*** Bay Lake Tower Owners Group***

[wdrl]

I think there is still some love and interest in BLT. There are several threads currently active on the boards that deal with BLT, and work2play's thread on its rooms and views still gets a lot of hits.

Personally, I find these resort "owners/lovers" threads a bit interesting but not very useful. Often, specific questions about a resort quickly get buried by off-topic chatter, so its difficult to find answers unless you read through a lot of unrelated posts.

Besides, it wouldn't bother me if BLT became Disney's Best Kept Secret, at least here on the disboards.

 

[Greysword]

Yep, I've linked my BLT signature picture to CR Resort Fan 4 Life's CR/BLT thread on the Resorts board, since it does a good job of providing more reference information.

 

[AirGoofy]

I think there is still some love and interest in BLT. There are several threads currently active on the boards that deal with BLT, and work2play's thread on its rooms and views still gets a lot of hits.

Personally, I find these resort "owners/lovers" threads a bit interesting but not very useful. Often, specific questions about a resort quickly get buried by off-topic chatter, so its difficult to find answers unless you read through a lot of unrelated posts.

Besides, it wouldn't bother me if BLT became Disney's Best Kept Secret, at least here on the disboards.

Yep, I've linked my BLT signature picture to CR Resort Fan 4 Life's CR/BLT thread on the Resorts board, since it does a good job of providing more reference information.

We own at SSR and that owners/ lovers that gets a lot of traffic and questions. But, with BLT, you mentioned the two threads above that get the most traffic. Since it connects to CR, that one makes sense.

But, I do agree and hope BLT becomes the best kept secret. Maybe onces the GF DVC is finished, everyone will go stay there.

 

[Greysword]

But, I do agree and hope BLT becomes the best kept secret. Maybe onces the GF DVC is finished, everyone will go stay there.

Yep, once the VGF and Poly DVC are built, BLT will become the ghetto of teh DVC monorail resorts

Me, I can't wait to be back. Since they announced the Fantasyland refurb and moving, we decided to hold off on WDW last year and visit DLR instead. We haven't been back since Feb 2010, which was a long time ago . Hopefully going later this year, though.

 

[AirGoofy]

Yep, once the VGF and Poly DVC are built, BLT will become the ghetto of teh DVC monorail resorts

Me, I can't wait to be back. Since they announced the Fantasyland refurb and moving, we decided to hold off on WDW last year and visit DLR instead. We haven't been back since Feb 2010, which was a long time ago . Hopefully going later this year, though.

The monorail ghetto resort.

We were there last year amidst the construction, and anxious to see what will be finished by this year's return.

 

[RaeofSunshine14]

Hi All!

So glad to join this group. I ran the Disney Princess Half in Feb of 2011 and just stopped by a "DVC" kiosk....one week later I was owner of a 160 point membership to BLT!

That being said, I've used my points at GCV but have yet to return to Disneyworld since I bought in. My sister and I will be taking our dad in January for his first trip to Disneyworld (we've been to DL countless times).

I am really torn about where to stay in January. Impulse says to stay at BLT because I am dying to stay at my home resort. However, we will most likely be taking my mom for her 50th birthday in October and she wants to stay at BLT and I'd prefer to not stay at the same resort 2X in one year.

I've never experienced any Disneyworld Resorts and am thinking of staying at AKL in Jan. Howerver, I really like watching the "hustle and bustle" and magic kingdom is our favorite, so I am thinking of doing 2 nights at each?

Does anyone have experience with this? Is a 4 night stay too short to do a "split stay"?

Thanks for bearing with me through this exceedingly long initial post!

 

[AirGoofy]

Hi All!

So glad to join this group. I ran the Disney Princess Half in Feb of 2011 and just stopped by a "DVC" kiosk....one week later I was owner of a 160 point membership to BLT!

That being said, I've used my points at GCV but have yet to return to Disneyworld since I bought in. My sister and I will be taking our dad in January for his first trip to Disneyworld (we've been to DL countless times).

I am really torn about where to stay in January. Impulse says to stay at BLT because I am dying to stay at my home resort. However, we will most likely be taking my mom for her 50th birthday in October and she wants to stay at BLT and I'd prefer to not stay at the same resort 2X in one year.

I've never experienced any Disneyworld Resorts and am thinking of staying at AKL in Jan. Howerver, I really like watching the "hustle and bustle" and magic kingdom is our favorite, so I am thinking of doing 2 nights at each?

Does anyone have experience with this? Is a 4 night stay too short to do a "split stay"?

Thanks for bearing with me through this exceedingly long initial post!

I really don't like split stays, but I think 2 days would be extra short.

