*** Bay Lake Tower Owners Group***

[bpmorley]

We booked a lake view, so hopefully we'll be able to see it from the room. Thanks for the tip bpmorley ... maybe I'll try to catch it lakeside one night and one night from TOTWL. We have three "in" nights scheduled where there's no evening EMHs so it'd be cool to see it from different perspectives.

The deciding factor in booking BLT over AK or BCV for us was the EWP. I've only been to DisneyWorld once, well over 20 years ago, and the strongest memory I have of that trip was watching the Electrical Water Parade. My mom tells me we stayed in the *cheap* part of the Contemporary, which I believe is where the BLT is built, so I'm excited that we're staying in almost the same location now with my DS!

you're welcome. If you're having "in" nights. go enjoy the pool and hot tub at night. they don't close. Most night we usually bring a couple beers down and relax. And also catch the water parade. I think it's much better at the beach than the TOTW. JMHO

 

[DisDadMatt]

I need reassurance from fellow BLT owners. Our first stay home was last August and we absolutely LOVED it! I know many don't like BLT but it was exactly what we love and wanted. We couldnt secure our reservation for November so we are currently at AK Kidani Village. I am so looking forward to it but sad that I won't be at BLT.

Are we going to miss not being at BLT for this trip? I was disappointed that we couldn't get what we wanted by the time we were planning our trip.

I am so hoping that one the Villas at GF open that people will stay there and there will be more availability at BLT.

Either way, fellow owners, give me reassurance that I will have a great time at Kidani!

 

[AirGoofy]

I need reassurance from fellow BLT owners. Our first stay home was last August and we absolutely LOVED it! I know many don't like BLT but it was exactly what we love and wanted. We couldnt secure our reservation for November so we are currently at AK Kidani Village. I am so looking forward to it but sad that I won't be at BLT.

Are we going to miss not being at BLT for this trip? I was disappointed that we couldn't get what we wanted by the time we were planning our trip.

I am so hoping that one the Villas at GF open that people will stay there and there will be more availability at BLT.

Either way, fellow owners, give me reassurance that I will have a great time at Kidani!

Well, you will miss it but Kidani is fun as well. We had a Savanna View and we enjoyed it. Jiko is their excellent signature restaurant and we had a complimentary cauliflower soup appetizer since we were staying at that resort. Boma has buffet meals (no characters) and a great breakfast juice (Pog maybe). There is no QS at Kidani, and depending on where you are located, it could be a long walk over to Jiko. Kidani does have first buses to the parks, a fun water slide, and a great splash area. There is also a pay tour you can book there, which we didn't, where you can go out on a savanna tour at AK.

And, you can always keep calling MS to check for availability.

 

[DisDadMatt]

Thanks for the info sir! We are driving so we will have our car. Booked a standard view so requested close to the pool as we will have little ones and be using that a lot.

As far as the walk from Kidani to Mara, generally speaking is it comparable to walking from BLT to Contempo Cafe? I know it is all relative but just trying to figure out if it is best to Walk over or take the car over if I needed to grab a QS bite to eat.

We are waitlisted however, we now have family joining us on a cash reservation so I would hate to leave them at Kidani if our BLT came through!

Either way, next trip (already thinking about that, lol) we will be sure to secure in enough time to be able to stay at BLT. With three 3 little ones, nothing beats walking over to MK!

 

[AirGoofy]

Thanks for the info sir! We are driving so we will have our car. Booked a standard view so requested close to the pool as we will have little ones and be using that a lot.

As far as the walk from Kidani to Mara, generally speaking is it comparable to walking from BLT to Contempo Cafe? I know it is all relative but just trying to figure out if it is best to Walk over or take the car over if I needed to grab a QS bite to eat.

We are waitlisted however, we now have family joining us on a cash reservation so I would hate to leave them at Kidani if our BLT came through!

Either way, next trip (already thinking about that, lol) we will be sure to secure in enough time to be able to stay at BLT. With three 3 little ones, nothing beats walking over to MK!

I think AK is a bit further walk, but that maybe because it lacks the BLT to CR frills. There is no sky bridge, escalators, etc to stop at. But, if you are at the very furthest end from Jambo, then yes, take a car.

