Live at BCV!!!!! My first live report.......

Hi everyone!!!! We had a great day today. We slept in a bit and didn't head over to EC until 10:00. We had some cloud coverage with some sun in and out so it felt so much cooler. We actually spent about 5 hours at EC which is unusual for us in the summer. We usually do 3 tops and then head back around 6ish for the evening. Anyway.....it did seem more crowded than Sat. Not bad though. We managed to get fast passes for Soarin, but could not get another fast pass until 12:12 so we had to wait until after our DELICIOUS LUNCH AT LE CELLIER to get another set. We did ride Figment and Nemo and then headed to Norway right at 11:00 but when we got there the ride was down so they gave us fast passes to use later. So we strolled around until it was time for our ressie. We were seated immediately. It was so yummy. I love the cheese soup there. Their chocolate "moose" :goodvibes (mousse) is my fave. The kids love the different bread sticks especially the pretzel bread. We had great service, a wonderful meal and full tummies when we were done. OKAY STUFFED!!!!! :rotfl2: Hubby went ahead to Test Track to get fast passes for us to use later tonight. We met up at Soarin and asked for the 1st row again. Love the top row!!! Then we hit Spaceship Earth and missed a brief rain shower. :yay: Hit Norway on our way out and headed back to BCV after stopping at UK to buy our 15 year old son his Liverpool soccer shoes and new soccer ball. Last summer he got shoes and a ball in France. He plays high school soccer. :goodvibes

When we got back we quickly changed into our swimsuits so we could spend a couple of hours or so at SAB for the last time. LOVE THAT POOL. We had so much fun. I love the games. We played Name That Tune. That was a lot of fun. WE LOST!!!!:rotfl: Our youngest played water volleyball. Oh apparently there was a small SNAKE OVER BY THAT LITTLE WATERFALL!!!!!:scared1::scared1: Glad I wasn't the one to find that. :eek:

We went back over to EC for counter service dinners about 6:45. Then we used our Test Track fast passes from earlier. I am assuming the ride must have broken down at some point..THOSE FAST PASSES BECAME SLOW PASSES and there was a long line outside for the fast pass line. It took us about 35 min. to get inside the ride to where we were about to board a car. After that we were all TIRED...SO WE hit Japan for Japanese candy. (We lived in Japan for 4 years in the mid 90's so we love some of their goodies) Then it was HOME SWEET HOME. We skipped Illuminations since we saw it twice earlier in the trip.

We have been packing/organizing stuff tonight....moving to AKV Kidani tomorrow. Our friends already moved over today. THEY LOVE IT THERE. They really like that pool too. So I guess I will start a LIVE REPORT from there, but we are only there 2 nights.

Had a nice time here at BCV. If I had it to do all over again.....WE WOULD HAVE SKIPPED POLY and still done a split, but maybe a 5 nights here and 4 at AKV. A 3 way split of 2, 5 and 2 is not GOOD. Never again. I am pretty sure 2 nights is not going to be enough at AKV Kidani....... our other home.

I hope that everyone going to BCV in the next couple of months....has a wonderful trip. IT is truly an amazing resort. I am so happy that we have been able to stay here two summers in a row. :cheer2:
 
WOW! Your trip is going by so FAST!! :eek: I hope we like BCV & VB as much as we've enjoyed VWL, AKV and SSR in the past!! Definitely do keep your trippie going! Good to see you having a good time! (PS) Test Track ALWAYS breaks down!! And they can't run it in the rain...:sad2:
 
What a quick trip this has turned out to be. I can't wait to continue reading about Kidani. I hope your move goes smoothly! :thumbsup2
 
:goodvibesDefinitely continue your report over at AKV please! Thats our other home too and we've not been to kidani yet. have fun!
 

Had a nice time here at BCV. If I had it to do all over again.....WE WOULD HAVE SKIPPED POLY and still done a split, but maybe a 5 nights here and 4 at AKV. A 3 way split of 2, 5 and 2 is not GOOD. Never again. I am pretty sure 2 nights is not going to be enough at AKV Kidani....... our other home.

