*** Bay Lake Tower Owners Group***

[edisneydreaming]

We are new owners and I just planned our first trip - 7 days at SSR with developer points followed by 5 days BLT mk view! We are going at the end of August - early September (leave Sept. 3). We are very excited. this is the longest trip we have taken to WDW and our first as DVC members

We love the location of BLT and waited for it before we considered buying. We travel with my Mother and get 2 rooms (at the Contemporary the last couple of times) so DVC 1 bedrooms that fit 5 seem like a good deal to us. We love the look of BLT as well. Can you tell I'm excited?!?

 

[aesalsa]

Hey all!

Thought it was about time I joined. We have 2-54 point contracts at BLT, and our first stay is January 2010! We plan to bank and borrow so we can enjoy BLT in a MK 1-bedroom every other year.

We've been in DVC since 2006.

 

[lynetteSC]

YAY! We got our deed yesterday in the mail!!!

 

[DVCGeek]

Just made more reservations @ BLT!

I booked a MK view studio for 6 nights arriving 1/30/2010 this morning. No problems with availability, called ~9:55 AM and went right through. (My first Use Year [August] hasn't even started and I had to borrow points already! But heh, that's why we can, right? )

I also got 3 nights in a SV studio for my parents, who are arriving 2/1/2010.

For my prev. booked trip right after Thanksgiving I canceled my waitlist for a MK view (I'm in a LV studio for 6 nights now). I originally wanted the MK view for our first trip, but a view of the namesake Bay Lake has grown on me. Glass if half full?

That means I'll get to see all three views of studios (and take some pictures!) within the first 6 months BLT is open!

 

[dcfromva]

Just made more reservations @ BLT!

I booked a MK view studio for 6 nights arriving 1/30/2010 this morning. No problems with availability, called ~9:55 AM and went right through. (My first Use Year [August] hasn't even started and I had to borrow points already! But heh, that's why we can, right? )

That is great news! I am surprised your were able to book NYE--very nice.

 

[puntagordabob]

He said 1/30 not 12/30 so I believe he is not going to be there NYE

 

[dcfromva]

He said 1/30 not 12/30 so I believe he is not going to be there NYE

oops--my bad.

 

[DVCGeek]

As was noted above, we are NOT going to be there for NYE. DW prefers to avoid the crowds. I don't blame her, so we try and avoid the big holidays!

 

[dcfromva]

As was noted above, we are NOT going to be there for NYE. DW prefers to avoid the crowds. I don't blame her, so we try and avoid the big holidays!

Well, congrats on your ressies for Jan--and good job getting the MK view!

 

[dozerdog]

I was told the exact opposite. ONLY BLT guests can have use of the BLT pool (as well as CR pool), CR guests will NOT be allowed use of the BLT pool. They are beginning with BLT to provide more exclusivity for members, and limiting pool use is step one (along with the rooftop BLT restaurant-only for registered BLT guests). Just my. 02.

Dozerdog-they will have the fireworks music piped in on the TV and in the restaurants of course. WELCOME HOME NEIGHBOR!!!

Excellent!! Can't wait till 9/23/09 for our MK view. Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to this thread. I see our #s are growing!!!

 

[dzee]

We bought at BLT this DEC!!!! In Dec.2007 we stayed from the 18-22 at the CR Dec 23-28 OkW. Everytime we returned through the gate to the resort the guard would say "Welcome Home"!!!??? Confirming to us that the rumors of the new building being DVC were true!!! It was known as Disney's worst kept secret!! Right there and then my DH and I said we had to have this as one of our home resorts!!
During my stay there I would go out on the balcony and imagine I was in the rooms facing the MK and watching the fire works in my room after a great day at the parks and now it's coming true!!! We will be there Dec16-23 MK view!!
Don't know if I can wait that long!!!!!

 

[figment41]

We are the proud new owners of 235 points at Bay Lake Towers.

We have been looking into this for several years. My huisband thought this would be the best place. You can actually walk to the Magic Kingdom from here. We also really enjoy the Chef Mickey Charachter breakfast our daughter is 18 months old so we will be spending lots of time in Fantasyland for several years..

You can't stay much closer unless you get to stay in the castle. Maybe that will be the next resort.

Welcome Home everyone

 

[WeLoveAriel0505]

Got our deeds in the mail yesterday!!! Saw the building last week and it looks amazing. Can't wait to stay there.

 

[Lilo's Mom]

After looking at DVC for the last 5 years, we finally bought 160 pts. at BLT during the Doorway to Dreams event at Woodfield. My hubby initially was reluctant about buying, but after one look at the model of the one bedroom...he was hooked! While I was at a convention in Las Vegas last week our paperwork came, so when I came home on Monday we went straight to the Doorway to Dreams to finalize everything. Hubby was positively gleeful not only for the fact that we are now owners, but because as we were leaving they gave him rice krispie treats!

For me the Contemporary holds a special place in my heart. The last trip that My daughter and I got to take with my parents,and grandmother was to the Contemporary. We stayed in the building where Bay Lake Towers now stands, in a Magic Kingdom View room. My daughter who was 3 at the time kept calling it the "Temporary Lesort Village." To this day we still call it that!

We already have a reservation at Port Orleans Riverside for 2009 (which we hope to add the free 3 day cruise to), so our first stay at BLT will probably be in May of 2010...I can't wait!!!!

 

[WoodysRoundup]

CONGRATS! ......to all new BLT owners! I share your joy and excitement! Welcome home!

 

[TagsMissy]

We also call BLT Home We bought 160 pts... if the exchange wasn't so cruddy we'd maybe have bought more!

We're heading there this Sept for 2 nights after using our Dev Pts at SSR

We need to make an actual List... is there one amongst the threads?

 

[Pinmaniac]

We bought 100 points last weekend. Can't wait until our first stay in October. Been waiting for this location for a long time. Also excited to get a 3 day cruise especially since we had to cancel our reservation for the DVC member last year at the last minute because my DW tore her ACL.

 

[amyngary]

I'm starting to get excited - we sent in our paperwork Wednesday for a 160 pt. contract plus a 50 point contract at BLT. We are hoping to take our free cruise in early December and combine a few nights at BLT before the cruise.

Thanks to this DIS board for all of the great tips!!

 

[TBLaube]

We just returned and bought 160 points. I have such fond memories of this resort from my childhood and can't wait to share more with my children. They are so excited to be able to stay at a 'monorail' resort!

 

[the who #3]

has anyone other than myself had trouble getting the tile information confirmed?

i did not get a written notice for the tile info. but read in the dish that other people had. i called my guide and she gave me a web site to connect to and put the information in. that web site never worked! she then gave me the e-mail address of someone who is supposed to be in charge of getting that info to the correct people. that person assured me that it was taken care of. a month later i got a call from dvc to say that they did not have my information and that the deadline had passed.

i guess i will never know whether or not our tiles will be there. i purchased my contracts during the first few days of sales to dvc owners and am a founding member.