). But, the WDTC TA told me that the entire reservation system has been down since this morning (for "enhancements") and I should call back in a couple of hours. I know it's not her fault, but why can't the phone system let callers know it's down at the start of their call rather than after going through 5 minutes of prompts and then hold time? Rant over, I'll try again later...I'm excited for you! So glad you didn't try calling today
Yippee! You need a ticker!
Congratulations and happy planning!
Attention, Tag Fairy, may I have Melissa's bolded comment added to my tags?BLV CL is honestly the best of both worlds! KOOK says it all the time and she is not wrong.
You honestly cant go wrong with anything you choose at CR
I'm so glad you're excited. CR/BLT is amazing
Have you booked yet? Have you booked yet? Just don't call nowThank you. As much as I would love to sit on my own balcony and watch wishes or just stare at the MK, I'm thinking it would be just as nice doing that from the lounge. Our boys aren't little anymore so getting back to the room early isn't a concern of ours....they are 18 and (almost) 20, so they will probably be running around the resort or parks later than DH and I
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I'm not on the Autism spectrum and I feel the same as your son. A little of the Celebration song goes a long way with me. It's a great photo op, and I'd book it again for that reason only, but to be honest, there are much better dining/food choices at the CR.
Yes, the Wave's breakfast buffet and their waitstaff have always been great when we've dined there. I highly recommend it for breakfast, but I wasn't crazy about their dinner service and I haven't tried it at lunch.
That's a great difference you pointed out between breakfast and dinner
There are also travel companies that rent points. You can also apply any general public discounts (AP, military, FL Resident, etc...) to a DVC stay, such as BLT. This is called a cash reservation and you get daily housekeeping with those. When you stay "on points" daily housekeeping isn't included, but is available for an additional fee.
Though I've never taken ME, I believe it always picks up guests at least 3 hours prior to your flight time, so you would be picked up at 3.
I hadn't seen your post before I posted, "neighbor"
You're welcome, princess - there are many experts on the DIS, I'm more like a Bay Lake aficionado. We're all here anytime you have questions.
You're not cheating, you're just increasing your breadth of resort experiencesI'm afraid to admit it but I'm cheating on the CR/BLT. I'm off to the AKV - Kidani on Thursday. I'm counting the SECONDS!!!! Soooo excited! But doing a studio with a family of four for a long weekend. Gonna be tight (amazing how quickly we acclimate to the space and kitchen - ha!). I'm so excited about this stay because I think it will be so unique. And since this isn't much of a park-visit trip, I'm sure that I will only miss the BLT when we do our morning visit to MK on Friday. My daughter will probably point and shout from the bus "look mommy, there's our hotel" like she always does as we go past it! Ha!
But can't wait for this unanticipated trip to the mouse. NEED a little R&R and that stupid annual pass that I bought because of marathon weekend and the family trip are starting to really add on to the contributions that I am making to the Walt Disney Co. this year!
But once back, I can officially start obsessing over my trip to the BLT with the family in September for the "real" trip. I'm sure I'll flip around all my ADRs about 300 times. All but that BOG one, of course!
. We'll be here when you're ready to plan a trip back to BLT. Hope you have a great trip and enjoy those Zebra Domes!
So, we ended up upgrading to a one bedroom suite, but just one with two standard rooms on the 14th floor. There were three MK view one bedroom suites available last Friday. Today there was only one!! Our trip is 15 months away and people accuse me of planning too far ahead!!!!! I am evidently not the only one that does.
Thanks KOOK....I was contemplating just going back to the poly but when I saw that TPV was only 30 more a night than what we paid for poly garden view I thought why not??
Now my only concern is that we will have a parking lot view?! does that bother people with theme park view??
I am waiting for packages to come out but maybe I should be booking room only right now?! My reasoning for not doing that is someone said that they won't release discounts for CR if the rooms are booked up and the only way we would stay there is with a discount so does it make sense to wait? because if I need to rebook with discount doesn't there have to be rooms available under the discount??
I am also wondering if CR TPV ever books out with the disney visa offer that is usually offered first before general public? I would TOTALLY get one but for some reason they don't allow us Canadians to get one
We haven't tried the Poly yet (doing that for the first time in Sept), but I think for the $30 difference, I would go with the Contemporary TPV. I have two favorite views at WDW -- Boardwalk view at the Boardwalk, and Theme Park view at CR. The Boardwalk view is something we go back to annually, while the TPV at CR is something I'm really happy we did once. I don't feel the burning need to do it again (I think mostly because of the price), but for that once, it was super-magical. I don't buy the "it's a parking lot view" stuff. Yes, you do see it, but think of it as wearing bifocal glasses. Down is parking lot, straight ahead and up is pure magic. Just don't look down.
Of course it is a recurring question here regarding whether the TPV is "worth it," and I would say you have to balance my comments above with the price. If you can afford it, like I said, it's definitely worth doing once. But if it really makes a big difference in your budget, and/or would impact your spending on other things during the vacation (dinners, souvenirs, etc.), or impact future vacations, then I agree with the sentiment that being at the CR or BLT with a Bay Lake view is better than breaking the bank for the TPV. Hope this makes sense!
(ps -- Just to clarify the "if you can afford it" comment, often affording it is a factor of things such as discounts offered, seasonal pricing, length of stay, etc., more than any net worth!)
Thanks for your reply. I agree about doing it once and I really want to do it while my girls still LOVE it and truly believe in all the magic (a few of their friends keep telling them princesses aren't real etc) and it is only a matter of time before they start not believing
So I would like to splurge!!!! Just wondering if I should book now or wait for discounts?!?!?!
We LOVED the poly, but it was our first time onsite so now I am spoiled with deluxes I think
I was looking at beach club too so maybe another trip we will try it out!
