Resort Thread Disney's BOARDWALK INN Resort

[mrsap]

DVC Showroom Closed During Construction at Disney’s BoardWalk Inn​

Renovations continue on Disney Vacation Club villas at Disney’s BoardWalk Inn, as well as on the actual boardwalk. During construction work, the DVC showroom is closed, as is the main entrance to Screen Door General Store. Crews have also been working on the boardwalk outside Big River Grille & Brewing Works and Jellyrolls.

Screen Door General Store​

By our next visit, however, work in front of Big River was completed.

The main Jellyrolls entrance is still available.

DVC Showroom​

Cast Members told us they are replacing concrete and renovating the upstairs villas.

The DVC showroom is being renovated to match the guest villas.


Tarps blocked the windows of the villas, so we couldn’t see the ongoing construction work.

 

[trishadono]

If you have a room on the 1st floor can you walk directly out to the boardwalk I remember having to go up one floor are stairs an option sorry for all these questions I hate elevators and want to put a room request in

Yes the 1st floor rooms face the garden/quiet pool back side of the resort. You would need to use stairs or elevator to get to the 2nd floor for lobby and boardwalk access via different stairs/different elevator.

 

[CarolynFH]

If you have a room on the 1st floor can you walk directly out to the boardwalk I remember having to go up one floor are stairs an option sorry for all these questions I hate elevators and want to put a room request in

Are you staying on the Inn side or the DVC Villas side? See map here: https://www.wdwinfo.com/maps/BoardWalkMap.pdf

The Inn side is on the right, and rooms on the first floor, as @trishadono says above, open to the gardens and quiet pool, not to the boardwalk itself. There are stairs you can use to go up to lobby level and the down again to the boardwalk.

The DVC Villas are on the left in the map. If you have a room on the first floor there, you can walk down the hall, out the door to the feature pool area, and through the breezeway to the Village Green directly to the boardwalk. No stairs or elevator needed to reach the boardwalk. However, you would need to take stairs or elevator to reach the lobby.

 

[yaksack]

We are staying at the Boardwalk in January. I was looking to put in a first floor room request, but it wasn't an option. How do I do that?

 

[dansdad]

We are staying at the Boardwalk in January. I was looking to put in a first floor room request, but it wasn't an option. How do I do that?

Call the Main Reservation line and ask the CM to add that request to your reservation. This can be done any time from the day you book up until 4-5 days out.

 

[CarolynFH]

We are staying at the Boardwalk in January. I was looking to put in a first floor room request, but it wasn't an option. How do I do that?

If you booked a cash reservation via Disney, call the Reservations phone number. You might also be able to request via Chat on the WDW website.

If you booked a DVC points reservation, the owner of the points needs to chat/email/call DVC MS to submit the request.

 

[mrsap]

FIRST LOOK: Disney’s BoardWalk Villas Refurbishment!

 

[banna]

Does anybody know if Boardwalk Villas standard view rooms will be refurbished by late December or is that too early?

 

[Pooh12863]

Does anybody know if Boardwalk Villas standard view rooms will be refurbished by late December or is that too early?

They don't start until January 1st.

 

[Pooh12863]

FIRST LOOK: Disney’s BoardWalk Villas Refurbishment!

Can't say I'm a fan, but at least they added an outlet on the other side of the bed.

 

[trishadono]

FIRST LOOK: Disney’s BoardWalk Villas Refurbishment!

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They have both the rug and table missing from resort side rooms. I would book just for that. Nice

 

[EpcotNerd]

Does anyone know if they've upgraded the bathroom ventilation during the renovations? I know for the DVC side it stays really really humid in the room after showers and there was always a musty smell because of it, more than any other WDW resort room we've stayed in.

 

[T.G.I.Friday]

Does anyone know if they've upgraded the bathroom ventilation during the renovations? I know for the DVC side it stays really really humid in the room after showers and there was always a musty smell because of it, more than any other WDW resort room we've stayed in.

On the Inn side, the only bathroom change was to replace the shower curtain with glass sliders on the tub. Based on that, I would assume that they were not doing much in the way of reno to the bathrooms, so I would doubt they changed the ventilation, but hopefully someone will have first hand info soon.

 

[Club Level Mouseketeer]

FIRST LOOK: Disney’s BoardWalk Villas Refurbishment!

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What do you guys think about the " Disney Character" décor? We really loved it- but this was our first stay and we had not seen the rooms before the remodel. The room design in the villa photos looks very similar to the Boardwalk's Deluxe Club Level Rooms - except we did not have the specialized pull down sofa or the fold out twin bed. Looks like the rug adds warmth to the room - Maybe, they will add rugs to the deluxe rooms in the future? Overall, the room elements make the room feel like a Disney home! Thanks for the photos!

 

[Club Level Mouseketeer]

 

[Club Level Mouseketeer]

 

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[mrsap]

Cross posting from my post on the Resort Holiday Decorations thread…

Just saw someone post online at the Boardwalk trees/decorations are now up! I will update this post with a blog post with hopefully more pics once up!

 

[GroguAndStitch]

FIRST LOOK: Disney’s BoardWalk Villas Refurbishment!

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While it doesnt blow me away, It's classic and will age well. I am looking forward to staying here!

 

[mrsap]

Cross posting from my post on the Resort Holiday Decorations thread…

Just saw someone post online at the Boardwalk trees/decorations are now up! I will update this post with a blog post with hopefully more pics once up!

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Quoting myself: Click HERE to view additional decoration pics!!!