Resort Thread Disney's Club Level (CL) Thread

[Angehd2]

@NicoleLarson thank you!!!

 

[jods]

Hi CL friends! I was in a recent car accident and am suffering with a concussion and now am diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) . To make a long story short, I can't stand for long periods without my HR going nuts and me feeling just plain awful. As a result, I've had to shuffle around our Disney plans. We are now doing a Disney cruise vs. multiple days in the parks and only going to the parks for MVMCP and may try to do another park one day before the cruise (likely Epcot or HS). I plan to get a wheelchair/scooter to help with all the standing/walking. Which resort is most convenient for getting around and transportation? I prefer to stay CL if I can. Looks like my options are BC WV CL, WL deluxe CL, Poly WV CL, or GF Deluxe 2Q CL. Another option is to do Swan Reserve on points (non CL of course). Appreciate your thoughts!

Glad you are on the mend. Hope you continue to recover and feel better. I agree with the advice given. Access to the monorail for both epcot and MK is probably easiest. Enjoy.

 

[trishadono]

OK, my thoughts on Saratoga Springs. First, the place is huge, imo. People say it's walkable and not as big as it seems, well I think they lie it is a beautiful property and very quaint, but not really for me. We had an early flight and took an Uber to the resort. There were characters in the lobby and that was fun. We had a preferred room booked so that meant the springs, which is the area closest to the lobby, or congress park which is walkable to disney springs. I did online check in but my friend wanted to put her card on her magic band so we went to the desk. Spoke with a lovely CM. Now I know rooms are usually allocated in advance. Anyway, the CM asked about our trip and if we had room preferences because they had availability. We said we prefer the section by the lobby because we had no plans to go to springs this trip. My main reason for not wanting congress park is they do not have a drink/coffee station and you have to walk over to another section. Morning coffee is important to me. She said that should be doable as they had availability and did we prefer that over a room being available earlier. We said absolutely. Well we grab a bite to eat and head to the pool. We eventually got a room ready text and it's literally the closest room to disney springs. 1st floor, last room, practically in DS lol. I debated back in forth in my head forever about going to the lobby orjust taking it. I wouldn't have even considered it if we didn't have that conversation with the cm. I ended up going to the lobby and they were able to switch us to springs 2nd floor, with a room that was available. This cm was lovely as well. I have no complaints about any staff. Everyone we came across this trip was lovely. Our room was pretty and we had a nice view from our balcony. We don't rope drop so we had no issue being the last bus stop. Honestly, we would have been better off in a non preferred room. Even though we were "close" to the lobby/food/store, I still thought it was a hike to get a coffee. I felt like it was a 3 block walk lol. If our original room was at the other end of congress park I would have kept it because the walk to the other section with a refill station probably would have been the same. Uber picks up/drops off right at your building, which was nice at the end of the night. If I ever stayed there again, I would have tondo a grocery order which included a coffee pot and beverages. It was so hot I was literally sweating by the time I got back with my coffee It also reminded me how much I enjoy and need cl. I also managed to get heat rash by day 2. Anyway, so that's my thoughts on the resort. It was beautiful but just too spread out for me. Some pics.

I just returned tonight from my first SSR. I changed my 2 bedroom villa to a 1 bedroom preferred recently. We were in the Springs room 3103. Loved being 1st floor.

Trying to compare to a cl stay. Well I have to say the room itself was lovely. The shower was tiny but everything else deluxe. The hallways? Well now concrete floor and walls? My next stay is VGF I will not see that there.

Compared to a CL stay we did boat to DS upon arrival for lunch and walked back. That was nice!

1st night did tron then to Waialulu at poly which is a great CL substitution.

2nd night had HBD booked 610pm. Dh was watching golf so I canceled that and booked us at the Turf club. It had nice views and a decent menu,

Breakfast options? Well now no TS ? Not a good CL substitution for my breakfast loving guy.

A one and done for us but we did enjoy our stay. Need to be near the action. This was not it.

 

[Dave006]

I just returned tonight from my first SSR. I changed my 2 bedroom villa to a 1 bedroom preferred recently. We were in the Springs room 3103. Loved being 1st floor.

I got very nervous when you made your 2 BR down to a Preferred 1 BR so it is great that you were finally able to check that off your list. I half expected you to display your MYOCL on the kitchen bar. Now you just need to update your Signature to remove Only one left!! SSR.

So now the pressure is on to get Y/C CL crossed of your list.

Dave