The we loooooove Bonnet Creek thread Part 3

[mrsap]

Hey guys! I was just wondering if you could tell me some of the fun things Bonnet Creek does for the kids while at the resort. Thank you!

 

[RainK]

Thanks to this thread, we just booked our mini trip to Bonnet Creek for Feb. haven't stayed in a non Disney property in a LONG time. I'm loving the info about BC and it looks awesome.

 

[Upatnoon]

Here is a link to the resort activities guide:

https://www.wyndhamvacationresorts.com/ffrweb/pdfs/BonnetCreek_AG.pdf

 

[mrsap]

Here is a link to the resort activities guide:

https://www.wyndhamvacationresorts.com/ffrweb/pdfs/BonnetCreek_AG.pdf

Thank you!!

 

[zilp]

you are correct there is NOTHING wrong/illegal to PAY to valet and go to the parks... in fact you can come and go as you please and even drive to another resort to valet and you only need to pay once plus the tips as long as you keep your receipt... we fully plan to valet for the times we go to MK.

Just to clarify- you only pay the valet fee once per day if you save your receipt? Thinking of going back to our resort mid-day and thought we would have to pay each time.

 

[mrsap]

Thank you!!

I read somewhere that they play movies at night outdoors... Anyone who has seen them, can you tell me if they are kid friendly/Disney type movies or do they alternate? Thanks!

 

[Eaglefan9727]

Tower 6 is all Presidential suites, right?

4th floor in tower 6 is not Presidential. My wife and I stayed there for 12 nights just a week ago (October 16th through October 28th). We had a great time at the resort and we didn't want to leave.

 

[Bellamouse]

I read somewhere that they play movies at night outdoors... Anyone who has seen them, can you tell me if they are kid friendly/Disney type movies or do they alternate? Thanks!

We walked by the outdoor movie a couple nights ago - they were playing Frankenweenie. Don't really know if that's kid friendly or not, but we assumed so. They had a popcorn machine out there too. It looked fun.

 

[mrsap]

We walked by the outdoor movie a couple nights ago - they were playing Frankenweenie. Don't really know if that's kid friendly or not, but we assumed so. They had a popcorn machine out there too. It looked fun.

Awesome!! We actually saw it a couple weeks ago... It was very weird!!!! Sounds like a lot of fun though, thanks!!

 

[Bellamouse]

Just got back from a week at WBC. It was wonderful. We had a 1BR in tower one. View wasn't of anything great (parking lot/trees/golf course), but we almost never were out on the balcony so for us it didn't matter. At least we didn't have a garbage can view or anything awful like that. And it was a lot quieter than building 4 where we stayed last year. That view overlooked a parking lot where the garbage trucks backing up beeped and beeped and the WBC workers came in and out and talked really loud in the mornings. Building 1 was much quieter.

We checked in around 4 pm and got our room right away. We skipped the parking pass desk altogether and it was never a problem - phone rang once while we were there but we didn't answer it. Didn't bother unplugging them. We didn't need a parking pass.

The only negative we found was that bulding 1 was very far away from all the pools. We really had to walk pretty far in either direction to get to a pool (not a big deal for us though).

We had no trouble parking each night - there were lots and lots of empty spaces near our building. The room was great - furniture and so forth was just fine.

The one real complaint about the room that I have and it's the same as last year - I HATE the shower heads. HATE them. The pins and needles spray that comes out hurts my skin and it takes a long time to rinse out my hair as well.

Other than that, we loved it (as we knew we would). Loved having the washer/dryer, loved the big kitchen, loved just having the space. Loved walking around the lake at night, loved hanging out at the pools, we just loved being there. We will be going back for sure.

 

[mrsap]

Just got back from a week at WBC. It was wonderful. We had a 1BR in tower one. View wasn't of anything great (parking lot/trees/golf course), but we almost never were out on the balcony so for us it didn't matter. At least we didn't have a garbage can view or anything awful like that. And it was a lot quieter than building 4 where we stayed last year. That view overlooked a parking lot where the garbage trucks backing up beeped and beeped and the WBC workers came in and out and talked really loud in the mornings. Building 1 was much quieter.

We checked in around 4 pm and got our room right away. We skipped the parking pass desk altogether and it was never a problem - phone rang once while we were there but we didn't answer it. Didn't bother unplugging them. We didn't need a parking pass.

The only negative we found was that bulding 1 was very far away from all the pools. We really had to walk pretty far in either direction to get to a pool (not a big deal for us though).

We had no trouble parking each night - there were lots and lots of empty spaces near our building. The room was great - furniture and so forth was just fine.

The one real complaint about the room that I have and it's the same as last year - I HATE the shower heads. HATE them. The pins and needles spray that comes out hurts my skin and it takes a long time to rinse out my hair as well.

