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Earning My Ears
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- Apr 20, 2018
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Hi everyone! I just booked a one-bedroom lake view direct from Disney at Bay Lake in mid-May. We stayed here in June 2018 and it was great. It's 5 of us, two adults and 3 adult/adultish children. Loved being able to walk to MK. We drove to the other three resorts. (We may have taken the monorail to Epcot once?)
I am reconsidering the Riviera which didn't exist on our last trip (nor did the skyliner which they were building). The Riviera could cost less (standard view) or only a few dollars more for a preferred view. I've read some old posts and it sounds like a lot of the standard views are very decent, so that could be a nice price savings for us if we went that route.
For anyone familiar with both resorts, how will the sleeping be at Riviera? Looks like a murphy bed at RR versus hidabed at BL, which is good for two of my kids, and another drop down murphy style bed at RR versus the chair bed at BL (which would be a 17 year old who is 6'2" using). Is the little murphy bed decent sized and/or at least comparable to the chair bed? Or is it too tiny for an adult?
My other concern is the one bathroom....at RR it looks to be "sort of" two bathroom areas in one, meaning some components can be separated by a door, but only one of the bathroom areas has a toilet (ie one toilet for 5 people). Is this a deal breaker for five adults?? I worry that it is.
Finally, how do the transportation options at RR work? We can do the skyliner to Epcot and to HS, and we'd drive to AK. How do we get to MK, drive? Or??? I seem to recall if you drive to MK you still have to take a monorail in from the parking lot? Is that correct?
Can we walk to Carribean and use their restaurants etc. Are the restaurant options at RR and Carribean good? We only ate at the California Grill on our first night at Contemporary and ate breakfast in our villa and our other meals in the resorts...it didn't seem like there were a lot of exciting options at BL and Contemporary, really.
We used the pool a couple times at BL, and it was good for us. How do the pools at RR compare?
I guess the real question is, do we go with what worked, even though it might be kind of boring to do the same thing again but is a sure thing that we enjoyed, or do we try something new and if we don't like it as well we chalk it up to experience! Help! Lots of questions here, if you can advise on any of my questions, I'd sure appreciate it. I know I've asked about 20 questions in this post!
We are a west coast family who typically goes to DLR, the DW trips are quite expensive and a splurge, and we feel so uninformed and so newbie which causes me a lot of anxiety since I feel like such an expert at DLR!! The helpful insight here really helps.
Thank you!
I am reconsidering the Riviera which didn't exist on our last trip (nor did the skyliner which they were building). The Riviera could cost less (standard view) or only a few dollars more for a preferred view. I've read some old posts and it sounds like a lot of the standard views are very decent, so that could be a nice price savings for us if we went that route.
For anyone familiar with both resorts, how will the sleeping be at Riviera? Looks like a murphy bed at RR versus hidabed at BL, which is good for two of my kids, and another drop down murphy style bed at RR versus the chair bed at BL (which would be a 17 year old who is 6'2" using). Is the little murphy bed decent sized and/or at least comparable to the chair bed? Or is it too tiny for an adult?
My other concern is the one bathroom....at RR it looks to be "sort of" two bathroom areas in one, meaning some components can be separated by a door, but only one of the bathroom areas has a toilet (ie one toilet for 5 people). Is this a deal breaker for five adults?? I worry that it is.
Finally, how do the transportation options at RR work? We can do the skyliner to Epcot and to HS, and we'd drive to AK. How do we get to MK, drive? Or??? I seem to recall if you drive to MK you still have to take a monorail in from the parking lot? Is that correct?
Can we walk to Carribean and use their restaurants etc. Are the restaurant options at RR and Carribean good? We only ate at the California Grill on our first night at Contemporary and ate breakfast in our villa and our other meals in the resorts...it didn't seem like there were a lot of exciting options at BL and Contemporary, really.
We used the pool a couple times at BL, and it was good for us. How do the pools at RR compare?
I guess the real question is, do we go with what worked, even though it might be kind of boring to do the same thing again but is a sure thing that we enjoyed, or do we try something new and if we don't like it as well we chalk it up to experience! Help! Lots of questions here, if you can advise on any of my questions, I'd sure appreciate it. I know I've asked about 20 questions in this post!
We are a west coast family who typically goes to DLR, the DW trips are quite expensive and a splurge, and we feel so uninformed and so newbie which causes me a lot of anxiety since I feel like such an expert at DLR!! The helpful insight here really helps.
Thank you!
). The one person drop down bed (twin-ish size?) in the living room is ok for my 6ft brother so I think 6’2” would be ok. Just take the bus to MK from RIV. It’s like a 15 min ride and it drops you off in front of MK, no TTC nonsense.
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and this way, we won't be constantly comparing trips either, having a new experience.
