2011 Yacht & Beach Club FAQ, Part II

[TeenaS]

We still on for a "meet" on July 25th at 6 PM???

 

[Best Aunt]

beep, beep, beep, beepBeepBeeeeeep....

This is an alert.
I repeat this is an alert from the Noodle shipping department.
This is only an ALERT.

In the event of actual, Beach Club/Yacht Club news we would direct you to a more responsible contributor.

Here is the Noodle break down. Cost of 4 thick, voluptuous pool noodles at Target = $16 dollars. Cost to mail said voluptuous noodles to the Beach Club = $16 dollars.

Whacking DS about the head and neck with a non wimpy noodle = PRICELESS!!!

This concludes the alert from the noodle shipping department. Those of you that are laughing at the thought of spending $32.00 on pool noodles just ain't right in the head! Enjoy your wimpy, floppy sloppy excuse for a pool noodle. Me and mine shall be riding high in noodle luxury!

~Marlton Mom

Hey Marlton Mom, how did you ship them? Did you find a noodle-shaped box? Curve them around in a square box? (I'm wondering how they would hold up if they're squished. I'm not a noodle connoisseur, but as the Best Aunt In The World, I need to think about these things for my nieces.)

You need to post pictures of your noodles next to the wimpy noodles.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Thank you so much!!!!!! Keep wearing that shirt!

You sound like me ... Bob always rolls his eyes because I'll talk to strangers in elevators. I can picture myself talking to the contractors from my balcony!

Oh yes! We're a family of over-friendly-talky-nutters. You'd never know it now but as a child I was painfully shy and scared to death of my own shadow. I like to think my lovely DH brought me out of my shell. His grandmothers & mother have all told me stories about how he never in his life met a stranger. He even invited a homeless gentleman in a laundromat home to spend the night with him when he was 3.

Hi sweetpee- do you want to be added to the "Guest List" we keep on the front page? What exactly are your YC dates? I'm a little confused by the dates in your signature

Oh thank you for the invite! I didn't know if September peeps were being listed yet! I'm totally IN! And thanks for getting me to glance down at my signature. We changed the front end of our upcoming trip by adding a day and moving up to the WL to make the entire trip completely full of elements we've not yet experienced. Yay! Mega blonde-moment on the typo for the year I had for our Wonder cruise. That's what happens when I get all excited!

We'll be checking into the YC CL after debarkation from our Dream cruise the morning of 9/18...the day of our 18th anniversary. We'll be making the YC our home until the morning of 9/24. However, according to the Mousekeeping Hideout & Spa planning sources, I'll be sending my 3 guys home on that morning and checking into the Hideout for my indefinite stay! See y'all there!!!

 

[RachaelRol]

May be a good time to post list to see if we have any new/change information. Haven't posted back here in awhile.

OK July August September trip people. Here is the updated list. Let us know of any


Yacht and Beach Club August Trip
RachelRol Aug 16 - Aug 23 BC CL
YC

Hi! Thanks for checking. We will be at the Yacht Club not Beach Club.

 

[Tinkerbell's mama]

Don't feel sorry about feeling that way! We have gone with family and friends on different times and a few times by our selves. When we are on our own we have the most fun and have the best memories! My brother serves in the Army and he makes it a point to go on his family only trips! In fact they are moving back to the states from Germany in Auguast and they are going on a Disney cruise to spain and italy,ect. Spend time as a family! If you just can't tell them no ask them if they can just meet up at the ADRs or just a few meeting spots and keep most of the trip random. From my self, my DH, and DS please tell your DH thanks for serving and a special thanks for you and your kids for supporting him! Being a Navy brat and my younger brother serving for over 10 years now I understand how hard it is to say good bye and how wonderful it is to hold them again! Thank you again!

Thank you I will pass it along and please tell your brother we appreciate him also. Thank you for the advice also I'm going to try my best to kep it relaxed and plan free except ADR's of course.

