pool swan vs bwi

[bellebud]

pool area: swan/dolphin vs bwv...

we use the pools ALOT and my kids (5yo and almost 4yo) love slides. the swan/dolphin sand/play area and well as pools looked nicer than the boardwalks (i'm debating these 2 resorts)... the only thing that makes me lean towards the boardwalk is getting a 1 bedroom villa (which we love). but as far as i can tell, there's no sand area for the kids to build castles and no real playsets. any opinions?

(this is for a possible trip during the summer - i'm thinking we'll do parks early mornings/evenings, and pool all day, so the pool/play area is very important).

we stayed in the bcv last year and loved it, but the kiddie slide will be too tame for my kids now, and the grownup slide is way too big for them still. the kiddie wading pool area will be too shallow for them, and the grownup areas are great, but since we stayed there already, we want to try something new.

oh, and my dd called the swan the "barbie hotel" (swan lake barbie)... she'd love to stay there.

tia for any opinions.

Liz

 

[robinb]

The BWV slide is pretty big. I think it's the second biggest slide on property next to Stormalong Bay's slide. If the pool area is really important to you, then I would choose the Swan or Dolphin. The pool area is bigger and the slide is tamer, but not as wussy as the baby slide at BCV. My (then) 4 year old loved it.