So yes you could see the parking lot in the distance if looking one way but if you looked another way you could see the waterway to MGM, etc. Yes there is also a service road that runs along the waterway but it's not a road like a highway it is a very pleasant view of a pathway next to a waterway where you can see ducks, Friendship boats, people strolling to MGM etc. And yes occasionally a service truck may go by--but it is not like you are looking at trucks and cars whizzing by on the highway.
Well, the parking lot view was about 80% full frontal view. It's all we could see when we were inside the room (i.e. sitting on the bed or whatever). So, it was a little more than just "looking one way" to see it. Yes, we saw ducks....and the Friendship boat (if we looked down and to the right). But the service vehicles and trucks were a little more frequent that you make it seem. No, agreed, nothing like a highway but I never insinuated that either. Still....I felt this room was good for SV points. I just wouldn't consider this a "preferred" view---that's all I'm trying to say.
and I have had PV villas in approx the same location as your villa and could certainly not see "someone getting something out of a car in the parking lot" --something that you have posted previously!
Dee....not making this stuff up. We were waving to my husband in the parking lot getting stuff out of our van----how cool you remembered that from a couple months ago. We saw him clearly---though it was off in the distance and he saw us waving. Maybe you had a slightly different angle of the parking lot than we had ? I can't explain why you didn't see this, but it's not really relevant either. I didn't even bring that up in this post.
But having rooms with bad views is really not one of BWV's shortcomings.
Generally, overall, I agree with u. BUT, these particular PV rooms do exist none the less and why not steer people away from them IF possible ? What's the harm ? I agree the shortcoming here is that BWV charges PV points instead of SV. The view would be fine for SV----just my honest opinion.
My concern is that if a newbie reads your post and does not know the whole layout and scheme of BWV they could possibly avoid a whole section of villas at BWV that has very nice PV rooms because of one of very few villas.
So how should I go about advising someone about rooms such as the one I had ? Since there are so many better PV rooms available at the BWV why not direct someone to them ? I've never bashed the resort to any newbie----only given, what I consider, helpful information about this particular area of rooms. In fact, repeatedly I've said I had a nice stay there and plan to revisit in the future. You may not find my advice beneficial or helpful, but I'm sure there are some that do. I hardly feel my advice here is deterring the OP from staying there. Perhaps, as in my original post on this thread, instead of saying "make sure you request to have a pool view" etc, I should rephrase it to say, "I'd like to suggest you request a pool view based on the fact that you may be assigned to a very small group of not-so-nice PV rooms". Dee, you're a BWV vet, but not everyone knows the in's and out's like you do. I'm only offering my personal experience to be helpful. I have no alterior motives here. I hardly feel anyone would be deterred from staying at the BW based on what I've said here today (or in the past). Cheyita even stated she wasn't going to get "worked up" over the view. The information I gave is there for her (or anyone else) to use if they want to. Maybe some wouldn't mind the parking lot/service view area as a PV. I'm not saying this facetiously. I totally understand this view (actually the PV POINTS that I used for it---I, personally would have been fine paying SV points) may have gotten to me more than the next person.
