BWV studio - not impressed

[KAT4DISNEY]

With the refurbs, BCV, BWV, etc are all starting to look like the same villa. Lucky for us we have SPG points so will start staying at the Swan/Dolphin when visiting Epcot. Hopefully DVC will not mess with AKL and OKW but I have a feeling they are next in the generic redo. We can use our points for Hilton instead of OKW but do not have a different hotel option close by AKL. I have been out of touch. What other villas have they redone in the generic theme? WLVs?

While I didn't exactly love what they did at VWL (a lot of it is the quality of work - they did the entire refurb in 4-5 weeks!) time is showing that it's positively dripping with detail vs the new generic refurbs. Some of that is because they left a lot of the existing details and just updated:

Studio:

1BR:

This was a little different layout with extra window in the master bedroom:

 

[BobNed]

Yes. The bathrooms are pretty much the same as most of the deluxe resorts, with the sink outside. I prefer the sink outside so that 2 people can get ready at the same time, vs the all one room like at OKW.

Ummm... not so. All OKW studios have a sink outside the bathroom and the one and two bedroom villas have two separate rooms.

Edited to correct bad information. Studios do not have a bathroom sink outside the bathroom. They have only the kitchenette sink.

 

[DebbieB]

Ummm... not so. All OKW studios have a sink outside the bathroom and the one and two bedroom villas have two separate rooms.
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That's the kitchenette sink outside in a studio. In a dedicated 2 bedroom at OKW, there are 2 bathroom sinks.

 

[BobNed]

That's the kitchenette sink outside in a studio. In a dedicated 2 bedroom at OKW, there are 2 bathroom sinks.

You are absolutely right. Sorry! Don't know what I was thinking.

 

[quinnc19]

I just stayed in a BV studio a few days ago and remember thinking how much I hate that old blue tile. It would be great if they are slowly updating all the studios.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

I just stayed in a BV studio a few days ago and remember thinking how much I hate that old blue tile. It would be great if they are slowly updating all the studios.

I have a hard time imagining that will happen. It would have been done during the large refurb, like the 1BR's. Even the model still has the old blue.

On another thread someone posted that their studio had the white subway tile but that seems to be an anomaly. I'd guess that something happened to the tile or perhaps the tub and they needed to do a new surround.