dcfromva
No horsing around, Christmas is coming!
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We stayed 3 nights at the BCV in a 2 BR dedicated unit, on the second floor. We checked in at 11:00am and our room was ready!
We had a limited view of Illuminations-- at the end of the balcony. (I was really tickled about the view because I wasnt sure what type of view we would get as we are "room roulette players"
) Our room had an awesome balcony which extended across the full length of the 2BR room unit. The weather was really great. During the day we had temps in the 80s and in the evening, the temps cooled off to around 70 making it very pleasant to sit out on the balcony and enjoy the fireworks.
On the Cool-O-Meter, the BCV always pegs off the scale when it comes to location. The location of BCV was the reason we finally decided to join DVC. Walking back to the room from EPCOT in just 10 or 15 minutes was just great. We made many quick visits over to EPCOT, among them we enjoyed walking over for the F & W festival and dinner ressies for Bistro and a quick ride on Mission Space ( for DH and DS ).
On this trip, we stopped by Publix and purchased $57.00 worth of groceries. We bought fixings for 2 breakfasts, snacks and drinks (It was so nice to have a freezer to freeze our bottled waters and have nice delicious ice cold water at the parks). This was a great savings for us because just one breakfast at the resorts typically costs us around $50.00. We also ordered pizza one night and found that we had enough leftovers for another meal. It was so cool to have a refrigerator in which to store the leftovers.
And how about this: I had been reading on the restaurant boards about a glass slipper dessert. It looked so pretty and delicious, I decided to try to order some for my family and friends. I tracked down a number for BCV private dining and ordered the desserts two days in advance (you are supposed to order them in advance so they can get all the things they need to put the dessert together). I wanted to have them delivered ahead of timeat lunchtime so they would be in place for dinner (actually, it would have been best to have them delivered just before they were to be served because of the special raspberry saucebut it was my first experience with them). Long story short, we were running late so I called the private dining number (from the MK) and asked if they could put the desserts in the refrigerator for uswhich they did.
The Glass Slipper Dessert can be ordered from Y & BCprivate dining...
***************Stuff that went wrong and was fixed right away**************
1. We had the sheets changed out in the master BR on our arrival night--because the bottom sheet looked dirty and the top sheet had a tear in it. Housekeeping came up and changed the sheets out very promptly.
2. We had a water leak under the sink (a water supply line). I don't know how long the leak was there--but, it smelled kind of funny under the sink when we arrived--I attributed it to the trash receptacle being stored there. But, by the morning of the next day, there was an accumulation of water under there---and a steady drip (I mopped up the water and then put dry paper towels under the sink to identify from where the leak was originating). I called it in to engineering and told them that I didn't think this repair should be put off too long as this water was under pressure and it would be a real pain if it failed completely.... This problem was fixed while we were out and everything was put back right by the time we had returned from the parks.
3. We had a light go out in the bathroom. I called it in and it was replaced while we were out at the parks.
********** Skip this part if you dont want to read my nags*************
Some other nags which need to be addressed and which I plan to follow up in a letter to Jackie (does anyone have an address for Jackie?): What I hope to achieve by this letter? Since we are owners, I figure we have a responsibility to make sure things get set right. Maybe this is just an odd occurrance, but if its not, I think its good to document it.
I thought about addressing this with housekeeping, but I think these may be bigger issues that deal with the processes. For example, mold does not grow overnight. Is it the wrong kind of grout they are using that makes it difficult to clean? Should they be applying some other type of cleaner during the weekly cleanings? Our specific room (I've posted pictures in which the resolution has been drastically reduced, so I'm not sure how much detail can be seen on the internet pictures--Jackie will get the high resolution picutures):
1. Mold in the master BR shower--(should never happen).
2. Stains on the dining room seats. Housekeeping should be doing a spot cleaning as a minimum and it doesn't look like they are. The dining room bench seat was not anchored and could be lifted easily. Now, they look like they could use the full treatment.
3. The couch cushions in the living room also could use a good cleaning or a spot cleaning as a minimum. Now, they look like they could use the full treatment.
A couple of things we noticed in the BCV public areas (These would be engineering problems, I guess) :
1. There was a huge gouge in the wall on the corridor that we took to get to our room. The location of this hole in the wall was outside the door marked castmembers only just around the corner from the trash and recycle room on the 2nd floor. In the 4 days we were there, nothing had been done to fix it. I wondered how long it had been there.
close up
2. There is a drain located near the quiet pool that was not draining properly. There was standing water in that area the whole time we were there.
The water had started to evaporate by the time I took a picture .
