Difference between BCV and BC?

[eeyoresmom]

I have a studio booked at BCV but am waitlisted for another(or a 1 bedroom)I booked a room at BC with my AP discount because I'm not expecting the waitlist to come through.What are the differences between the rooms at BC and BCV (size location etc)I'd like to figure out how to best split my party. TIA

 

[BCV23]

The size is fairly comparable I think.

The BCV is tucked in behind the BC so there is no water view available. Of course, you pay more for water view at BC anyway. The other views are comparable IMO although the worst WDW view we've ever had was of the roof at the BC.

A studio will have a queen and a sleeper sofa. BC rooms have too queens (a few rooms have two doubles) and some rooms have a daybed as well. For me this is the biggest difference. Both have a small table and chairs.

There is a kitchenette with a counter, refrigerator, toaster and cabinet in the studios. Not sure if BC still has minibars but the rooms should also have a refrig now I think.

The bathrooms are of the same basic layout as I recall.

If you are using points at the BCV you will not have daily housekeeping service but instead trash and towel on day four and a full cleaning on day 8. If your reservation is through DRC, you will have housekeeping daily.

Some of the rooms at BC are probably a little closer to the lobby. But both resorts sort of fan out from the common areas so there is not a big difference IMO.

 

[gppnj]

The other views are comparable IMO although the worst WDW view we've ever had was of the roof at the BC.

I stayed at BC a few months after it opened, and that's the view I had. That turned me off to the BC for a very long time. I was livid.

Previously, I had stayed at the Grand Floridian and Contemporary, and in those places, if you had the least-expensive room, you didn't see water, but you did look out onto gardens or something. (Perhaps these places actually do have bad views, but I never had a room that had one.) I was outraged that at the BC I could pay so much for a room and have a view that was so bad. In deluxe hotels, some views can be better than others, but none should be bad.