mixed results with recent BCV and WDW visit

[irazabul]

This about my 8th time going to WDW in the past 5 years. The last 5 times have been DVC (WVL, SSR). I stayed at BCV for the first time last week and experienced some mixed results.

The 2BR we were in was not in the best of shape. It did not appear very clean (whoever stayed there before went crazy with a newspaper splattering about a dozen bugs onto walls - they were not cleaned off for our visit). We have 3 kids that are picky eaters and we cook a few meals to keep them happy - only one of the four burners worked and it was the smallest one. The plates and glasses in the room were clearly not washed before being put back on the shelves.

Anyway, all these are just nuisances but more serious in my mind was the bus service. This is the first time that went to WDW where the bus service was noticeably slow. Not sure if it relates to BCV, but we took the bus/boat 7 times and 6 out of the 7 we waited too long. From BCV to Downtown Dis at about 8PM on Sunday, the wait was 30 minutes. From Downtown back to BCV at about 11PM, the wait was about 40 minutes. BCV-MK monday morning, wait was 25 minutes. BCV to DD tuesday wait was 35 minutes. DD to BCV tuesday evening, wait was 25 minutes. Boat from BWV to BCV, wait was 35 minutes. this was the week of 6/16.

We got so gunshy of waiting that we ended up renting a minivan for a few days.

Has anyone experienced a deterioration of the rooms/bus services like this? I was starting to wonder if due to high gas prices, that WDW cut down on frequency of buses/services.

 

[MBELSANTI]

This about my 8th time going to WDW in the past 5 years. The last 5 times have been DVC (WVL, SSR). I stayed at BCV for the first time last week and experienced some mixed results.

The 2BR we were in was not in the best of shape. It did not appear very clean (whoever stayed there before went crazy with a newspaper splattering about a dozen bugs onto walls - they were not cleaned off for our visit). We have 3 kids that are picky eaters and we cook a few meals to keep them happy - only one of the four burners worked and it was the smallest one. The plates and glasses in the room were clearly not washed before being put back on the shelves.

Anyway, all these are just nuisances but more serious in my mind was the bus service. This is the first time that went to WDW where the bus service was noticeably slow. Not sure if it relates to BCV, but we took the bus/boat 7 times and 6 out of the 7 we waited too long. From BCV to Downtown Dis at about 8PM on Sunday, the wait was 30 minutes. From Downtown back to BCV at about 11PM, the wait was about 40 minutes. BCV-MK monday morning, wait was 25 minutes. BCV to DD tuesday wait was 35 minutes. DD to BCV tuesday evening, wait was 25 minutes. Boat from BWV to BCV, wait was 35 minutes. this was the week of 6/16.

We got so gunshy of waiting that we ended up renting a minivan for a few days.

Has anyone experienced a deterioration of the rooms/bus services like this? I was starting to wonder if due to high gas prices, that WDW cut down on frequency of buses/services.

Hi,
Regarding bug spatters and dirty dishes in cabinets, EWW!! That is just plain gross!

Regarding the transportation, that does seem very long to wait. I would not be surprised if they have scaled back due to gas prices. Many times I have been on buses that only had a few guests on them. But I had thought Disney was implementing a new computerized dispatch where a driver enroute from one resort would be sent to another that had guests waiting. Can someone else comment on this?

 

[ChelleinNC]

The bugs & dishes issues are gross and I hope you complained about it while you were there.

As for the busses, they are still working on the new system and it's not quite right yet. The issues are affecting all of the resorts & parks. However, most of your waits didn't seem too bad. Busses are supposed to come approximately every 20 minutes, so waits of 25-30 minutes isn't bad. It's more bad luck, that a bus most likely left right before you got to the bus stop.

 

[edk35]

I hope you did complain......the resorts can't make improvements if they don't know. I also think when we do complain about things like this...they try hard to "make it right".

 

[DIZBOUND]

as for the room, I would have called mousekeeping. We just got back from POP (used all of our points and could not pass up the wonderful airfare I found) and we never waited more than 5 minutes for a bus no matter what time of day we arrived even at a park closing! Now when we stayed at SSR and AKV I can not say that. I am wondering if the busses do not run as frequently at the DVC resorts as they do to others. ANyone have any ideas on that one?

 

[edk35]

as for the room, I would have called mousekeeping. We just got back from POP (used all of our points and could not pass up the wonderful airfare I found) and we never waited more than 5 minutes for a bus no matter what time of day we arrived even at a park closing! Now when we stayed at SSR and AKV I can not say that. I am wondering if the busses do not run as frequently at the DVC resorts as they do to others. ANyone have any ideas on that one?

You should start a thread about this? I have often wondered this too. I wonder if the DVC resorts do get less coverage??