! There were a few maintanence items, but overall, nothing to complain, or stress out over. I will make one suggestion, and that is to close the master room door when doing laundry, because the washer and dryer are quite loud. We spent a lot of time at the pool, and really had a nice stay.
After three nights, we moved over to the BWV's to a 1BR Boardwalk View. Our room wasn't ready, so we went to lunch and toured Epcot for the day. I will say that after two spectacular room views, I was dissapointed with our view. We were in room 3009 which is in the "Crest O' the Wave" section. We were right next to the wall that juts out and not a good view of the "action" on the Boardwalk. After about ten minutes of pouting, I got over the view. I know that most people would "kill" to have the view we had for four nights. The room was in good condition, and we really enjoyed being able to see both Wishes, and Illuminations.
We had a fantastic trip, and I will say it was our most relaxing trip so far. We had wonderful meals at California Grill, and San Angel Inn. We were not impressed with the wait at 1900 Park Fare, and the food seemed to be worse then usual. However, the character interaction made up for the lack of food quality. There were several upset guests pretty much every time we went somewhere to eat, and I believe that Disney is WAY overbooking the ADR's. Luckily for us we do not have kids, so nobody was tired or cranky in our dining party....usually.
The parks were slower then what we are used to, so we were able to do everything we wanted without waiting longer then 20 minutes. We spent one day at Typhoon Lagoon. We had a BLAST!
We just got back last night, and are wanting to go back ASAP! We have been DVC members since 2006 and own at SSR, AKV, and BLT. We have stayed at all the properties. Out of all of our stays our personal favorites are OKW, and AKV Jambo House, and our least favorites areBLT and AKV Kidani. I am happy that Disney has so many properties for us to choose from, and we are blessed to be able to enjoy all of them!
Our first night we had a 1BR Villa at WL. We were tired when we arrived at 3pm and our room was ready. We had groceries delivered from We Go Shop and they did a great job. The room was clean and tidy, and in good shape. Nothing bad or dissapointing to report. We made dinner in the room that night and took a nice stroll around the resort. This is one of our favorite things to do, just decompress and have a glass of wine at the Territory Lounge. Unfortunately, there was too much wind for the Water Parade.
We checked out the next morning at 10 and moved over to AKV in the Jambo House. We took a taxi instead of having them deliver our luggage as we had bottles of wine, glass jars(salsa, etc.), and eggs. There was a long line, but I was finally able to check in and found out our room was ready! We went up to our 1BR Savannah room view.....and wow, what a room! There were a few maintanence items, but overall, nothing to complain, or stress out over. I will make one suggestion, and that is to close the master room door when doing laundry, because the washer and dryer are quite loud. We spent a lot of time at the pool, and really had a nice stay.
After three nights, we moved over to the BWV's to a 1BR Boardwalk View. Our room wasn't ready, so we went to lunch and toured Epcot for the day. I will say that after two spectacular room views, I was dissapointed with our view. We were in room 3009 which is in the "Crest O' the Wave" section. We were right next to the wall that juts out and not a good view of the "action" on the Boardwalk. After about ten minutes of pouting, I got over the view. I know that most people would "kill" to have the view we had for four nights. The room was in good condition, and we really enjoyed being able to see both Wishes, and Illuminations.
We had a fantastic trip, and I will say it was our most relaxing trip so far. We had wonderful meals at California Grill, and San Angel Inn. We were not impressed with the wait at 1900 Park Fare, and the food seemed to be worse then usual. However, the character interaction made up for the lack of food quality. There were several upset guests pretty much every time we went somewhere to eat, and I believe that Disney is WAY overbooking the ADR's. Luckily for us we do not have kids, so nobody was tired or cranky in our dining party....usually.
The parks were slower then what we are used to, so we were able to do everything we wanted without waiting longer then 20 minutes. We spent one day at Typhoon Lagoon. We had a BLAST!
We just got back last night, and are wanting to go back ASAP! We have been DVC members since 2006 and own at SSR, AKV, and BLT. We have stayed at all the properties. Out of all of our stays our personal favorites are OKW, and AKV Jambo House, and our least favorites areBLT and AKV Kidani. I am happy that Disney has so many properties for us to choose from, and we are blessed to be able to enjoy all of them!