ROLR? Just curious

[Maleficent's Dad]

Wow, differing opinions here! I will assume we’re talking about WDW DVC Resorts only. We’ve stayed at all of them, except the new Ft. Wilderness Cabins. We won’t stay at the newest three places if we can help it. Riviera, Poly tower, and Ft Wilderness are, imo, not really what DVC is supposed to be. Resorts? Yes. (And a campground). But not a real Disney community. Just my opinion. We don’t care for them for various reasons. Good thing there are lots to choose from!

 

[drusba]

It is an age factor as we have gotten older. Actually like OKW but the lack of elevators in most of the buildings dictates against its use. Also like Jambo but avoid now because of the combined bathtub and shower in the master bathrooms of the 1BRs and 2BRs, which have an unreasonably high step-over side to get into the tub/shower.

 

[I Run Long]

The Poly. Was really looking forward to it, but it was the worse stay ever. The rooms were great, the resort a hard pass.

 

[kilik64]

This is probably not the opinion that you are going to get the most of here, but our ROLR is BWV. Hear me out...

We always drive to WDW (about 8.5 hours away) and convenience to the car is a big factor. We drive to all of the parks except MK. There is no bigger PITA parking situation than BWV, where you end up walking a LONG way to your room. It makes loading/unloading a pain (we don't use Bell Services, I am a more DIY person) and just getting into and out of the lot is a pain. We prefer CFW, SSR, Kidani, BLT, and VGF1, which all have much better parking situations (OKW is good for parking as well, but lacks elevators (for the most part), which is a strike against it).

Yes to all of this! This post is me.

Also didn't care for the pool at all.

Room at BWV was great, no complaints, just hated the rest of the experience there.

 

[kilik64]

The Poly. Was really looking forward to it, but it was the worse stay ever. The rooms were great, the resort a hard pass.

Just curious, anything specific about the resort part of it? Were you in tower or longhouse?

 

[I Run Long]

Just curious, anything specific about the resort part of it? Were you in tower or longhouse?

We were in the longhouse. We did love the room - especially the split bath. It was the vibe of the resort from the beginning: 1) had to wrestle my bag from bell services when they delivered it to our room. The guy had a death grip on it until we handed over the tip, 2) Had to go to the front desk because we couldn't get into our room numerous times due to magic band issues where the staff either shrugged their shoulders or chuckled at the problem, 3) When in the quiet pool visitors would chuck their kids in the pool and managed to hit me a couple of times (I know that's a guest problem), 4) Terrible bus service - we had the longest waits there of any resort; 5) Monorail breakdowns (this was before the walking path to MK) - in fact it broke down more times than it ran during our visit. I know these are first world problems and I do understand why people love the resort, but it was enough for us that we'll never be back.

 

[Maleficent's Dad]

Just curious, anything specific about the resort part of it? Were you in tower or longhouse?

We were in the longhouse. We did love the room - especially the split bath. It was the vibe of the resort from the beginning: 1) had to wrestle my bag from bell services when they delivered it to our room. The guy had a death grip on it until we handed over the tip, 2) Had to go to the front desk because we couldn't get into our room numerous times due to magic band issues where the staff either shrugged their shoulders or chuckled at the problem, 3) When in the quiet pool visitors would chuck their kids in the pool and managed to hit me a couple of times (I know that's a guest problem), 4) Terrible bus service - we had the longest waits there of any resort; 5) Monorail breakdowns (this was before the walking path to MK) - in fact it broke down more times than it ran during our visit. I know these are first world problems and I do understand why people love the resort, but it was enough for us that we'll never be back.

The Poly is beloved. But I have to agree with @I Run Long on this. The vibe at the Poly is crazy busy, hardly relaxing. Tambu, ‘Ohana, Trader Sam’s, the volcano pool… all selling points, yes. But also downright crowded and over rated. The vibe at the tower was not my thing. I guess I’m not a fan of the high rise buildings! Oh, and I have stayed on both sides - the long houses and the tower.