 

[stnet]

We also own at BLT but have stayed at AKL Kidani several times. Love, love, love the resort. It is a bit of a walk to Mara - what we would do is hubby would drop me off and then I would walk back to Kidani - if you are on the side closest to Jambo house if on the other side I would probably drive. They do have "to go" containers to put stuff in and bags to make transporting the food easier. My girls love the pool at Kidani especially the slide. When we were there in March we stayed standard view which overlooked the parking lot but wasn't to bad. Overall I think you will like it especially since you have a car - although we took the bus alot too - just didn't feel as much like vacation when we were driving!!!

 

[BLTtinkerbell]

Looking forward to my upcoming trip!

 

[AirGoofy]

BLT STUDIO LV Room 8438

It looks like our studio room from last year that was in the center and lower floor. View from our balcony. This is the CR pool.

Way back there in the distance is the Epcot ball. I'm hoping we can see Epcot fireworks and then up to TOTWL to see Wishes. I can also see EE at AK, but my phone doesn't take the best of pictures.

This is the view from the north elevators. Bay Cove pool.

I managed to get the monorail. Great timing.

 

[cadale]

subscribing

 

[kdzgon]

We booked a lake view, so hopefully we'll be able to see it from the room. Thanks for the tip bpmorley ... maybe I'll try to catch it lakeside one night and one night from TOTWL. We have three "in" nights scheduled where there's no evening EMHs so it'd be cool to see it from different perspectives.

The deciding factor in booking BLT over AK or BCV for us was the EWP. I've only been to DisneyWorld once, well over 20 years ago, and the strongest memory I have of that trip was watching the Electrical Water Parade. My mom tells me we stayed in the *cheap* part of the Contemporary, which I believe is where the BLT is built, so I'm excited that we're staying in almost the same location now with my DS!

It will depend on where your room is. We were in a LV GV over Christmas, and we could not see the water parade from our room.

 

[Blondie1973]

Hi all! We just bought into BLT on our last trip. We just came ack from a 3 day cruise (where they sold us the points) and a week long stay at Saratoga Springs. We have about 100 points for BLT and I'm excited about learning more about it.

 

[AirGoofy]

Hi all! We just bought into BLT on our last trip. We just came ack from a 3 day cruise (where they sold us the points) and a week long stay at Saratoga Springs. We have about 100 points for BLT and I'm excited about learning more about it.

Congratulations and welcome home.

 

[Nancy F]

HOME!!! Hope you love it as much as we do.
Nancy

 

[cadale]

Hi all! We just bought into BLT on our last trip. We just came ack from a 3 day cruise (where they sold us the points) and a week long stay at Saratoga Springs. We have about 100 points for BLT and I'm excited about learning more about it.

Welcome Home! You will love BLT!

 

[Disjunky]

100 pts to bay lake. Not nearly enough. Lol. How fid you get the option to buy so little points?

 

[AirGoofy]

100 pts to bay lake. Not nearly enough. Lol. How fid you get the option to buy so little points?

If you are already a DVC member, you can add on points from Disney in whatever increments you want. Or, it may have been lucky thru a resale, as Disney was at one time offering to divide contracts at initial purchase.

 

[Disjunky]

Prob add on. Im scared of resales. But i wanna buy anothrr 40 for blt making my total there 200.

 

[Blondie1973]

100 pts to bay lake. Not nearly enough. Lol. How fid you get the option to buy so little points?

It was an add on . Our initial purchase of 200 points at SSR was a resale. We did an add on of 100 points at SSR through Disney and then these 100 were an additional add on through an offer while we were on the Disney Cruise.

 

[BLTtinkerbell]

Hi all! We just bought into BLT on our last trip. We just came ack from a 3 day cruise (where they sold us the points) and a week long stay at Saratoga Springs. We have about 100 points for BLT and I'm excited about learning more about it.

Welcome Home! I love BLT and hope you will love it as much as I do.

 

[dizfan]

Hi all! We just bought into BLT on our last trip. We just came ack from a 3 day cruise (where they sold us the points) and a week long stay at Saratoga Springs. We have about 100 points for BLT and I'm excited about learning more about it.

Congratulations and Home!!!!