las3888
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Hi all,
We have left BLT about 2 days ago--are now at Universal. I just wanted share with you our views...mind you, I haven't been able to browse the boards too much in advance, so if this is all repeated, so sorry!
First, the not so great--these are little things and I want everybody to keep in mind that we loved the place--will definitely stay there again, and had a wonderful time!
First, our door wouldn't close properly. Just want to state this as a safety precaution. You might think it latched, but it didn't, and it could be pulled wide open if you didn't realize it wasn't closed. We fixed it by pulling on it a few times until we really heard it click. We did report this upon check-out.
The lack of sheers was really bothering. Despite the little I have been online, I did read a bit about this. We were on the 10th floor in a MK view room. It got really hot in the afternoon hours. Unfortunately so much that we hardly ever used our patio. It also did bother me as far as privacy because we were very close to the CR rooms and monorail line (!)
The bathroom lighting in the master bath of a 1BR is really poor. It's a waste to try to put make-up on in there.
There were some really strange hoards of bugs in the evening at the front of the building, and inside the lobby in the evening. They looked like mosquitos, but I heard from somebody (who seemed to know???) that they were not. Regardless, there were thousands, really thousands of them, at least hundreds inside the lobby on the walls and ceilings. They did NOT approach humans or bite in any way. It seemed harmless, but was a little freaky. They were attracted to the lights I guess.
The monorail was down for about 24 hours while we were there. I have never heard of this before in any previous trips. Luckily at BLT, we can easily walk (it was approx 8 minutes for us--fairly brisk walkers). We were not able to dine at the GF that evening as we had no way to get there. Luckily, the Wave took us in, but it was iffy as it is free dining.
We were a tad disappointed with our MK view. In fact, I would call it a GF view. Once you walk into your beautiful villa, you expect to overlook the MK, but we pretty much overlooked the GF and monorail. We were in a room that if we were one more over, it probably would not be categorized as a MK view anymore. It was nice enough, but to see fireworks, you literally had to approach the window and lean over or lean over the balcony.
Frankly, next time we would book a standard of lake view. We could not enjoy our balcony for much of the day as it was too hot and sunny. The other view was much nicer. The MK is very very busy with a large parking lot, roads, trucks, etc. We did enjoy the lagoon off in the distance, the CR, GF, monorail and MK, but there's a lot out there in addition to all these nice things.
The ipod radios are nice, but I missed having AM radio on them.
The good - we just really loved being so close to MK...it was SO nice to walk there and take the monorail back...what a wonderful time saver it was for us!!!
The resort is just gorgeous. It's all new and very modern. I loved how we could park very very close and I did feel that we were very close to the CR for the amenities there (albeit we were in a room one away from the elevator nearest the walkway to the CR). The rooms are really well done--loved the showers, extra bathroom in teh 1BR and the sleeper chair. The tvs are wonderful.
The pool was nice and the 2 slides seemed to be a hit--our young DS (4) loved the little kiddie slide and the bigger slide was a hit too.
I hope this helps you in your planning! Good luck!
We have left BLT about 2 days ago--are now at Universal. I just wanted share with you our views...mind you, I haven't been able to browse the boards too much in advance, so if this is all repeated, so sorry!
First, the not so great--these are little things and I want everybody to keep in mind that we loved the place--will definitely stay there again, and had a wonderful time!
First, our door wouldn't close properly. Just want to state this as a safety precaution. You might think it latched, but it didn't, and it could be pulled wide open if you didn't realize it wasn't closed. We fixed it by pulling on it a few times until we really heard it click. We did report this upon check-out.
The lack of sheers was really bothering. Despite the little I have been online, I did read a bit about this. We were on the 10th floor in a MK view room. It got really hot in the afternoon hours. Unfortunately so much that we hardly ever used our patio. It also did bother me as far as privacy because we were very close to the CR rooms and monorail line (!)
The bathroom lighting in the master bath of a 1BR is really poor. It's a waste to try to put make-up on in there.
There were some really strange hoards of bugs in the evening at the front of the building, and inside the lobby in the evening. They looked like mosquitos, but I heard from somebody (who seemed to know???) that they were not. Regardless, there were thousands, really thousands of them, at least hundreds inside the lobby on the walls and ceilings. They did NOT approach humans or bite in any way. It seemed harmless, but was a little freaky. They were attracted to the lights I guess.
The monorail was down for about 24 hours while we were there. I have never heard of this before in any previous trips. Luckily at BLT, we can easily walk (it was approx 8 minutes for us--fairly brisk walkers). We were not able to dine at the GF that evening as we had no way to get there. Luckily, the Wave took us in, but it was iffy as it is free dining.
We were a tad disappointed with our MK view. In fact, I would call it a GF view. Once you walk into your beautiful villa, you expect to overlook the MK, but we pretty much overlooked the GF and monorail. We were in a room that if we were one more over, it probably would not be categorized as a MK view anymore. It was nice enough, but to see fireworks, you literally had to approach the window and lean over or lean over the balcony.
Frankly, next time we would book a standard of lake view. We could not enjoy our balcony for much of the day as it was too hot and sunny. The other view was much nicer. The MK is very very busy with a large parking lot, roads, trucks, etc. We did enjoy the lagoon off in the distance, the CR, GF, monorail and MK, but there's a lot out there in addition to all these nice things.
The ipod radios are nice, but I missed having AM radio on them.
The good - we just really loved being so close to MK...it was SO nice to walk there and take the monorail back...what a wonderful time saver it was for us!!!
The resort is just gorgeous. It's all new and very modern. I loved how we could park very very close and I did feel that we were very close to the CR for the amenities there (albeit we were in a room one away from the elevator nearest the walkway to the CR). The rooms are really well done--loved the showers, extra bathroom in teh 1BR and the sleeper chair. The tvs are wonderful.
The pool was nice and the 2 slides seemed to be a hit--our young DS (4) loved the little kiddie slide and the bigger slide was a hit too.
I hope this helps you in your planning! Good luck!
