Hi All we are back home and we had a great time!! We stayed 6 nights at BCV in a studio Dec 23-29 and then a 1 Bdr at SSR for 8 nights. Checked out Jan 6, 2007.
BCV was great!! This was our best BCV stay ever. Chris checked us in and he was great!! "You, requested a pool view villa?" Me: Yes I did, nonsmoking" "We were able to meet that request" Me:
He was just really nice and efficient we were really impressed with the CM's and service at BCV this trip and I was starting to get feel jaded about that before this trip.
Another example was our Villa #416, it is right across from the laundry and main elevators, which was great!! Very nice very clean. I didnt notice any stains on the furniture and the sofa cushions were very clean.
I did notice a few bits of unraveled carpet under the table and chairs, but at first I was not concerned. Well it turned out, that the unraveled carpet was the result of exposed nails on the bottom of the wicker chairs. Every time you moved the chairs it would pull up more carpet. Seeing my dues flash before my eyes, I called Housekeeping and I have to say the response was immediate. They sent 2 engineering ladies up and they checked it out, went for parts, and fixed both chairs and clipped the carpet. We also needed a lightbulb which they fixed also. Very impressed with the response.
Our mattress was new!! It had a tag on it that said Nov 2006. A little firm, but a big improvement over the old ones.
The sofa bed, was not!
It was terrible. My boys fought over who would sleep on the cushions on the floor. Dh did sleep on it 1 night (after my DS9 fell asleep in bed with me) and he said it wasnt too bad if you laid on it just right.
Pool Temps: It was cool and rainy Christmas week, but that didnt stop my boys from wanting to live in the Dunes Cove pool all week. We hung out at the pool and hot tub most evenings. The Dunes Cove pool was nicely heated. We only visited SAB 1 day and I thought it was cool, but the boys enjoyed it, especially the swirling waters part. They like to swim, but sliding is not a priority, so most days they picked the quiet pool over SAB
Due to the weather, we put off going to the parks. We figured we'd get to it the next week. One rainy day, Dh took the boys to DQ and I went to the movies at DTD! I really enjoyed Happy Feet!!
Oh! We shared BCV Tree #1 and that was great!! We hung garland and had a tree on Christmas Morning!! It was very Magical!
More later.........
BCV was great!! This was our best BCV stay ever. Chris checked us in and he was great!! "You, requested a pool view villa?" Me: Yes I did, nonsmoking" "We were able to meet that request" Me:

He was just really nice and efficient we were really impressed with the CM's and service at BCV this trip and I was starting to get feel jaded about that before this trip.
Another example was our Villa #416, it is right across from the laundry and main elevators, which was great!! Very nice very clean. I didnt notice any stains on the furniture and the sofa cushions were very clean.
I did notice a few bits of unraveled carpet under the table and chairs, but at first I was not concerned. Well it turned out, that the unraveled carpet was the result of exposed nails on the bottom of the wicker chairs. Every time you moved the chairs it would pull up more carpet. Seeing my dues flash before my eyes, I called Housekeeping and I have to say the response was immediate. They sent 2 engineering ladies up and they checked it out, went for parts, and fixed both chairs and clipped the carpet. We also needed a lightbulb which they fixed also. Very impressed with the response.
Our mattress was new!! It had a tag on it that said Nov 2006. A little firm, but a big improvement over the old ones.
The sofa bed, was not!

Pool Temps: It was cool and rainy Christmas week, but that didnt stop my boys from wanting to live in the Dunes Cove pool all week. We hung out at the pool and hot tub most evenings. The Dunes Cove pool was nicely heated. We only visited SAB 1 day and I thought it was cool, but the boys enjoyed it, especially the swirling waters part. They like to swim, but sliding is not a priority, so most days they picked the quiet pool over SAB

Due to the weather, we put off going to the parks. We figured we'd get to it the next week. One rainy day, Dh took the boys to DQ and I went to the movies at DTD! I really enjoyed Happy Feet!!

Oh! We shared BCV Tree #1 and that was great!! We hung garland and had a tree on Christmas Morning!! It was very Magical!

More later.........