*** Bay Lake Tower Owners Group***

[jstarcze]

Count me in. I brought 200 pts. in July. I'm just waiting for closing now on August 18th. I make my first trip home on August 24th in a Lake View Studio.

 

[puntagordabob]

monetnj, that pic is awesome of the CR at night

 

[the who #3]

thanks to everyone for posting the pictures. they are terrific. i really can not wait to stay there. i haven't even seen the building since christmas and so much has changed.

i was glad to see the meaning behind the tempo fountain name. i did stay at the contemporary in 1976. wow! that was 33 yrs ago. the contemporary was very beautiful at that time. the suite we had was marvelous. that was a bump-up and would have been very expensive if we had paid for it. it was a bit of that disney magic, they just did not have any other rooms available.

 

[LisaRN97]

3 more days until BLT officially opens!!!!!! I can't wait to see pics and read trip reports....I hope it is all that we have been dreaming of and better!!!!

 

[deej696]

We were at the Contemporary today when I noticed a bunch of activity over at BLT. It looked like they were doing some sort of soft/test open for CMs or maybe other guests. At the entrance to the skybridge there was a box where everyone was putting surveys about their room. Anyway, my wife and I walked across the skybridge and walked around the tower. Its amazing.

They were still painting the bridge, but everything else looks to be awesome. The grounds are beautiful, the pool and slide look great. I thought it was fun that they put in a shuffleboard and bochi ball court in the courtyard area between the building and pool. I did see the fountain with all the founding member plates. I thought that was really nice. Could not get up to the top floor, the elevator was not activated for the 16th floor.

The lobby is quite small, smaller than I would have imagined, but I guess it will serve its purpose just fine. Oh and yes the bridge was key accessed, as well as basically every door into the main building.

Anyway, its awesome, and I'm jealous of everyone that gets to check in on Tuesday. Seeing it today has me really excited for our first visit in Nov!

 

[njtinkmom]

I can't wait for trip reports to come in! I soooo wish I was staying here in November. I pray to the waitlist gods everynight that it will come through for me! Not that I have anthing against AKV - never been there either, but BLT is mine and I want to stay there, just kidding!

 

[spiceycat]

hey you may get your wish.

welcome all the new owners. Also congratulations for those of you who got the tiles in the fountains.


hope everyone finds there with no problems.

 

[Ronald Duck]

Thanks to jonesmatNY for taking a photo of the BLT map and posting it on his live Blog:
http://www.blt-dvc.blogspot.com/

 

[HomeschoolMama]

Thanks to jonesmatNY for taking a photo of the BLT map and posting it on his live Blog (http://www.blt-dvc.blogspot.com/):

The link isn't working.

 

[Ronald Duck]

The link isn't working.

Sorry...here you go:

http://www.blt-dvc.blogspot.com/

 

[BWV Dreamin]

The link isn't working.

When you see page not found, click the "home" link, then it comes up!

 

[mousescrapper]

Thanks to jonesmatNY for taking a photo of the BLT map and posting it on his live Blog:
http://www.blt-dvc.blogspot.com/

thanks for th link...nice to read some real guest reactions...and see a map...maybe a more updated one will be out later

 

[3guysandagal]

Count us in!!!

We have 280pts and are going for our first trip Home Dec 1-15/09 with a LV studio for the first week and a 1Br LV for the second week (MK view waitlisted for both).

Now a shameless plug for a thread I just started....

BLT pics by WebmasterCorey and the DisUnplugged review of BLT...

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2249569

 

[kjb9220]

1st time owner at DVC; 272 points at BLT. First trip 1/23/10 - 1/30/10; 1 BR with Magic Kingdom view - can't wait!!

 

[Coach Rick]

1st time owner at DVC; 272 points at BLT. First trip 1/23/10 - 1/30/10; 1 BR with Magic Kingdom view - can't wait!!

Cool, Welcome Home!

I just made my first ressie at BLT. 1 BR, MK view for July 1-7. To say excited is an understatement!

 

[Chernabog#1fan]

We stayed last night at BLT for opening night. I very much loved the resort. The beds were the most comfortable beds at WDW.

I did have one issue with the extra bathroom that is in the living room. There are no locks on those doors. If you are staying with a group of people, it can be challenging if a child does not understand not to open the door if it is closed. The bathrooms in the bedroom do not have a lock either, but the bedroom door does so it makes it a non issue. What I found weird is that the THV do not have locks either. I am not quite sure the line of thinking in this decision.

 

[Tara]

Thanks to jonesmatNY for taking a photo of the BLT map and posting it on his live Blog:
http://www.blt-dvc.blogspot.com/

At last, the science of BLT room numbering is explained!

 

[cindy_k]

We stayed last night at BLT for opening night. I very much loved the resort. The beds were the most comfortable beds at WDW.

I did have one issue with the extra bathroom that is in the living room. There are no locks on those doors. If you are staying with a group of people, it can be challenging if a child does not understand not to open the door if it is closed. The bathrooms in the bedroom do not have a lock either, but the bedroom door does so it makes it a non issue. What I found weird is that the THV do not have locks either. I am not quite sure the line of thinking in this decision.

Jack on allears.net also mentioned that the extra bathroom door on his unit didn't close tight and that it made it so that the people in the living area could hear all the private noises that happen in the bathroom clearly.

Did you notice a similiar issue?

 

[kjb9220]

I can't wait to see some of the pictures of that MK view now that people are in there. I've heard that some people were even able to see the fireworks from their balcony despite having a Lake view location.

 

[Chernabog#1fan]

Jack on allears.net also mentioned that the extra bathroom door on his unit didn't close tight and that it made it so that the people in the living area could hear all the private noises that happen in the bathroom clearly.

Did you notice a similiar issue?

Yes, this is the case. It does not close completely and you could if you were looking, see the person through the crack.