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My heart belongs to Disney!
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Where does the time go?? We spend all this time planning and POOF! You're back home! But, aaahhh, the memories!
We stayed at the BCV from July 7-12 (Sunday-Friday). The villas are beautiful! We had a studio and it looked just like the pictures on deb will's site. The furniture and bedspread all brand new! The decor was lovely! Double locks on the sliding glass door. My 2 children slept comfortably on the pull out sofa. The queen bed was very comfortable. In the closet was the safe, vacuum, iron, ironing board, and lots of wooden hangers. The wet bar contained a refrigerator, sink, coffee maker, and toaster. In the cabinets were disposable bowls, plates, fork, etc. I was surprised that the studio did just fine for my family of four. After the kids woke up, I put their sofa bed away which gave them room to play. I was so pleased with my first stay at a dvc resort. I'm hooked now!
Beach Club is a beautiful resort! Stormalong Bay was so much fun and we always had a place to lounge and we often had a table too. In fact, table were always available! Resort id's were always checked at the pool.
All Star Sports: We stayed our first night July 6 at the All Star Sports since we arrived around 7:00 pm at the resort. We checked in, went smoothly, no waiting. One thing was when the towncar pulled in and we got out with our luggage, the bellhops did not immediately come over to help us. I had to wave at them and motion for them to come help us. I also had to say "bring your cart." I don't know why they didn't immediately help out, but not a big deal. They were very helpful from that point on and the luggage made it to our room before we did. When we got to our room, Tennis building facing Huey, Dooey, and Louie playing tennis, we found our room to be clean and well kept. It was small compared to where we usually stay, but fine otherwise. We had dinner at the food court and my cheeseburger was delicious! Absolutely yummy! We bought a few things at the store there and went to bed early so we could get a good rest and start out fresh at Magic Kingdom. In the morning, I called bell services. I didn't find a button for them on the phone, so I called the front desk and asked for bell services. I told them that we needed our luggage transferred to Beach Club Villas. They told my no problem, just leave it in the room. So we did and it worked out fine. Our luggage showed up around 4:00pm at the Beach Club Villas. I'll stay here again if I get into Orlando late again.
Dolphin: Last minute we decided to extend our stay by two days. I knew I could get a tremendous discount with the teacher discount so I decided to stay at the Dolphin. We checked in about 8:15 am and a room was actually ready for us! It was on the 8th floor, east side, room 8028. The room was clean and small, so was the bathroom and the bathroom area. I am used to the amount of space at the other Epcot resorts. We were upgraded to a lakeview but did not have a balcony. We decided to take the resort fee for the coffee and paper. There were lots of convention people. I did not feel uncomfortable around them, but definetly different from what I am used to. The staff was very friendly and helpful. We even rented a car here and the valet's handled everything. The lobby is beautiful, but the rooms and hallways need to be refurbished.
I'll be happy to answer any questions!!
We stayed at the BCV from July 7-12 (Sunday-Friday). The villas are beautiful! We had a studio and it looked just like the pictures on deb will's site. The furniture and bedspread all brand new! The decor was lovely! Double locks on the sliding glass door. My 2 children slept comfortably on the pull out sofa. The queen bed was very comfortable. In the closet was the safe, vacuum, iron, ironing board, and lots of wooden hangers. The wet bar contained a refrigerator, sink, coffee maker, and toaster. In the cabinets were disposable bowls, plates, fork, etc. I was surprised that the studio did just fine for my family of four. After the kids woke up, I put their sofa bed away which gave them room to play. I was so pleased with my first stay at a dvc resort. I'm hooked now!
Beach Club is a beautiful resort! Stormalong Bay was so much fun and we always had a place to lounge and we often had a table too. In fact, table were always available! Resort id's were always checked at the pool. All Star Sports: We stayed our first night July 6 at the All Star Sports since we arrived around 7:00 pm at the resort. We checked in, went smoothly, no waiting. One thing was when the towncar pulled in and we got out with our luggage, the bellhops did not immediately come over to help us. I had to wave at them and motion for them to come help us. I also had to say "bring your cart." I don't know why they didn't immediately help out, but not a big deal. They were very helpful from that point on and the luggage made it to our room before we did. When we got to our room, Tennis building facing Huey, Dooey, and Louie playing tennis, we found our room to be clean and well kept. It was small compared to where we usually stay, but fine otherwise. We had dinner at the food court and my cheeseburger was delicious! Absolutely yummy! We bought a few things at the store there and went to bed early so we could get a good rest and start out fresh at Magic Kingdom. In the morning, I called bell services. I didn't find a button for them on the phone, so I called the front desk and asked for bell services. I told them that we needed our luggage transferred to Beach Club Villas. They told my no problem, just leave it in the room. So we did and it worked out fine. Our luggage showed up around 4:00pm at the Beach Club Villas. I'll stay here again if I get into Orlando late again.
Dolphin: Last minute we decided to extend our stay by two days. I knew I could get a tremendous discount with the teacher discount so I decided to stay at the Dolphin. We checked in about 8:15 am and a room was actually ready for us! It was on the 8th floor, east side, room 8028. The room was clean and small, so was the bathroom and the bathroom area. I am used to the amount of space at the other Epcot resorts. We were upgraded to a lakeview but did not have a balcony. We decided to take the resort fee for the coffee and paper. There were lots of convention people. I did not feel uncomfortable around them, but definetly different from what I am used to. The staff was very friendly and helpful. We even rented a car here and the valet's handled everything. The lobby is beautiful, but the rooms and hallways need to be refurbished.
I'll be happy to answer any questions!!
