Help finding a list of resorts with current room renovations

[yensidgirl]

We are getting ready to rent DVC points from a friend for our upcoming trip to WDW in November 2012. We've narrowed down our resort choices to the following resorts. Depending on which we choose, we could either be doing 2 studios or a 2 b/r villa.

BWI villas
BLT
WL villas
SSR

One of the big things we keep going back to is that some of the actual room photos we've seen seem to show the rooms with what we would consider outdated decor. I know I've seen different threads listing renovated rooms at certain resorts but sometimes they don't list if renovations have included the DVC portion of that resort.

Is there a list somewhere that would specifically list what DVC villas have been recently renovated or with the dates of the last round of room renovations that have taken place? Somewhere with current photos would be great also.

Thanks so much!

 

[Deb & Bill]

We are getting ready to rent DVC points from a friend for our upcoming trip to WDW in November 2012. We've narrowed down our resort choices to the following resorts. Depending on which we choose, we could either be doing 2 studios or a 2 b/r villa.

BWI villas
BLT
WL villas
SSR

One of the big things we keep going back to is that some of the actual room photos we've seen seem to show the rooms with what we would consider outdated decor. I know I've seen different threads listing renovated rooms at certain resorts but sometimes they don't list if renovations have included the DVC portion of that resort.

Is there a list somewhere that would specifically list what DVC villas have been recently renovated or with the dates of the last round of room renovations that have taken place? Somewhere with current photos would be great also.

Thanks so much!

BLT is brand new. No renovations there.
VWL has not been renovated except for soft goods and those all look the same.
BWV has been renovated about three years ago. The rooms had all the soft goods replaced with similar looking items, but different prints.
SSR will be having a replacement of soft goods soon.

DVC renovations have nothing to do with hotel renovations. DVC renovations are paid for out of member dues. Hotel renovations are paid for by the hotel. So when the BC got duvets and less frilly decor, the BCVillas kept their same look and no renovations took place in the BCV.

If you are looking for Thanksgiving or Jersey Week, your choices may be very limited. You need to book that stay very soon or you won't have much of a choice at all. Where you book depends on where your friend owns. They can book their home resort now or they can wait until 7 months out and book a non-home resort and hope for the best.

Also, two studios will never connect to each other and may not even be close to each other. You could be in different buildings or different floors. And the BLT studio is the smallest of all the DVC studios. If you have smaller children, the adults in the party would have to split up into the studios as the children could not stay in them alone.

 

[yensidgirl]

Thank you SO much for your help. That is exactly what I needed to know. And also thanks for the heads up on the connecting studios (or lack there of). That also helps eliminate an option.