Bcv 11/8-11/11 and HA room

[BCV23]

I dunno.... other than the longer shower curtain, your description matches that of the rollin showers at BCV, the Polynesian and GF.

The longer shower curtain may work well for some guests. But I can also see it tripping some people, proving useless to others and creating a home for mildew in every room. Have you noticed if housekeeping drapes the curtain somehow to prevent that? We've not stayed at SSR.

 

[Beca]

We also had an HA room at BCV on our last trip. Interestingly, though...it had a bathtub. I guess all HA rooms are not the same.

We did have the other issues with an HA room, but we were able to deal pretty well. We missed having our closet....our room was definitely messier without one. We needed to use the sleeper sofa in our studio, so I took the tip someone posted here about moving the coffee table into the bathroom. We put it under the sink and used it for storage. It seemed to solve two problems for us....it got it out of the way in our living area, and gave us the storage we needed. I certainly noted the lack of counter space in the kitchenette, but we could deal. Yep...the bed was low. DH and I didn't care for that too much, but our dd thought is was really cool!! One of the biggest problems for us was not having the alcove by the door. That little "nook" is a GREAT place to store our stroller.

I cannot say we were THRILLED to have an HA room, but we kind of felt like everyone will get these sometimes, and it just seemed to be our turn. Now....if we are assigned one REPEATEDLY, I will start to get a little annoyed.

I am certainly for supporting the ADA, but it does seem that hotels are having to set aside more rooms than are routinely needed as HA rooms. I certainly think people with disabilities should be guaranteed these rooms, but I also think that people who find them nuisances should not have to endure them over and over again. We could handle the one with the tub, but our dd is still freaked out by showers, and if we did not have a tub....it would have been a VERY long week!!!

 

[crisi]

The HA one and two bedrooms still have the jacuzzi tub and big bathroom. There are some minor variations, but with the jacuzzi and counter space in the bathroom, we didn't find the room to be too inconvienent - since the big complaints for me would be lack of a tub (for the kids) and lack of bathroom counterspace.

 

[Beca]

The HA one and two bedrooms still have the jacuzzi tub and big bathroom. There are some minor variations, but with the jacuzzi and counter space in the bathroom, we didn't find the room to be too inconvienent - since the big complaints for me would be lack of a tub (for the kids) and lack of bathroom counterspace.

And ours was a studio....so there is at least one HA studio at BCV with a tub.

 

[BCV23]

And ours was a studio....so there is at least one HA studio at BCV with a tub.

There are 4 or 5 studios like that...stacked one on top of another. I can't remember if there is one on the first floor but I think so. They are dedicated.

There are also lockoff studios with rollin showers.

 

[goofy370]

What type of room do you have: studio? 1BR? How is the bathroom set up? I've looked at a number of floor plans for AKV and haven't seen any with roll-in showers, which was puzzling because I was expecting to see some HA rooms with that sort of bathroom layout. A number of people have asked about the HA rooms at AKV so any info you can provide would be helpful. Thanks!

We were in a studio. Room 5456. It was a very nice room, just bathroom problems. The floor got wet, not soaked, from the shower and my husband complained about the toilet.

 

[BroganMc]

I am certainly for supporting the ADA, but it does seem that hotels are having to set aside more rooms than are routinely needed as HA rooms.

Dangerous words Will Robinson. If hotels had all the rooms they needed for folks like me I wouldn't be figuring out how the heck I'm gonna manage a bath tub and transfer bench next April. I keep calling but there are absolutely no roll-in shower studios available April 20-27... and this is at SSR, supposedly the largest DVC in the system. (My first ressie ever last December I had to fork over double points for a roll-in shower 1bedroom and couldn't take the rooms at VWL or BWV because there was no roll-in shower studio availability.)

I truly dread trying to get a ressie at VWL or BCV.

More than anything I wish more AB folks would take the tme to figure out how to properly use adaptive designs. Then those of us who need them wouldn't have such a hard time finding them about the place. Hey, moms & kids don't seem to have ANY problems using the one ADA stall in public restrooms.

 

[BroganMc]

The longer shower curtain may work well for some guests. But I can also see it tripping some people, proving useless to others and creating a home for mildew in every room. Have you noticed if housekeeping drapes the curtain somehow to prevent that? We've not stayed at SSR.

It doesn't overflow enough to be a trip hazard. Well not unless you like showering at the entrance. You pull it out of the way when you get out and inadvertantly (or not) shake off any water that may have puddled at the rim.

As for mildew, I've yet to see any growing on my curtains at home let alone at a hotel. Water drips down and dries quickly. Mildew will grow in places that stay wet like the floor (sometimes the shower bench if it's never been wiped down).

Usually when I enter an HA room the curtain is pulled back completely, the showerhead is up high (on the hook where I can't reach), the shower bench is folded up and the floor is dry. When I've had daily maid service, the maid always manages to do the same. (A pain when I have to keep putting things back in the place I like them.)

 

[BroganMc]

There are 4 or 5 studios like that...stacked one on top of another. I can't remember if there is one on the first floor but I think so. They are dedicated.

There are also lockoff studios with rollin showers.

If I studied my floorplans correctly, BCV only has 15 HA rooms (in the center near the elevator). 10 are lockoffs and 5 are dedicated studios. If the dedicated studios are all bath tub units, them my available pool is 10 rooms at this resort.

Now if only the studio lockoffs have the roll-in shower, I'm down to 5 possible rooms.