 

[taaren]

Hi folks. Don't own here but looking forward to my stay this December. Question about the TOTWL view of the fireworks. Is it as good as/better than the view from California Grill? Thinking about making an ADR for the purpose of seeing the Holiday Wishes, will probably only order apps and dessert. But since we're staying at BLT anyways and have 2 nights where we can potentially watch the fireworks (one Holiday, one regular) from TOTWL, will it just be a duplication for us?
FWIW we hate crowds so don't want to watch them in the midst of a crush of people inside the MK itself ...

 

[AirGoofy]

Hi folks. Don't own here but looking forward to my stay this December. Question about the TOTWL view of the fireworks. Is it as good as/better than the view from California Grill? Thinking about making an ADR for the purpose of seeing the Holiday Wishes, will probably only order apps and dessert. But since we're staying at BLT anyways and have 2 nights where we can potentially watch the fireworks (one Holiday, one regular) from TOTWL, will it just be a duplication for us?
FWIW we hate crowds so don't want to watch them in the midst of a crush of people inside the MK itself ...

We loved the TOTWL for wishes and hallo wishes last year. You have the lounge, but you also have the terrace part outside. There are not many seats outside, and for safety reasons, the wall at the end of the terrace is fairly tall, maybe the same height as a 10year old.

With that said, we watched wishes and hallo wishes on days we did not go to the theme parks last year and it was spectacular. I like the view better since we are so much higher. Now, there is a mad dash for th elevator at the end of wishes, and since there is only one elevator that runs, it can be a lengthy wait. So, either be the first or let everyone wait in the lines.

 

[Rhode Island Quahog]

I thought you had to be an owner at BLT to use the lounge? We do own there and do go, when we stay there. Did this requirement recently change?

 

[BirdsOfPreyDave]

I thought you had to be an owner at BLT to use the lounge? We do own there and do go, when we stay there. Did this requirement recently change?

No, you've never had to be a BLT owner to use the lounge. Just a DVC Member staying at BLT on a reservation made through Member Services.

 

[AirGoofy]

No, you've never had to be a BLT owner to use the lounge. Just a DVC Member staying at BLT on a reservation made through Member Services.

Do you have to be a member? If a non-member rents a points stay at BLT, then can they still use TOTWL? Are the cash guests at BLT able to use it? I'm a BLT owner, and I know I have to be staying at BLT to be able to use it.

 

[bpmorley]

Do you have to be a member? If a non-member rents a points stay at BLT, then can they still use TOTWL? Are the cash guests at BLT able to use it? I'm a BLT owner, and I know I have to be staying at BLT to be able to use it.

I believe you have to be a DVC member using points at BLT to be allowed access. To be honest, except for the fireworks, the place is dead most of the time. I think they should let and DVC member access anytime

 

[AirGoofy]

I believe you have to be a DVC member using points at BLT to be allowed access. To be honest, except for the fireworks, the place is dead most of the time. I think they should let and DVC member access anytime

I was thinking people renting points could as well, but maybe not. I wondered if the CR ever bumped/upgraded people over to BLT and then have them be eligible. Either way, i agree that best time is for fireworks. That's when i like to go there.

 

[taaren]

To be honest, except for the fireworks, the place is dead most of the time.

I'm also hoping to head up there to watch the Electrical Water Parade if I can't see it from my room ... does nobody else do this?

 

[AirGoofy]

I'm also hoping to head up there to watch the Electrical Water Parade if I can't see it from my room ... does nobody else do this?

We haven't, but have had lake views so we can see it. The electric parade is cool, but for me, not as cool as Wishes or Hallo-wishes, so I don't make an extra trip for it. We sat over by the firepit one night and watched the Electric Parade. It was a different perspective right there on the water.

 

[disney212]

I didn't know you could see the water parade from BLT, we own there and have our first stay booked in December. You made my day!

 

[AirGoofy]

I didn't know you could see the water parade from BLT, we own there and have our first stay booked in December. You made my day!

Good to see you over here from the KY thread. The first time we were suprised as it went off around 9:00 P and we had no idea.

 

[bpmorley]

I'm also hoping to head up there to watch the Electrical Water Parade if I can't see it from my room ... does nobody else do this?

We've found the best place to watch the parade is on the little beach behind the pool. there is never anyone there

 

[taaren]

We've found the best place to watch the parade is on the little beach behind the pool. there is never anyone there

We haven't, but have had lake views so we can see it. The electric parade is cool, but for me, not as cool as Wishes or Hallo-wishes, so I don't make an extra trip for it. We sat over by the firepit one night and watched the Electric Parade. It was a different perspective right there on the water.

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!