Welcome Back,
Dee! I visited your "other board" while you were at Barcelo - as I mentioned earlier, it's in the running for us again next year. So I enjoyed my Barcelo research while you enjoyed Barcelo! Can't wait to hear more details!
Wanted to add a plug for the new Hurricane Hanna's refill mug station - love it!!! So much better than the old HH. Instead of locating the station between the CS and the bar, it has a new convenient location in an alcove near the condiments. After staying at many resorts and refilling many mugs, I'd rate the new HH refill station as my favorite!
I found out today that all standard rooms are booked during our stay (Oct 19-26). Pool and lagoon view was available but for an additional 500ish dollars. We switched our stay to the Yacht club. I know they are pretty similar, but to be honest, I am bummed! The beach club feels like home and I've been looking forward to going back there since we have left! So my question is, is there any chance that there will be some cancellations and a room would open up if I keep on calling back and checking? Or am I dreaming? Any advice, opinions, is much welcome!
Thanks!
Of course, I agree with Robyn and Teena that you should keep checking back for availability at BC! But if it doesn't work out, I LOVED YC. The guaranteed full balcony, proximity to the boat launch and to the Dolphin dining options, easy access to the zero depth sandy area at SAB - all great. I did miss proximity to BC Marketplace, but it only takes a few minutes to get there. And I really loved the room decor at YC - maybe not as much as BC, but much more than I expected. They truly are sister resorts and we didn't feel far away from BC when we stayed at YC.
Hi,
I'm getting ready to pay my vacation in full today
, but just keep questioning myself if I wanna change my room from a garden view to a pool/water view. Can anyone who has stayed in both tell me if it's worth the extra couple hundred dollars to do so? Thanks so much!
We've stayed in both. I really like the GV category at BC and would not pay for the water view. GV is a nice in-between category and while some GV views are better than others, I've always been really happy with our garden view rooms. The problem with paying for a water view at BC is that it could mean many different things. Many of them are not direct water views, and some overlook the pool.
Hi everyone! I'm new here and have been reading all the previous posts for the past couple hours. But, I have a couple questions that I haven't seen answered (although I haven't gotten through all of the posts!). I think I read that the playground by Stormalong Bay is no longer there. Is there another playground somewhere on the property. With a 2 and 6 year old, we like our playgrounds for some down time.
As others have mentioned, the playground at SAB is no longer there. It was on my photo mission list a couple years ago and when I went to take a photo, it was gone! I asked a CM at SAB and he said they removed it to make more room for lounge chairs and there are no plans to replace it.
I just wanted to put in a plug for the swan/dolphin playground - our youngest son LOVES it and I like the nice view available to parents while little ones play there. BWI also has a playground, and he likes that one, but the setting is less relaxing and it's in a small area that becomes relatively crowded quickly.
I commented on a playground thread once about playground options, and other posters believed that playgrounds are for the exclusive use of each resorts' guests, but I'm not sure. We've only used the Dolphin playground when staying at Dolphin and BWI when staying at BWI, so I haven't noticed.
but will need help next month.
If no one knows soon, I'll try calling the old number or WDW info.
I hope that you all had a fun trip!
