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[mariamouse]

Does anyone know what the resort order is for pick-up and drop-off from/to the airport using Magical Express?

Thanks!

 

[WsPrincess]

Does anyone know what the resort order is for pick-up and drop-off from/to the airport using Magical Express?

Thanks!

For us, we were picked up (there were people already on the bus and I am not sure from where), we stopped at the Boardwalk and then we went to the airport. We did not use ME to get to BC so I am not sure.

 

[Fall1]

So excited, we just booked BCV for April!! We are staying there in November and April, I was tempted to do AKV or SSR for April, but the BC is so hard to say no to!!

 

[kelleigh1]

I am not in the least hard to get along with, but I worked a service job for years, and do not like it when I get terrible service. DH seems to just accept whatever! Our little joke is that when I say, "I'd like to see the manager" HE says, "I'll be out in the car."

 

[kelleigh1]

Hi all..
Thanks to this board, I found that a pretty good match for the lovely BC scent was "Rainkissed Leaves" at Bath and Bodyworks. Sadly, they discontinued this fragrance about a year ago. For those fans of it, like me, I wanted to let you know that B&BW is currently having their semi-annual sale and they've brought back "Rainkissed Leaves!" ....and cheaply! I got hand soaps, body lotions and shower gels for $3 each! Just an FYI....

Really? That's the BC smell? I used to work at BBW and before they discontinued it, I stocked up on the Rainkissed Leaves hand soap. I did see that they had it in the semi-annual sale, but haven't picked any up yet because I knew my friend (who will be visiting from out of town this weekend) will want to go. Now that I know it's the BC smell, I'll have to make sure I get some stuff...not that I need anymore BBW stuff since I still have so much from when I worked there, but not Rainkissed!

 

[Feckless]

Again, I certainly hope that nobody thinks that I was in any way "slamming" the CL staff. Everyone was very friendly and extremely helpful in changing reservations and the like, and I was very pleased to not have to go to DTD that day. I loved it there, and would go back in a heartbeat. I'm planning our next trip for 2014! Maybe my expectations were too high from reading about other people's experiences. And DH certainly wasn't complaining in the least. I can't help but think that he might be easier to convince to go back if we had that little "something extra" in the attention department on that long day he spent in the room with DS!

 

[Feckless]

I got the "Oceanside" scent from B&BW in candle and in fragrance diffuser because that was the closest one to the BC that I could find!

 

[bookgirl]

Okay on the 'coffee talk' topic.

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2944299

Wonder if this may be making it's way to our side of the Lagoon.

 

[mariamouse]

For us, we were picked up (there were people already on the bus and I am not sure from where), we stopped at the Boardwalk and then we went to the airport. We did not use ME to get to BC so I am not sure.

Thanks so much for sharing your experience! Did anyone else experience the same order going to the airport? Anyone remember the order heading to the BC?

 

[Looby Loo]

We'll be checking in in less than 2 weeks and I was just wondering what everyone's thoughts were about online check in?

We won't be getting to the hotel until about 7pm so I'm not sure which "check in" option will give us the best chance of getting our preferred room!

Obviously I know that room requests aren't guaranteed but the UK booking tool didn't allow for room preferences to be added either

TIA

 

[MickeyT]

Are there any good locations you can recommend
for fireworks shots? Thanks!

Two. Get there early and pay particular attention to the wind. Then work around to the opposite side of the lagoon. We have smoked out at Illuminations more than once.

An update for all our friends that were asking about yogurt. Slim pickens at the BC. All I have found in the Marketplace and CL Lounge is the Dannon Fruit on the Bottom. Plenty of fruit and oatmeal but not much on yogurt.

 

[mariamouse]

Two. Get there early and pay particular attention to the wind. Then work around to the opposite side of the lagoon. We have smoked out at Illuminations more than once.

An update for all our friends that were asking about yogurt. Slim pickens at the BC. All I have found in the Marketplace and CL Lounge is the Dannon Fruit on the Bottom. Plenty of fruit and oatmeal but not much on yogurt.

Thank you so much for looking into this, Mike!

Sort of surprising that a deluxe resort like the BC wouldn't accommodate Greek yogurt fans, though. At that price point, it seems like more healthy options should be available! Oh well.

 

[TeenaS]

Thank you so much for looking into this, Mike!

Sort of surprising that a deluxe resort like the BC wouldn't accommodate Greek yogurt fans, though. At that price point, it seems like more healthy options should be available! Oh well.

Garden Grocer will deliver to Bell Services. Bell Services will keep refrigerated until your room is ready at which time they will deliver to your room. Yogurt, water, etc. is something you might want to consider. There is a minimum order but with the prices being set pretty high, it's not hard to reach that minimum.

 

[Nicnic]

Well I've gone and done it, booked to stay at the Beach Club.
Its not until October 2013 but i'm so excited.

Staying for 14 nights and got free dining.

We've been to Disney many times before but this has been my dream hotel.

There's me and my DH, our eldest DD who will turn 10 the day after we get there, I usually tell her we have booked and always go over her birthday but this time we are not telling her (well i will try not to tell her!) and there's our newest DD who will have just turned 2 by the time we go, oh how time will fly!

I love reading this thread and can't wait to be there.

 

[kelleigh1]

Its not until October 2013 but i'm so excited.

Staying for 14 nights and got free dining.

Free dining and you're not going until Oct. 2013? I didn't think they released any free dining info this far out. I'm going in Oct. of this year and I haven't even seen a public announcement of free dining for this year yet. I know some have gotten it because of PIN codes.

