The we loooooove Bonnet Creek thread part2

[JoeU]

Hi, everyone! I am a bit confused because I have seen pictures that some people have posted of "the pool at building 4." Is there a pool at both building 4 and building 5? On the map I don't see one at building 4 but maybe I have an outdated map. Thanks for any info!

The pool is at Building #4. The zero entry area for the lazy river is at Building #5. Escudos is between the two spots.

Joe

 

[DCTooTall]

How early do I need to book and who is the best to book through. I have seen people post names, but I have no idea where to find these people. I would want a 3 bedroom. Thanks!

You should be able to start booking a room about 10months before your dates. If the person you are renting from actually owns at the resort (and not another Wyndham property), they may even be able to get your reservation starting around 12-13 months.

If you want a 3bdrm in June, I would probably recommend trying to make your reservation before the end of the year. There are a lot less 3bdrm units at the resort than 2bdrms, so if you wait too long there is a much higher chance that you may not be able to get one for your dates. (school just out means lots of people heading to Florida for summer vacations... and with a lot of Fantasyland Expansion opening information saying 2012 for the start of the new areas opening up, I'd almost expect a slight increase in crowds, or at the very least, people booking earlier than usual)

Visit #3 here....

What I totally don't understand....is why in the world would they even put us in that fire building if they were still trying to dry out rooms...with fans in the hall and BAGS of wet towels outsider our door. Seriously I can understand a mistake by housekeeping keying in room is ready and its not...happened to us last time...but this building was still being dryed out from sprinkers from a fire! Plus there were 3 bags of towels outside our door, the hallway AC was not on it was so hot. Sure our room was OK, but right across the hall in 3 units down to end there was water damage and they were still trying to dry out. I got quite the workout to going to the desk...with the keys not working AND realizing this was not a unit for us....BUT they did change us as requested. Why in heck would they put us in there...seriously that hallway was NOT guest ready. You think I want to sit in a sales presentation if THIS is where you put your guests. Oh well... and without my husband here, I am not eligible for the presentation yippee..but again really...is husband was here ya think we would want to sit through that?

Glad to hear your trip got better after all the check-in fun.

As for why they would put you there to begin with... It could be since the fire happened around 4am that the room assignments for the next day had already been inputted into the system. It could also be likely since it was a small fire that the extent of the impact (floor AC not working/ general dampness and smelliness of the floor) had not been communicated to the people working the front desk. Someone may have mentioned the rooms being cleaned/dried were out of service, but the surrounding damage or impact could easily have been glossed over. Ultimately... probably just a lot of bad communication between the shifts and departments.

 

[Princesca]

Not that this is going to keep me from booking here, but someone on TripAdvisor, dated 7/11/11, said they had bedbugs in their room in Tower 2.

I know it happens, in this day and age, but it still skeeves me out.

They said the hotel heat-treated the room with their clothes and luggage in it.

 

[jwisnefske]

Bedbugs worry me too, but I have also read that Disney has these issues at their resorts too. Just check before bring all your luggage in. I read somewhere that you turn off all your lights, make the room dark and use a flashlight to check the beds. You are supposed to be able to see them.

 

[SweetestC]

Sounds like an amazing place!

 

[Princesca]

Yep, that's usually what I do. I have a little mini-flashlight on my keychain that I use to look. My DH laughs at me and calls me paranoid, but guess who'd be the one dealing with the problem if we brought them home. Me, of course...

 

[msfuse]

I notice a lot of people use ken to book rooms. Has anyone ever used vrbo? and if so how was your experience?

 

[MamaToDavis]

Not that this is going to keep me from booking here, but someone on TripAdvisor, dated 7/11/11, said they had bedbugs in their room in Tower 2.

I know it happens, in this day and age, but it still skeeves me out.

They said the hotel heat-treated the room with their clothes and luggage in it.

I just read that same review and also thought
I know that can happen anywhere, but it still grosses me out! I will definitely be checking our beds upon check-in.

 

[Princesca]

Yep, it's my ritual now. I check everywhere I stay, even when renting places from family and friends. You never know.

Someone told me that one way that makes it easy to check is you can take a sanitary napkin and peel the adhesive backing off, then press it so the side of the mattress, and if it comes away with black specks, that's bedbug poo. I can't imagine doing that without though, and I'm pretty sure that would be it for my DH, who already thinks I'm paranoid.

I just know someone who picked them up recently on a business trip and brought them home, and she's spent over $2k and countless hours fighting them. I don't want to find out what that was like, for myself. So I check bedbugregistry.com, I read reviews, and always inspect.

 

[stackyallred]

Yep, it's my ritual now. I check everywhere I stay, even when renting places from family and friends. You never know.

