The I Love BWV (yes, Hallways and Clown Pool too!) Thread

[Melani]

How can I search this thread instead of asking ? that may have already been answered?
When I try to use "Search this tread" it always jumps to the main search page.

I'd like to know how's the walk to or boat to Hollywood from BWV?

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

I'd like to know how's the walk to or boat to Hollywood from BWV?

To walk is easy, You just go through the pool area (or down one of the back staircases) to the walk-way along the canal, turn left on it and follow it all the way to the end. At the end, just bear right and walk to the studios entrance. To boat you can either walk out to the main dock right on the Boardwalk or walk over to the swan/dolphin dock and get on the boat there. From the BWV, the boat goes over to the Yacht/Beach Club dock so by going over the bridge to the Swan/Dolphin dock you can either catch a boat you may have missed or cut out some time on the boat. If we take the boat from the Studios, which is rare, we always get off at the Swan/Dolphin and walk back over the bridge. It saves a lot of time.

HBC

 

[Melani]

To walk is easy, You just go through the pool area (or down one of the back staircases) to the walk-way along the canal, turn left on it and follow it all the way to the end. At the end, just bear right and walk to the studios entrance. To boat you can either walk out to the main dock right on the Boardwalk or walk over to the swan/dolphin dock and get on the boat there. From the BWV, the boat goes over to the Yacht/Beach Club dock so by going over the bridge to the Swan/Dolphin dock you can either catch a boat you may have missed or cut out some time on the boat. If we take the boat from the Studios, which is rare, we always get off at the Swan/Dolphin and walk back over the bridge. It saves a lot of time.

HBC

Thanks, do you happen to know:

Which rooms are closer to these back stairs by the pool for walking?
Which are are closest to Swan/Dolphin boat launch?

Is it pretty easy to request particular areas?

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Thanks, do you happen to know:

Which rooms are closer to these back stairs by the pool for walking?
Which are are closest to Swan/Dolphin boat launch?

Is it pretty easy to request particular areas?

It's not an easy request but it is easy to learn how to get in and out.

When we have a standard view room, we always request far from the elevators. This puts us down toward the end of the hallway and closest to the exit for the Studios. A Boardwalk view room will put you closest to the Swan and Dolphin. No matter where you are, you are within easy access to one of the exit stairways that you can use to get down to either the Boardwalk or to the walk way along the canal. The vast majority of the rooms are pool/garden view and they could be anywhere. But no matter where they are located, a stairway will be nearby. Learn to use them if you are able because they will save you lots of time coming and going (you can't enter them from the Boardwalk, only exit).

HBC

 

[drusba]

Rooms farthest from elevators (both standard and preferred quiet pool view)) put you closest to a stairway exit that is shorestt for the walk to Studios. As to the cross over bridge to Swan Dolphin boat launch, any rooms in the Luna Park area or boardwalk view put you close to an exit from which the walk to the bridge is fairly short. Note I would not get overly concerned about how close a room is to S/D or walk to studios unless you feel an extra 70 to 100 yards in any particular direction is just too much to deal with.

 

[dec5girl]

It's not an easy request but it is easy to learn how to get in and out.

When we have a standard view room, we always request far from the elevators. This puts us down toward the end of the hallway and closest to the exit for the Studios. A Boardwalk view room will put you closest to the Swan and Dolphin. No matter where you are, you are within easy access to one of the exit stairways that you can use to get down to either the Boardwalk or to the walk way along the canal. The vast majority of the rooms are pool/garden view and they could be anywhere. But no matter where they are located, a stairway will be nearby. Learn to use them if you are able because they will save you lots of time coming and going (you can't enter them from the Boardwalk, only exit).

HBC

I completely agree. We use stairs all the time. I always tell myself that is how I'm walking off all the food I'm eating, but going up the stairs.

You can enter them from the other side, not the Boardwalk side. If you come from Swan/Dolphin and you stay to the right after the bridge there is a door near the end of the building that you can enter. There are several of them along the "canal" side of the building that you can enter and exit.

 

[Melani]

Thank you.

It just looked so big and sprawling on the map.

 

[marko]

I have a question for those who have stayed in a BW view villa. Can you see Illuminations from the balcony of villas on the lower floors or do you need to be on the 4th or 5th floor?

 

[jekjones1558]

I have stayed on all floors except the first floor. I could always see Illuminations, but the higher floors had a better view. I know that even standing on the BW itself you can see some of the high fireworks.

 

[bobbiwoz]

We just had our first BWView and DH thought it was too noisy. We did have a good balcony for people watching/view. For the points and convenience of being on the Boardwalk, I think our BWV stays will continue to be standard view whenever available.

Bobbi

 

[heaven2dc]

We just had our first BWView and DH thought it was too noisy. We did have a good balcony for people watching/view. For the points and convenience of being on the Boardwalk, I think our BWV stays will continue to be standard view whenever available.