 

[TexasMouseFan]

We learned last week that my DD has a problem with her knees and we go to WDW next week! They have put 1 leg in an immobilizer (basically a temporary cast that goes from her upper thigh to her ankle)! I have already rented a wheelchair for our trip as she is not allowed to walk long distances and cannot stand for long periods of time. She can walk with the immobilizer on her leg so we don’t need a handicap accessible room. She can also remove the immobilizer at the pool, so she can still swim (I am not sure how we are going to manage the slide yet). We will be staying for a week and will be going to each of the parks. This is our first time staying at BC. What kind of room request should I make? Any recommendations? I don’t plan on doing the online checkin and we should be checking in early (around noon).

If anyone has any thoughts on going to WDW with a partially immobile DD, I would love to hear those also.

TIA for your help!!

 

[DawnMaree]

Ooh ooh ooh! I have a question!!

Is the construction only at the Beach Club or will be coming over to the Yacht Club too?

Thanks!

 

[DisneyMomx7]

We still on for a "meet" on July 25th at 6 PM???

Oh yeah!!!!!!!!

It's marked in my handy, dandy, ADR and VIP numbers, Disney Book!!!

 

[DisneyMomx7]

We learned last week that my DD has a problem with her knees and we go to WDW next week! They have put 1 leg in an immobilizer (basically a temporary cast that goes from her upper thigh to her ankle)! I have already rented a wheelchair for our trip as she is not allowed to walk long distances and cannot stand for long periods of time. She can walk with the immobilizer on her leg so we don’t need a handicap accessible room. She can also remove the immobilizer at the pool, so she can still swim (I am not sure how we are going to manage the slide yet). We will be staying for a week and will be going to each of the parks. This is our first time staying at BC. What kind of room request should I make? Any recommendations? I don’t plan on doing the online checkin and we should be checking in early (around noon).

If anyone has any thoughts on going to WDW with a partially immobile DD, I would love to hear those also.

TIA for your help!!

Last summer dd broke her leg in two places and had to have surgery to put screws in her leg. She was in a long leg cast for 8 weeks. She got the cast off two days before we left for Disney. Although she could walk, very slowly at first, the orthopedic surgeon told us she had to be in a wheelchair almost the whole trip. We had a gv cl room booked. We were on the 5th floor and didn't have any problems. We folded the wheelchair up in our room and then used it everywhere, except when we went to the pool. We didn't have any problems except for the idiot at the MK who commented, in front of dd, that dd probably just used the wheelchair to get to the front of the line since it didn't look like anything was wrong with her. grrrrrrrr.

Hope everything goes well for you dd.

 

[Mickey & Minnie Mom]

May be a good time to post list to see if we have any new/change information. Haven't posted back here in awhile.

OK July August September trip people. Here is the updated list. Let us know of any new/modifications needed.

Yacht and Beach Club July Trip List
Discorsner July 1 – July 4 (Happy Birthday America!)
chanken3 July 2-July 6 BC
jlw29July 5-12 YC or BC- TBD (DD's 16th BD- 10 of us!),
MMRules July 6 - July 15 BCV
forever11709 July 7 - July 15 BC Party of 15 Please ******Mollys First Trip*******
Kelly in NY July 13 - July 21 BC Big 7th Birthday Celebration
DisneyMomx7 Robyn and family! July 16 - July 31 BC Club Level
DisMom72 July 16 - July 25 BC Club Level
HockeyMomR July 16 - July 22 BC
MsCoz2000 July 16 and July 24 (bookends to a timeshare trip) YC
JennB July 19 - July 28 YC Club (Party of 5!)
Lov2@disney Sandy and crew July 20 July 27 BC
Kldmom2000 July 21 - July 27 BC Club Level
DisneyDad3 July 23 - 31 BC
jultomzach July 23-31 BCV
irsnikity July 25-Aug 2 BC
Swissgirl66 July 28 - Aug 2 BC
Christine9125 July 30 - Aug 4 BC *****40th Birthday****10th Anniversary*****Surprise the kids*****All rolled into 1*****

We will be there July 2 - July 14 BC.

 

[DisneyMomx7]

Ooh ooh ooh! I have a question!!

Is the construction only at the Beach Club or will be coming over to the Yacht Club too?

Thanks!

Here's what I was told when I tried to find out about the ongoing construction.

Please take it with a grain of salt because so many factors (such as weather) can delay or speed up previous plans.

I was told that they would be done with the area near the gv cl rooms by the end of May. They planned on being done with the BC side around the end of July. Next they would start on YC.

