Did some WL recon yesterday, had the boat all to myself! I have lots of construction and merchandise photos I'll post soon. Spoiler alert: The merch. hasn't changed a bit. With the expansion and name changes, I'm not surprised.
Heading over soon to check-in at BC...I'm very excited and curious!
Our first and last CL was at the WL. We had checked in just a few days after they closed the Old Faithful Club and moved the lounge to the temporary location in the hallway. It was a huge disappointment because I had heard so many good things about their club level but most of the things that I was looking forward to were not there during our stay. We decided to never stay at club level again. It isn't worth it to us.
Did you hear any noise from the monorail? It seems like it might be a noisy place.
I like their salmon but they really need to serve rice instead of couscous.
I don't know how many rooms this lounge would serve, but it seems small to me. The view is nice, though.
Now I remember, yes, OFC. Really terrible timing for your first experience. I can appreciate your reluctance to ever stay CL again, however, I do think your first try was an unfortunate unique event that isn't indicative of future CL stays under more ideal circumstances.
I've stayed in the Tower many times and I've never been bothered by the monorail, until this time. At 0600 today, the monorail seemed to be at the foot of my bed! I was awakened to a long loop of DING, DING, DING...DING DONG, DING DONG, DING DONG, followed by muffled automatic announcements. This went on for about 15 minutes. It was as if they brought it out of the monorail barn and its first stop for testing was here. I'm at the far north end, near BLT, as I asked to be far away from CM.
There is painting work going on which moves around CR and I can see them inside some Grand Villas at BLT. Some vehicles starting beeping around 0715. I assume it's moving equipment around for staging.
I'm definitely enjoying it, thanks for taking us along! And that is an amazing view
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Hope the rain holds out for another couple of days
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I also think the lounge looks small and I agree that the view is very nice
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You're welcome
. The lounge is very small with only 4 tables. This will be Day 4 without rain, but I think this is it, but I'm grateful for it, especially on "moving day."
Have to say though it is the luck of the draw. Some trips I can imagine people don't use the lounge and stay in their suites and you would have the lounge to yourself.
Glad you moved so you will enjoy the rest of your trip!
Going to try to read up some more/been busy getting both kids to college!
My DD has been at college since 8/21 and I'm so relieved she loves it. Is your DD a senior? It makes this trip so much better for me knowing she's happy and settled. She's been really indulgent with all my texts
No regrets at all about moving and I even seem to still have a credit from the price difference.
I thought there would be hardly anyone in the lounge, too and the food would be tasty and there would be a good variety. I've never found most of the CR CMs warm and friendly though, so that met expectations.
I tried BC cl in November. I loved the taffy on the table and grabbed some as I walked by each time!
Also the food was better than poly and cr too!
CM's were not as nice as WL but nice enough. They tried to keep things well stocked and clean which honestly makes a trip go more smoothly!
Heading over to BC soon. This will be strange checking in to a Deluxe resort for the first time. I've stayed at them all and some many times, so this will be an interesting adventure!
I also love to get the chocolate covered pineapple wedges.
The ones on Main Street at the Confectionary? My DH loves those, too.
Great picture!
I love giraffes so much that I finally bit the bullet and last month I purchased a few of the hand carved ones that you find at the outside marketplace/kiosk in Africa in AK. I have been eyeballing these for the last 3 years so I saved my $$ and got them. Had to have them shipped to my home because they were too big but I now have them up on my fireplace mantle and I just love to look at them.
Thank you. Thought of you when I saw them on my way out from Kilimanjaro.
I've heard that the scent is sandalwood.
I love your giraffe picture.
Thank you and it was a wonderful scent. People seem to love the BC scent so I'm ready to take it all in soon! My past visits to BC while I've been at YC, made me uneasy because the lobby was always so chaotic in comparison to YC and it was much noisier, which we didn't like. I'm hoping my off-season stay will yield a more positive BC opinion.
Kinda looks like a relaxing day, Kook (minus the always annoying bus wait)!
My family would say it's not very relaxing at all because I'm almost always on the go. But, for me, it's relaxing because I'm doing everything I want to do at my own pace and I'm not worrying about anyone else, so that's very relaxing! I am going to try and relax at SAB after DHS and after my luggage gets delivered. I actually didn't get a chance to do that here at CR.