Despite the nags, it was a great trip. We have decided that we want to go this time every year!
-DC
We had a limited view of Illuminations-- at the end of the balcony. (I was really tickled about the view because I wasnt sure what type of view we would get as we are "room roulette players"
) Our room had an awesome balcony which extended across the full length of the 2BR room unit. The weather was really great. During the day we had temps in the 80s and in the evening, the temps cooled off to around 70 making it very pleasant to sit out on the balcony and enjoy the fireworks. On the Cool-O-Meter, the BCV always pegs off the scale when it comes to location. The location of BCV was the reason we finally decided to join DVC. Walking back to the room from EPCOT in just 10 or 15 minutes was just great. We made many quick visits over to EPCOT, among them we enjoyed walking over for the F & W festival and dinner ressies for Bistro and a quick ride on Mission Space ( for DH and DS ).
On this trip, we stopped by Publix and purchased $57.00 worth of groceries. We bought fixings for 2 breakfasts, snacks and drinks (It was so nice to have a freezer to freeze our bottled waters and have nice delicious ice cold water at the parks). This was a great savings for us because just one breakfast at the resorts typically costs us around $50.00. We also ordered pizza one night and found that we had enough leftovers for another meal. It was so cool to have a refrigerator in which to store the leftovers.
And how about this: I had been reading on the restaurant boards about a glass slipper dessert. It looked so pretty and delicious, I decided to try to order some for my family and friends. I tracked down a number for BCV private dining and ordered the desserts two days in advance (you are supposed to order them in advance so they can get all the things they need to put the dessert together). I wanted to have them delivered ahead of timeat lunchtime so they would be in place for dinner (actually, it would have been best to have them delivered just before they were to be served because of the special raspberry saucebut it was my first experience with them). Long story short, we were running late so I called the private dining number (from the MK) and asked if they could put the desserts in the refrigerator for uswhich they did.
The Glass Slipper Dessert can be ordered from Y & BCprivate dining...
***************Stuff that went wrong and was fixed right away**************
1. We had the sheets changed out in the master BR on our arrival night--because the bottom sheet looked dirty and the top sheet had a tear in it. Housekeeping came up and changed the sheets out very promptly.
2. We had a water leak under the sink (a water supply line). I don't know how long the leak was there--but, it smelled kind of funny under the sink when we arrived--I attributed it to the trash receptacle being stored there. But, by the morning of the next day, there was an accumulation of water under there---and a steady drip (I mopped up the water and then put dry paper towels under the sink to identify from where the leak was originating). I called it in to engineering and told them that I didn't think this repair should be put off too long as this water was under pressure and it would be a real pain if it failed completely.... This problem was fixed while we were out and everything was put back right by the time we had returned from the parks.
3. We had a light go out in the bathroom. I called it in and it was replaced while we were out at the parks.
********** Skip this part if you dont want to read my nags*************
Some other nags which need to be addressed and which I plan to follow up in a letter to Jackie (does anyone have an address for Jackie?): What I hope to achieve by this letter? Since we are owners, I figure we have a responsibility to make sure things get set right. Maybe this is just an odd occurrance, but if its not, I think its good to document it.
I thought about addressing this with housekeeping, but I think these may be bigger issues that deal with the processes. For example, mold does not grow overnight. Is it the wrong kind of grout they are using that makes it difficult to clean? Should they be applying some other type of cleaner during the weekly cleanings? Our specific room (I've posted pictures in which the resolution has been drastically reduced, so I'm not sure how much detail can be seen on the internet pictures--Jackie will get the high resolution picutures):
1. Mold in the master BR shower--(should never happen).
2. Stains on the dining room seats. Housekeeping should be doing a spot cleaning as a minimum and it doesn't look like they are. The dining room bench seat was not anchored and could be lifted easily. Now, they look like they could use the full treatment.
3. The couch cushions in the living room also could use a good cleaning or a spot cleaning as a minimum. Now, they look like they could use the full treatment.
A couple of things we noticed in the BCV public areas (These would be engineering problems, I guess) :
1. There was a huge gouge in the wall on the corridor that we took to get to our room. The location of this hole in the wall was outside the door marked castmembers only just around the corner from the trash and recycle room on the 2nd floor. In the 4 days we were there, nothing had been done to fix it. I wondered how long it had been there.
close up
2. There is a drain located near the quiet pool that was not draining properly. There was standing water in that area the whole time we were there.
The water had started to evaporate by the time I took a picture .
Despite the nags, it was a great trip. We have decided that we want to go this time every year!
-DC
