The we loooooove Bonnet Creek thread Part 3

[Bellamouse]

There are towels for the pools that you can check out. They make you check them out because I guess people weren't returning them. You get charged for them if you don't check them back in when you're done. I think the check out for pool towels is only in buildings 6 and the main building (but I could be wrong about that). We did use our room towels as we had 8 towels and we were only 2 people. There is also a washer and dryer in the room, so we could have washed towels once if we had wanted.

 

[DCTooTall]

This thread has been invaluable in helping me plan our next trip. We are staying for 13 nights in June and I am wondering if we will have any housekeeping visits or if they are only for a fee. If they are for a fee only, how much is the charge? For that long of a stay, I would like at least one cleaning, but don't really want to pay for it.

With a 13night stay you'll usually get at least 1 "tidy up service" about mid-stay included in the reservation. I think it's generally after 7 days. You can pay for attentional housecleaning visits during your stay if you want them.

You also have a washer/dryer in the room, so you are able to wash your towels and anything else you need washed during your stay pretty easily.

can anyone tell me if there are basketball courts?

Thanks!

I don't recall ever seeing any on property. sorry.

Does WBC provide pool towels or do we need to bring our own? I don't want to use the ones in the room since there is no housekeeping.

You can check out towels at one of the activity desks (last I checked), which are located at Tower 6 and in the main building. They simply need your name and room number and can check out as many towels as you would like.

You would then need ot return the towels before you leave or you may be subject to a $25 per towel charge.

You can "swap" your towels as much as you'd like during the week (at the activity desks.... and I think most o the other pools also have a spot staffed that allows you to swap at least some of the day).

Your room also has a washer/dryer so you can wash the towels if you like.


Unfortunately there were too many towels "walking off" at the resort, so they had to go from the old system of just having them available at each pool to the current sign-out system in order to control costs (in an extension, the owner's maintenance fees).

 

[Bellamouse]

Just booked for end of October - CAN.NOT.WAIT!! Just had to throw that out there....

 

[infopurposesonly]

Unfortunately there were too many towels "walking off" at the resort, so they had to go from the old system of just having them available at each pool to the current sign-out system in order to control costs (in an extension, the owner's maintenance fees).

We rented a cabana at Tower 6, left for a few minutes to swim, came back and found all of our towels we had left in there were gone. Couldn't believe people would actually walk into a reserved cabana to take towels. We weren't charged for them. We explained what happened and they were replaced. After that we always had at least one person stay at the cabana.

 

[FairyCC]

Getting excited for our upcoming trip!!! Can't wait to check out this resort, it seems everyone has so much good to say about it

 

[gdrj]

We are staying Bonn Creek Timeshare in December.

We are DVC members so we usually stay on property. The biggest concern is transportation back and forth to the parks. We usually stay at the Boardwalk so we are spoiled by being able to walk or boat ride to 2 parks.

We will have a car(s) and are Annual passholders so we don't need to worry about paying to park at Disney.

1-How has the bus transportation been ( I am aware of the fees)?
If you purchase tickets(?) to ride the bus do they have to be used on the day you buy them?

2- If we drove over to MK and some of our party wanted to stay later could they take the bus back (if they bought bus ticket).

3- Can it be used 1 way?

4-Do the busses run according to schedule published or is it hit or miss?

5- What happens if Disney closes parking lots, are busses still running?

Thanks for any info.

 

[eeyoresnr]

We are staying Bonn Creek Timeshare in December.

We are DVC members so we usually stay on property. The biggest concern is transportation back and forth to the parks. We usually stay at the Boardwalk so we are spoiled by being able to walk or boat ride to 2 parks.

We will have a car(s) and are Annual passholders so we don't need to worry about paying to park at Disney.

1-How has the bus transportation been ( I am aware of the fees)?
If you purchase tickets(?) to ride the bus do they have to be used on the day you buy them?

2- If we drove over to MK and some of our party wanted to stay later could they take the bus back (if they bought bus ticket).

3- Can it be used 1 way?

4-Do the busses run according to schedule published or is it hit or miss?

5- What happens if Disney closes parking lots, are busses still running?