 

[Nicnic]

Free dining and you're not going until Oct. 2013? I didn't think they released any free dining info this far out. I'm going in Oct. of this year and I haven't even seen a public announcement of free dining for this year yet. I know some have gotten it because of PIN codes.

Its a UK offer, free dining. free $200 disney dollars.

They have done it for a good few years now, the offer ends today so anyone booking after this date wont get it.

 

[TeenaS]

Well I've gone and done it, booked to stay at the Beach Club.
Its not until October 2013 but i'm so excited.

Staying for 14 nights and got free dining.

We've been to Disney many times before but this has been my dream hotel.

There's me and my DH, our eldest DD who will turn 10 the day after we get there, I usually tell her we have booked and always go over her birthday but this time we are not telling her (well i will try not to tell her!) and there's our newest DD who will have just turned 2 by the time we go, oh how time will fly!

I love reading this thread and can't wait to be there.

I assume you are from Europe. Being at the BC during Food & Wine Festival time is sooooo wonderful!!!!

 

[kelleigh1]

Its a UK offer, free dining. free $200 disney dollars.

They have done it for a good few years now, the offer ends today so anyone booking after this date wont get it.

Ah ok. That makes sense. I was afraid your travel agent booked you for this year instead of 2013.

 

[mariamouse]

Garden Grocer will deliver to Bell Services. Bell Services will keep refrigerated until your room is ready at which time they will deliver to your room. Yogurt, water, etc. is something you might want to consider. There is a minimum order but with the prices being set pretty high, it's not hard to reach that minimum.

Good to know- thanks so much for sharing! May have to look into that since we are planning on eating a light bfast in our room most days.

 

[lbv7]

You know, although I would do CL at BC again in a heartbeat, and I wish I were there RIGHT NOW and overall was really pleased with the service we got, there really wasn't anything done for us "out of the box" by the CL staff. There were two occasions when, in retrospect, someone could have stepped up and done something to make the stay more special for us. Again, this is not a complaint, but just where there could have been room for improvement.

The first was our last day. The night before, we went to DTD and DD designed a t-shirt. We were told that we would have to go back to DTD to pick it up because it was too late to arrange resort delivery. When I was at MK EMH solo the next morning, I realized that it would be a complete PITA to go back there, and would mean that I would spent a bunch of time on a bus, or a bunch of money on a taxi. So, I texted DH and asked if he could ask the CL staff if they could arrange to have it picked up for us. He asked, but they told him no, they couldn't do it. I really didn't think he asked properly (sometimes people have a harder time saying no to me! He is just too nice! LOL) so when I went back, I found a different CL and asked, and she arranged it for me, which was so lovely. I hadn't made any other requests of CL since the gift baskets on arrival so I didn't feel so bad. They said that they would get their "runner" to pick it up, and later that day, the t-shirt was in our room. It really added to the last day to have that done for us, and I surely appreciated it, but I wish that they hadn't turned down DH when he first asked because it was a bit of added stress to our morning knowing we would have to take time to head back to DTD. Why did they say yes to me and no to him???

Second, I have to say that I was quite disappointed that CL didn't do anything to make DS's day of misery (he spent a day throwing up from sunstroke we think) any better. The morning he started being sick, I let them know so that they could send up housekeeping (caught us all by surprise. ew). It took a couple of hours for housekeeping to make it to the room, and DH had to call multiple times in addition to me telling the CL staff. Because of the noise and disruption when they came in to clean the room, DS wanted to leave and the only place DH could think to take him was the CL lounge (I probably wouldn't have, because what if it turned out to be gastro? But DH didn't know what else to do). That was all you could do, and once they got there they did an AWESOME job in cleaning the room. However, nobody checked with us at any point during that day or the next to ask how he was doing, or if they could do anything to make him more comfortable or even to see if DH needed anything. I told CL staff that DD and I were leaving DH alone in the room to care for DS before I left when I stopped by the desk to get a couple of movies for DS to watch. I told them how guilty I felt about DH having to spend the day in the room with DS while we went to the parks. It wouldn't have cost anything for someone to call DH to ask him if he needed anything brought to him from the lounge, or just even to call and see if everything was all right, and would have made DH's day much better since he was trapped in there! Also, during the hour that DS spent in the lounge while they were cleaning the room, he was so sick that he put his head down on the table and went to sleep like that. Nobody came over to check then either! I was kind of disappointed by that, especially when reading about other people's experiences.

We also didn't get 5th floor check in, which surprised me, and we weren't greeted by name when we got off the bus (we were the only family to get out at BC). Now, I DIDN'T CARE about either one little bit, and if I hadn't read other people's experiences on here, then it wouldn't have even been a blip on my radar.

The only thing "out of the ordinary" that CL did for us during our trip other than getting the t-shirt was to add some extra chocolate and Twizzlers to the gift baskets for the kids.

Again, this isn't by way of a complaint, because I had a phenomenal stay and can't imagine staying anywhere else for our next trip, but those were a couple of opportunities where the CL staff could have stepped up, and I was a teensy bit disappointed that they didn't. Maybe reading about so much "pixie dust" had my expectations up higher than they should have been! All that said, I found the staff friendly, always said hello and had a kind greeting. I didn't chat much with the staff either, so I wouldn't blame them for not knowing our names or being more specific in their greetings.

Take those comments for what they're worth!

Why didn't you just take the bag with you -I can't imagine a t-shirt bag being heavy. In the end though they did send someone to DTD for you (not a small task) so it all worked out, which in my mind shows that the CL staff did do something "over and above" for you.

As for the illness, should they have checked to see how DS was doing, yes of course that would have been a nice gesture, but remember the CM's are not baby sitters, and they have their own jobs to do.