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

[ChiSoxKeith]

Here you go....

1BR LV.

 

[mousefan1972]

Here you go....

1BR LV.

Beautiful! Thanks for posting.


We're in a lake view studio for 4 nights next month. Hope the view is that good.

 

[micandminforever]

We are staying at Bay Lake Towers? My husband reads several newspapers a day, where can he find newspapers in the morning? Also what time are they delivered? I know at Pop Century he could get a paper at 6:30, but at POFQ it was more like 8:00. He get up at 4:45 even on at Disney. Now you know why I insisted on a one bedroom.

 

[jmcdonnell04]

Thank you for the great information and hard work on this thread. I drove down on Saturday, June 12th. We stayed one night in the Downtown Disney area but before I went to bed, I drove over to the Contemporary to ask for a specific room. We had a dedicated 2-bedroom with Lake view. I asked the front desk if we could be reserved in a 8102, 8002, 7902 if possible. She called the room assignment person and all she could confirm on Saturday night was that we would be happy with our room on the 9th floor.

We checked in on Sunday morning and gave them our bags and they gave us our room keys but still no room assignment. At 3 o'clock, they texted me our room assignment ..... 7902.

 

[Kiann3]

We are also new to DVC and we have a 1 bedroom standard view Dec 3-10th. If I want to request a room that is on a higher floor do I just let member services know?

I have a feeling we may have to buy points here also.

 

[mrsR123]

We're just back from a week in 7727 which was a 1 BR lockoff, lakeview room. It's just above the pool. Nice condition, very quiet. Our only complaint was the extra bathroom's door was prone to sticking. I had to rescue my 10 year old after most "visits."

 

[work2play]

Maps and descriptions updated again! Thanks for all of the great photos... I can't wait for my stay in September!

JoAnne

 

[clc053103]

Not sure if this is appropriate to post here, but we stayed in 8117 in Sept 09- that is, until we were moved. The second bedroom of this dedicated 2 BR had a major water issue. The side of the queen bed closest to the bathroom had a soaked carpet. They would come dry it up (including a water extractor and industrial fans) and it would immediately get wet again. After 3 days of calling the desk and having them simply mask the problem by attempting to dry it up, they agreed (and not willingly) to move us. I would hope they finally fixed the issue - BLT was open for a month when this mystery water was going on- but I would guess they spent many days just soaking up the water, and I would be very concerned about mold if assigned this room. Who knows if they ever replaced the carpet.

We were then moved to 8129 which is an inside room, LV- nice view of pool and bay lake.

 

[LouisianaDisneyFan]

Ah yes..the 'big, black ugly' birds as my dd used to call them. When we stayed at CR for the first time, we were walking around the property, by the lake, and we looked up. Oh man!!! Those birds looked nasty. But, evidentlythey are very common in the area...and yes, they are vultures. But they don't seem to bother anyone. They're just 'there'. And they do seem to be more prevalant on the lakeside of the resort.

Okay, who let them out of Splash Mountain?! I'm sure that would be how I explained their presence to little ones!

As for potential mold from all of the flooding, now THAT is very worrisome to me. I'm in South Louisiana and have seen many repercussions healthwise among friends, family and even myself with flood-related issues following both Katrina and Gustav. Consistent problems with water is not something Disney should take lightly. It's not a cosmetic problem, but a true mechanical or structural issue at that point, and truly gives me pause regarding the 160 points we purchased there.

 

[twinklebug]

This thread's great. Using it to figure out a request, or wondering if I should just let the magic happen on it's own for a LV studio we have coming up here.

Not sure if this is appropriate to post here, but we stayed in 8117 in Sept 09- that is, until we were moved. The second bedroom of this dedicated 2 BR had a major water issue. The side of the queen bed closest to the bathroom had a soaked carpet. They would come dry it up (including a water extractor and industrial fans) and it would immediately get wet again. After 3 days of calling the desk and having them simply mask the problem by attempting to dry it up, they agreed (and not willingly) to move us. I would hope they finally fixed the issue - BLT was open for a month when this mystery water was going on- but I would guess they spent many days just soaking up the water, and I would be very concerned about mold if assigned this room. Who knows if they ever replaced the carpet.

We were then moved to 8029 which is an inside room, LV- nice view of pool and bay lake.

That's a serious issue and I'm surprised to hear they gave you a hard time of it after waiting for 3 days. I think it's reasonable to expect your room to have dry floors. It's ridiculous for any hotel to ask a guest to live with a wet floor for more than a couple of hours (for a spot cleaning to dry). What were they thinking?

 

[clc053103]

That's a serious issue and I'm surprised to hear they gave you a hard time of it after waiting for 3 days. I think it's reasonable to expect your room to have dry floors. It's ridiculous for any hotel to ask a guest to live with a wet floor for more than a couple of hours (for a spot cleaning to dry). What were they thinking?