I hope that everyone going to BCV in the next couple of months....has a wonderful trip. IT is truly an amazing resort. I am so happy that we have been able to stay here two summers in a row. :cheer2:

I agree with your split stay philosophy - we won't move more than once in a trip (i.e. 2 resorts). Usually we try to keep it equal but in a few weeks we have a 5-3 split between AKV and BLT. Originally I had the 3 nights booked at BCV (your TR is making me sad that we switched) but when DVC announced that BLT was opening ahead of schedule everyone else in my family wanted to try for the MK view at BLT and we lucked out - plus who knows if we'll ever get an MK view again.

Enjoy the rest of your trip :goodvibes - we are looking forward to spending time at Kidani when we stay at Jambo House.
 
Enjoying your TR! I'm hoping to get BCV at 7 months for April. Wish me luck!
 
I'll be very interested in how you like AKV after BCV. Both of my next two trips are planned to be split stays between those two resorts, once AKV then BCV, other time reverse order. Do you remember what kind of gelato they're offering in BCMarketplace now? I still hold out hope that someday they might bring back Pistachio, my favorite.
 
I'll be very interested in how you like AKV after BCV. Both of my next two trips are planned to be split stays between those two resorts, once AKV then BCV, other time reverse order. Do you remember what kind of gelato they're offering in BCMarketplace now? I still hold out hope that someday they might bring back Pistachio, my favorite.


Hey I never got a gelato while we were there. I glanced in there once night but I surely don't remember the flavors. SORRY!!!!

I am getting ready to do a short AKV report. We checked in yesterday about 11:45. :goodvibes
 
What a quick trip this has turned out to be. I can't wait to continue reading about Kidani. I hope your move goes smoothly! :thumbsup2


The move was great. Our friend picked us up. We had our luggage sent over and he picked us up. It worked out great. :thumbsup2 We thought the BCV flew by too. It is such a fun resort. I love it there.
 
I agree with your split stay philosophy - we won't move more than once in a trip (i.e. 2 resorts). Usually we try to keep it equal but in a few weeks we have a 5-3 split between AKV and BLT. Originally I had the 3 nights booked at BCV (your TR is making me sad that we switched) but when DVC announced that BLT was opening ahead of schedule everyone else in my family wanted to try for the MK view at BLT and we lucked out - plus who knows if we'll ever get an MK view again.

Enjoy the rest of your trip :goodvibes - we are looking forward to spending time at Kidani when we stay at Jambo House.


I am going to post a trip resort on a new thread about Kidani. :goodvibes I am sure you will love BLT too. Being that close to MK will be nice. I want to stay there eventually for a couple of nights ONE DAY.....but I have no desire to do a crazy split stay like we did this trip. Going to Poly was a mistake. We should have split between BCV and AKV ....maybe 6 days at BCV and 4 at AKV. :goodvibes
 
Enjoying your TR! I'm hoping to get BCV at 7 months for April. Wish me luck!
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!! I bet you get it. We got BCV at the 5 month mark for the summer of 08 and this time we did it at the 7 month mark with no problems. :goodvibes
 
WOW! Your trip is going by so FAST!! :eek: I hope we like BCV & VB as much as we've enjoyed VWL, AKV and SSR in the past!! Definitely do keep your trippie going! Good to see you having a good time! (PS) Test Track ALWAYS breaks down!! And they can't run it in the rain...:sad2:
You will LOVE BCV. I can't imagine anyone NOT liking it. We enjoyed it very much. Hey I called Airtran last night at midnight...GOT THE UPGRADE FOR ALL 5 and NO fees for luggage...WOOOHOOO. Well the first bag is free and the 2nd is 15. We have a total of 6 bags to check...so we will only pay 15 buckaroos. :cool1:
 
You will LOVE BCV. I can't imagine anyone NOT liking it. We enjoyed it very much. Hey I called Airtran last night at midnight...GOT THE UPGRADE FOR ALL 5 and NO fees for luggage...WOOOHOOO. Well the first bag is free and the 2nd is 15. We have a total of 6 bags to check...so we will only pay 15 buckaroos. :cool1:

:yay:YAY! Congratulations! Gosh I hope we can get the flt. upgrades too! I'd rather save them for our trip home but I was thinking I should try for our trip going DOWN so if I miss that one we'd have a 2nd shot at it... Hummm...:confused3 So it seemed pretty easy? And the upgrades come with a free checked bag????? Do tell?! I am HOPING as of right now that I can pack us in 1 carry-on each and ONE large checked bag for the rest of everything else!:rolleyes1 Yes! One checked bag for all 3 of us for 10 days!!:scared: :lmao: DH will kill me if I take more than that now that we have the Owners Locker!!! Packing less was part of the OL deal ya know!:rotfl:

I cannot believe your trippie is almost over!! Did you stay at Jambo House before or is this your first trip to AKV?! We love AKV...that's where we stayed last summer...
 
