Not all BWV are equal

[WDW-BWV]

Folks help me understand...

I thought BWV room types and point fees were all dependent and equal based on view. Thus a standard is a standard and a garden/pool view is the same. So how is it that in reserving a standard that had some defects we were switched to the same studio type room on the same floor and the other was "slightly" larger but considered a garden view. The rooms were 150' apart and had the same view. I am thankful for the change but don't understand how you have 2 classes with the same view?

 

[crisi]

There has to be one room that is right next to the other that is the change in classification. Sounds like you had the "best possible" standard view and got switched to the "worst possible" garden view.

The Village Green rooms are Garden View, but you can see the Boardwalk from them. The end of the tennis courts are preferred, but you can see the parking lot just fine. There may be some pool facing standard view rooms behind the Keister Coaster where the room next door is garden view (I've heard that people have gotten those as standard view - they are lousy preferred view since you only see the slide scaffolding).

In general, if you want a good view at Boardwalk, book the Boardwalk View - all of them look out over the Boardwalk without a quibble. If you don't book that or want to save points, book a standard view - some of them have great views. As a last resort, book preferred view - its luck whether you get a room that is next to a room that is Boardwalk View - or if you get a room that is frankly worse than many of the standard view rooms.

 

[crisi]

Oh, and don't even get started on Bay Lake Towers, where you can pay a lot of points for a MK View, look at the parking lot, and have the balcony right below yours be a standard view for bargain points.

 

[DebbieB]

Folks help me understand...

I thought BWV room types and point fees were all dependent and equal based on view. Thus a standard is a standard and a garden/pool view is the same. So how is it that in reserving a standard that had some defects we were switched to the same studio type room on the same floor and the other was "slightly" larger but considered a garden view. The rooms were 150' apart and had the same view. I am thankful for the change but don't understand how you have 2 classes with the same view?

What were the views? I know sometimes they consider the rooms at the very end of the hall facing the tennis courts as water view because you can see the canal.