update: home from surgery, think it went well. Now if I can only get rid of this pounding headache
Enjoy POR! It's our fav moderate
Looking forward to reading everything this thread offers! First trip and staying at the beach club in November!
Anyone know when Art the Greeter retired? Just watched Lou Mongello's interview with him
Seems like an amazing person
Just chiming in, but you work at BC? LOVE IT THERE. Was wondering if you know who was the greeter back in August 2008? That's when we stayed at BC and we don't remember if there was a greeter.
I was two days a week and Art was five days a week. I've been there since 2004. Art retired about 3 years ago.
Oh my goodness, BringingUpDisney! Your DD is adorable!
I keep reading and re-reading the room request suggestions, but still haven't made up my mind. We really want a daybed (despite being a family of 4) because my DS13 and DD12 do NOT want to share a bed. I can foresee all sorts of nuisance-y bickering if they end up having to share. But I also really want a full balcony, since this will be our first ever stay at BC. We paid for a WV room, and I don't have a preference regarding proximity to lobby, etc. As I mentioned previously, we have always stayed at AKL, so we are used to loooong walks from the lobby/pool/restaurants to our room. Anyone care to weigh in for me?
Awesome story!! I asked him if he wanted to go fishing, but he took a pass on that!!
~N
We had a wonderful stay at BC. Shout out to Teena who told us we had a great room and she was right! It was nice to see a familiar face from the boards Housekeeping was amazing!! Cape May was delicious. and of those wonderful mugs!
We've decided on dates!! May 8-17, 2014, all at YC
Now if I could just hurry up and book, or I will keep changing my mind!!
Hi, everyone! May I join this thread?
We were originally booked at the CR for 9/14 through 9/24, but we've decided to add some beach days to our trip & change resorts.
Now, we'll be arriving in WDW on 9/18 (still through 9/24). We're currently trying to decide between the Beach Club & a FW cabin.
My main concerns w/ the Beach Club are as follows:
1. We'll book a gardenview room, so I'm worried our room will be far away from everything,
2. We may or may not have a full balcony,
3. The lack of a true quick-service, and
4. The bus to & from the MK
How about long is the bus to the MK in the mornings (for MK rope drop)? Previously, we've always stayed at the CR, the WL, or FW. The bus stations at MK after "Wishes" always look so jam-packed & crowded to me - it's been nice to just walk straight out of the MK to the WL/FW boat dock.
Also, you can get your refillable mugs filled at the Marketplace, right? Are there some rooms that are more convenient to the Marketplace?
I'm concerned about the location of our room because our 2 older kids are old enough to go to the quick-service by themselves (to get a snack or drink), but I'd rather our room be close, if that makes sense.
We're a family of 5. I would like a full balcony w/ a room w/ a nice view that's not terribly far away from everything.
What kind of room requests will I need to make?
Thanks so much!
While I'm a little sad that our WDW trip is going from 10 days to 7 days, I'm also excited about the possibility of staying at the Beach Club. I've always wanted to stay at an EPCOT resort.
I also think, if we do decide on the Beach Club, I'm going to switch our Chef Mickey's breakfast to the Cape May breakfast - we've never done the Cape May character breakfast, so that'll be something new for us.
Hi everyone! Any suggestions for a pizza place(take out or delivery) close to BC. (On boardwalk/Epcot or the typical other places like dominoes.
Thanks!
Thank you to Pirate who suggested some pizza places.
On the front page of this thread, Dining Info, I have a listing of a few places either recommended by the front desk at the resort if you ask, or from threads here on the DIS.
Hey, if anyone knows if Via Napoli does offer takeout, let me know and I will add that info.
Pay particular note about NOT ordering from any pizza place who puts a flyer under your door!!!
Pizza Options at the Yacht & Beach Club:
1) Flatbreads are available in the Beach Club Marketplace which is open from 11 am until 11 pm. See photo above for picture of the flatbread.
2) The Yacht Club and Beach Club In-room Dining Service will deliver pizza to your room.
In Room Dining Menu Link- from allears website: In Room Dining Menu
If you are on the dining plan, you may redeem 2 Adult Table Service Credits for 1 Pizza Entrée, 2 Single Serve Non-alcoholic Drinks and 2 Desserts. According to the dining plan brochure, gratuity is included.
IMHO, this is a relatively expensive way to satisfy your pizza craving!
3) The Boardwalk Pizza Take Out Window is a short walk or boat ride away Boardwalk Pizza Take Out Menu
4) Local pizza restaurants will deliver to the resort.
You will need to meet the delivery person in the lobby to pay for and pick up the food.
Here is a thread with pizza delivery information: Pizza Delivery at Disney World
I have personally never ordered from any of the places listed, but these were a few area pizza restaurants recommended by posters on the thread:
Giordanos: (407) 397 0044
Westgate Pizza Hut: (866) 438-2507
Papa Johns: (352) 243-1800
Flipper's Pizza: (407) 938-9633
Under NO circumstances should you order from any place that slips flyers under the door of your resort room (at Disney or elsewhere).
This is a common scam where you are asked to provide your credit card number and you may be charged much more than you authorize.