:yay:YAY! Congratulations! Gosh I hope we can get the flt. upgrades too! I'd rather save them for our trip home but I was thinking I should try for our trip going DOWN so if I miss that one we'd have a 2nd shot at it... Hummm...:confused3 So it seemed pretty easy? And the upgrades come with a free checked bag????? Do tell?! I am HOPING as of right now that I can pack us in 1 carry-on each and ONE large checked bag for the rest of everything else!:rolleyes1 Yes! One checked bag for all 3 of us for 10 days!!:scared: :lmao: DH will kill me if I take more than that now that we have the Owners Locker!!! Packing less was part of the OL deal ya know!:rotfl:

I cannot believe your trippie is almost over!! Did you stay at Jambo House before or is this your first trip to AKV?! We love AKV...that's where we stayed last summer...

This was our first trip to AKL. We added on points site unseen. We had NOT even seen the models I don't think. :rotfl2: Yes we each get one free checked bag although I put down 2 for me when I officially checked in this afternoon online and it still didn't charge me. So maybe....it is 2 free checked bags per person. The girl last night on the phone said ONE checked bag and 15 bucks for each additional. You are going to have a great trip. I can't wait to hear all about yours now. :thumbsup2
 
Really enjoyed your reports. Thanks so much for taking the time during your vacay. :flower3: We are staying at BWV for our after Thanksgiving trip. Looking SO forward to it! We're also flying AirTran and I was wondering what the deal was with the free upgrades if you wouldn't mind sharing. Thanks a bunch.
 
Really enjoyed your reports. Thanks so much for taking the time during your vacay. :flower3: We are staying at BWV for our after Thanksgiving trip. Looking SO forward to it! We're also flying AirTran and I was wondering what the deal was with the free upgrades if you wouldn't mind sharing. Thanks a bunch.

The Air Tran A+ Rewards program is really good...in only 2 round trips (or 4 flights) you're eligible for an upgrade to Business Class!!:thumbsup2
 
The Air Tran A+ Rewards program is really good...in only 2 round trips (or 4 flights) you're eligible for an upgrade to Business Class!!:thumbsup2


Yep thanks for answering that for me. Well let me tell you what happened. Okay...we had bulk head except for my husband that sat right behind Brittany and I. The boys were directly across from us. Okay....as soon as we sat down...the flight attendant asked us if we wanted a drink. I said "sure I will take a gingerale" So she brought it to me. I didn't put the tray up because we would be taking off soon. So a few minutes later she asked to put my purse and my daughter's up in the overhead bin since we didn't have seats in front of us to store them. SO I sat my drink on the arm rests between Brittany and I (which are also the fold out tables). IT was wide and flat. I said "be careful and don't bump this" I reached down to get my purse off the floor and my purse strap bumped the drink and it went all in Britt's seat. OMG she was sooooooooooooo upset. She jumped up really fast but she still had "a wet butt" as she said. She was peeved at me. So of course she adds "if we had never upgraded to these seats.....we would have never gotten a drink before taking off." :eek: She was so maddddddddddddddddd. UGH so my daughter's experience in business class was not a happy one.
 
Really enjoyed your reports. Thanks so much for taking the time during your vacay. :flower3: We are staying at BWV for our after Thanksgiving trip. Looking SO forward to it! We're also flying AirTran and I was wondering what the deal was with the free upgrades if you wouldn't mind sharing. Thanks a bunch.

We used our A+ reward points like Anal Annie mentioned. You call the day before your flight to try and upgrade. Our flight time was 3:46 on Thursday. I was able to call just after midnight on Tuesday....so I didn't have to wait until the 24 hour mark on Wed. at 3:46. Thanks to Anal Annie for this tidbit. :thumbsup I truly believe this is how we got 5 seats. There were only 12 business class seats on our flight. Had I waited until the morning I would have probably not gotten all 5.
 











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