BLT and terrified of heights??

[lanand3]

I would love to try BLT at some point because of the location,but I am TERRIFIED of heights.Second story is fine,MAYBE 3rd.Just looking out the window in a large hotel makes my stomach do flip flops.One of the reasons I joined DVC was I love to just relax on the balcony w/a coffee in the am and a drink at night.Does anyone else have this concern or is it just me
I would hate to put in a request,only to check in and find i'm on one of the top floors So am I doomed to never stay at BLT unless I get some serious psychiatric help

 

[spiceycat]

no understand completely - the 10th floor at the old CR was not too bad.

so hoping this one is the same.

never look down..... just look across.

also tell them you have a problem with heights - DVC definitely tries.

of course if Doc is right we won't see the MK - the lower rooms are too low.

think we can still catch the higher fireworks - you can even seem them from the ground.

 

[moredisneyplease]

i'm sure not many people will be requesting those bottom floors so i bet they'll be yours for the taking!!

 

[CarolMN]

i'm sure not many people will be requesting those bottom floors so i bet they'll be yours for the taking!!

Unless those are the standard views - lots of members might wnt them for the lower point cost.

 

[Dean]

DVC tends to make medical requests a priority and I see this as no different. I am afraid of heights but not to a degree that a hotel bothers me. Funny thing is it never really happened until my early to mid 40's.

 

[wdw1972]

I cannot imagine "fear of heights" is a legitimate medical request

Seriously, if psychiatric help isn't in the budget - simply don't stay at BLT! There are so many dvc resorts that are not many stories tall, why stress over the one that's a high-rise??

I'll admit - I don't understand the whole fear of heights thing when you're INSIDE a building! I can understand if you're standing outside on a narrow ledge - but inside?? Like someone else said though, the lower floors will probably be all that's left if you check in late - so requesting & getting them should be pretty easy (but why risk it if it's really important), as most people prefer higher floors for better views & less noise.

 

[lanand3]

I'll admit - I don't understand the whole fear of heights thing when you're INSIDE a building! I can understand if you're standing outside on a narrow ledge - but inside??

I am ok w/being inside the building,however all the money in the world would not get me out on the balcony,which is what I would enjoy the most from my dvc stays.I also would die of heart failure if my kids tried to go on the balcony.Since I am one of the crazy few who would want a lower floor,maybe i'll be able to stay there afterall

 

[fadedgirl]

So sorry that you have that fear!! I would take the risk if I were you, I think your odds are pretty good of getting a lower floor if requested. And if not, the worst of it would be the loss of a balcony. I guess if the loss of a balcony would ruin your vacation, then you ought not take the risk.

However...would you be able to use the skywalk to the CR (without fear) in order to get to the monorail/dining?

 

[WilsonFlyer]

Why would one have to use the skywalk to get to the Contemporary? Why couldn't you just go to the ground floor and walk over from there??? You guys sound like it's the skywalk or no-walk. LOL What did I miss?

 

[spiceycat]

my other timeshares is also a high rise - yea I know nuts - they put on the 10th floor one time.

the worst was the doors opened to the outside - so walking along a small walkway was not fun.

but it got me use to it much quickler - so by the 4th day I could easily walk out on the balcony.

my SIL and family were coming at the end of the week they like heights - so they though it was wonderful.

the next year it was the 15th floor (definitely make that reservation too soon)
didn't even try to go on that trip - my relatives loved it!!!

so don't know - part of me wants the higher - because the views are so wonderful - the other parts wants to be lower....

 

[fadedgirl]

Why would one have to use the skywalk to get to the Contemporary? Why couldn't you just go to the ground floor and walk over from there??? You guys sound like it's the skywalk or no-walk. LOL What did I miss?

You didn't hear about the giant mote around the BLT, replete with giant, starving crocodiles?

Sorry, I don't know what I was thinking...of course one could walk on the ground!!! I guess I'm so excited for the skywalk that that little fact escaped me.

 

[DisDaydreamer]

My wife has a fear of heights. It is a not a made up issue or a simple preference. It is true heart pounding fear. From my perspective it is worthy of a medical consideration as Dean suggests. That said we stayed in a skyscraper hotel at Niagra Falls on the 20th floor and had an opening door (no balcony though). She wouldn't come near the open door, but otherwise she was ok in the room when the door was closed. Seems likely to me that you'll be able to get a lower level room one way or another.

 

[zackiedawg]

I am ok w/being inside the building,however all the money in the world would not get me out on the balcony,which is what I would enjoy the most from my dvc stays.I also would die of heart failure if my kids tried to go on the balcony.Since I am one of the crazy few who would want a lower floor,maybe i'll be able to stay there afterall

I've got a great solution...book your trip there during the same dates I'm headed up to Disney. I'll probably be in Boardwalk or OKW. When you go to check in, request a lower floor...if they give you a nice high floor with an MK view, then you can just stay in my villa at Boardwalk or OKW, and I'll take that high-floor MK view BLT place off your hands. Even trade.

Honestly though, I'd go for it. I would think DVC will be as accomodating as possible given your circumstance, and you would likely be able to get a lower floor on request.

 

[Dean]

I cannot imagine "fear of heights" is a legitimate medical request

Seriously, if psychiatric help isn't in the budget - simply don't stay at BLT! There are so many dvc resorts that are not many stories tall, why stress over the one that's a high-rise??

I'll admit - I don't understand the whole fear of heights thing when you're INSIDE a building! I can understand if you're standing outside on a narrow ledge - but inside?? Like someone else said though, the lower floors will probably be all that's left if you check in late - so requesting & getting them should be pretty easy (but why risk it if it's really important), as most people prefer higher floors for better views & less noise.

It certainly isn't on the same plane with someone who is confined to a wheelchair. Remember this is requests for non HA rooms and fear of heights would certainly be on as high a level as a non smoking room (not as much an issue now) or a non HA room for limited walking or other similar purpose. It sounds like your saying that such fears (and psychiatric issues in general) are not medical issues and I'm sure many would disagree. I'd agree with putting it lower on the list than many but would put it higher than some.

 

[BCV23]

My wife has a fear of heights. It is a not a made up issue or a simple preference. It is true heart pounding fear. From my perspective it is worthy of a medical consideration as Dean suggests. That said we stayed in a skyscraper hotel at Niagra Falls on the 20th floor and had an opening door (no balcony though). She wouldn't come near the open door, but otherwise she was ok in the room when the door was closed. Seems likely to me that you'll be able to get a lower level room one way or another.

Sounds like me although my heart doesn't pound. I just can't go out or near an open window unless there's something underneath. Tiered hotels or solid building underneath like the walkways off the California Grill and I'm OK.

It certainly isn't on the same plane with someone who is confined to a wheelchair. Remember this is requests for non HA rooms and fear of heights would certainly be on as high a level as a non smoking room (not as much an issue now) or a non HA room for limited walking or other similar purpose. It sounds like your saying that such fears (and psychiatric issues in general) are not medical issues and I'm sure many would disagree. I'd agree with putting it lower on the list than many but would put it higher than some.

I agree with this.

I'm the only one in my family with this fear so although I'll request 4th floor or lower, if we don't get it I'll be OK but probably will not be able to go out on the balcony. But our daughter needs an accessible room. It's all relative.