Yeah, my chances of staying there are somewhere between snowball and some place really hot.

FWIW, in the travel industry it is not unusual to find only one room in a hotel of 300 rooms with a roll-in shower.

Sorry for the edge of frustration in my recent posts. When you get to the point of needing such amenities you really begin to have a different view about complaints. Worrying about where to stick my toothbrush pales in comparison to whether I can bathe or risk breaking a hip. I'd be perfectly happy to leave such rooms open for folks like me, alas hotels are apt to give any room to the guest who first shows up demanding one. I've lost quite a few roll-in shower hotel rooms to an AB who showed up 20 min before me.

 

[LisaS]

We were in a studio. Room 5456. It was a very nice room, just bathroom problems. The floor got wet, not soaked, from the shower and my husband complained about the toilet.

Thanks for posting the room number. That enabled me to find the floor plan for that room. Now I have something to post the next time someone asks about HA studios at AKV.

 

[BCV23]

It doesn't overflow enough to be a trip hazard. Well not unless you like showering at the entrance. You pull it out of the way when you get out and inadvertantly (or not) shake off any water that may have puddled at the rim.

As for mildew, I've yet to see any growing on my curtains at home let alone at a hotel. Water drips down and dries quickly. Mildew will grow in places that stay wet like the floor (sometimes the shower bench if it's never been wiped down).

Usually when I enter an HA room the curtain is pulled back completely, the showerhead is up high (on the hook where I can't reach), the shower bench is folded up and the floor is dry. When I've had daily maid service, the maid always manages to do the same. (A pain when I have to keep putting things back in the place I like them.)

If it overflows at all, I think it would be a tripping hazard as one enters or leaves the shower.

I don't think all the water could possibly drain off just by opening the curtain if the curtain really is draping on the floor.

 

[BCV23]

If I studied my floorplans correctly, BCV only has 15 HA rooms (in the center near the elevator). 10 are lockoffs and 5 are dedicated studios. If the dedicated studios are all bath tub units, them my available pool is 10 rooms at this resort.

Now if only the studio lockoffs have the roll-in shower, I'm down to 5 possible rooms.

I'm not sure which floor plans you're looking at but I remember seeing one set that included one bedroom dedicated that were accessible. I don't know if they are tub or rollin as we've not had one of those rooms.

When we need an accessible villa, we need a 2 BR with rollin so that does give us only 5 possible villas at BCV. I try hard to plan ahead. We have made do with one night stays in studios with tubs and our daughter just waited until we moved rooms to shower.

However, those 2BR are all lockoffs with rollin showers in both parts so you have 10 options if I understand your needs.

 

[BroganMc]

I don't think all the water could possibly drain off just by opening the curtain if the curtain really is draping on the floor.

perhaps our definitions of draping are different. When I position the shower curtain the bottom edge scrapes the floor. I just make sure the scrape is inside the threshold (on the inside downward slope of the bump).

All I've noticed getting wet is some splash up from water that rebounds (primarily off me) onto the curtain about 3-4 feet up. That water tends to flow downward to the bottom and then further down the shower interior to the drain. What collects is a little bit of puddle where the fabric actually lays on the floor, and that is mostly on the side closest to the shower seat.

When I pull the curtain back out of my way to exit I'm actually lifting that bottom edge off the floor. Excess water then sluffs off and down toward the drain.

The few times I've had major spillage have been when either I left the curtain open part way (especially closest to the shower bench; or I dropped the showerhead and it sprayed directly on the curtain.

I pretty much never get water on the back of the shower (opposite the showerhead). In fact, I keep my dry towel there to wipe my eyes clear after a soak. My family keeps thinking I'll get it soaked but it never does get wet.

Things do differ if a helper is assisting someone in the shower though. Usually because the curtain is left open or improperly positioned.

However, those 2BR are all lockoffs with rollin showers in both parts so you have 10 options if I understand your needs.

Now that's something I haven't seen. Usually the HA two bedrooms only have one accessible bedroom/bathroom at SSR (and all the Marriott's I've been to). 10 is good, still far too few.

And yes, you understand my needs. I'm really pretty simple: a low enough bed I can climb into it (26" requires a stepstool or a forklift, 20-22" is just right), a higher seat commode (again in the 18-20" range) and a stepless shower. I can even manage without the seat, but put a 2-4" step in there and I'm stuck with the sink only. I'd love the regular shower stalls in the 1bedrooms and up if they didn't have a step and a door so narrow that a transfer bench/chair cannot be used.

When I toured the AKV models at SSR in May, my Guide showed off the standard showers in the 1bedroom. They included no steps, a swinging glass door and a ledge along the back at just the right height for a seat. It was perfect for me, he said. Yeah, but I don't believe it's actually true to form. Every non-HA shower I've ever seen includes a 2-4" step.

These are the floorplans I studied for BCV. http://www.parkinfo2go.com/dvc-bcv/ Wish I could find some for all the resorts.
It basically shows 3 rooms on each floor: one studio and one a lockoff. x28 is a studio LO, x30 is the 1bedroom LO (both face the quiet pool), x25 is the dedicated studio (with a tub?) and faces the lake (or back of Beach Club resort).

FWIW, of the buildings I've surveyed at SSR (and no not all have exactly the same HA proportion), xx25 is a 1bedroom with roll-in (in the center of the building and has the best views), xx10 is a dedicated 2bedroom (has a sideview which may include parking lot), and xx14 is the lockoff studio (also sideview). http://disneydoc.homestead.com/ssrfloor.html