I'm not going to write a book just a few quick observations and opinions.
HRH- Although not a Disney hotel it was our first resort of our trip, we stayed 3 nights on club level. The service at this resort far passes that of the Portifino Bay so if your nervous about chosing this resort don't be it was fantastic!!!!
Vero Beach- We are DVC members and this was our first stay at this resort. We stayed in a 1 bedroom, 2nd floor with a partcial ocean view. All I will say is , we will be back yearly to this resort!! We were drawn the first morning for the Turtle Patrol, we saw a 200 lb loggerhead turtle lay a huge nest of eggs. My 8 yr old son was full of questions for the ranger, the ranger chose him to name the turtle, Marley became her name for the brief few minutes we observed this amazing animal. The following morning one of the CM's brought my son a card with the date and name of the turtle and other info and a loggerhead turtle magnet.
AKL- I had been waiting for this resort since they announced it!!!!! It is certainly beautiful, service was excellent. All CM's we came in contact with were EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!! Some noteworthy ones were Lynn at check-in and Rolanda from South Africa at Boma. We tried Mara and Boma(breakfast and dinner). Dinner at Boma was very good, we will certainly return. The breakfast was okay but Spoodles is still my favor. The night we went to Mara we had been at Sea World all day and just didn't feel like a huge meal,. We ordered a large pizza to go. We had waited maybe 15 minutes and a CM came over apologized for the wait and gave us our money back and our pizza. I noticed about 5 guests recieving their money back. We had a 2nd floor room on Kudo trail, excellent view we saw all the animals on the animal checklist in the room all on the savannah at different times. The slide at the pool was a bit dissappointing, very small! Now what I am about to say may upset others but this is how we felt. We will stay at the AKL as long as we have a GOOD discount and only for 2 or 3 nights. I personally would not stay at this resort and tour, I hate the buses and that is your only option from this resort. We didn't tour any from this resort so I cannot say how the system works but when I'm paying for a deluxe I don't want buses.
BWV- We stayed in a studio, my DH had to leave for work at the end of our AKL stay so the boys and myself had booked a studio. The studio was very roomy for the 3 of us, the room seemed so much larger than any regular resort room however I think it was because of the sofa. The BWV is my home resort, I love it dearly however the bus transportation was HORRIBLE!!!
To get back from the AK or MK you stop at Blizzard Beach, Swan, Dolphin, YC, BC, and then finally stop number 6 is the BW. The one and only time we attempted to go to the MK from the BW, we got on the bus to find we would have to stand. The bus still had to drop off and pick up from the BC, YC, Swan, and the Dolphin. We got off the bus retrieved the car from valet and drove to the MK!!! I understand the need to share buses but this many deluxes sharing is ridiculous. I notice the All Stars have seperate buses and yes I understand they are masive resorts. However compare what you pay at the All Stars to what you pay at this deluxes. Disney can do better!!!!!!!!
If you have any questions I will be happy to answer them!
HRH- Although not a Disney hotel it was our first resort of our trip, we stayed 3 nights on club level. The service at this resort far passes that of the Portifino Bay so if your nervous about chosing this resort don't be it was fantastic!!!!
Vero Beach- We are DVC members and this was our first stay at this resort. We stayed in a 1 bedroom, 2nd floor with a partcial ocean view. All I will say is , we will be back yearly to this resort!! We were drawn the first morning for the Turtle Patrol, we saw a 200 lb loggerhead turtle lay a huge nest of eggs. My 8 yr old son was full of questions for the ranger, the ranger chose him to name the turtle, Marley became her name for the brief few minutes we observed this amazing animal. The following morning one of the CM's brought my son a card with the date and name of the turtle and other info and a loggerhead turtle magnet.
AKL- I had been waiting for this resort since they announced it!!!!! It is certainly beautiful, service was excellent. All CM's we came in contact with were EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!! Some noteworthy ones were Lynn at check-in and Rolanda from South Africa at Boma. We tried Mara and Boma(breakfast and dinner). Dinner at Boma was very good, we will certainly return. The breakfast was okay but Spoodles is still my favor. The night we went to Mara we had been at Sea World all day and just didn't feel like a huge meal,. We ordered a large pizza to go. We had waited maybe 15 minutes and a CM came over apologized for the wait and gave us our money back and our pizza. I noticed about 5 guests recieving their money back. We had a 2nd floor room on Kudo trail, excellent view we saw all the animals on the animal checklist in the room all on the savannah at different times. The slide at the pool was a bit dissappointing, very small! Now what I am about to say may upset others but this is how we felt. We will stay at the AKL as long as we have a GOOD discount and only for 2 or 3 nights. I personally would not stay at this resort and tour, I hate the buses and that is your only option from this resort. We didn't tour any from this resort so I cannot say how the system works but when I'm paying for a deluxe I don't want buses.
BWV- We stayed in a studio, my DH had to leave for work at the end of our AKL stay so the boys and myself had booked a studio. The studio was very roomy for the 3 of us, the room seemed so much larger than any regular resort room however I think it was because of the sofa. The BWV is my home resort, I love it dearly however the bus transportation was HORRIBLE!!!
To get back from the AK or MK you stop at Blizzard Beach, Swan, Dolphin, YC, BC, and then finally stop number 6 is the BW. The one and only time we attempted to go to the MK from the BW, we got on the bus to find we would have to stand. The bus still had to drop off and pick up from the BC, YC, Swan, and the Dolphin. We got off the bus retrieved the car from valet and drove to the MK!!! I understand the need to share buses but this many deluxes sharing is ridiculous. I notice the All Stars have seperate buses and yes I understand they are masive resorts. However compare what you pay at the All Stars to what you pay at this deluxes. Disney can do better!!!!!!!!If you have any questions I will be happy to answer them!
