Just back -- Good News!

[Lyndarella]

I just got back yesterday!!

I had read much about deteriorating park conditions and rude CMs, but the good news is THE MAGIC IS STILL THERE! All CMs I encountered were enthusiastic about their jobs -- several tried to talk me into moving there and working at WDW! I also saw much fix-up going on. FOUR guys were painting the same fence at EPCOT!

I left my non-Disney family at home and traveled with another girl. We stayed the week at our other timeshare near WDW and went to the Grand Floridian for one night mid-week using points. The GF has always been her dream, but after staying in a 2 bedroom luxury villa the GF seemed crowded!

My family is new to DVC, but our pattern seems to be to stay at our other timeshare for a week, sampling a DVC or WDW resort mid-week (not moving there, but just taking an over-night bag.) Our guide said he never heard of anyone staying at two places at the same time, but it makes sense to us! When our children have their own families, we will all vacation together at two places for the whole week.

Transportation was smooth also. This is my first trip without a car, and the resort bus and WDW buses were prompt and uncrowded. The only snag was the return trip from the GF on the monorail to the resort bus.....The doors on our car of the monorail wouldn't open! We were the only ones in that car, and pounded on the windows, but for a long time no one noticed. Just as it was reloaded and ready to take off again, a CM noticed our plight and somehow got the doors open. We were quite a sight running as fast as we could carrying our small suitcases and many purchases we made that day, and barely reached the bus on time!

Would I do it again the same way? YES!

 

[PamOKW]

Thanks for the great report! Sometimes we read so much negative info here that we think we'll find things a wreck when we get to WDW. It's happened to me where I worried for nothing! Now, the timeshare....you leave it vacant for a night or so while you go stay at WDW? Unusual but not beyond the realm of something I might do, too.

 

[HappyDVCer]

Glad to hear all that magic is still there!!! We also book two rooms at the same time. It makes it sooo much easier. No packing and unpacking all of those bags. Last year we went to Vero for the first time, then return back to OKW. It really made it feel like we were coming home.

 

[MiknMinMouse]

Originally posted by Lyndarella
We stayed the week at our other timeshare near WDW and went to the Grand Floridian for one night mid-week using points. The GF has always been her dream, but after staying in a 2 bedroom luxury villa the GF seemed crowded!

It had always been my dream to stay at the GF so hubby took me there for or anniversary this year. I have to say it was very nice, but it couldn't beat the BWV, even studio. The room service at BWV was so much nicer, all in all I think the BWV is nicer but that's just MHO. I'm glad I finally got to stay at the GF because it's really reinforced how glad we are to have the BWV.