BWV room categories

[beequeen]

Can someone help me understand the new categories for Boardwalk rooms? There used to be 3, but now there are 2. Does a "Resort" room include pool views? Is "Boardwalk" room only boardwalk views? Thanks for any help.

 

[Genie+]

There are still 3 categories to book.



Resort view used to be called Standard view.

Garden/Pool still appears on this page, but most point charts and cash resorts have changed over to using Preferred view.

Boardwalk view exists for DVC, but doesn’t for the Boardwalk Inn.



Since Boardwalk view and Preferred view are the same amount of points, the point charts lists them together even though there are separate booking categories.

 

[zackiedawg]

Exactly - Boardwalk view is separate from Preferred View. Preferred are rooms that look onto garden areas or pools. Resort/Standard rooms look mostly towards the front entrance and some back at the tennis courts. Boardwalk view are just the ones on the Boardwalk itself.

 

[kes601]

Exactly - Boardwalk view is separate from Preferred View. Preferred are rooms that look onto garden areas or pools. Resort/Standard rooms look mostly towards the front entrance and some back at the tennis courts. Boardwalk view are just the ones on the Boardwalk itself.

Except as Genie+ said, there are no Preferred View rooms on the DVC side of Boardwalk. It's Boardwalk View, Garden/Pool View, and Resort View.

 

[CarolynFH]

Except as Genie+ said, there are no Preferred View rooms on the DVC side of Boardwalk. It's Boardwalk View, Garden/Pool View, and Resort View.

The current points charts refer to P/G view as Preferred view.

The cash booking site still calls them P/G view.

IOW, still causing confusion!

 

[kes601]

The current points charts refer to P/G view as Preferred view.

The cash booking site still calls them P/G view.

IOW, still causing confusion!

Well, that is weird. One would think the points chart would align with what you can actually book.....

 

[CarolynFH]

Well, that is weird. One would think the points chart would align with what you can actually book.....

I agree. To make it more confusing, I'm pretty sure that in the past, the cash booking site used the term Preferred instead of P/G - I have memories of posts here asking questions about booking with cash and using that terminology!

 

[Genie+]

It is super confusing!

The Boardwalk Inn only offers Resort View or Water View now for the regular hotel rooms.



https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/boardwalk-villas/rates-rooms/

I’m under the impression the only guaranteed way to book a Boardwalk View is by booking a DVC villa on points or cash? ETA- On the booking page of WDW website it looks like the only listed guaranteed BW View is Club Level?