Why was BWV a disappointment?
Oo I feel bad coming down on a beloved resort especially because my experience was a one time thing and I recognize it’s not fully fair to judge it on 1 short experience. And I should say, we didn’t hate it. There were definitely some positives, and we will likely stay again if the opportunity is there, but I guess we expected to love it…and just didn’t.
We spent 4 nights there over Labor Day weekend and maybe it was just my expectations were too high? I LOVE the boardwalk area and Crescent Lake in general, it really is so special but for some reason I didn’t really enjoy the hotel as much. The rooms were fine, we got pretty lucky actually and were right on the village green. But they were loud. I could hear all the kids screaming both from the hallway and outside. And though not their fault, people were loudly rolling their suitcases in the courtyard area early in the morning, 2 days in a row. So that wasn’t great. We’ve now stayed at all the park resorts except BLT, BRV and VDH and by far, that room had least soundproofing from our all of our experiences. But I’m sure the room location didn’t help, so there’s that.
I also have never really liked the lobby. Its setup is strange to me and just feels off idk I’m sure I’m the only one with that random nitpick so take that with a big grain of salt lol. The main pool was fine but felt a bit outdated and boring and kind of cramped. The slide was fun though.
The boats weren’t operating the 2x we wanted to go to HS because of the rain. I didn’t even know they stopped them because of rain. The skyliner was even working still which surprised me. Though now that I think about it, maybe there were other reasons why it was down
But what was worse, both times we waited nearly 30 mins for a bus…to HS. (And I know other resorts share buses but man, I hate that 3 resorts share a bus here) I’m sure this wasn’t a common thing, they probably rarely need buses to HS so setting up takes a bit of time but it was just all these small things that left me with a very
meh feeling about it all.
But again, I recognize that one mediocre stay doesn’t mean they’ll all be like that it just means that for now, I’m really glad I have 2 other Epcot resorts to call home. Addonitis was kept at bay for once after a trip.
ETA: sorry for derailing your thread a bit
@Instagramhusband ! Probably should’ve kept my explanation a bit shorter
Our 2yr anni was Feb 1st. My only almost regret (well aside from the common I wish I would’ve bought earlier) was buying BCV blind. But I should’ve known that all would be more than well. We took a super last minute trip last weekend and I stumbled upon 2nts in a 1bdrm like 2 days before the trip lol and of course, we absolutely loved it. BWV was a bit of a disappointment for me so I’m so glad BCV lived up to its hype, and that’s without SAB. I didn’t think we’d want any more 2042 pts buuuut 
maybe just another cute small little contract. Just a harmless little guy…we’ll see…
