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[BigBadBobbyH]

That's true about BLT.

I'm sorta guessing that Poly Tower will go the same way and add a small desk area eventually. There's no staff in the Tower at all after a certain point in the evening. It's just cost cutting. But a huge inconvenience. In May, we had to wait 30 minutes for someone to come over to the tower when our door didn't open.

Same thing happened to me. It was annoying because I arrived late but knew we should be able to get into our room with our Magic Bands. Instead, none of our Magic Bands would work on the elevators nor, as we learned later, our rooms. We ended up searching around the main lobby for someone to help us to no avail. Eventually we found a phone on the wall and had to call over to GCH and wait for someone to come over with a tablet to fix all of our Magic Bands. I thought checking in online would have saved us time by allowing us to go straight to the tower but, in the end, it was a waste of our time.

We did like the Tower and had a wonderful stay. Wailulu was a beautiful place to eat sitting outside. So I don't want to say it detracted from our visit but some logistical things clearly need to be worked out given the lack of support in the tower lobby after hours.

 

[disneylandtour]

Same thing happened to me. It was annoying because I arrived late but knew we should be able to get into our room with our Magic Bands. Instead, none of our Magic Bands would work on the elevators nor, as we learned later, our rooms. We ended up searching around the main lobby for someone to help us to no avail. Eventually we found a phone on the wall and had to call over to GCH and wait for someone to come over with a tablet to fix all of our Magic Bands. I thought checking in online would have saved us time by allowing us to go straight to the tower but, in the end, it was a waste of our time.

We did like the Tower and had a wonderful stay. Wailulu was a beautiful place to eat sitting outside. So I don't want to say it detracted from our visit but some logistical things clearly need to be worked out given the lack of support in the tower lobby after hours.

One of the irritating things here: DVC dues are used, in part, to pay for staff in GCH, such as at the front desk. Only for the tower--which is all DVC--there's no staff after around 7 or 8pm. I'm sure there's an exact time that staff leaves--I noticed they were gone consistently after dinner. So all of the staff that DVC dues partially pays for is over in the GCH which covers cash and DVC areas and the one DVC-only area is empty.

I loved Wailulu. I like the new lobby. I wasn't a fan of the Tower rooms. For the same number of points on a standard studio, you can get a larger room with a far better view in the long houses. But as always, I had a good time while I was there. Oh, loved the terraces (minus the fake plants) as well.

 

[Tatebeck]

All of the talk of how bumpy things are at the tower may make me cancel our few nights there in January. We have the full trip booked at BCV 1BR but have a 3 day reservation at the tower in a 1BR TPV room. I tried for standard view but no luck. With how expensive the TPV rooms, the many complaints of the PIT lately, and how much we like BCV I may just cancel the PIT part and just stay those nights at BCV instead. I just keep going back and forth!

 

[MarkNC2Disney]

But as always, I had a good time while I was there. Oh, loved the terraces (minus the fake plants) as well.

Yeah, they’re fake to not attract the pollinators… I’m fine with that tradeoff.

 

[LoveToDisney]

Same thing happened to me. It was annoying because I arrived late but knew we should be able to get into our room with our Magic Bands. Instead, none of our Magic Bands would work on the elevators nor, as we learned later, our rooms. We ended up searching around the main lobby for someone to help us to no avail. Eventually we found a phone on the wall and had to call over to GCH and wait for someone to come over with a tablet to fix all of our Magic Bands. I thought checking in online would have saved us time by allowing us to go straight to the tower but, in the end, it was a waste of our time.

We did like the Tower and had a wonderful stay. Wailulu was a beautiful place to eat sitting outside. So I don't want to say it detracted from our visit but some logistical things clearly need to be worked out given the lack of support in the tower lobby after hours.

Just curious if you were using Magicband+ or the regular Magicbands. We always have trouble with our regular mb not opening the door and wondered if guests are having trouble with the newer mb+ as well.

 

[Xalthon]

On our trip last month, my regular MB did not unlock our door upon arrival. Thankfully, the guy with the tablet came and fixed it fairly quickly.