Bobbi

I'm also joining in on BWV lovers

I will have my first BW view in 3 weeks and can't wait to see which floor I'll end up on. Your husband thought it was too noisy - did you like at all? (I wondered about the noise too but thought if I got a 4th or 5th floor it wouldn't be too bad). Which floor were you on and where was it located above?

 

[bobbiwoz]

I'm also joining in on BWV lovers

I will have my first BW view in 3 weeks and can't wait to see which floor I'll end up on. Your husband thought it was too noisy - did you like at all? (I wondered about the noise too but thought if I got a 4th or 5th floor it wouldn't be too bad). Which floor were you on and where was it located above?

We were on the third floor, right next to a GV, so it was over the restaurant (Big River Grill). The boat blows it's horn in the mornings, I think it was around 6 something that woke DH up. I sort of noticed it, but was able to fall back to sleep, DH couldn't. At night the voices seem to float up from the restaurant, and again, I could fall asleep, but apparently some voices woke DH up, during the night, but he says that may have come from inside the resort.

DH has never mentioned noise when we've stayed in Standard View, so I won't book BWView any more for stays with him. I do go solo, and with friends, and I did enjoy the people watching, especially in the morning! I think the room was 3031, a dedicated studio.

Bobbi

 

[LSchrow]

we norm wind up in studios **31 or **29 (3rd, 4th or 5th floor) ~ above BRG.
the view from any of them is beautiful . i use a sound machine, so am not bothered by the noise as some might be (for comparison: even with the sound machine, we had difficulty sleeping at the BCVs. the yelling in the hallways ~on more than one trip ~ was just not conducive to a "good night's sleep" we find the BW view rooms quieter during the late evening & early morn).

the arcade sounds can be obtrusive, but we found closing the drapes & turning on the sound machine a great help.
since we prefer using the stairwells (unless dressed up of course), the 3rd floor is our personal fave ~ else, climbing 5 flights after walking all day can actually be painful. the higher the floor, the (slightly) better views of the fireworks, & (slightly) worse views of the BW activities.

BW view is literally the only DVC or reg resort room category we are non-negotiable on (we will change our dates if it is not available); it's more than just a view, it's total immersion

 

[dec5girl]

We have only used BW view also. It is a MUST for our family. We were awoken once when a very loud person left one of the clubs at the end of the Boardwalk at 2:00 AM, but nothing else has ever woken us up. I start each day and end each day on my balcony and it is truly one of my favorite parts of going to WDW!

 

[Ronald Duck]

Three weeks from tomorrow we'll be arriving in that beautifully-decorated lobby for our first stay . We'll be in a Standard View 1-bedroom.

We are DVC owners but we're staying on a DVC friend's points. Does anyone know (or can anyone guess) whether we'll be able to get free internet?

Also, I'm the designated "morning mug man" in our family, and I'm assuming that if all you want are coffee refills, the Boardwalk Bakery is still the most convenient place. Am I right? Does anyone know when BWB opens? And when do the inevitable lines get long?

Thanks...

 

[BWV Dreamin]

Three weeks from tomorrow we'll be arriving in that beautifully-decorated lobby for our first stay . We'll be in a Standard View 1-bedroom.

We are DVC owners but we're staying on a DVC friend's points. Does anyone know (or can anyone guess) whether we'll be able to get free internet?

Also, I'm the designated "morning mug man" in our family, and I'm assuming that if all you want are coffee refills, the Boardwalk Bakery is still the most convenient place. Am I right? Does anyone know when BWB opens? And when do the inevitable lines get long?

Thanks...

If you are staying on your friends points, you get free internet. The BWB opens at around 6:30a (not for sure, but its early). Lines are long around 8:00a for sure. I don't know about the mug thing, but if you've gotten it there before, then thats the only one I know of at Boardwalk. Have a great trip!!

 

[jekjones1558]

I think the Belle Vue Lounge (lobby level, over the Flying Fish) has coffee and rolls in the morning, if you don't want to go outside. I don't know what time it opens. All of this is assuming that BVL hasn't been affected by cutbacks in staffing around WDW.
I also can't wait to see that garland in the lobby. One day I am going to see how they put it up or take it down without breaking those hundreds of ornaments. Maybe I'll luck out and see it come down on our trip over New Year's, since we don't leave WDW until Jan. 6.

 

[DVC Mike]

Since I get up early, I am usually the first in line at the Boardwalk Bakery each morning. I just must have my morning latte and blueberry muffin!

 

[Ronald Duck]

Since I get up early, I am usually the first in line at the Boardwalk Bakery each morning. I just must have my morning latte and blueberry muffin!

I'll gladly stand in a line for one of their glazed cinnamon rolls (yike...I hope they still carry them )

 

[Weluvdisny]

I'm sure this has been asked before but does anyone know how many preferred BW rooms there are? We are looking to book a 2 bedroom and a studio and would love to have them with a BW view. I've seen the map that shows where all the preferred/preferred BW/stanard rooms are located but that doesn't give a figure as to how many rooms there are of each?