And you may not get your pizza!!!
Hedwig has cleared the book!!!
There is a cake thread that has lots of great information about the options and lots of fun pictures. We ordered a custom cake for my daughter last year for her 2nd birthday celebration and will do it again this year!
Time passes on the board as quickly as it passes slowly for the next trip!
The cake we ordered above came from the Contemporary Bakery - we got it from Chef Brian and he was fantastic to work with to get exactly what we wanted!
Caseystigger said:What a sweet picture! Lovely cake. I had a cake made for my sister and her husband's anniversary last year. Chef Brian was great to work with. We had it sent to LTT where we had lunch reservations the day we arrived. Was very yummy. I think it cost around $50.
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Hello! We used to do the same thing! We (I really mean I) drive from NY to Fla. We would stay at a less expensive hotel, then the next morning check into the BC. We would stay at the Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa. It's by Downtown Disney. We're only 3 so I'm not sure of accommodations for 5. We found that checking in & checking out, packing & unpacking at the start of our vacation a little unsettling. Now we just drive to the BC & spend the day the first two days of our vacation napping & transitioning into vacation mode. DH said he wants to park, unpack once & start relaxing ASAP. I guess he has a point, sometimes. Lol. Have a great trip!
We have done this frequently and plan to again. (We will be getting into town later that evening and I would rather stay offsite than risk getting a bottom of the barrel room!). Anyway, we have stayed at a couple suite hotels along Palm Parkway (and Marbella Palm Court) and they have been just fine for the 5 of us - try the Homewood Suites, Residence Inn or Hawthorn Suites. They are close to Downtown Disney, grocery stores and a short trek on-property to check in the next morning.
PittPathFan - we've done the 17 hour - straight through- trip lots of times.
What we usually did was stay at the Buena Vista Palace in DTD (sleeps 5), have dinner at RFC in DTD, hit the beds early and then do a super early check in at BC and hit the parks at rope drop!
2) The Yacht Club and Beach Club In-room Dining Service will deliver pizza to your room.
In Room Dining Menu Link- from allears website: In Room Dining Menu
If you are on the dining plan, you may redeem 2 Adult Table Service Credits for 1 Pizza Entrée, 2 Single Serve Non-alcoholic Drinks and 2 Desserts. According to the dining plan brochure, gratuity is included.
IMHO, this is a relatively expensive way to satisfy your pizza craving!
update: home from surgery, think it went well. Now if I can only get rid of this pounding headache
I hate it when they cast away our great ideas!
Meanwhile, there's a couple of pushy cicadas here that seem to think that because they have to wait 17 years between vacations that they can just tag along with us to WDW. I wouldn't mind so much but they make a lot of noise and look like they've bin on quite a drinking binge with their bright red eyes! Yechh...
update: home from surgery, think it went well. Now if I can only get rid of this pounding headache
Enjoy POR! It's our fav moderate
It hit me last night that we're now in our window for online check-in if we choose to do it.
So...the inevitable question- should we or not?
We're staying YC SV...honestly we're not that picky...we've only requested a room change 2 or 3 times ever staying at (non-Disney) hotels...once when they gave us a king bed instead of the two doubles we requested (for me, DH and our 2 tween girls), and twice when the non-smoking room clearly wasn't...
I'm starting to wonder if we SHOULD be picky since I hear so many people talking about all their requests, and which are most important....
Our flight gets in at noon, BTW...and we still haven't decided if we're taking ME, or something else (so I guess we're NOT done trip planning after all!!)
Add me to the Be Our Guest list again please! We will be there January 9, 2014 for 4 nights in a one-bedroom villa at BCV! We might come down before the Marathon and add a few days at the YC too.
We have our trip for August all set. We have stayed at the BW and BC in the past. We really like the location of everything, so we decided on YC this time in a garden view room. Are there any pros/cons to requesting a room close to the hotel lobby? TIA.
Quick question for BC experts...can you get a microwave in your room if available? You could at the Poly once at the check in desk. Is it the same at the BC?
In other news I am all packed, the fish have been set up with the automatic feeder, the dog is at a friends and I tried to leave the boys where the dog was staying but my friend said they ate too much and wouldn't let them stay. It's up to God to water the flowers, my work is done.
The Ninja family will be staying at Port Orleans Riverside, but since we are Ninja's we'll be hard to spot. Look for the family at the pool that is covered from head to toe in black Ninja wear.... We'll be the ones that are making a ridiculous attempt to blend in with the shrubbery....
~NM
On the Poly thread, pics have been posted of super nifty resort merchandise. I am behind on reading this thread, can anyone tell me if anyone has grabbed pics of YC or BC specific items and posted here? If so, I will search for it! Excited to see what the new items look like!
Looking forward to reading everything this thread offers! First trip and staying at the beach club in November!
There is a cake thread that has lots of great information about the options and lots of fun pictures. We ordered a custom cake for my daughter last year for her 2nd birthday celebration and will do it again this year!
Time passes on the board as quickly as it passes slowly for the next trip!
The cake we ordered above came from the Contemporary Bakery - we got it from Chef Brian and he was fantastic to work with to get exactly what we wanted!