BLT rooms and views with picture links! Last update of post #1 10/21/2015

[SRUAlmn]

Would it be possible to add notes to the first post explaining which rooms have which beds/sofas facing the MK and which face the CR? Maybe people who've stayed could post and it could be added to the notes?

 

[bigAWL]

Would it be possible to add notes to the first post explaining which rooms have which beds/sofas facing the MK and which face the CR? Maybe people who've stayed could post and it could be added to the notes?

I think we can figure it out on our own. Each 2-bedroom villa has two bedrooms. The beds face the living room in the middle. Where you have a 1-bedroom and studio together, the beds in each would face each other. I think this is correct.

The only question becomes whether or not it actually faces the park. If you can determine which room is in the exact point of the arc that faces the castle. I think somewhere around the xx18 or xx20 rooms are the closest to directly facing the castle. So you might say that the beds in those 1-bedrooms and studios both face the castle.

 

[Trooper8286]

7426- MK view- 1br

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[shellypaige]

How often do you not get what you request? Has anyone put in a request and been disappointed? I understand that just by requesting it's not guaranteed. We're staying in a a
1br LV so my thought is to request "high floor, even number room, close to elevator". Is that too much? It wouldn't be a big deal if we were far from the elevator so should I remove that? I would just like to see MK, even if I have to lean over the balcony haha.

 

[princeprincess]

How often do you not get what you request? Has anyone put in a request and been disappointed? I understand that just by requesting it's not guaranteed. We're staying in a a 1br LV so my thought is to request "high floor, even number room, close to elevator". Is that too much? It wouldn't be a big deal if we were far from the elevator so should I remove that? I would just like to see MK, even if I have to lean over the balcony haha.

Last year we had a standard room booked and we requested highest floor possible and even numbered room to which we received, 2nd floor and odd numbered room. Needless to say I was disappointed.

 

[shellypaige]

Last year we had a standard room booked and we requested highest floor possible and even numbered room to which we received, 2nd floor and odd numbered room. Needless to say I was disappointed.

Oh no! That's just wrong, but it made me laugh!
Maybe the CM blocking rooms had a bad night... Lol

 

[KSDisneyDad]

I would only go with one request and one request only.

We requested a high floor even number and only received high floor.

 

[princeprincess]

Have any DVC members received free room upgrades at check in? Just curious!

 

[rescuetink]

I would only go with one request and one request only.

We requested a high floor even number and only received high floor.

When do you make your request? When you get there? Our Oct trip will be our first time staying at our home resort, BLT, and I would love to request a high room as I think my DD and DS would love that!!

 

[bbn1122]

When do you make your request? When you get there? Our Oct trip will be our first time staying at our home resort, BLT, and I would love to request a high room as I think my DD and DS would love that!!

I always call DVC MS and put my request in with them. I just called a couple of weeks ago to make a change to our upcoming August trip and also put in my room request.

 

[work2play]

7426- MK view- 1br

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Thanks for the photos, can you please confirm that this room was in the MK view category and was not a Standard view room? There have been questions on the rooms that face the MK that are on the 4th floor and whether they had been reclassified due to the parking lot view...

 

[work2play]

Have any DVC members received free room upgrades at check in? Just curious!

It would be very rare to receive an upgrade, BLT is always full so it would most likely only occur if there was a maintenance issue in the room that you were assigned and all that was available was a higher category.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

Thanks for the photos, can you please confirm that this room was in the MK view category and was not a Standard view room? There have been questions on the rooms that face the MK that are on the 4th floor and whether they had been reclassified due to the parking lot view...

Uh huh. I would be irritated if I paid for MK view and got this.

The one time we stayed at BLT in a LV, we requested north tower, high floor. What we got was 4th floor in the south tower. In our three DVC stays we've never had one request fulfilled. Maybe it's because we've always been renters. This year, instead of renting points we reserved a cash room through the regular reservation office, so maybe we'll have better luck.

 

[SRUAlmn]

Uh huh. I would be irritated if I paid for MK view and got this.

The one time we stayed at BLT in a LV, we requested north tower, high floor. What we got was 4th floor in the south tower. In our three DVC stays we've never had one request fulfilled. Maybe it's because we've always been renters. This year, instead of renting points we reserved a cash room through the regular reservation office, so maybe we'll have better luck.

I was actually a little worried about that. We are paying through CRO and I wasn't sure if they gave request priorities to DVC members?

