TheWho
DIS Veteran'
- Joined
- Sep 15, 2000
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- 439
The BWV looked and felt great. We were in room 3041 (BW view) and the place continues to be fantastic. We joined in 2000 and this was our 8th July BWV stay. Once again, we were not disappointed. My goal is to stay at the new ALV next July, but my family and I can't seem to leave the BW!! Decisions, decisions........
Here are some random thoughts:
The Crowds - Of course the 4th was crazy packed. In regard to earlier in the week, I thought it was on par with previous years. I'm guessing the gas crunch might be more of an affect later in the year and definitely next year.
The Biggest surprise - The weather. Yea it was hot between 1pm to 5pm, but I thought the mornings and evenings was perfect. I thought the pool water temps were refreshing too. Maybe because the weather has been hot in NJ, but I didn't have a real problem with it. As a matter of fact, I got soaked from Kali and sat thru the Nemo show freezing. Going outside into the hot sun was perfect.
The Ho Hum meal- I thought Yak & Yeti was average. I would recommend it, but will probably pass next year. I don't know what I was expecting, but it was basically Chinese food.
The Surprise meal - We had breakfast at Spoodles the one morning we did not eat in the room. I loved it.
I'm sorry but I pool hopped illegally - We were looking for lunch one day and I remembered I had great flatbreads at Saratoga Springs once (Artist Palette). We all ordered different foods, and loved lunch. After we ate, Ill admit we took a dip in the pool and it was great. Nice resort.
Doesn't anyone sleep - I went with DW and two kids (12 & 8) to MK on the night of July 3rd. I didn't think we'd make it to 4am but I wanted to stay to midnight. Well, we made it to 12:30am and it was fun. I have never been out this late in all the years we have gone. However, there were still plenty of people watching the 12:30am parade when we left. I cant believe all the people (small kids included) who were still going strong at that hour.
Fast pass - I worked the FP's beautifully and got on all the attractions we wanted.
Toy Story Mania I dont think it is an E-ticket ride but definitely a D-ticket. We had fun, extremely popular.
I thought WDW in general looked clean and all the CMs I came across were A+.
Any questions, let me know,
Here are some random thoughts:
The Crowds - Of course the 4th was crazy packed. In regard to earlier in the week, I thought it was on par with previous years. I'm guessing the gas crunch might be more of an affect later in the year and definitely next year.
The Biggest surprise - The weather. Yea it was hot between 1pm to 5pm, but I thought the mornings and evenings was perfect. I thought the pool water temps were refreshing too. Maybe because the weather has been hot in NJ, but I didn't have a real problem with it. As a matter of fact, I got soaked from Kali and sat thru the Nemo show freezing. Going outside into the hot sun was perfect.
The Ho Hum meal- I thought Yak & Yeti was average. I would recommend it, but will probably pass next year. I don't know what I was expecting, but it was basically Chinese food.
The Surprise meal - We had breakfast at Spoodles the one morning we did not eat in the room. I loved it.
I'm sorry but I pool hopped illegally - We were looking for lunch one day and I remembered I had great flatbreads at Saratoga Springs once (Artist Palette). We all ordered different foods, and loved lunch. After we ate, Ill admit we took a dip in the pool and it was great. Nice resort.
Doesn't anyone sleep - I went with DW and two kids (12 & 8) to MK on the night of July 3rd. I didn't think we'd make it to 4am but I wanted to stay to midnight. Well, we made it to 12:30am and it was fun. I have never been out this late in all the years we have gone. However, there were still plenty of people watching the 12:30am parade when we left. I cant believe all the people (small kids included) who were still going strong at that hour.
Fast pass - I worked the FP's beautifully and got on all the attractions we wanted.
Toy Story Mania I dont think it is an E-ticket ride but definitely a D-ticket. We had fun, extremely popular.
I thought WDW in general looked clean and all the CMs I came across were A+.
Any questions, let me know,