Anyone get to 'SNOOP' around BCV yet?

[Laurabearz]

Great info Terry! We leave next week and I have already asked my hubby for some time with out the kids.... I plan on taking as many sneaky shots of the BCV's as I can!!!

Woo hoo 8 days and counting!

 

[RweTHEREyet]

If I am looking at the map of the layout:


www.wdwig.com/bcvmap.jpg

where do you think the walkway from BC to BCV starts and ends?

It really won't be that bad of a walk to Storm-a-long, if that walkway takes you right to the area close to the giftshop. In driving around the BC entrance, you could not see the walkway. That will be a really great feature.

 

[Terry S]

I could only see where it started fromm at BC. I would say it starts right where the letter "B" in the word Club is. Just above the F - which denotes where the store is.

I really don't think the walk to SAB will be all that bad. Yes you may have to walk through the BC, but if you go behind the elevators you may not have to walk though the main lobby area.
Personally, I like walking through that lobby. This week after staying at AKL, I really enjoyed coming "home" to BC when we went to Cape May Cafe one morning, we parked in the parking lot at BC and then went to Epcot for awhile (don't tell anyone), later that day when we came back we just walked through the lobby to the parking lot, I really enjoyed the smell when I walked in kind of like a clean, bleachy, clorine smell (I know I am strange). I just had a hard time with the smells of the cooking at Bomas when you walked in AKL.

 

[Ilovedisney]

Is there really an alligator in that canal? Can you email the pictures?
Did anyone else hear this?

 

[Terry S]

I gaurantee there is an alligator there. I was over trying to snoop at BCV while my husband and kids were waiting for the bus at the bus stop. While I was walking back there were 2 construction guys relaxing on the grass by the canal. A Beach Club CM walked by and said something like "they better watch out for the alligator there". Well naturally I didn't beleive him. As I walked towards the bus stop I noticed my husband and kids leaning over the wall looking down at the canel and I saw the bus coming so I started walking quicker towards the bus and my huband and kids started running to catch the bus yelling to me that there was an alligator down there. Later that day when we met up with my mom she said to me "guess what I just saw at the BC" I knew by then and so I said "an alligator" and she said yes. I still had not seen the gator and she has a digital camera so when she got back to the room she did show me the pics on the camera at that time it was right by the fountain near the bridge. My parents drove to WDW so they are still on the rode on their way back, I will be happy to e-mail the picture to anyone once they get back and give me a copy of the disk. Since a CM told me about this, I assume BC knows about this.

 

[Sims]

there is also an alligator at OKW and golfers at DisneyWorld are advised not to go to far in retreiving their golf balls in water areas. There are alligators all over the place in Florida, including Disney properties.

 

[Ilovedisney]

Yikes, that is pretty scary!

 

[CaptainMidnight]

A long while ago I heard a rumor that they were going to put a wave machine in at the Poly for the beach. But, I think that the local wildlife including snakes and alligators helped discourage swimming in the lakes. Although, they still do waterskiing, don't they?

 

[JonHM]

Both a 'bump' and a link to the thread with construction photos of the Beach Club Villas that another DIS-er took in April 2002:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=199249

 

[joepoe]

Originally posted by Ilovedisney
Is there really an alligator in that canal? Can you email the pictures?
Did anyone else hear this?

Alligators were in Florida before Mickey! There is wildlife all over the place, we just need to stop and look for it. For example, a limo driver pointed out a bald eagle's nest one time on our way to the resort. It is one of the things I enjoy about our home at DVC.

 

[TDC Nala]

I've got a few photos up on

http://photos.yahoo.com/cathlam

They were taken 4/24. I don't have any from inside the construction fence but one is from inside the Beach Club. The doors will lead to a covered breezeway between BC and BCV.

 

[Grotto]

Great pictures, TDC Nala!

Wow, 2 new picture posts in 1 week. I'm in heaven!

 

[Grotto]

By the way, if you look at the center of TDC Nala's picture titled "bcvconstruct7", check out the area on the roof of the building at the point where it drops from five stories to four. There is an obvious railing along the edge and what appears to be a door, presumably to a stairway (you could also kind of see this on donmil's pictures, too, but not quite as well). I'll bet there'd be a sweet view of Illuminations from up there. Do you think it's possible they would allow viewing from up there?

 

[DoeWDW]

Would you mind if I use your picture of Mickey & Minnie as my desktop wallpaper? It's a beautiful shot!

I REALLY enjoyed seeing all the BCV pix - thank you so much!

Doreen in PA

 

[yesdisneyfool]

Originally posted by DoeWDW
Would you mind if I use your picture of Mickey & Minnie as my desktop wallpaper? It's a beautiful shot!

I REALLY enjoyed seeing all the BCV pix - thank you so much!

Doreen in PA

Ditto - This is a cool Pic of M & M. May I use it also?

I never got this close. I was on the Boardwalk side.

 

[Ilovedisney]

The photos are just beautiful. Thanks for sharing them with all of us.
It makes me "Welcome Home" sick.

 

[TDC Nala]

Everyone loves the Mickey and Minnie picture - since I can't sell it without incurring the wrath of Disney (lol) I don't mind if it gets used as computer wallpaper!

Maybe I'll figure out how to put it in my signature line...

 

[CaptainMidnight]

There is an obvious railing along the edge and what appears to be a door, presumably to a stairway (you could also kind of see this on donmil's pictures, too, but not quite as well). I'll bet there'd be a sweet view of Illuminations from up there. Do you think it's possible they would allow viewing from up there?

I've seen that a couple of times as well. Wouldn't that be something wonderful it that was a viewing platform open to BCV guests. That would be a wondeful perk. I hope it materializes. I guess it's all speculation at this point. Except that there definitely is a nice railing indicating an area for people.

 

[gscott8075]

So, will DVC'ers staying elsewhere be able to balcony hop to BCV or will that be off limits, too?

If we can't, perhaps we can restict sauna hopping by BCV owners at the OKW lighthouse?!?

That'll show 'em.

 

[nydizfan]

thats to funny........dave