I just corrected the room number in my original post- didn't realize my mistype! At the time I posted a report about our visit but I wasn't a DVC member at the time so I didn't post it on this forum. Here's an exerpt:

We did however have some major issues with our first room. first stayed in room 8117 (11th floor). The floor was wet next to the bed in bedroom #2. Came back that night to find floor totally saturated. Left note for housekeeping. Came back to find industrial fan in the room (nice touch to the decor). Returned that night to find floor soaked again- called front desk and mousekeeping. next morning after breakfast, returned to find engineering and mousekeeping in our room trying to figure it out. Came back after a day at the parks- no note, no phone call, and yes, floor soaked. At no time did they say "this isn't fixed you need to move"-just would come in, dry it up, and wait for our next call when the carpet filled with water again. Can not imagine the mold in that carpet after days of being soaked. We called front desk who finally gave us another room down the hall at our insistence- after we were left on hold waiting for manager Nicole three times (she never did get on the line)- and were offered a tiny credit on our room account- they asked where we were having dinner, we responded california grill- and they said dinner is on us tonight and gave us $200 credit- um, a family of 6 can't eat for $200 at California grill, thanks. But we didn't argue- we just needed out. Moving family of 6 was beyond a pain- they told us take your time, we can send a bellman. We moved half our stuff but part of our family was at the pool so we wanted them to be able to move when they came back- bellman rather nicely said he could be back in 15 minutes but after that, we were on our own because he was far too busy to help us later. Wow, what service- their issue totally inconvenienced us, but we had a 15 minute window in which to move.

I just discovered this thread so thought this was important to mention. Since they weren't addressing the cause of the water during our stay, I wonder how long it was there already- and how much longer after we moved.

 

[flipflopmom]

We just got back at midnight! I love my new home!!!! However, I really know we won't be booking MK view anymore, and a LV is doubtful.

We checked in at 7am on Sunday, actually 6, but the computer couldn't do anything until 7 since we had DDP. We had requested a high floor, room ending with 18 (studio). Well, when we got the call at noon, we had 8th floor, ending in 28. 7828. It was a great dead on view of the Grand Floridian! If you sat in the corner of the balcony, there was a great MK view. We enjoyed it, but decided that it is not worth the MK view points.

Straight ahead:

Straight ahead zoomed:

Sitting in the corner of the balcony:

Zoomed in from the corner:

We had decided to add a night at the last minute 1 week prior to checkin, and there was a LV studio actually available. We were put on the 3rd floor, 7308. You could see bits of the lake through the cypress trees, tennis courts, and from the corner of the balcony, Space Mtn. and the top spire of the castle. It was definitely fine for 1 night, but I would have been disappointed if we were there for a week with that view.

 

[micandminforever]

We got back Saturday from 7 nights in rm 7521. It was a great lake view, I enjoyed watching the boats come and go on the lake. It was a great view of Discovery Island and the bird life on the Island. I also enjoyed watching all the activities on the lake. I loved being able to walk across to the forth floor of the Contemporary without getting on the elevator. At night we had a great view of the water parade.

 

[AlexTina]

Just back from a great trip. Our reservation was for a lake view 1 bdrm. we were put in room 7310 view is exactly like 7308 above so I won't post pics. We had a fabulous view of the fireworks at night which was great but the day time view was horrible we could see the tennis court, service area (dumpster), and if we looked off to the right a bit of the lake. We were too far off to the side to see the electic water pageant and didn't see many boats since we were off to the side, we were also on a very low floor so the trees were to tall to see the magic kingdom. We could see the top of space mountain during the day, the very top of astro orbiter, and if you stood right at the rail and looked off to the left you could see the monorail go by. Definately not what I would consider lake view. I enjoyed watching the fireworks at night but the day time view was the worst, luckily we didn't spend much time in the room during the day. If I was someone who was really looking forward to the lake view during the day I would have been extremely disappointed.

As for the room itself we liked it and it was very clean. But, there were two very large tears on the couch cushions which was a distraction and I called about it right away, I was told it would be fixed the next day but unfortunately it was never fixed. The fact that there are no locks on the bathroom doors was a bit odd as well but not really a problem, although DD8 was very concerned about this, once I explained to DS5 and DD3 that if the door is closed it means that someone wants privacy we had no issues. All in all we really liked the resort and will definately stay again, however, I think that in the future if at all possible I will reserve a standard view and save my points.

One other thing that we absolutely loved about BLT is the short walk to from MK. Most days we walked both ways, this was extremely convenient and came in very handy on Thurs. 6/17 when there was a horrendous lightning/rain storm. We were stuck in the emporium on Main Street for about 45 minutes while the lighting was REALLY BAD all around us, once that stopped it was just really heavy rain/wind. They stopped running the monorail and the ferry boats (water in bay lake was crazy choppy) so the only option was the buses. The lines were incredibly long and lucky for us BLT isn't much further than the bus stops so we made a run for it. By the time we got to BLT we were completely soaked and freezing so we ran up to our room and took turns warming up in the jacuzzi tub. Looking back we actually had a ton of fun running in the rain.

