I thought about your advice while we were there and wanted to thank you so much! You had replied to my post where I was trying to decide btwn CR tpv or Poly CL garden view. Your idea to just splurge on a CL tpv room helped me make the move when it became available! Lol
I thought about your advice while we were there and wanted to thank you so much! You had replied to my post where I was trying to decide btwn CR tpv or Poly CL garden view. Your idea to just splurge on a CL tpv room helped me make the move when it became available! Lol
I really appreciate all of your help while I was planning the trip! Thank you!!
Upon reflection I’m surprised I gave that advice, but I guess it made sense at the time. Thanks for the nice words, and more importantly, I’m glad you enjoyed your trip.
I was able to stay at BLT in a 2 bdr in May and it was wonderful, but it took me forever to convince anyone to even stay there just because the resort theme doesn’t interest them. I finally talked my mom in to it and we loved it! I just need to stay in CR though, it’s really my dream. I am trying to stay at least once at every WDW hotel, and after this summer the only Deluxe I’ll have left is CR. I wouldn’t mind staying there on a solo trip, the lounge just looks awesome.I used to avoid the contemporary... we stayed at the GF and Poly a lot when the kids were little and then started staying at the BC and Boardwalk so we could walk to/from the F&W fest and Osborne light show.
It all changed in 2012 when hurricane sandy hit us in NJ while we were at wdw. Our 2 day Halloween trip turned into a 2 week trip since we lost power back home and schools were closed...
We had been staying at the boardwalk but had to move since they were fully booked. Just about all of the rooms in all of wdw were booked - but then they found us a room at the contemporary. Although we had never wanted to stay there since the themeing seemed dull, we were glad to have a room.
We were so pleasantly surprised with the contemporary! The views of the magic kingdom so close to us were amazing. It makes me feel like we’re staying right in the MK! Once we realized how quick and easy it was to walk to the mk and that Cali grill takes walk-ins in the lounge, we never looked back!
Now, I highly recommend the contemporary! It’s our favorite!
Beer, wine and sometimes cider and gluten-free beer (new as of last month!) are still out for self-service during the evening service, and then of course it’s self-serve for cordials during dessert
. Thankfully, the powers that be have not messed with this yet.
Wow, GF beer! We haven't seen that at Disney for a few years, they went through a period where they carried it everywhere and we were even successful in getting it at CL a couple of trips, and then it just dissappeared... They started carrying Angry Orchard a lot, which is naturally GF, so we assumed they kind intended to let that double as cider and GF option. However, my DH doesn't really like Angry Orchard - he says it's too sweet - so he will be thrilled if by chance it is making a comeback around and/or in club lounges. We had quite even asking about it when we stayed CL since it had been so long since one had been able to get it.Beer, wine and sometimes cider and gluten-free beer (new as of last month!) are still out for self-service during the evening service, and then of course it’s self-serve for cordials during dessert
Just to mention, each CL gets different beers. From talking to Lene at BWI, she changes things up quite a bit. Some of the cheap bad crap is same throughout but after that, it really isn't.
Yeah, I don't imagine he'll get it, but at least this is a sighting lol. It used to be that if Disney carried it anywhere CL could request/order some in for guests with a little notice (at least that's what the chef that we saw for 3-4 yrs in a row in Poly CL told us), but either he made that up or we never ran into others willing to do it for us. Our last CL stay before we size out of any CL rooms except deluxe ones at BWI and WL is RPC in Feb (I'm not counting the crazily priced suites), maybe we'll ask just for poops
and giggles.
We got special beer at BWI recently. But we didn't ask for it, exactly. We were grabbing beers down in Abracadabra Bar. DH and I talked amongst ourselves that we really shouldn't be paying for beer there when they had it upstairs. Then I joked that it was too bad none of it was any good. The bartender overheard and asked what we liked. We told her and she sent 6 pack up with our names on it. Just for us.Yeah, I don't imagine he'll get it, but at least this is a sighting lol. It used to be that if Disney carried it anywhere CL could request/order some in for guests with a little notice (at least that's what the chef that we saw for 3-4 yrs in a row in Poly CL told us), but either he made that up or we never ran into others willing to do it for us. Our last CL stay before we size out of any CL rooms except deluxe ones at BWI and WL is RPC in Feb (I'm not counting the crazily priced suites), maybe we'll ask just for poops
Considering the price tag on club level it is very odd that they’re protective of the very thing you’re paying for.
Agree, and I've never seen her stock the Angry Orchard either actually. (I like it but it's not available at BW CL, in my experience. I've only had it at BC/YC CLs)
Wow. That's amazing, we frequently stay in the garden cottages. There are some trips when someone does something nice for us, like what you mention, and it's so worth it.
BW CL had Angry Orchard when I was there in March and I think also for my August stay.
Yeah, they had it in August too.....and a CM who was insistent on making DD11 a glass of Angry Orchard mixed with Sprite. I continued to tell her no, that DD was well underage and we didn't want it, DD told her she didn't want it, CM brought it anyway. Thankfully I was paying attention when she brought it over and DD knows that Angry Orchard has alcohol in it and she shouldn't touch it.
Well, after things that happened during my trip two weeks prior I had a card with a direct number for the club level managers so I called them. They too were appalled and said that they obviously need to refresh members of staff regarding alcohol laws, and company policy. It kept feeling like they put the CMs in SL CL who were either still training or weren't up to standards for other CL. I love GF, I adore RPC, but I won't be back to SL.WHAT?!!?! That’s appalling!!!! I’m not sure I would have handled that too well
I once had a SL/RPC split stay. The staff was much more courteous, welcoming, and helpful in RPC. We even had a CM in RPC who had been in SL earlier in our trip. She was consistently grumpy at SL, and was more helpful and approachable at RPC.
