May I suggest that you take advantage to the kitchen in the villa for some of your meals. That may take some of the pressure off and the kids can have some of the food that they are used to. BCV has a nice pool and access to food, Epcot, and DHS. VWL and BLT have access to food and the MK.
LOL, nope, no cooking. That puts pressure on me! We do a lot of breakfast at the villas- cereal, eggs, muffins, but that's where I draw the line. I'm "off duty" when at WDW.....other vacations I cook.
We love the VWL for our DGC, and we brought them there first when they were 1,2 and 3 and we returned twice there before going elsewhere. We like the fact that there are dedicated 2 bedrooms, the springs villa pool is very convenient to the villas, and Roaring Fork has a nice variety of take out food for everyone. There's the Cub's Den that you can visit with the children in the afternoons if you want to watch a movie, or color with the kids and we've rented surrey bikes to go to FW, and we've seen deer along the way. The boat to MK was very convenient.
We love VWL and the family has also been to BCV, and that was nice, but really VWL is their favorite for now. The DGC will be 5,6 and 7 when they go next.
Bobbi
Bobbi, thanks for this, I was just watching a dvd last night and my husband said he thought he would really be interested in this and MK will probably be a favorite, although the Studios is a close runner up for us. I haven't even had a meal here, but the videos sure make it look appealing. Are the villas seperate from the rest of the resort, or do you share in everything like Jambo house at AKL?
If you have enough points and you can get a ressie, I'd suggest BLT. You are walking distance from MK which is perfect for kids at that age, and your on the monorail and have direct busses to HS and AK.
for BLT a standard view is 318 and Bay Lake view is 354- I have 294, so I'd have to borrow to get a standard view. I wouldnt be willing to borrow enough for the BL view- but when I stayed at there before (we stayed in the wing on a ground floor where BLT is now) it is a long walk from the resort to the actual enterence to a restaurant....I would guess at least 45 minutes with 2 kids? (I didnt find the counter service palatable during previous stays) but I am still entrigued with this resort..although all I have read sounds like this is a very small space.
I'm glad you asked this question because I'm wondering the same thing. We just purchased BWV, and I have it booked for next February. I'm not sure if I want to stay there. I stayed with my two kids, 5 and 2, at VWL in May and loved it. I'm thinking of changing to VWL at 7 months. I really enjoyed the closeness to MK and Roaring Forks since I don't cook much on vacation either. The transportation to the other parks was good also.
I'm thinking you would really like VWL also.
Isnt that funny because Boardwalk was such a dream for us last time- it was so awesome to have room service, or we even were able to walk in to Spoodles easily, and be back to our room in a few minutes, Its our first choice, but I have learned to always have a 2nd choice...and not get my heart set on something that's not a gaurantee.
My children are 6 and 4, we have been
DVC members since 2002 (the year the 6yo was born) we typically go twice a year. So my kids have stayed at many of the DVC resorts at different ages.
Our personal favorite is Beach Club- we love the pool and the location. Next would probably be BWV, then AKV, WLV, SSR, and finally OKW.
BCV is 311pts, so within my borrowing range, but I have NEVER been able to secure a room there, and after renting points a couple times I have made NUMEROUS calls on behalf of others to try and secure BCV- it got to the point where I would tell people I wouldnt call if BC was their only choice. It seems near impossible to get into. SAB is sooooo appealing to me. Hmm....perhaps Ill put this as a #1A and chioce #1B and and #2 LOL!
If they enjoy animals, then the built-in entertainment of a AKV savannah view makes time in the room much more enjoyable.
However given your reluctance to walk around OKW (and thus walking from Kidani to Jambo), you may hate having no breakfast dining and limited lunch and dinner counter service at Kidani, so you may want to consider Jambo. (Although when the girls are older and start spending more time getting ready in bathrooms, that 3rd bathroom in Kidani might become really useful)
. I definitely want to stay there when they are older.
THANK YOU everyone, Im so interested in everyone's replies and everyone has had really great posts, I dont know if you realize how helpful your posts are to us research addicts!
I will continue to keep reading!
