Just returned BCV/ HAVE ISSUES!!!

[simpilotswife]

Dang...I hadn't seen any threads complaining about this in a long time so I thought that they had fixed it so the AC would stay on at night. If I had known this I would not have made reservations for August. Looks like we'll be buying balloons.

 

[jarestel]

Pretty much a trojan horse argument, I think. Or maybe the manufacture of the mountain out of the molehill. Guests just want to be comfortable in their rooms, it's nothing more complicated than that. If a guest is comfortable at 70 degrees, fine! If a guest is comfortable at 65 degrees, then that's just as fine. Why this is unsettling to anyone is a bit of a mystery. With the WDW fleet of buses spewing diesel fumes into the air for 12-16 hours a day, I don't think a guest who puts the a/c on 65 degrees is going to ruin the "world".

I have no problems with the motion sensors or the thermostats that "suggest" optimum temperature settings, as long as they can be re-adjusted to accomodate individuals who aren't comfortable with the pre-sets. And this has always been the case for me. So, I'm good!

 

[LakeAriel]

We had this very problem when staying at the Polynesian. I didn't know any better and suffered through it until I read a tip here on the Dis Boards. Not sure if it will work the same everywhere but it is certainly worth a try but I can tell you it worked at the Poly. Thanks to the Dis Member that Posted it!

On the thermostat, push the power button and the down arrow (that adjusts the temp) at the exact same time. If you do this correctly there will be the letters "bp" where the temp numbers usually are. You are now bypassing the sensors in the room. You can then set the temp to whatever you want and it keeps the room that cold whether you are in it, moving around or not. You may have to do this once a day as the thermostat tends to go back to sensor mode after 24 hours.

We like to sleep with it cold in the room so I really only needed this for the nights. It was great not to wake up in the middle of the night in a sweat.

I have copied this and placed it safely with the airline tickets! In August the temps could get brutal with no one in the room all day!

 

[Daitcher]

As I mentioned in a previous post on this thread, we, too, were uncomfortable with the forced 68 degree setting, until engineering lowered it at my request. The ceiling fan did not help the situation.

BTW, I own points at the BCV, and if I'm paying dues, you can bet I'm going to be comfortable in my room. The thermostat would go no lower than 68, but at times the temperature in the room was in the 72-73 degree range (even though set at 68), which for us was way too high.

Dave, if you call Engineering and ask that they lower the temp, I'm sure you'll be fine. (I've had to do this on most of my visits there.) Enjoy!

Thank you very much, I will certainly try this when we stay here Feb. 27th.

DAVE

 

[Daitcher]

Us beach club owners asked them to set it that way so we don't have to pay the A/C bill for folks from SSR -- they give us a secret over-ride code to use.

JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!

Actually, I was thinking how great your home heating bill must be to like it that cold - I wish that my family an I coud find it that comfortable to be below 68!!

We keep our house at 62 in the winter and 65 in the summer. It really is just what you are used to. Thanks to everyone who posted such supportive posts. I felt at first I'd take some heat for this post as on the surface it seems trivial. It really frosts me that DVC feels they have the right to decide what temperature is best for my family. To all who feel this is trivial, How would you like it if I came to your house and set your heat to the 62 degrees that our family likes? We all have the right to decide for ourselves. I'm not trying to pinch pennies here with dues, just have a comfortable stay. After all DVC is supposed to be a "home away from home." Thanks again.

DAVE

 

[Daitcher]

I guess that I really don't understand the whole thermostat thing. When someone is in the room moving around the air conditioner runs according to what you set it at? For example; if you are sitting around watching tv and you have it set for 68 it will run until it hits 68? What about when you are out of the room? It doesn't run at all? So you can come back and your room may be 80?If that is the case then I can understand why people are upset! I don't understand how this could be efficient because the unit has to work harder to cool it back down to 68.

That is exactly right. Also it shuts off at night beceause there is no movement beng sensed by the system.

DAVE

 

[BCV23]

I haven't read this whole thread but I hope you are more comfortable next trip.

I did want to say that the GF and Polynesian both have motion detecting thermometers as well. It is not DVC picking on owners but appears to be a WDW thing. I would guess that all the hotels with individual controls will have them if they already don't as it makes sense to not air condition the rooms when no one is there.

The override does work for BCV too. but just as at the GF and Polynesian, you may have to reset it after a few days. Don't have a good solution for night though it hasn't bothered us too often and we too like it cool at night. In fact, my husband and I like a window open a few inches in the middle of Northern Illinois winters. With a screeen of course.

I did see someone post early in the thread about having the doors opened. I stopped reading then! I don't remember who is was and am not trying to flame them personally but really don't you all think we should KEEP THE DOORS CLOSED! Besides the waste of energy, just think of the creepy, crawly or flying things that can enter. Yuck! And then we'll see a post complaining about a bug in the room!

 

[granmanh603]

I haven't read this whole thread but I hope you are more comfortable next trip.

I did want to say that the GF and Polynesian both have motion detecting thermometers as well. It is not DVC picking on owners but appears to be a WDW thing. I would guess that all the hotels with individual controls will have them if they already don't as it makes sense to not air condition the rooms when no one is there.

The override does work for BCV too. but just as at the GF and Polynesian, you may have to reset it after a few days. Don't have a good solution for night though it hasn't bothered us too often and we too like it cool at night. In fact, my husband and I like a window open a few inches in the middle of Northern Illinois winters. With a screeen of course.

I did see someone post early in the thread about having the doors opened. I stopped reading then! I don't remember who is was and am not trying to flame them personally but really don't you all think we should KEEP THE DOORS CLOSED! Besides the waste of energy, just think of the creepy, crawly or flying things that can enter. Yuck! And then we'll see a post complaining about a bug in the room!

