Nope studios are in the DVC
Forgive me if these are repeated questions but I am soooo confused about the construction.
Is the construction only happening at the Villas at the DVC building or is construction going on all over? I wanted the studio at the villas but hated the idea of going outside and walk to the main building every time we needed something and heard about the construction over there.
I settled on a courtyard view in March for 7 nights in the regular Wilderness Lodge building. What does it actually look like during construction? We stayed a few times in the past. Our last visit was about 8 years ago. Is the main pool completely demolished? Is the pool bar and beach area open? Is the geyser operating as usual? Is getting from one place to another impacted by construction? Will construction be finished or at least finishing up by March?
I really love the open lobby at WL and am hoping that is not affected. I also enjoyed looking at the grounds when you head out back towards the pool and beach and walking to the boat dock.
Your help is greatly appreciated
Your courtyard view room will not have a view of the construction. The main pool and the pool bar are both open and operating normally. The geyser is still going off. We saw it last Tuesday in all its glory.Forgive me if these are repeated questions but I am soooo confused about the construction.
Is the construction only happening at the Villas at the DVC building or is construction going on all over? I wanted the studio at the villas but hated the idea of going outside and walk to the main building every time we needed something and heard about the construction over there.
I settled on a courtyard view in March for 7 nights in the regular Wilderness Lodge building. What does it actually look like during construction? We stayed a few times in the past. Our last visit was about 8 years ago. Is the main pool completely demolished? Is the pool bar and beach area open? Is the geyser operating as usual? Is getting from one place to another impacted by construction? Will construction be finished or at least finishing up by March?
I really love the open lobby at WL and am hoping that is not affected. I also enjoyed looking at the grounds when you head out back towards the pool and beach and walking to the boat dock.
Your help is greatly appreciated
The beach is not open at this time. There is no change to transportation except that the buses and boats are less crowded. Otherwise, the transportation is operating very nicely.
Your courtyard view room will not have a view of the construction. The main pool and the pool bar are both open and operating normally. The geyser is still going off. We saw it last Tuesday in all its glory.
There isn't any construction in the villas building. The construction is in the south wing of the main building. The wing is closed and they are turning those rooms into DVC units. They are building cabins along the shoreline and rebuilding the villas pool. There are two new buildings going up on the beach, rumored to be restaurants. They are converting two honeymoon suites into a new lounge for club level guests. The main elevators are closed during construction but the elevators near Roaring Forks are still open.
Since the DVC building is on the South side of the resort, the main building blocks any chance at a MK view. There are nice views of the woods though, or some have a nice view of Bay Lake to the East.
Thanks! That's what I gathered, but wanted to make sure.. Excited to stay there the first time staring in a few days!! A new resort to learn my way around!!
Currently it won't make a whole lot of difference, since with Courtyard view you will be on the South side of the North wing. Your big options are whether you want to be near the lobby or further down the wing, and how high a floor you want. Our favorite would be a Courtyard view room that opens to the lobby, but there are only a few of them and only about four are in use. The lobby generates some noise from WCC, but the pool generates noise in the afternoon with the pool party, so there may not be much functional difference. The elevators are in the middle of the wing, so that might affect your request as well. Either way it will be a great room at a beautiful resort.
Have fun! It is a great resort to check out, and you can go everywhere in the Villas and main building staying under one roof, which is great in the rain. It is beautiful.
We stopped at the WL on Tuesday, October 2016. I took a couple of pictures of the construction progress of the villas pool. It is hard to see from the picture but they are adding a zero entry section to the left. It also looks like the bubbling springs will be back.
well, I booked a standard view room Jan 2-5 with the winter discount. Couldn't pass up a glimpse of Christmas for $230 a nightConsidering upgrading to OFC, will it be back up and running regularly by then?
I'm planning our Dec. trip schedule and had penciled in a visit to WL (we stayed there last year on our girls trip; DH is anxious to see the decorations now too). Noticing local entertainers on Dec. 11 & 13 made me rearrange our schedule to hear the holiday singing. 
Thanks for posting this!
Thank you!Thank you for posting some photos
That must have been fun to see. We left on 1/1 that year so the decorations were still up.
They are hoping that the new lounge will open by Christmas, but a CM believes it may be early 2017. I'll log your dates
They will also publish a monthly Activity Calendar. The link to the current one is in POST 1.
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It was reported that guests aren't allowed on the balcony due to the fire code. The balcony was originally built for a max. room occupancy of 4, I believe. Although it did have a dining room table that seated 6.
