We booked a standard view and ended up in room 3544. Just when I thought a room couldn't be farther away from the lobby than our last room at BC, I was proven wrong. 
We were near the quiet pool and our room overlooked a thin border of trees, through which we could see BCV and Spaceship Earth.
The in-room safe is NOT large enough for a laptop. At least, not the one in our room.
The rooms haven't changed since I was there last spring except for the addition of H2O bath products, which didn't seem any better than the old products to me. The lobby refurb is a welcome change, though -- it looks fresh and new again.
We did have one problem with our stay - we filled out the room service card for breakfast and it was never picked up. I didn't realize it was still on the doorknob until the time I'd requested service had ended, and so I called to let them know they'd missed us. The woman who answer the phone apologized and transferred me to a manager (I didn't ask to speak to one). He was great - he offered to make our food immediate and bring it up and when I said that we really needed to be on our way sooner than that would allow, he offered to comp us at the Yacht Club Galley. He greeted us there and showed us to our table - it was all unexpected, but it's the kind of Disney service that I expect but don't hear much about anymore. He really took the time to make it right.
Oh, another problem that we didn't know about. Someone we know dropped off a surprise package for us and it never got delivered. Not really sure what happened on that one.
Valet service was very efficient and our check-in time was short, although our room wasn't ready when we arrived. (not surprising) Bus service was great, too, although we only took the bus 3 times and to MK each time since we had a rental car.
Oh - we didn't see Art the Greeter a single time... maybe he was on vacation?
We lucked out and had very warm weather - warm enough for swimming. The pool shop is OUT of noodles and said they probably wouldn't get more until the spring. The jets were not working in the hot tub closer to Hurricane Hanna's.
We didn't have any trouble getting into Beaches & Cream at late afternoon times - great since my son likes grilled cheese sandwiches.
We were near the quiet pool and our room overlooked a thin border of trees, through which we could see BCV and Spaceship Earth. The in-room safe is NOT large enough for a laptop. At least, not the one in our room.
The rooms haven't changed since I was there last spring except for the addition of H2O bath products, which didn't seem any better than the old products to me. The lobby refurb is a welcome change, though -- it looks fresh and new again.
We did have one problem with our stay - we filled out the room service card for breakfast and it was never picked up. I didn't realize it was still on the doorknob until the time I'd requested service had ended, and so I called to let them know they'd missed us. The woman who answer the phone apologized and transferred me to a manager (I didn't ask to speak to one). He was great - he offered to make our food immediate and bring it up and when I said that we really needed to be on our way sooner than that would allow, he offered to comp us at the Yacht Club Galley. He greeted us there and showed us to our table - it was all unexpected, but it's the kind of Disney service that I expect but don't hear much about anymore. He really took the time to make it right.
Oh, another problem that we didn't know about. Someone we know dropped off a surprise package for us and it never got delivered. Not really sure what happened on that one.
Valet service was very efficient and our check-in time was short, although our room wasn't ready when we arrived. (not surprising) Bus service was great, too, although we only took the bus 3 times and to MK each time since we had a rental car.
Oh - we didn't see Art the Greeter a single time... maybe he was on vacation?
We lucked out and had very warm weather - warm enough for swimming. The pool shop is OUT of noodles and said they probably wouldn't get more until the spring. The jets were not working in the hot tub closer to Hurricane Hanna's.
We didn't have any trouble getting into Beaches & Cream at late afternoon times - great since my son likes grilled cheese sandwiches.
Thank you in advance.
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