We are back from our first stay at the BC...this vacation went too fast for me. So sad that it is over, Disney depression has pretty much set in.
We had a nice time and I thought I would report back some of the pros and cons from our first stay at this resort.
Pros:
We were in room 2524, so we were right above that special walkway to epcot which was wonderful!! Literally 3 minute walk. We also had a good view of illuminations from our juliette balcony. We walked back every night before it even started and watched it from the bridge or our room so we didn't get trampled trying to leave Epcot after it was over. We could also hear the British band at Epcot as well.
I loved that its all connected so even if it was raining and we wanted food, we could just walk down to the marketplace without getting wet.
Boat to DHS, although we did the walk one day, which wasn't bad.
The CMs at check in were very nice, as well as CMs around the property.
POOL!!! Best pool ever!
Loved the themeing in the lobby and hallways.
A working fridge.
We really didn't wait for any buses to MK or DTD. However, one night coming back from DTD we did share with BC, YC, Swan, Dolphin, and BW.
Cons:
I knew marketplace didn't have a huge selection, but it was much more limited than I anticipated.
Our room was a little rundown, peeling wallpaper and whatnot. I also felt that mousekeeping @ CBR was superior...and its silly but we only got 2 towel animals our whole stay.
BUGS!! Our second night my daughter almost had a heartattack b/c there was a huge bug in the bathroom, it honestly looked like a roach with the long antennas (ilk!), hubby killed it, we went to bed. Another one ws found in the room 2 days later, in which my husband then went down, he took a pic of it on his cell to show the front desk. I just wanted to know if this was common bug in Orlando, I wasn't looking for anything, I didn't even care to be moved to another room (it wasn't offered anyway) they said it was common, and we were facing the woods so that was probably why we were getting them. Was wondering if anyone else in that area had any? They said they did not jump or bite. We found a third later into our stay, it was smaller.
Then, when we went to hurricane hannas there had to be a bee hive somewhere by the soda station b/c there was just swarms of them, a little boy got stung and his mom was putting ice on it
I didn't know it at the time, I thought the poor guy fell, but my hubby told me when we sat and ate that he got stung. I would have offered benadyrl had I known bc I always I have it due to DDs allergy.
They discountinued the BC mugs with mickey on the beach!! Were there when I checked in and a few days later GONE!! I asked CM and she said they were discountinued.
All in all, a good stay, I am sure I will do it again, the convenience to Epcot (the park we usually end up at the most) was just perfect for us.
Were there when rapid refill mugs rolled out, but we didn't get one bc we checked in 2 days prior, BC had various colors of the RR mugs (orange, purple, blue, etc etc.)
Didn't notice any problems with the bands when entering the parks or using FP+.
...Can't wait to hear how you make out!
