*** Bay Lake Tower Owners Group***

[eticketplease]

Ahh, I think the fold down twin bed is pretty good in comparison to the sleeper chair as a sleeping surface! I got sick during our trip and took several naps and never felt uncomfortable as 5 and a half foot tall adult woman.

It's comfortable yes but for us it is not ideal as DS can not view the TV from bed very well. That is the number one reason that we will miss the chair and of course it was comfortable to sit in as well.

 

[foodiddiedoo]

It's comfortable yes but for us it is not ideal as DS can not view the TV from bed very well. That is the number one reason that we will miss the chair and of course it was comfortable to sit in as well.

The other new chairs are not terrible, I think they are slightly less terrible than the couch.

 

[Tymeece]

We used WalMart last Saturday. Worked fine.

We used Target and it was amazing. We met the delivery driver outside with a bell hop cart for our week.

 

[PadensAtTheCastle]

I asked a similar question in a thread but thought this might be a better place to ask:


If we had home resort advantage how hard is it to get a 2 bedroom resort view for 9 nights the first two weeks of June? Any actual experience trying for this.

I’ve looked at availability charts and at 11 months it will be a 87% chance or 6/7 chance. Does this mean even with the 11 months it’s hard to get a 2 bedroom resort? I’m used to kidani which has 100% or 7/7 likelihood until 7 months.

I just want to know when we look at size of contracts if we should budget for a preferred even though we would like a resort view.

 

[eticketplease]

I just want to know when we look at size of contracts if we should budget for a preferred even though we would like a resort view.

If you can budget for the lake view I would as it gives you a lot more flexibility if booking elsewhere or if one year you want TP view.

I think if you are on it at 11 months you should be able to grab a dedicated 2 bedroom then. You may have some people walking for forth of July but they will walk past your dates and then you could grab it.

 

[PadensAtTheCastle]

If you can budget for the lake view I would as it gives you a lot more flexibility if booking elsewhere or if one year you want TP view.

I think if you are on it at 11 months you should be able to grab a dedicated 2 bedroom then. You may have some people walking for forth of July but they will walk past your dates and then you could grab it.

Thank you!
Can you explain walking the reservation? I thought I understood but thought it would only be a week or two, not a month.

 

[MyDogTink]

If you can budget for the lake view I would as it gives you a lot more flexibility if booking elsewhere or if one year you want TP view.

I think if you are on it at 11 months you should be able to grab a dedicated 2 bedroom then. You may have some people walking for forth of July but they will walk past your dates and then you could grab it.

I saw your other thread. For dedicated 2 BR at BLT, there are 11 resort view, 77 preferred view and 32 theme park view. I’d say you need to be on top of booking right at the 11 month mark or budget for preferred if you don’t want to play the DVC hunger games. I will say some of the preferred view rooms at BLT are really nice.

 

[eticketplease]

I saw your other thread. For dedicated 2 BR at BLT, there are 11 resort view, 77 preferred view and 32 theme park view. I’d say you need to be on top of booking right at the 11 month mark or budget for preferred if you don’t want to play the DVC hunger games. I will say some of the preferred view rooms at BLT are really nice.

I’m not sure what other thread you’re talking about but I did say if you were on it at 11 months.

Resort and theme park are definitely the reasons to own here while there are not many dedicated resort news it is going to be easier to book the dedicated resort versus the lock off where multiple families are booking the resort view studios imo

 

[eticketplease]

. I will say some of the preferred view rooms at BLT are really nice.

I agree, but I would use the 11th month window to my advantage to grab a theme park or resort view

 

[eticketplease]

Thank you!
Can you explain walking the reservation? I thought I understood but thought it would only be a week or two, not a month.

As long as it’s not across use years, people can walk a reservation for a year technically although I don’t know why anyone would do that.

 

[MyDogTink]

I agree, but I would use the 11th month window to my advantage to grab a theme park or resort view

Sorry! It was OP who created a thread with the same question. It’s weird but for a popular time frame, I got a 2 BR lockoff resort view right at 11 months. Dedicated wasn’t available. I would have thought the resort view studio would have created a problem but I guess with only 11 dedicated 2 BRs, you may have more luck with the lockoff option.

 

[RickNJane]

we grabbed a 2br dedicated Theme park view at 11 months no issue. This was for the second week in November. We were in the middle of the 12th Floor. Fantastic view and room.

 

[foodiddiedoo]

I asked a similar question in a thread but thought this might be a better place to ask:


If we had home resort advantage how hard is it to get a 2 bedroom resort view for 9 nights the first two weeks of June? Any actual experience trying for this.

I’ve looked at availability charts and at 11 months it will be a 87% chance or 6/7 chance. Does this mean even with the 11 months it’s hard to get a 2 bedroom resort? I’m used to kidani which has 100% or 7/7 likelihood until 7 months.

I just want to know when we look at size of contracts if we should budget for a preferred even though we would like a resort view.

My experience is January, I've been able to get a resort view dedicated 2 bedroom no problem with a bit of walking (like a week worth). For June 2026 I was able to book a dedicated 2 bedroom resort view for 6 nights without any walking. I was a bit annoyed my traveling party made me swap to Beach club at 7 months because I felt like I won the lottery. I was also able to book a resort studio at 11 months for next October no issues. Hopefully that helps?

 

[Disdreaming479]

Being prepared with enough points for preferred view is always a good idea since there are only 11. I did try to watch the available 2 bdrm rooms rv for June 2025 during the 11m booking window. They will be tough to get, but I think with stalking and wait list during those first weeks of the 11m window, you may be successful.