Sunrise Safari

[jdg345]

In this thread , we've all been using the words concierge and club level to mean the same thing. It is a more expensive level of rooms that you can choose to book at any of the deluxe resorts.

At CR, Y&BC, BWI, WL and AKL it is a seperate floor and in general you need a key to access the club level floor that houses the lounge. The Polynesian and GF house their club levels in seperate buildings.

If you book club level, you can use preplanning services to book dining and activity reservations. There is an area at each club level where CMs help as needed during your stay with reservations or problems. There is also a lounge with continental breakfast, snacks and drinks during the day, appetizers and wine near the dinner hour and desserts and cordials in the evening. It costs quite a bit extra IMO but is a fun splurge from time to time if/when it fits the budget.

In actuality, WDW now calls all of these special areas Club Levels. At the AKL it is the Kilimojaro Club.

This is probably to differentiate Club Levels from Lobby concierge services which are now available to ALL guests in each hotel. The CMs at the lobby concierge desks will do the same thing the Club level concierge CMs do....help you book dining and activity reservations, answer questions, try to help with problems or logistics, etc.

Hope this helps.

BobNed, thanks for posting the info on the Wildlife Discovery Excursion. I think I read that it had opened up to younger guests as well and of course the price may have changed but otherwise that sounds like what people describe. I do think this is what the OP heard about at the Polynesian.

That you so much for the information! It looks like none of this is available via DVC points though, Cash Reservations Only?

 

[BCV23]

That you so much for the information! It looks like none of this is available via DVC points though, Cash Reservations Only?

It isn't available at the DVC resorts themselves although you can choose to use tons of points to book a room at the deluxe resorts using the Disney Collection. We prefer to pay for the club level rooms when we choose to splurge and save our points for BCV.

One time I saw a post in which someone related staying at BWV or BCV and getting concierge service at either the BC or BWI. I don't remember if that poster used points or cash though. And frankly, it would not be worth it to me in that situation. If you have to go to another building or wing to get to the lounge and/or Club level CMs it loses the convenience factor. Plus once we're in our DVC rooms, we have plenty of room in the refig for our own beverages and you can buy many goodies to stock your room for the price of club level. I suppose if someone really, really hated booking their own reservations, it might be worth it for them.

 

[jdg345]

Many Thanks!

 

[mtdsnylvr]

Just to confuse the issue some more, when I called to book AKL club so we could take the sunrise safari in November, it was closed for remodeling! Maybe next trip.