I was telling DH about the renovations and showed him some of the pictures. I told him - if you don't think you can handle it tell me now and I'll try to change our reservations.

He told me that he would rather be at BC with a cherry picker in front of our room than at any other resort! True BC loyalty!

 

[BlueSkies]

Just booked out very first stay at the BC for this winter!!! Great thread..lots..and lots of good info...although I admit I mostly skimmed!!

Have many disney trips under my belt but have always stayed at a monorail resort....

Would love some dining recommendations for those days when we are not in the parks... especially breakfast in the BC area...

Have transportations questions too...do you usually walk to Epcot...and what about DHS...

Looking foward to staying in Epcot much later than we usually do... since we usually leave before that end of evening monorail rush and crush!!!

Hope that wasnt too many questions!!?? I am truly an Epcot resort newbie...

TIA ... BlueSkies

PS Hi Teena!! We met when I was visiting the BC last winter after a delicious lunch at Beaches and Cream...our conversation was what put the thought of staying at the BC in my head! So this winter BC here we come!!

 

[natebenma]

He told me that he would rather be at BC with a cherry picker in front of our room than at any other resort! True BC loyalty!

He's a keeper!

 

[coastermom]

May be a good time to post list to see if we have any new/change information. Haven't posted back here in awhile.

OK July August September trip people. Here is the updated list. Let us know of any new/modifications needed.

Yacht and Beach Club July Trip List
Discorsner July 1 – July 4 (Happy Birthday America!)
chanken3 July 2-July 6 BC
jlw29July 5-12 YC or BC- TBD (DD's 16th BD- 10 of us!),
MMRules July 6 - July 15 BCV
forever11709 July 7 - July 15 BC Party of 15 Please ******Mollys First Trip*******
Kelly in NY July 13 - July 21 BC Big 7th Birthday Celebration
DisneyMomx7 Robyn and family! July 16 - July 31 BC Club Level
DisMom72 July 16 - July 25 BC Club Level
HockeyMomR July 16 - July 22 BC
MsCoz2000 July 16 and July 24 (bookends to a timeshare trip) YC
JennB July 19 - July 28 YC Club (Party of 5!)
Lov2@disney Sandy and crew July 20 July 27 BC
Kldmom2000 July 21 - July 27 BC Club Level
DisneyDad3 July 23 - 31 BC
jultomzach July 23-31 BCV
irsnikity July 25-Aug 2 BC
Swissgirl66 July 28 - Aug 2 BC
Christine9125 July 30 - Aug 4 BC *****40th Birthday****10th Anniversary*****Surprise the kids*****All rolled into 1*****

Yacht and Beach Club August Trip List
tortoni- first week in Aug ?????
MickeyT(me) and family Aug 3-Aug 7 BCV
Polyluver Aug 7 - Aug 14th BC Hot Time in The Summer Trip
Mitch in GA Aug 5-14 BC
SondraC Aug 5-14 BC
Jaaron2 Aug 6-Aug 15 BCV
KCSherri Aug 6- Aug 13 BC Club Level Mother and Daughter Trip!
Gretchenohar@hotmail Aug 7 -Aug 17 BCV Gigi, PopPop, Matt (age 9), and Emily (age 5)
mrsmom Aug 7 - Aug 12 YC
Ntikos Aug 8 – Aug 14 BCV
mdearlove Aug 8 - Aug 22 BC
Native NYer BCV Aug 10-Aug 13 BCV
Claireybear (Claire) Aug 11 – Sept 1 BC
Maddog17361 Aug 11 – Aug 19 BCV
Mom3girls Aug 11 – Aug 17 BC
Disney-PartyOf5 BC Aug 12- Aug 28 First Time Stay! BC Here We Come!
Kinggoofy Aug 13-Aug 27 YC
Minnie Aug 13 - Aug 20 YC
OThopeful Aug 14-22 BC
dairyqueenmom Aug 16- Aug 20 1st time at the BC and then on to the Village!
RachelRol Aug 16 - Aug 23 YC CL
clanmcculloch Aug 17- Aug 24 YC CL
Nixieh ( & family) Aug 18 – Aug 22 BC Club Level
WsPrincess Aug 18 -Aug 23 BC (CL?)
scottmel Aug 18 - Aug 21 YC CL
AugustDisney Aug 19- Aug 26 YC
DjdBrit (and family) Aug 19 – Aug 29 YC
Polyforme Aug 20 – Aug 25 YC ….Then on to a Dream Cruise!
LuvsBlueDiamonds Aug 21- Aug 23 BC
DeeCeeSW Aug 21 – Aug 28 YC
DawnMaree ( and family!) Aug 22- Aug 30 YC
lady_hlh Aug 22 - Aug 28 YC
jjsdad Aug 22 – Aug 29
Adlergray Aug 23- Aug 27 YC Club Level For the kids birthdays!
jakeybake Aug 23 - Aug 29 BC (20th Anniversary and DD 10th BD)
Nala1128 Aug 24 - Aug 31 YC
Njmom76 Aug 24 – Aug 30 BC
Luvdisney00 Aug 24 – Aug 30 BC
Jmamom Aug 24 – Aug 31 YC
Sunshine NJ Aug 25- Aug31 BC
Mcd2745 Aug 26- Sept 3 BC
ice cube Aug 27 - Sept 3 BCV
SueM Aug 27- Sept 1 BC
Pixarmom Aug 28-Aug 29 BC
DoleWhipMom Aug 30 - Sept 6th BC
CR Fan 4 Life Aug 31 - Sept 4th BC Club Level

