lisatx04
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- Nov 30, 2004
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We got back on Sunday, and I debated on whether I should give my thoughts on the BWV. What the heck, I will.
We own at OKW, and love it. We had this Christmas trip booked since the spring and were planning on staying at OKW. On our summer trip, our DD decided she loved the night time activities of the boardwalk and really wanted to stay there. We waitlisted and received a studio for our vacation, but kept it a surprise from DD.
If you remember,(and I don't expect you too
), I was asking before we left about a rental car Vs. limo service. Well, the day before we left, we decided to go ahead with the rental car. We used it, although not asmuch as I thought we would. We valet parked it, and there was never a long wait for the car when we needed it. Thanks for all your thoughts on the subject!!
Anyway, we got to the BWV at 3pm, and our room was not ready. We were all hungry, so we went to the boardwalk, got a snack, and at 4 pm went back to see if the room was ready. It was!! We had room 5055, which overlooked the village green, the boardwalk and Spaceship Earth!! DD thought this was just great!! The room was in excellent condition. The rug in front of the refrig was a bit wet, but that did not bother us. This room is not far from the elevators! I just imagined as I was checking in having to walk so far to get to the room, but not this time.
We were able to see the high fireworks from Illuminations, not the low ones. Every night, except 2, we were on our balcony watching. We all loved the extra 10 minutes of holiday fireworks!! Some nights the music from Illuminations was so loud we could hear it on our balcony!! There was music every night at 8pm on the village green, and DH enjoyed sitting on the balcony and listening. The music was Christmas carolers, an ensemble of bell ringers playing carols, flutists, etc. You get the idea. DD had gotten sick, and I needed the room to have a full cleaning before the scheduled day. I called down to housekeeping and the woman I spoke with had no idea how to handle this. I then spoke to her supervisor, and they were at my door within 10 minutes!! We were not ready to leave for the park yet, so they came back.
We saw every act that was on the boardwalk, and my kids really loved it. They also loved the arcade, both at the resort and at the ESPN zone.
I did have to do laundry, so I ventured down there one night. There are 3 washers, 2 of which were empty. I proceeded to do the laundry, wash and dry, and was there about 2 hours. Now remember I said one of the washers had clothes in it? The person never came back in the 2 hours I was there to get the laundry and dry it. Excuse me while I rant for a minute, but it bothers me...I did not have to remove the laundry to use the machine but keeping wet clothes in it for 2 hours is ridiculous!! What if there was a line for the machines?? And it was only the 2 hours while I was there! Who knows how long they had been there before and after I left!! One more thing as well...the room itself was clean, but some people are just slobs!! If you wash your clothes and use powder detergent and it spills, please clean it up. The tops of the washers were all messy with powder detergent. Just get a paper towel or a napkin and throw it away!! Okay, feel better now. Just a peeve I have that stems from my college days I guess.
So that's my thoughts on ur stay at the BWV. I enjoyed our stay but am anxious to return to OKW.
We own at OKW, and love it. We had this Christmas trip booked since the spring and were planning on staying at OKW. On our summer trip, our DD decided she loved the night time activities of the boardwalk and really wanted to stay there. We waitlisted and received a studio for our vacation, but kept it a surprise from DD.
If you remember,(and I don't expect you too
), I was asking before we left about a rental car Vs. limo service. Well, the day before we left, we decided to go ahead with the rental car. We used it, although not asmuch as I thought we would. We valet parked it, and there was never a long wait for the car when we needed it. Thanks for all your thoughts on the subject!!Anyway, we got to the BWV at 3pm, and our room was not ready. We were all hungry, so we went to the boardwalk, got a snack, and at 4 pm went back to see if the room was ready. It was!! We had room 5055, which overlooked the village green, the boardwalk and Spaceship Earth!! DD thought this was just great!! The room was in excellent condition. The rug in front of the refrig was a bit wet, but that did not bother us. This room is not far from the elevators! I just imagined as I was checking in having to walk so far to get to the room, but not this time.
We were able to see the high fireworks from Illuminations, not the low ones. Every night, except 2, we were on our balcony watching. We all loved the extra 10 minutes of holiday fireworks!! Some nights the music from Illuminations was so loud we could hear it on our balcony!! There was music every night at 8pm on the village green, and DH enjoyed sitting on the balcony and listening. The music was Christmas carolers, an ensemble of bell ringers playing carols, flutists, etc. You get the idea. DD had gotten sick, and I needed the room to have a full cleaning before the scheduled day. I called down to housekeeping and the woman I spoke with had no idea how to handle this. I then spoke to her supervisor, and they were at my door within 10 minutes!! We were not ready to leave for the park yet, so they came back.
We saw every act that was on the boardwalk, and my kids really loved it. They also loved the arcade, both at the resort and at the ESPN zone.
I did have to do laundry, so I ventured down there one night. There are 3 washers, 2 of which were empty. I proceeded to do the laundry, wash and dry, and was there about 2 hours. Now remember I said one of the washers had clothes in it? The person never came back in the 2 hours I was there to get the laundry and dry it. Excuse me while I rant for a minute, but it bothers me...I did not have to remove the laundry to use the machine but keeping wet clothes in it for 2 hours is ridiculous!! What if there was a line for the machines?? And it was only the 2 hours while I was there! Who knows how long they had been there before and after I left!! One more thing as well...the room itself was clean, but some people are just slobs!! If you wash your clothes and use powder detergent and it spills, please clean it up. The tops of the washers were all messy with powder detergent. Just get a paper towel or a napkin and throw it away!! Okay, feel better now. Just a peeve I have that stems from my college days I guess.
So that's my thoughts on ur stay at the BWV. I enjoyed our stay but am anxious to return to OKW.
I was so tempted to tell him that 1000 pts wouldn't get him more than 2 months, and you'd still have to switch resorts, but why waste my breath? 