Someone told me that one way that makes it easy to check is you can take a sanitary napkin and peel the adhesive backing off, then press it so the side of the mattress, and if it comes away with black specks, that's bedbug poo. I can't imagine doing that without though, and I'm pretty sure that would be it for my DH, who already thinks I'm paranoid.

I just know someone who picked them up recently on a business trip and brought them home, and she's spent over $2k and countless hours fighting them. I don't want to find out what that was like, for myself. So I check bedbugregistry.com, I read reviews, and always inspect.

I read that same review and had the annual "Oh, no what if we bring them home with us?!?" freak-out about our upcoming vacation moment. Even though I know it is just something we have to deal with, I still get a bit paranoid. I do all the same checks that you do and then just tell myself to enjoy the trip. Just rest assured, you aren't the only one who gets creeped out and searches a dark room with a mini flashlight to begin your vacation

 

[Princesca]

I know... it IS kinda funny when you think about it. I feel like a one-woman bedbug vice squad.

(Cue Mike Hammer music)

"I knew from the moment she walked into my office on those legs that stretched into next week, that she was going to mean trouble. And then she showed me the bites. Bedbugs. They are crafty little bug... er... buggers, skulking only the seamiest locations on a mattress, and I knew that for every one I missed, ten would turn up in their place. But that's why I made the bug bucks. I mean, big bucks."

 

[katallo]

Yep, it's my ritual now. I check everywhere I stay, even when renting places from family and friends. You never know.

Someone told me that one way that makes it easy to check is you can take a sanitary napkin and peel the adhesive backing off, then press it so the side of the mattress, and if it comes away with black specks, that's bedbug poo. I can't imagine doing that without though, and I'm pretty sure that would be it for my DH, who already thinks I'm paranoid.

I just know someone who picked them up recently on a business trip and brought them home, and she's spent over $2k and countless hours fighting them. I don't want to find out what that was like, for myself. So I check bedbugregistry.com, I read reviews, and always inspect.

We use a small lint remover roller. It's much easier

 

[msfuse]

great tip

 

[stackyallred]

In the first thread, a few people mentioned that they had bought some cold grocery items on their way into BC and if their room wasn't ready, the front desk gave them a place to refrigerate their cold stuff. Can anyone who has gone recently confirm this (some of the posts from the earlier thread were a long time ago)? It would certainly save time to buy stuff on the way but if we have to check-in and then go the store, we can. We most likely will not get to BC until about 5 or 6 PM so our room will hopefully be ready, but from what I read, you never know. I was just wondering if this is a possibility. Thanks!

 

[Tracey123]

In the first thread, a few people mentioned that they had bought some cold grocery items on their way into BC and if their room wasn't ready, the front desk gave them a place to refrigerate their cold stuff. Can anyone who has gone recently confirm this (some of the posts from the earlier thread were a long time ago)? It would certainly save time to buy stuff on the way but if we have to check-in and then go the store, we can. We most likely will not get to BC until about 5 or 6 PM so our room will hopefully be ready, but from what I read, you never know. I was just wondering if this is a possibility. Thanks!

They have a place to store your cold grocery items. When we were there my groceries that I ordered from Garden Grocer arrived at 6:00, I didn't get back to my room until 9:00 and had them delivered. The cold items were held in cold storage.

 

[SonyaX]

I hope this doesn't sound too odd but we're arriving October 1st and looking for someone to share an airport shuttle with us. It's just cheaper if you get a group together. Anyone else arriving on that date and interested? We're two adults and a baby so we won't take up that much room.

 

[TnTWalter]

My family of 5 plus brothers family of 4 plus mom and dad.....

Thinking need a 3 and 2 or even a 4 and 2 [would love presidential unit]....

is there a way to get them either next door or across hall??

Thanks.



Trish

 

[Brian Noble]

is there a way to get them either next door or across hall??

VIP owners can reserve specific rooms, in theory. In practice, I've read complaints from more than one VIP owner that Bonnet does not honor the do-not-move tags.

 

[snowangel72]

We are here right now and just having the most glorious time ever!!!!!! We want to come back again for the third time in March for sho! Seriously so so much fun. The cable is out in the building today, but no biggie. We are not here to watch the tele!

We actually took the bus to AK yesterday which was a first for us. It was very convenient. But the return schedule was a bit wonky so we ended up cabbing it back, $20 but it was worth it. We were tired and hot and didn't want to wait.

Apparently they are totally out of pool towels today so the new arrivals have to use the room towels. We already had our towels so we are good to go. Apparently towels walk around here.

 

[Echo queen]

How many days before arrival do you call for room requests? 14 days 7 days Thanks