BWV Standard View Rooms are the views terrible?

[goofy4tink]

We had a standard view studio last September at BWV. It overlooked one of the non-themed pools. It was actually very quiet when we'd sit out on the balcony. But we don't spend a whole lot of time in the room when we aren't sleeping so we were perfectly fine with it.

No standard view villas overlooking a pool at BWV...you must have gotten lucky and been upgraded. There is only the one quiet pool at BWV...and the rooms around it are all preferred views.

Here's a picture of the view from our Standard View room:

We were there last April. Note that this room was a long way from the elevators. Since we can easily use the stairs, we didn't mind at all. Also, I zoomed the picture a bit - the canal and boat were actually a bit farther away than the picture makes it look. But still, I thought the view was quite nice.

Most of the standard view rooms have pretty nice views, IMO. There is a lot of pretty landscaping between the villas and the black-topped driveway, parking lots and entrance area.

Here's a picture of the path to the bus stop from the Standard View wing of the BWV:

And here's a picture of the bus stop from the end of the path:

I've had a one bedroom right behind that last tree in the second photo..ground floor. THought I was going to hate it...but loved it. It was so quick to the bus stop. I prefer being higher up, but it wasn't bad at all.
I'll be booking standard views for our two family trip next Oct!!!

 

[LSchrow]

we found the standard views at the BWVs comparable to the views at the BCVs.
however, there is no other view in all of WDW to even compare to BW view

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

We booked a BWV 1br standard for January 2011. This seems like a great value for the points! Are the views terrible? What are have your experiences been? I could have booked a 1BR Garden/Pool View or a room at BCV but, I decided that for the points I would go with the standard view room at BWV. We spend a ton of time in our room and our view is important...but, for the points--I was just wondering what to expect.
Thanks!!!

We faced the front of BWV and had a view of the covered area where valet is, it was kinda cool if you like people watching. By no means was it terrible. DH and I don't see the value in points for views since we rarely sit on the balcony, we run around to the parks or hang in the room.

 

[leanne2255]

Some standard views are better than others, but to me, any day at BWV is a good day regardless of where your room is overlooking.