Yacht and Beach Club September Trip List
Vinotinto Sept 2- Sept 7 YC
SueMom2Kay Sept 2 - Sept 11 BCV
3Minnies1Mickey (Shannon & family) Sept 3- Sept 17 BCV
Jetsong Sept 4 -Sept 9 YC Flyin' Solo!
Tinkandonaldfans Sept 7 – Sept 22 BC WEDDING!!!!
Focusondisney (&DH) Sept 10 -15
5westbrooks Sept 10 – Sept 17 BC
austraveler Sept 10 - Sept 15 BC
Cindydare Sept 11 - Sept 17th BC
IndianaHoosier Sept 11- Sept 17 BC
Egdanger1 Sept 12 - Sept 17 YC (40th Bday celebration..Yipee!!!)
I Heart MK Sept 12 - Sept 19 >>>>A Beach Club Honeymoom!<<<<
mickeymouseclubhouse Sept 16- Sept 20 BC
Bookgirl Sept 17 - 21 BC
Jenneth79 Sept 17 - Sept 25 YC Club Level
sweetpea 1993 Sept 18 - Sept 24 YC Club Level - Post Cruise Anniversary Trip
Doccoc2002 Sept 20 – Sept 28 YC Club Level >>>Yes!<<<<<
eangel Sept 24 - Oct 1 BCV
Disneyinachick Sept 25-Oct 8 YC
Tiggr88 Sept 27- Oct 2 YC (DD’s Happy Birthday!)
Nermel9 Sept 28- Oct 8 BC
Donald is #1 Sept 30 - Oct 5
ReneeDisney Sept 30 - October 10 YC

We are going for Daughters Sweet16 girls only trip !!
Aug 28th to Sept 2 At the Beach Club !!

 

[TeenaS]

Ooh ooh ooh! I have a question!!

Is the construction only at the Beach Club or will be coming over to the Yacht Club too?

Thanks!

When the BC is done, I was told it's heading over to the YC.

 

[TeenaS]

Just booked out very first stay at the BC for this winter!!! Great thread..lots..and lots of good info...although I admit I mostly skimmed!!

Have many disney trips under my belt but have always stayed at a monorail resort....

Would love some dining recommendations for those days when we are not in the parks... especially breakfast in the BC area...

Have transportations questions too...do you usually walk to Epcot...and what about DHS...

Looking foward to staying in Epcot much later than we usually do... since we usually leave before that end of evening monorail rush and crush!!!

Hope that wasnt too many questions!!?? I am truly an Epcot resort newbie...

TIA ... BlueSkies

PS Hi Teena!! We met when I was visiting the BC last winter after a delicious lunch at Beaches and Cream...our conversation was what put the thought of staying at the BC in my head! So this winter BC here we come!!

Welcome to the BC!

