How to avoid a HC room at BWV?

[aubriee]

I'm renting a BWV Studio in May. Can't wait, but am curious. I'm not a shower person (gotta have my bubble baths). Anyway does anyone know how many HC studios are at BWV. I really do not want one. I don't want to have to deal with having just a shower all week. We've requested a studio high as possible and close to the elevators, but I got to thinking this may be where most of the HC rooms are. I'd rather walk further if I can be guaranteed a bath tub. Besides I'm sure there are people who really need those hanicapped rooms.

 

[cdmickey]

When you check in tell them you need a room with a tub, please don't give you a HC room. They will work with you, we have never had a problem with not getting a room we wanted. We always check in on a Sunday, seems like everyone is leaving to go home on that day. Good Luck, but I don't think you will have any problems. Another tip, when you make your reservations tell them you need a tub in the room.

 

[DebbieB]

Which view to do you have reserved?

 

[crisi]

Arrive earlier in the day. If you arrive at 11pm they may only have the HC room left.

 

[aubriee]

Which view to do you have reserved?

Preferred, but not Boardwalk.

 

[SoCalKDG]

I'm renting a BWV Studio in May. Can't wait, but am curious. I'm not a shower person (gotta have my bubble baths). Anyway does anyone know how many HC studios are at BWV. I really do not want one. I don't want to have to deal with having just a shower all week. We've requested a studio high as possible and close to the elevators, but I got to thinking this may be where most of the HC rooms are. I'd rather walk further if I can be guaranteed a bath tub. Besides I'm sure there are people who really need those hanicapped rooms.

You might want to have the reservations changed from listing top floor and close to elevators to "Tub required". This will let them know that this is the most important item you want.

 

[CarolMN]

If your entire vacation will be ruined if you get an HA room without a tub, go with SoCalKDG's suggestion and arrive as early in the day as you can.

If it's just going to be an inconvenience, my advice is to just take your chances and go with your smoking & view request. There really aren't that many HA rooms without a tub and the odds of not getting one are far greater than the odds of getting one. (I'd absolutely love those same odds when I go to Las Vegas or buy a lottery ticket). The posts here lead one to falsely believe that people get them all the time and that's just not true! Most of us have never gotten one.

Best wishes -

 

[Simba's Mom]

Since I've been given a HA room 3 times at DVC (never been told, just "surprise" when I got there), I find the best thing to do is just to know which room #s are HA (I think InstImpress has the list at BWV), then refuse it IF you're assigned one. Two out of the 3 times, they were very nice about moving us when we immediately informed them that we had just seen our room, it was HA, and it was NOT acceptable. The check-in times have varied, room was even pre-assigned once and we had to wait, but the CM still didn't tell us we'd gotten a HA room, and we'd asked for top floor, far from elevator (HA rooms are usually not those). Boy, were we surprised! So know we know before we leave the front desk.

 

[spiceycat]

after non-smoking
request no HC rooms

it should appear on your reservation confirmation that way

this is a request not a guaranteed - like all the request are.

since I have started to do this - I get no HC rooms.

 

[ColoradoBelle1]

Another post spent lots of time discussing how best to NOT get a HC room.
The suggestion that you avoid saying nonHC on your ressie because a CM might 'read' it as HC instead of NON HC seems to be wise. I like 'tub required' and think I will use it on my ressie request.

Simba's mom referenced that list of rooms . I have that list but it isn't complete...tho I still plan on taking it with me. At the front desk, when you are assigned the room and before you make the long trek to it, maybe ask once again: so this room # ___ is nonsmoking AND it also has a bahttub, right?.....I too am going in May and I too like my baths. I'm planning on an early Monday check in. Have you seen the thread about BWV view? Robin posted a photo so now I understand a bit better about how SV rooms could actually SEE Illuminations.

Have fun on your trip and in your bublle bath!

 

[aubriee]

Thanks guys! I've printed a copy of those rooms and think I will just nicely ask at check-in. I really don't want to bother the person I'm renting from and don't want her to have to make another phone call to MS.

I think I'll just take my chances. It wouldn't ruin my vacation to have only a shower for a week, but I really love my bubble baths after a long day and have already gone to Bath & Body Works to pickup travel size products of my favorite scent.

 

[donmil723]

We just got back from BWV/BCV and we got a handicapped studio at BWV. We checked in on Sunday night about 7:45 pm and I asked Frankie at the front desk if this room was handicapped and he said NO! But when we got to the room it was handicapped-accessible with the roll in shower. Since it was just for one night we didn't really mind. The balcony was a closed in balcony overlooking Luna Park pool which I thought was ironic since anyone in a wheelchair would not have been able to look out and see anything. (Frankie was one of the many Asian trainees working at WDW before Hong Kong Disneyland opens later this year.)

We checked into BCV the next day around 9 a.m. and guess what? They had us booked in a handicapped room again because I had requested pool view. They were finally able to get us into another studio that had a bathtub. I asked at the front desk what to request and they suggested requesting non-accessible or non-handicapped. I asked about just requesting bathtub but they didn't think that would work.

Anyway, today I called MS and changed my requests on our trips in May and October in studios. The MS rep suggested requesting non-accessible which is one of their choices and then she typed in the comments that a bathtub was required. Hopefully, that will help us get a bathtub rather than the roll in shower. However, after having the roll-in shower at BWV, I know I could cope with it if I had to.

Donna

 

[Simba's Mom]

We just got back from BWV/BCV and we got a handicapped studio at BWV. We checked in on Sunday night about 7:45 pm and I asked Frankie at the front desk if this room was handicapped and he said NO! But when we got to the room it was handicapped-accessible with the roll in shower. Since it was just for one night we didn't really mind. The balcony was a closed in balcony overlooking Luna Park pool which I thought was ironic since anyone in a wheelchair would not have been able to look out and see anything.

Donna

This really upsets me. Did you contact the front desk manager about the fact that the CM had lied to you? We had the exact same type of thing happen to us in January-I asked the CM if the assigned room was HA, she said it wasn't, we got there and it was. I immediately called the front desk manager and we were moved the next day, as well as we were promised that she would see to it that the CMs told the guests the truth in the future. As I told her, we might have been persuaded to stay in that room had we been treated honestly. It did have a nice view, but like yours, a solid balcony, which was rather ironic wasn't it?!