Hey everyone. DH and I sitting in the room on our last day. I have bee sick most of the trip and today I could not get myself going. I will say other than that we have had a very nice trip as usual. It was a little different this year as even the girls were ready for a break in the evenings. It has definately been relaxing for sure. Had a little mishap about day 3 in our first room with ants. They moved us into another deluxe room and everything was fine. We did not demand or expect extras because we still got what we paid for. I still don't get all the demanding all money back if it is fixed. Nothing but nice and funny cast members. Restrooms have been nothing but clean in every park. People Mover was going yesterday so that made my day. Only thing we have been disappointed with a little is the food. It could be because I am sick too but even DH said the pizza at the BW window was not the same. Yachtsman was ok but not like last year. I think we will try some new things next year. Boardwalk is still my happy place and I would not want to stay anywhere else. The CMs at the Innkeepers are back in full swing and we have had nothing but fun. Any questions, just ask!!
Sorry you've been sick on this trip.
I agree that the CMs at Boardwalk take care of things. Our room wasn't ready on time and they didn't call us. I finally got a call at 6pm when we were sitting down to dinner, and the CM on the phone apologized about the earlier phone call about the room not being ready at 4:00. I had never gotten a phone call so I said, "What phone call? Melt me check with my husband if anyone called or texted him." No one had contacted him either. They immediately put me on hold and said they were going to get a manager. 2 minutes later, the manager got onto the phone with me and without skipping a beat, she apologized for not contacting me as well as for the room not being ready, and she said they were going to give us a $150 resort credit immediately. I thought that was very generous. DH and I thought $50 would have been generous. They really try and please everyone and they are so nice about it as well!
Sorry you didn't enjoy the food as much. I felt the same way at Garden Grill. While the food was still good and I would go back there again for their character dinner, I remember the food being of higher quality when we were there last, which was July 2012. However, as I said it was still good and we would go back. The service there was also very good, and the chef was so wonderful with my son's food allergies, as we have come to expect from Disney restaurants and always experience! I did think Flying Fish and Jiko were over the top fantastic though. I have nothing to compare it to, as it was our first time eating at those restaurants, but they exceeded my expectations in both food and service. So did hollywood brown derby, but the other two were better and we would return to FF or Jiko in a heartbeat...not sure about HBD unless we do the Fantasmic package again, then we would definitely return! We still enjoyed the character breakfasts at Hollywood & Vine, Crystal Place and 1900 Park Fare. WDW still does an excellent character breakfast in our opinion.
Despite being sick, I'm glad you still manage to look at the positive side of things and enjoy your vacation! We also love Boardwalk, we are soooooo glad BWV is our DVC home and the boys just love it there. Sometimes DH and I contemplate a stay at BLT, VGF or the DVC at the Poly once it opens up, but we always say we would really miss our believed BWV if we did that! Maybe a split stay at some point, although I don't really like the idea of unpacking, packing and moving in the middle of my WDW trip!