*** Bay Lake Tower Owners Group***

[spiceycat]

I'm not insulting Bay Lake, it's just not my cup of tea. I have never really been one to go the deluxe route and I wanted to try it. It is a nice hotel. Just not for me. BTW I also own at Bay Lake Towers.

if you don't like blt it would be best to sell it and buy something you love.

although might wait at least a year before selling it. It might sell out by then and you can get more money.

 

[bord1niowa]

Yes, my feeling is it is a good investment. As the only DVC on the monorail line for easy access to much of what people like about WDW, ie. restaurants and MK, I also believe it will go up in value at some point. I am not unhappy with my purchase of BLT. I also invest in overseas companies, doesn't mean I don't like the U.S. lol

 

[mla1977]

I love bay lake tower!!!! I stayed there on Sunday night and I would move there if I had the money for it! This is the best purchase I ever made.

 

[thelionqueen]

I agree, the MK view is awful, terrible and TOTALLY not worth the points. Everyone should try for a lake or standard view...cough...cough..

 

[MrsBlovesDisney]

I agree, the MK view is awful, terrible and TOTALLY not worth the points. Everyone should try for a lake or standard view...cough...cough..

Yup...not worth it at all... (heehee)

 

[Andyram16]

My DW and I are proud owners of 200pts at BLT, we just took our first trip to BLT in February and loved it, we had a two bedroom lakeview and cant say enough about how beutiful and comfortable we were we did not want to leave. Cant wait until our next trip home.

 

[bumbershoot]

I agree, the MK view is awful, terrible and TOTALLY not worth the points. Everyone should try for a lake or standard view...cough...cough..

And I think that everyone who has a 2 bedroom booked in early December should change their dates or resort... Trust me, it just won't be fun in that size room, at BLT, in early December!

 

[thelionqueen]

My DW and I are proud owners of 200pts at BLT, we just took our first trip to BLT in February and loved it, we had a two bedroom lakeview and cant say enough about how beutiful and comfortable we were we did not want to leave. Cant wait until our next trip home.

WELCOME HOME!!!!

Glad you enjoyed your stay, we did too!! While we were there, DH and I were trying to figure out how many nights we could stay there if we bought the max points. We laughed because we coudn't afford it, but what sweet bliss to dream about it!!

 

[pinnocchiosdad]

I love bay lake tower!!!! I stayed there on Sunday night and I would move there if I had the money for it! This is the best purchase I ever made.

Actually the prefered view from BLT is SSR, reserve early, you will love it there!!!

 

[SpaceRangers]

And I think that everyone who has a 2 bedroom booked in early December should change their dates or resort... Trust me, it just won't be fun in that size room, at BLT, in early December!

Hey... I resemble that remark.

 

[mla1977]

And I think that everyone who has a 2 bedroom booked in early December should change their dates or resort... Trust me, it just won't be fun in that size room, at BLT, in early December!

Ditto for studios, any studios...

 

[helloconnie]

And I think that everyone who has a 2 bedroom booked in early December should change their dates or resort... Trust me, it just won't be fun in that size room, at BLT, in early December!

Whewww! I guess I am safe then. I have a 1 br MK view booked for the second weekend in December.

I can't wait!

BTW...1st trip home to BLT is in 2 months, 2 weeks, & 2 days. But whose counting....

 

[bumbershoot]

Hey... I resemble that remark.

Lucky duck!

I hadn't done the calculations, and just figured BLT was out for our first trip out there (yes we bought before seeing BLT, and even before going to WDW), and then hubby said "I think we should stay at Bay Lake in the big room while the family is with us", which meant I had to look at the numbers (to see if we could have the *rest* of our family vacation after using the points on that), and...gol-darnit, it worked!

I felt like such a dimwit calling, something like 2 months after we could/should have called, trying to get something at such a popular time. If only I'd run the numbers before!

 

[pinnocchiosdad]

I agree, the MK view is awful, terrible and TOTALLY not worth the points. Everyone should try for a lake or standard view...cough...cough..

I agree, there was this big bright castle in our window that kept us awake all night. And every evening we had to look at an annoying fireworks show from our living rooom couch. I highly recommend staying at another resort.

 

[daisygirl902]

I bought 200 pts at BLT back in August - I fell totally in love with the model room!

My first trip "home" to BLT is the night before my Disney wedding - 1 bdrm Standard for Sept 21 for me and my bridal party! The rest of the wedding week we decided to stay at BWV in standard studios because we are letting his parents stay with our points too, and BLT would have used up a few too many for my liking (I still can't believe I got 2 Standard view studios at 7 months)...

But THEN after our 4 day honeymoon cruise (DCL of course - lol) we are returning to spend the last 3 days of our honeymoon at "home" in a Standard view Studio....

I am so darned excited, and so happy I bought at BLT. Can't wait till next year at this time when I can indulge in my "addonitis" and get me the extra 50-75 points I want to make my life complete (for now...cough cough )...

 

[dcfromva]

The room was fine, but I did complain about this being a MK view room. Basically, you can see SM and the castle from the living room, but you're low enough that the monorail and the parking lot are a distraction. Also, from the patio the awning support for BLT blocks your view of the MK. After complaining, DVD did contact me and made ammends. They also said that some of the rooms are being re-evaluated and may change categories.

We stayed at BLT with a MK view for a weekend visit back in FEB for a special occassion. It was on the 4th floor. The view during the day was okay, but at night the lights in the parking lot dominated the view. I don't think it was worth the extra points. Our flight was cancelled when it was time to go home and we couldn't get a flight for two more days. We were lucky enough to get two more nights in a Bay Lake view which turned out to be across the hall (on the 4th floor). Technically, you could see bits of Bay Lake, but the lake view was mostly obstucted by the bamboo trees in the court yard. I didn't see much difference in the lake view from the std view room we had two floors below (about the same location) on a previous visit.
The other thing is folks outside can see you quite well when you have the curtains open and you are walking around your room. So, we ended up keeping the curtains closed for a good part of the day.

When we make a reservation, we don't generally make any specific room requests and just take potluck. When paying a premium price for a view, I don't think you should have to go into elaborate requests in order to get a decent view. I am glad they are re-evaluating the categories. Even so, I doubt we will pay the extra points for a MK view in the future.

 

[Cruella 66]

We are using our BLT ownership for our first trip as a family in June. We have 5 days MK view and 2 days BL view. So I am hearing higher than the 4th floor for MK view???

 

[pinnocchiosdad]

We are using our BLT ownership for our first trip as a family in June. We have 5 days MK view and 2 days BL view. So I am hearing higher than the 4th floor for MK view???

There are many posts stating which floors have the good views. But its not like you can walk up to the checkin desk and ask for a specific room, is it???

 

[DVCGeek]

There are many posts stating which floors have the good views. But its not like you can walk up to the checkin desk and ask for a specific room, is it???

You can make a general request prior to check in and when you do check in you can always ASK if you could get a different room. Weather it will be available or not is a completely different story. you room was most likely already assigned, especially if you did online check-in so changing to something else may or may not happen. Personally, I've always just taken what I was offered, except in the past when I stayed in Values I always asked for a King room (requested with my ressie and asked again at check-in) but never got one...

 

[Mommee]

Did I join this yet? I meant to join..pardon me if I already did..had surgery recently and got some good drugs this time

We just got our paperwork yesterday for our new BLT contract and were able to book a one-bedroom lake view for our upcoming trip (before you ask..my oldest isn't going on this trip). Would've loved MK view but it wasn't available.
We used to own at SSR but toured the BLT models and fell in love Odd because we hated the pictures and expected to confirm our feelings!