Tina

 

[LouisianaDisneyFan]

Looking back we actually had a ton of fun running in the rain.

Two of our absolute favorite Disney memories are from similar storms... both when staying at Ft. Wilderness in a tent (yep, we hit both ends of the spectrum with lodging... DVC and tents!!!). First one, we got caught in the rain and reenacted singing in the rain skipping throughout the park with no lines. It was FANTASTIC! Unfortunately, then the cold front came through and we huddled on the boat ride back to the Fort. Stopped in at Crockett's for a bite to eat (and to warm up a bit) before heading back to the soggy tent site, and hubby recited the "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning..." speech to the hostess as we sloshed in asking to be seated (we were all of the above at the time!). Second time we got caught like this was a few years later, and DD became very ill. Stopped in at the FW front desk and asked how to get to the nearest doctor for her. I explained to the CM at the front desk that the tent just wouldn't dry out, but that at the time, we just couldn't afford to move to a resort. Well... when we got back from the doc, there was a note on the tent telling us that a dry room was waiting for us at CBR for no extra charge. WHAT?!?!?! Yep, that campsite was taken down in record time, I must say. To top it off, they sent Minnie Mouse to the room to cheer DD up in her sick bed.

Even with the reported problems at BLT, our loyalty will always be with Disney when it comes to vacation planning. Way more than 20 trips later, the memories of times when Disney went above and beyond to make things perfect for us motivate us to go again and again... and pass it on to our family members. We're currently in the process of purchasing small DVC contracts for each of our kids and my parents, so everybody can have their piece of the magic! HOWEVER, even with DVC, future grandkids will need to have at least a few trips back at FW... it's a rite of passage in our family! ;-)

 

[AlexTina]

I was just talking about this with the kids again and it has officially made it in to our favorite memories of disney trips. DD and I were both wearing flip flops and we almost lost them running through the 4+ inch puddle in front of the boat docks at mk, so we ran all the way to blt bare foot. I can still hear DS saying "mommy I can't run anymore", I just kept telling him "yes you can, we're almost there". To be honest I'm shocked that I was able to run all that way, and the funniest part is when we arrived at the room and DD3 woke up wondering what had happened, yes she did sleep through the entire experience under a poncho in her stroller.

Tina

 

[ScrappinGran]

We are going to BLT in Sept. for our first trip home. I have a dedicated 2 BR standard view reserved. When looking at the chart of views already reported, I only see rooms 7144 and 7216 views reported. While I certainly didn't book for the room, I am so curious as to where we will be assigned. Since there are not many dedicated 2 BR SV, what happens if they are all full when we check in? Or are we guaranteed a SV? I don't think anything is guaranteed is it? I am such a newbie at this!

 

[Sandisw]

We are going to BLT in Sept. for our first trip home. I have a dedicated 2 BR standard view reserved. When looking at the chart of views already reported, I only see rooms 7144 and 7216 views reported. While I certainly didn't book for the room, I am so curious as to where we will be assigned. Since there are not many dedicated 2 BR SV, what happens if they are all full when we check in? Or are we guaranteed a SV? I don't think anything is guaranteed is it? I am such a newbie at this!

If you booked SV, you will be guaranteed a SV room. Those are booking categories so you know what you are getting ahead of time.

Unless there is a maintenance issue that takes it out of rotation, there will be a room with this view for you. Most SV rooms seem to be located 1st and 2nd floor so I would expect to be somewhere along there.

 

[wdrl]

We are going to BLT in Sept. for our first trip home. I have a dedicated 2 BR standard view reserved. When looking at the chart of views already reported, I only see rooms 7144 and 7216 views reported. While I certainly didn't book for the room, I am so curious as to where we will be assigned. Since there are not many dedicated 2 BR SV, what happens if they are all full when we check in? Or are we guaranteed a SV? I don't think anything is guaranteed is it? I am such a newbie at this!

If you booked a Standard View dedicated two-bedroom, then you are guaranteed that accommodation. In the very rare situation that the resort can't give you what you reserved, then you would be entitled to some compensation, such as a villa with a better view or larger accommodation. But I don't think you'll have to worry about not getting the villa you reserved. Have fun at BLT!!

 

[SFD998]

We got back the other day from our second stay here. This time, because we were hotel hopping we decided to take the MK view especially since it was still available at the 7 month mark. I hadn't made any room requests, since it was a short stay and we figured no matter what we would have some type of MK view. I also planned on asking for a different room upon check in if what they offered wasn't okay. We checked in on a Wednesday at around 11 a.m. To my surprise the room was ready, but they offered me room 7428. I knew from this thread and my previous stay that I didn't want a low floor so I asked if they had anything on an upper floor. I also knew I wanted a room ending in 18 not 28, but they only had 7618 available or I could pick 8028. I ended up sacrificing a dead on MK view for a higher floor. I'm not sure that I would do that again, but the view is still nice. I have attached several photos. The last pic was taken while on board the WDW RR.

View facing left

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View facing right

View facing right

View from WDW RR