I very much agree. I can't belive this thread has gone on so long. I guess we all miss the Friends and Family posts.

 

[DVCPAT]

So as far as luxury goes.....I believe Membership, for which we spent a good deal of money and had certain expectations (i.e. good night's sleep without a stuffy room etc), is a luxury and they probably should have told us all that they'd be shutting off our AC in the middle of the night before we signed on the dotted line. A good night sleep is crucial to anyone----good health or preexisting health conditions.

So if Disney is so concerned about regulating our temps and setting them so they default to 68---or in our case at OKW (Bldg 62)---72/74, maybe they can start with regulating the AC in those gift shops and restaurants first. I'm sorry Pat, while I am in agreement with the majority of Disney's conservation program and elsewhere throughout the country, the topic of defaulting a thermostat to 68 or 74 during the night hours when one needs good sleep is where I have problems. I'm all for conservation, believe me---we recycle newspapers, plastic, glass and aluminum here. But sleeping in a room where breathing/stuffiness is an issue I draw the line. I'm sure the Disney exec's don't do this.
So I respectfully disagree with you to a point........

Your right, 72-74 is warm. I think Disney has to be conservative on the thermostat settings and adjust them as requested. I think some people get very careless (not you) when they don’t have to pay the bill. If someone mentions being conservative, the response is …I can waste as much energy as I want, I can afford it.

 

[schatterjee]

I think you ought to be able to be comfortable. Maybe a different maintenance guy could have given a better suggestion on how to make it "work" for you. Too late now! Sorry you were hot!

 

[jarestel]

I think if the room was uniformly cooled to 68 degrees, most people would find this comfortable, if not downright chilly in some cases. Unfortunately, it's only guaranteed to be 68 at the thermostat, while the temperature in the rest of the villa (due to appliances, lights, sunlight or what ever ) could vary substantially from what the thermostat "sees". We've found times that the temperature in the bedroom was a little cool, while in the living room it was uncomfortably warm. And of course when the motion sensor decides ( at night ) that since the room is vacant, because there's no motion, it will shut off the a/c, it can become warm pretty fast.

Dang, it's a battle of wits with the dang old thermostat thing, I'll you what!

 

[Luigi's Girl]

That is exactly right. Also it shuts off at night beceause there is no movement beng sensed by the system.

DAVE

I'm a little confused. Is this sensor thing new? We stayed in a 2 bedroom at BCV this past November and we didn't have this problem. I am always freezing in the room and my DH is always warm so we have our own set of problems with room temperature. I would raise the temperature at night (as I said in a previous post) because I can't sleep when the room is too cold. Almost everyday day when we'd come back from the parks the room would be so cold and he would be laughing at me because he had lowered the temperature right before we left the room. For me there's nothing worse than coming back to the room at night very tired and the room is FREEZING. So unless the sensors are new, I'm a little confused, though still sympathetic as to the previously posted complaints.

 

[mathmagic]

SSR has the motion sensors too. What bugs me about them is hearing them click on when someone moves after no movement for a while. In the middle of the night, getting up out of bed can be a pretty noisy affair when the system kicks on!

 

[Daitcher]

I'm a little confused. Is this sensor thing new? We stayed in a 2 bedroom at BCV this past November and we didn't have this problem. I am always freezing in the room and my DH is always warm so we have our own set of problems with room temperature. I would raise the temperature at night (as I said in a previous post) because I can't sleep when the room is too cold. Almost everyday day when we'd come back from the parks the room would be so cold and he would be laughing at me because he had lowered the temperature right before we left the room. For me there's nothing worse than coming back to the room at night very tired and the room is FREEZING. So unless the sensors are new, I'm a little confused, though still sympathetic as to the previously posted complaints.

The sensors are new at BCV. Our previous stay there in May 2005 we didn't have this issue. I feel better, however, thanks to this thread, with the hope that the bypass works.


DAVE

 

[Doctor P]

I don't understand how this could be efficient because the unit has to work harder to cool it back down to 68.

I have been told by heating and air conditoning experts who I trust that, at least with today's systems, this is an old wive's tale. It may take longer for the system to get the room back to temperature, but it won't make the system work any harder, it is not inefficient, and any time to prevent a system from running for an extended period of time you save energy. At least that is what I have been told (much to my surprise, I might add, but as I said, my home inspector said this and two different heating and air conditioning experts who have worked in my house have confirmed the same thing).

 

[BCV23]

The sensors are new at BCV. Our previous stay there in May 2005 we didn't have this issue. I feel better, however, thanks to this thread, with the hope that the bypass works.


DAVE

Actually the sensors have been there since 2002 when BCV opened. How sensitive they are does seem to vary though or perhaps it is more a function of the outside temperatures.

 

[3DisneyNUTS]

Maybe you could buy one of those monorail trains and let it run in the room all day and night so it "thinks" someone is there.

BTW I LOVE your siggy pics!

 

[cherylp3]

Also the ceiling fans are set at the lowest setting. Setting the fan higher has helped me in the past.

Cheryl

 

[Daitcher]

Actually the sensors have been there since 2002 when BCV opened. How sensitive they are does seem to vary though or perhaps it is more a function of the outside temperatures.

Maybe the sensors where there but the temperature was not limited as of May 2005.

DAVE

 

[greenban]

Sorry you don't see the problem????? We were dripping sweat and unable to sleep at night. Some like it warm some like it cool. Problem is this, I bought in for about $35,00 cash and pay my annual dues every year. Call me crazy but I would like the option of having the room at a comfortable temperature for our family, whatever WE DECIDE that is, not DVC.

DAVE

Where did you get SSR for $35.00?

I want some!

-Tony