Ah, well I guess we didn't look hard enough for the temp controls!! DH always likes to go to the market & stocks up on a 12 pack of Coke for the room--he loves his icy, though not sure about exploded!
We have stayed there multiple times, the most recent October 2014. We found everything to still be in very good condition and had no complaints. Loved it as much as ever! We are going in 2 weeks for our first DVC member stay, so are anxious to check out the 1 bedroom in the DVC wing for the first time.
We stayed there in Dec and are going back again this Dec. Now keep in mind I didn't look for signs of wear so it could've been I missed small details, but I would have noticed any major wear and I didn't see any. Plus I'm a germ/neat freak and wipe down everything when we get to a hotel so I for sure notice any dirt or dust missed on every!! Touchable surface (tables, switches, door knobs, phones, etc) and it was very clean. We walk around our hotel rooms in socks and never had any issues with black feet either. I know some rooms probably fare better then others but that was our experience
I have not had any major issues either. Of course, I never did mind about the little things
You will love the 1 bedroom villa, my favorite rooms at DLR...We are going in 2 weeks for our first DVC member stay, so are anxious to check out the 1 bedroom in the DVC wing for the first time.
Awesome, thanks! We are so excited to be new DVC members and coming for our first DVC stay. The 1-bedrooms look amazing!! Glad the WiFi is reliable because is drives DH nuts when it isn't. Although we have turned into the command park family the last few years with older kids, so we aren't in the room much.You will love the 1 bedroom villa, my favorite rooms at DLR
(WiFi has been reliable in the VGC wing)
). We are DVC members (also WDW vets) and will be staying at VGC hopefully in a 2 bedroom. The first time we stayed there we were in a studio and had an awesome view of Paradise Pier (Room # 6504), I was wondering what room numbers to ask for to get the same sort of view for a dedicated 2 bedroom villa, I would also like to get the highest floor possible too. Thank you for your help.
You have a very good chance of booking a dedicated 2 bedroom villa at 7 months
You have a very good chance of booking a dedicated 2 bedroom villa at 7 months
(likely the easiest type to book)
6504 has one of the best views in the entire resort. There are only one of each villa type on the 6th floor, so 6500 is your choice for the highest floor. 6500 does get noise from the door leading to the WOC patio, but this is only an issue if someone is trying to sleep in the second bedroom during WOC.
My room request for a WOC view would be: 6500, 5506, 5500, 4506, 4500, 3522, 3506, 3500
More information can be found in the VGC Superthread.
It's rather long, so search for "6500" to view posts related to 2 bedroom requests.
VGC maps are linked in my signature
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). We have been DVC members since 2010 and this will be the first time my family will be staying in a 2 BDRM villa (the biggest villa we ever stayed in was a 1 bdrm), my kids are going to be so excited that they will finally be sleeping in their own beds. My next step is to call and put a request in for a room with a WOC view...thanks to the awesome response of Nonsuch, I will be choosing one of those rooms that was suggested. We are so excited to be heading back to DLR to check everything out again (we really needed to take a break from our WDW trips but still be immersed by Disney)and to see the 60th Anniversary celebrations 
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This makes me so happy! I will be walking thru that gorgeous lobby tomorrow!!
Having stayed in a couple dozen DVC rooms at WDW that you could find plenty of complaints about w/ respect to upkeep, I have to say that with almost no exceptions, we're been very happy. If people are looking for issues, they'll find them, and IMO I think Disney is pretty quick to respond to issues that can be easily remedied. That's not to say that there aren't issues on occasion. I know there are, but some of the things I've seen people pick on are so incredibly minute, I figure they must live in a museum as my house looks FAR worse and there are only 4 of us living here. Not thousands strolling through. Mental state of mind has a lot to do w/ how you'll feel, IMO.
I've been debating whether we should stray from our usual time to visit the mouse which is always Dec.. This will be our first visit to DL and the GCR, seeing this makes me think that we should NOT stray. We love the Christmas feel too much. THANKS for the post!