 

[Gryhndmom]

Uh huh. I would be irritated if I paid for MK view and got this.

The one time we stayed at BLT in a LV, we requested north tower, high floor. What we got was 4th floor in the south tower. In our three DVC stays we've never had one request fulfilled. Maybe it's because we've always been renters. This year, instead of renting points we reserved a cash room through the regular reservation office, so maybe we'll have better luck.

I was actually a little worried about that. We are paying through CRO and I wasn't sure if they gave request priorities to DVC members?

DH and I are BLT owners and I know we were told that since BLT is our home resort they do fill request first to home resort owners using their points, then "guests" of owners which I would guess would be renters and/or friends etc. and then cash reservations Believe even within home owners there is a tier structure meaning those who have bought more points getting first dibs on request. We also own Marriott on Kauai and they do the same prioritizing .

We have had our request filled in the past so I do think room assignments does look at who is actually using the reservation/ DVC villa.

 

[SRUAlmn]

DH and I are BLT owners and I know we were told that since BLT is our home resort they do fill request first to home resort owners using their points, then "guests" of owners which I would guess would be renters and/or friends etc. and then cash reservations Believe even within home owners there is a tier structure meaning those who have bought more points getting first dibs on request. We also own Marriott on Kauai and they do the same prioritizing .

We have had our request filled in the past so I do think room assignments does look at who is actually using the reservation/ DVC villa.

Makes complete sense, which is why we booked exactly what we wanted so there was no chance. The only concern is that our group is made up of all adults, so we really want to get a dedicated two bedroom (which I requested) so the second bedroom will have two beds. I don't know what we're going to do if we get the 1br/studio combo!

 

[Trooper8286]

Uh huh. I would be irritated if I paid for MK view and got this. The one time we stayed at BLT in a LV, we requested north tower, high floor. What we got was 4th floor in the south tower. In our three DVC stays we've never had one request fulfilled. Maybe it's because we've always been renters. This year, instead of renting points we reserved a cash room through the regular reservation office, so maybe we'll have better luck.

The view was really great. The problem is, these pictures really don't do it justice. The monorail did not block the view at all, something I was worried about when we got our room assignment. I had the thought of asking for a higher floor and waiting, but it had been a rough morning with my mom's flight cancelled into Orlando and her scheduled to get in eight hours late. The room was ready, we were ready to get into it and I didn't ask to change. I was not remotely disappointed. In fact I sort of liked the 4th floor. Ice machine and steps were very close to our room and we only had to walk up one flight to the sky bridge. After seven days at Kidani at the END of the hallway, the BLT room was the bomb!

I have stayed on eighth floor TPV of Ccntemporary and I liked this view better..... We were closer to the park.....

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[Dacky619]

Thank you for this thread. We have actually owned at BLT since 2009 but our first trip home will be next summer and the pics have been very helpful.

I do have a question for those of you that have stayed BLT before though. We are looking at doing a 9 night trip and I'm on the fence between a standard view and a lake view. The lake view would run enough points that it would cover an extra night on a future trip. Anyone get a standard view and really regret it?

 

[work2play]

Thank you for this thread. We have actually owned at BLT since 2009 but our first trip home will be next summer and the pics have been very helpful.

I do have a question for those of you that have stayed BLT before though. We are looking at doing a 9 night trip and I'm on the fence between a standard view and a lake view. The lake view would run enough points that it would cover an extra night on a future trip. Anyone get a standard view and really regret it?

In my opinion there are no bad rooms at BLT. Even the standard view rooms have better views than most other DVC resorts. I do not believe you will have regrets. You will be on a low floor, but that makes it easier to walk to the MK! What a deal!

 

[cel_disney]

Thank you for this thread. We have actually owned at BLT since 2009 but our first trip home will be next summer and the pics have been very helpful. I do have a question for those of you that have stayed BLT before though. We are looking at doing a 9 night trip and I'm on the fence between a standard view and a lake view. The lake view would run enough points that it would cover an extra night on a future trip. Anyone get a standard view and really regret it?

We have stayed lake view and standard view. We will always go for standard now if its available. We make one request - to be in an even numbered room - which puts us on the outside of the crescent. We have actually had a lake view and standard view with the same room block (3rd floor and 8th floor) - sure - the view from the balcony was a smidge better (facing contemporary) but it was so not a problem!

I think its important to really go into it with the option of lake view though incase you cant get standard...