Thanks for any info.

these are many of the questions I was going to ask so I would be interested in the responses

 

[Fundytrail]

1-How has the bus transportation been ( I am aware of the fees)?
OK

If you purchase tickets(?) to ride the bus do they have to be used on the day you buy them?
NO

2- If we drove over to MK and some of our party wanted to stay later could they take the bus back (if they bought bus ticket).
Yes they can

3- Can it be used 1 way?
Yes, I believe

4-Do the busses run according to schedule published or is it hit or miss?
Ours did run on schedule

5- What happens if Disney closes parking lots, are busses still running?
Not sure

Note you give your ticket when you load the bus at BC and when returning from the park to BC a ticket was not required.

 

[gdrj]

Thanks Fundytrail!

 

[Spanky]

So if you know where to catch the WBC bus you can ride it back from the parks without a ticket? That will be great for the adults in my group. I can leave early with the kids and they can stay late and it will not cost anything. Wonder how long that will last?

 

[gdrj]

So if you know where to catch the WBC bus you can ride it back from the parks without a ticket? That will be great for the adults in my group. I can leave early with the kids and they can stay late and it will not cost anything. Wonder how long that will last?

Not very long, now that you posted that!

 

[Jo-Anne]

My husband and I are thinking of renting a 1BR in late October with an RCI timeshare exchange. I was hoping my 16 & 13 year old would come down for 3 days while we are there too. I haven't read too much about the 1BR suites - just wondering how the pull out sofa would be for the kids to sleep on. Also have read that there are not many 1BR suites, so wondering if anyone knows what towers or views are likely with a 1BR? I was hoping to get the Hilton Grand Vacations Sea World location, but our times don't work out but BC available and it looks great.

 

[Chelley00]

This thread has been invaluable in helping me plan our next trip. We are staying for 13 nights in June and I am wondering if we will have any housekeeping visits or if they are only for a fee. If they are for a fee only, how much is the charge? For that long of a stay, I would like at least one cleaning, but don't really want to pay for it.

We were there for 14 nights, and came in on day 7 and found that housekeeping had been in and changed sheets, replaced towels/soap/shampoo, vacuumed, cleaned bathrooms etc. It looked like it did when we first checked in......minus our stuff everywhere. It was a surprise to us because no one had told us they would be in.

 

[WDWFAN2020]

We loved our stay at WBC so much last year that we booked to return again this year. Can't wait to spend more time in the salt water pool.

 

[Fundytrail]

We loved our stay at WBC so much last year that we booked to return again this year. Can't wait to spend more time in the salt water pool.

Us too, just booked 14 nights for our second stay

 

[kat3668]

Us too, just booked 14 nights for our second stay

Salt water pool... i missed that where is that located?

 

[disneyfreak7]

So if you know where to catch the WBC bus you can ride it back from the parks without a ticket? That will be great for the adults in my group. I can leave early with the kids and they can stay late and it will not cost anything. Wonder how long that will last?

This would be great for us too! We have 21, 19 and 18 year old that like to stay late in park and we like to be in bed so we can get up early with 11 and 9 year old! Now to just find out where bus stop is!

 

[jlhill4444]

We were there for 14 nights, and came in on day 7 and found that housekeeping had been in and changed sheets, replaced towels/soap/shampoo, vacuumed, cleaned bathrooms etc. It looked like it did when we first checked in......minus our stuff everywhere. It was a surprise to us because no one had told us they would be in.

That is wonderful to know!! Thank you!

 

[Cynt]

My husband and I are thinking of renting a 1BR in late October with an RCI timeshare exchange. I was hoping my 16 & 13 year old would come down for 3 days while we are there too. I haven't read too much about the 1BR suites - just wondering how the pull out sofa would be for the kids to sleep on. Also have read that there are not many 1BR suites, so wondering if anyone knows what towers or views are likely with a 1BR? I was hoping to get the Hilton Grand Vacations Sea World location, but our times don't work out but BC available and it looks great.

I would just rent a 2 bdrm. There are plenty of them and probably cost around the same as a one bdrm.

 

[Fundytrail]

This would be great for us too! We have 21, 19 and 18 year old that like to stay late in park and we like to be in bed so we can get up early with 11 and 9 year old! Now to just find out where bus stop is!

The bus stop locations at the parks are identified on the bus schedule you receive at check-in.