Just got back this afternoon from six nights in one-br villa at BWV. What a treat! My DH and I kept saying to each other, "This is the best money we've ever spent."
Anyway, I just wanted to make a few observations: We stayed in a preferred view and got the Boardwalk (which we'd asked for in July). Shad (who checked us in) warned us several times that we would hear noise in the room he was trying to put us into. I appreciated his concern -- he wasn't the friendliest castmember I've ever met at WDW, but he was efficient and concerned with precision. He also got us the most terrific room I could have imagined. We were in 2009, right above Big River (kind of between there and the DVC offices). Yes, we did hear quite a lot of noise, but it reminded us of where we were and actually added to the magic. (It also usually died down by the time we were ready for bed.) If I were not very tolerant of noise, though, I think I would not ask for a BoardWalk view.
We enjoyed the fact that we were not far from the pool -- just a quick walk down the hall and one flight of stairs. Our DS (age 5) fell in love with the rollercoaster slide. He preferred it to the slides at Blizzard Beach!
We fell in love with sitting on our balcony every night at 9:00 to watch the fireworks from Epcot. Also, it was fun to watch the dance party down at Atlantic Dance Friday evening. (I was even tempted to do some dancing on our balcony, but I didn't want to embarrass DS and DH.
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We laughed a lot about the distance from the elevators to our room. Couldn't say we weren't warned!
Bus service was very spotty. We didn't get a bus for EE in MK until 7:20 a.m. (We got down to the bus stop promptly at 7:00. There were others that had arrived earlier. We were a none-too-happy bunch when an already full bus arrived at 7:15!) We and a group of others hijacked a bus bound for Coronado Springs to Downtown Disney one evening. It was a fun, group-bonding experience.
The boats were great -- very reliable and frequent. And it was nice to be able to walk from place to place. (Walked over to YC/BC and to Epcot.)
Once again, thanks for all your advice and encouragement. We feel so happy with our DVC purchase. We can't wait to share it with friends next year! Please let me know if you have any questions I can help with. (And forgive my ending a sentence with a preposition. I'm just too tired to be correct this evening!)
Julie
Anyway, I just wanted to make a few observations: We stayed in a preferred view and got the Boardwalk (which we'd asked for in July). Shad (who checked us in) warned us several times that we would hear noise in the room he was trying to put us into. I appreciated his concern -- he wasn't the friendliest castmember I've ever met at WDW, but he was efficient and concerned with precision. He also got us the most terrific room I could have imagined. We were in 2009, right above Big River (kind of between there and the DVC offices). Yes, we did hear quite a lot of noise, but it reminded us of where we were and actually added to the magic. (It also usually died down by the time we were ready for bed.) If I were not very tolerant of noise, though, I think I would not ask for a BoardWalk view.
We enjoyed the fact that we were not far from the pool -- just a quick walk down the hall and one flight of stairs. Our DS (age 5) fell in love with the rollercoaster slide. He preferred it to the slides at Blizzard Beach!
We fell in love with sitting on our balcony every night at 9:00 to watch the fireworks from Epcot. Also, it was fun to watch the dance party down at Atlantic Dance Friday evening. (I was even tempted to do some dancing on our balcony, but I didn't want to embarrass DS and DH.
) We laughed a lot about the distance from the elevators to our room. Couldn't say we weren't warned!
Bus service was very spotty. We didn't get a bus for EE in MK until 7:20 a.m. (We got down to the bus stop promptly at 7:00. There were others that had arrived earlier. We were a none-too-happy bunch when an already full bus arrived at 7:15!) We and a group of others hijacked a bus bound for Coronado Springs to Downtown Disney one evening. It was a fun, group-bonding experience.
The boats were great -- very reliable and frequent. And it was nice to be able to walk from place to place. (Walked over to YC/BC and to Epcot.)
Once again, thanks for all your advice and encouragement. We feel so happy with our DVC purchase. We can't wait to share it with friends next year! Please let me know if you have any questions I can help with. (And forgive my ending a sentence with a preposition. I'm just too tired to be correct this evening!)
Julie
) And I love when there's a "bonding" experience with other vacationers. One bus driver had us singing songs, answering trivia questions. These are the things we remember and talk about the most.
