DemoBri1
Surfin' at the Beach Club Villas
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Hi Everyone,
Just got back yesterday from eight night stay at BCV. The weather was great. Every day but one in the 70's. Had rain for a short while on Wednesday night at MGM, but nothing major.
We stayed in a 1 BR overlooking Dunes Cove pool. The view was actually pretty good as the parking lot was somewhat secluded by the trees lining the creek and the wing that we were in.
First impressions of the room...it was fairly clean although the floors, especially the kitchen could have been vacuumed or swept a bit better. Saw no mold in the bathroom areas, and the counters, refrigerator and stove were clean.
There were no problems with water pressure or hot water for that matter in the shower, and we were on the fifth floor. Did notice that it appears there are regulators placed on the hot water valves on all the sinks. The water comes out more gently from the hot valve than the cold valve. Basically, the water pressure you'll get is the same as from a Water-Pik shower head.
Also had no problems with the air conditioning. In fact, there times when the room was actually too cool to the point where I had to boost the thermostat up.
We attended MVMCP last Tuesday and thoroughly enjoyed it, although I probably would have had the family photo, and a visit to Santa out of the way before hitting the rides. But then again you were able to get right onto Dumbo, Aladdin, and Philharmagic. Speaking of Philharmagic, definitely make sure you see it. It is everything that everyone has been saying about it. We were also lucky enough to get to see Spectromagic on Monday evening along with a bonus viewing of the Electrical Water Pageant, which passed in front of our ferry boat back to the TTC. The new Wishes fireworks show was terrific. Definitely something you should not miss.
If there was one disappointment in our trip I would have to say it was Illuminations. The last time I was down in '98 I definitely thought Illuminations was the best fireworks show on property. Now, IMHO, I would have to rank it behind Fantasmic, and definitely behind Wishes. When the show ended nobody in my section realized it. Part of it may have been due to the fact that the speakers in our areas were either not working or properly set, so we had a hard time hearing the music. It just seemed to me that there was a great deal of "dead" time during the performance, and I would have to say that I would have spent my time waiting for the show to begin watching the Candelight Processional performance.
One thing I did notice in the parks is that there seems to be less and less character's milling around. It seems as though Disney is now trying to control when you will see characters and when you will not. I guess, in a sense, that this might be a good thing, since you know where characters are going to be and at what time. But, it also takes the fun out of searching them out. For instance, at Epcot the characters rode in on a double-decker London-type bus, and gathered around the World Showcase Pavilion. It sure made autograph seeking and picture taking alot easier, but then again the lines were long as well. Disney does seems as though they are trying to "satisfy" the guests with ample opporotunities for character interaction.
I also noticed that there are now more Disney photographers snapping your pictures with characters, and trying to peddle these photos to you in packages. Not a bad thing, although you can drop a mint on these if you're not careful.
That's about it...any questions about BCV? I'd be happy to answer.
Brian
Just got back yesterday from eight night stay at BCV. The weather was great. Every day but one in the 70's. Had rain for a short while on Wednesday night at MGM, but nothing major.
We stayed in a 1 BR overlooking Dunes Cove pool. The view was actually pretty good as the parking lot was somewhat secluded by the trees lining the creek and the wing that we were in.
First impressions of the room...it was fairly clean although the floors, especially the kitchen could have been vacuumed or swept a bit better. Saw no mold in the bathroom areas, and the counters, refrigerator and stove were clean.
There were no problems with water pressure or hot water for that matter in the shower, and we were on the fifth floor. Did notice that it appears there are regulators placed on the hot water valves on all the sinks. The water comes out more gently from the hot valve than the cold valve. Basically, the water pressure you'll get is the same as from a Water-Pik shower head.
Also had no problems with the air conditioning. In fact, there times when the room was actually too cool to the point where I had to boost the thermostat up.
We attended MVMCP last Tuesday and thoroughly enjoyed it, although I probably would have had the family photo, and a visit to Santa out of the way before hitting the rides. But then again you were able to get right onto Dumbo, Aladdin, and Philharmagic. Speaking of Philharmagic, definitely make sure you see it. It is everything that everyone has been saying about it. We were also lucky enough to get to see Spectromagic on Monday evening along with a bonus viewing of the Electrical Water Pageant, which passed in front of our ferry boat back to the TTC. The new Wishes fireworks show was terrific. Definitely something you should not miss.
If there was one disappointment in our trip I would have to say it was Illuminations. The last time I was down in '98 I definitely thought Illuminations was the best fireworks show on property. Now, IMHO, I would have to rank it behind Fantasmic, and definitely behind Wishes. When the show ended nobody in my section realized it. Part of it may have been due to the fact that the speakers in our areas were either not working or properly set, so we had a hard time hearing the music. It just seemed to me that there was a great deal of "dead" time during the performance, and I would have to say that I would have spent my time waiting for the show to begin watching the Candelight Processional performance.
One thing I did notice in the parks is that there seems to be less and less character's milling around. It seems as though Disney is now trying to control when you will see characters and when you will not. I guess, in a sense, that this might be a good thing, since you know where characters are going to be and at what time. But, it also takes the fun out of searching them out. For instance, at Epcot the characters rode in on a double-decker London-type bus, and gathered around the World Showcase Pavilion. It sure made autograph seeking and picture taking alot easier, but then again the lines were long as well. Disney does seems as though they are trying to "satisfy" the guests with ample opporotunities for character interaction.
I also noticed that there are now more Disney photographers snapping your pictures with characters, and trying to peddle these photos to you in packages. Not a bad thing, although you can drop a mint on these if you're not careful.
That's about it...any questions about BCV? I'd be happy to answer.
Brian