Other than that, we loved it (as we knew we would). Loved having the washer/dryer, loved the big kitchen, loved just having the space. Loved walking around the lake at night, loved hanging out at the pools, we just loved being there. We will be going back for sure.

Thanks so much for sharing! I love reading positive reviews! It makes me even more excited for our first trip there in a couple weeks!!

 

[celerystalker]

movies - when we were there in April, they were showing wreck it ralph - definitely disney and kid friendly!

mrsap - you'll be there the same time as us! We're there the 18th-25th for the honeymoon portion of our wedding trip.

Valet - If you have tables in wonderland (discount card) you can valet for free in the evenings if you are eating at the resort.
I always have an AP so I can drive to the parks when I stay at Bonnet Creek.

Room requests - has anyone had any luck with room requests? We'd like to be in a tower beside a pool since last time it was a hike to the pool. Any recommendations?

 

[syk731]

I'm here now and having a great time. We're in tower 1. I agree with the pp - tower 1 is very quiet, which is great for us. We are also facing the parking lot/golf course, but don't care. The wifi in my room is also great. I'd heard some people saying the wifi isn't that'll great, depending on where your room is.

I checked in at around 2:30 PM. The room was already assigned. However, right before she told me what the room was, I told her I preferred a room on a high floor (for the quiet). She changed my room and gave me 5th floor, and said I was initially assigned a lower floor before. I stayed here last year, same time, and I had called before to make my requests. When I checked in, the desk person confirmed my requests and then seemed to chose a room that best met those requests. It was different this year, but I felt like they would still try to accommodate maybe your most important request (particular tower or high vs low floor vs view).

I did stop at parking desk, but didn't have husband or kids with me when I checked in and was planning to tell them husband wasn't with me. But this year, they didn't even ask me to fill out form with info like income (which I politely declined to fill out last year). Not sure if it's because woman asked me if I'd stayed there before, and I said yes, and she asked me whether I did the tour last year, and I said no, and I wasn't interested, but she didn't hassle me and we haven't gotten any calls, and we haven't unplugged the phone like we did last year.

Tower 1 is not very close to any pools, but for quiet purposes, this is good. My kids prefer the pool at the main building, so that's not too far.

Oh, the other thing that was different this year was that I was invited to view fireworks from Tower 1 room 726. They said this is one of their presidential suites and has a great view of Elcot fireworks. I don't know if that's something new, or maybe it's not in all the towers so only the people staying in that particular tower are invited? I stayed in tower 4 last year and wasn't told about anything like this. We did have a partial fireworks view from our room last year, though, and maybe that was why as well.

 

[drmark50]

I will be at WBC next week with 3 other families. I called today to request that we be close together. I asked for same tower and preferably same floor. They took down the last names of all the parties. I also requested a crib and high chair and was advised to request that at check in.

We will be renting a car and I am interested in Restaraunt recommendations that are kids friendly and can accommodate a large party - up to 15 people.

 

[mrsap]

I will be at WBC next week with 3 other families. I called today to request that we be close together. I asked for same tower and preferably same floor. They took down the last names of all the parties. I also requested a crib and high chair and was advised to request that at check in.

We will be renting a car and I am interested in Restaraunt recommendations that are kids friendly and can accommodate a large party - up to 15 people.

So crazy... I called to request a location and they told me I had to wait till check in, but I was able to reserve a high chair! lol

 

[Upatnoon]

So crazy... I called to request a location and they told me I had to wait till check in, but I was able to reserve a high chair! lol

Did you request to be with other groups or just something like a fireworks view?

 

[mrsap]

Did you request to be with other groups or just something like a fireworks view?

All I asked us if I could make a room request and they said not till check in.

 

[asmit4]

I booked with vacation strategy. We paid off our balance. Are we going to get any sort of confirmation of our reservation?? What do I show up with for proof on arrival? We leave in less than 2 weeks- and so far we got nothin.

 

[Bellamouse]

I booked with vacation strategy. We paid off our balance. Are we going to get any sort of confirmation of our reservation?? What do I show up with for proof on arrival? We leave in less than 2 weeks- and so far we got nothin.

I just came back yesterday from our one week stay. I got nothing from them either. I did call up around 2 weeks prior just to confirm my name/reservation was in their system. They confirmed it was there and that was good enough for me. We showed up and I just gave them my name and showed them my driver's license. It was no problem whatsoever. So don't worry if you don't get any kind of written confirmation, it must not be unusual.

I would suggest calling them at some point this week to confirm and then you will have peace of mind.

 

[Calirya]

Just checked in today. Asked for fireworks got pirate pool.Only 4th floor. Didn't even think of asking for high floor until it was too late. BUT better than a parklot view! Parking's been atrocious so far. Shower head sucks but room is wonderful!! Already been asked twice by the people manning the gate where our parking pass in so guess we''ll have to get that tomorrow.