Beach Club Resort - what would you choose?

[Disney for Life]

We (wife and I) are going to WDW and staying at the Beach Club resort staying in a garden/woods view. My first choice was to take a ground level room. Which would you choose - a higher floor or a ground level floor and are there benefits to your choice? We have no mobility issues, so either would work for us. Thanks!

 

[loves to dive]

At BC probably a ground level but only because you aren't guaranteed a full balcony so you could at least sit out on your patio to enjoy your morning coffee.

 

[Neener16]

When are you going? We just returned and came to the conclusion a full balcony is useless in the August heat. I personally would like to stay on an upper floor. Less chance of critters and people walking by my room.

 

[Disney for Life]

When are you going? We just returned and came to the conclusion a full balcony is useless in the August heat. I personally would like to stay on an upper floor. Less chance of critters and people walking by my room.

We will be there from September 5-19

 

[AllThingsMickey4]

We opted for ground floor one time and got a room near the quiet pool where people were literally walking across our patio (soaking wet) to get to one of the side entrances. As soon as I opened our curtains I saw a kid standing on our patio drying off. I hightailed it back to the front desk to get a different room.

On our last trip I requested upper floor because I didn't want ground floor. We got a room right beside the "Secret" exit to Epcot on the top floor. We went to Epcot at least once a day and climbed A LOT of stairs that trip.. but it was a very quiet room and very convenient to Epcot.

 

[mickeynut1]

I personally would like to stay on an upper floor. Less chance of critters and people walking by my room.

This is my preference as well.

 

[Shellyb84]

We (wife and I) are going to WDW and staying at the Beach Club resort staying in a garden/woods view. My first choice was to take a ground level room. Which would you choose - a higher floor or a ground level floor and are there benefits to your choice? We have no mobility issues, so either would work for us. Thanks!

We like the 2nd floor, it's nice to just walk up the lobby staircase and not have to take the elevator. I wouldn't want a ground floor room for the reasons PPs stated.

 

[daisyduck123]

Go for anything above ground level.
Earlier this summer, a woman posted that while staying at Beach Club Villas, someone had removed her bathing suit from her patio (she had put it out there on a chair to dry) and replaced her expensive suit with a little girl's swimsuit. She reported it to the front desk and it seems that had happened to several people.
I like to dry our swimsuits on the outside chairs as well. My family happened to be going to BCV a week later or so, so I made sure to request an "Upper floor".
As for critters....when we stayed at BCV in 2015 on the 4th floor, we had one of those little lizard-type things in our room...so a higher floor doesn't help much with that.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

Upper floor. Otherwise you risk being right on a walking path, by the quiet pool, etc. We use the pathway along the BC rooms to access IG a lot and I always feel sorry for the people in those rooms as I, personally, would want my drapes drawn at all times if I were in there. Zero privacy.

Just edited to add: you really don't have a choice. Floor requests are just that - non-guaranteed requests. When you check-in, if you don't like the room assigned, you can always ask if something else is available, however.

 

[AllieBoo]

At BC, we had an upper level room and I think I prefer that over ground floor there. As others have said, there are a lot of people walking around, especially if you are near a pool. I requested a full size balcony, and luckily got one. We were overlooking some woods, so it was a nice, peaceful view.

 

[Disney for Life]

Thanks everyone for your answers. I've asked for an upper floor.