From the BC, you walk into Epcot ... 4 minutes. You take the boat to the Studios or you can walk (its over a mile so it's the boat for me). Then we have bus transportation everywhere else.

They have breakfast items (egg sandwiches, yogurt, fruit, danish, muffins, french toast sticks, etc.) at the Marketplace. They have the Cape May character buffet and they have a really nice sit down breakfast where you can do a buffet or order off a menu over at the YC at the Captains Grill.

 

[lov2b@disney]

Oh yeah!!!!!!!!

It's marked in my handy, dandy, ADR and VIP numbers, Disney Book!!!

I have it down too!!!

 

[sjs314]

Just booked out very first stay at the BC for this winter!!! Great thread..lots..and lots of good info...although I admit I mostly skimmed!!

Have many disney trips under my belt but have always stayed at a monorail resort....

Would love some dining recommendations for those days when we are not in the parks... especially breakfast in the BC area...

Have transportations questions too...do you usually walk to Epcot...and what about DHS...

Looking foward to staying in Epcot much later than we usually do... since we usually leave before that end of evening monorail rush and crush!!!:upsidedow

Hope that wasnt too many questions!!?? I am truly an Epcot resort newbie...

TIA ... BlueSkies

PS Hi Teena!! We met when I was visiting the BC last winter after a delicious lunch at Beaches and Cream...our conversation was what put the thought of staying at the BC in my head! So this winter BC here we come!!

WS in Epcot after dark is one of DH and I favorite things we love to linger it is just so beautiful. I have very fond memories of slowly walking back to YC the year we stayed there instead of fighting the crowds for a bus or monorail and can not wait to be at BC in October to be able to enjoy it all again.

 

[jennb]

I have it down too!!!

Me three!!!

 

[pixarmom]

The whole concept/idea of an on-line check-in is to make it quick for the guest checking in. With on-line, you supposedly walk up to the CM at the on-line desk, say hello, show your ID and they hand you your welcome packet with your keys in it. You say thanks and walk away. QUICK! If you want to ask about your room location and requests, then the whole concept of on-line goes out the door. Now your check-in is the same as a regular check-in. The CM must pull your reservation up on the system, check the room specifics, see if another room is available, call the room assignor, etc. Now that line is no longer quick.

If a resort is full and it's late at night and everybody has already checked in, we can't move you to another room even if you ask at check-in and find you do not like the room specifics you are assigned. There's no other room to switch you to. If you go to the regular check-in desk, we can at least tell you what type of room you have (the specifics of the room - location and balcony and beds) and if you are not satisfied, you can ask for a room change the next day and set it all up right there and then.

If you instead do the on-line check-in and just grab the keys and go to the room, if you find it is not to your liking, even if we have nothing else available that night, you would either have to call the front desk and set up a room change for the next day or hoof it back to the front desk and set up a room change for the next day.

Personally, I always find most people have at least one question at check-in. Therefore, they should be at the regular check-in line. If the CM needs to pull up your reservation to answer the question, then the on-line check-in line's purpose is defeated. It's suppose to be a "grab and go". The welcome packets are there waiting for you with the keys already in it. 99% of the time when the on-line line moves slower than the regular check-in line it's because a person in the on-line line asks the CM questions and doesn't just "grab and go".

Hope that helps ... it's hard to explain in writing.

Agreed! Just wanted to share our experience here, in case that's helpful. We don't usually make many requests on our reservation - maybe full balcony - but that's about it. We almost always do regular check-in, just in case we have questions or something comes up. I've never encountered a long line at BC in the regular check-in line, whether spring or summer, morning or afternoon. It could be that we're lucky, but it's always gone smoothly.

In fact, the longest wait we experienced at check-in was last July - that was the one and only time we've ever done on-line check-in. (And I mean longest line at WDW - not just BC!) In that case, we were entirely ready for a "grab-and-go." It was a quick 4-day trip (just an extra trip we booked while we had APs) and we were prepared to take anything the CM at the front desk gave us! The guest ahead of us in line, however, was not prepared to do that. She had several demands - serious demands. We were fine - it happens! (It was far worse for the CM helping the guest than it was for us.) Eventually, a very nice CM came over from the regular check-in line to help us and we proceeded to grab and go! That CM, however, seemed surprised that we were sticking with the grab-and-go program!