The we loooooove Bonnet Creek thread part2

[Tracey123]

There will be 6 of us (4 adults and two 1 year olds) and the cheapest I've found for a rental van is $500 and unfortunately that's just not in our budget. Between the airport shuttle and occational taxis if need be it will still stay well below the cost of a rental van, rental car seats (I can't imagine trying to lug ours for gate check along with all our luggage and stroller) and what parking at the parks would be for the week. So though I would love to have a car...it just doesn't seem to be in the cards for us.

Also try when renting a car to put in 1 extra hour. Pick up at 10:00 am and drop off at 11:00 am. I find that the price actually is cheaper in most cases. What about renting two cars instead of a minivan? We rented a car for $135 for the week. It would be worth it if you had two drivers and really don't plan on using the car that often. You may want to bring your car seats from home. I know it can be a pain, but the rental companies charge a lot for car seats. Your children are little and you'd rather be safe than sorry.

 

[vivianmarie244]

There will be 6 of us (4 adults and two 1 year olds) and the cheapest I've found for a rental van is $500 and unfortunately that's just not in our budget. Between the airport shuttle and occational taxis if need be it will still stay well below the cost of a rental van, rental car seats (I can't imagine trying to lug ours for gate check along with all our luggage and stroller) and what parking at the parks would be for the week. So though I would love to have a car...it just doesn't seem to be in the cards for us.

Totally understand where you're coming from. We will almost be in the exact situation. We also plan on using just the shuttles and a taxi if needed. From what I've read, if you're flexible and patient (which don't you have to be with little children), shuttles will work out just fine.

 

[Ackpack]

Totally understand where you're coming from. We will almost be in the exact situation. We also plan on using just the shuttles and a taxi if needed. From what I've read, if you're flexible and patient (which don't you have to be with little children), shuttles will work out just fine.

Thanks so much for this post Very reassuring that I'm not completely off my rocker thinking we'll be okay without a rental car as long as we're flexible. We're so excited for our trip and this issue was really the only aspect we were worried about.

 

[donaldduck352]

I just realized that the thread got closed/restarted. Thanks donaldduck352 for keeping it going!!

You are welcome.I just could'nt see all the great info from you in the 1'st go to waste..

 

[2forMe]

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Egads!!, what a thread...and I started with the first one that has been closed

Looks like we are going in late Aug, early Sept. I wasn't planning on a trip at this time of the year but for $300 for 7 nts I'd be crazy not to. One thing I hadn't noticed being mentioned was how crowded the shuttle buses were. We could always drive since we are AP holders but I tend to like the idea of not putting the keys in the ignition until we are going home

Curious where you found that price...it is awesome

 

[scarface30]

Paid between $525 and $550 per week for a 2 bedroom for my 4 week stay in August 2 years ago which at the time was an excellent price. Been offered $550 a week again for August / Sept this year which I thought was still a good price but since reading through the threads noticed mention of $300 for 7 nights and on Ebay auctions from $259 a week with redweeks4less. Have read a few reviews of redweeks4less which aren't favorable but this is for buying actual timeshares. My questions are

1, are redweeks4less trustworthy for buying weeks

2, is $550 still a good price for 7 nights in a 2 bedroom or have prices come down since two years ago.

Thanks for any advice in advance.

 

[msfuse]

Has anyone stayed in a 3 bedroom unit (not pres) I was wondering about the third room. Does it have 2 twins or 2 doubles? I was looking at a youtube video for a 3 bedroom pres and it looks like the last room has twins. Does anyone have info on this?

 

[Tooth Fairy]

We are going in Aug. Am sure I read on this thread that it is either double or queens.

 

[CookieDiva]

Has anyone stayed in a 3 bedroom unit (not pres) I was wondering about the third room. Does it have 2 twins or 2 doubles? I was looking at a youtube video for a 3 bedroom pres and it looks like the last room has twins. Does anyone have info on this?

From the looks of the diagram on this post: http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=30725649&postcount=1 it looks like

Bedroom 1 - King
Bedroom 2 (or 3) - Queen
Bedroom 3 (or 2) - 2 Doubles.

Hope that this helps.

 

[JimMIA]

Has anyone stayed in a 3 bedroom unit (not pres) I was wondering about the third room. Does it have 2 twins or 2 doubles? I was looking at a youtube video for a 3 bedroom pres and it looks like the last room has twins. Does anyone have info on this?

The information on the Wyndham owner's site for WBC is not very helpful. For sleeping configuration for the 3 BR Deluxe, is just says "Varies." For the 3 BR Presidential, it says King, King, 2 Doubles -- but I guess it may be different with the Deluxes.

If you want to call the resort directly and ask them, their phone number is 407-238-3500.

 

[Brian Noble]

Does it have 2 twins or 2 doubles?

Because it is advertised as sleeping 10, there have to be at least doubles in one of the two "extra" bedrooms.

Master: King (capacity 2)
Living room: sofa sleeper (capacity 2)

That leaves six people among the other two bedrooms, so one of them has to have two beds, each sleeping two people. Call the resort to verify what it could be, just to be sure though.

The presidentials sleep only 8, but that's because the Presidential units never have sofa sleepers, only real couches.

 

[ldhr2005]

I know that some popular people to rent through are Ken and Farrell. Is there anyone else? Just beginning to check in availibility now that my dates are solid.

 

[Lou Holtz]

Paid between $525 and $550 per week for a 2 bedroom for my 4 week stay in August 2 years ago which at the time was an excellent price. Been offered $550 a week again for August / Sept this year which I thought was still a good price but since reading through the threads noticed mention of $300 for 7 nights and on Ebay auctions from $259 a week with redweeks4less. Have read a few reviews of redweeks4less which aren't favorable but this is for buying actual timeshares. My questions are

1, are redweeks4less trustworthy for buying weeks

2, is $550 still a good price for 7 nights in a 2 bedroom or have prices come down since two years ago.

Thanks for any advice in advance.

Well, they have a 100% feedback rating, so I don't see how they couldn't be trustworthy. They don't answer emails though.

 

[dizneechic]

I know that some popular people to rent through are Ken and Farrell. Is there anyone else? Just beginning to check in availibility now that my dates are solid.

We're renting from Paul at Utopia World Vacations:
http://www.utopiaworldvacations.com/home.php
He also sells on Ebay w/ 100% feedback:
http://myworld.ebay.ca/utopia_world

He was pretty quick to respond by email and his rates were the best of everyone I contacted. He's also a VIP owner at WBC so I believe has earlier access to rooms. We're renting a 3BR Presidential unit in Jan and were quoted the inside 60 day rate vs one rate and then a inside 60 day re booking rate if it's still available. I liked knowing what we would be spending from the get go vs hoping we'd get a lower rate, especially on a room category that doesn't have many available.

If you don't see what you want on his site just email with the dates your looking for and he'll let you know what he can do.

 

[stackyallred]

Just wondering... I read in the old thread that there are trash chutes and ice machines at the end of the halls at BC. Then, I happened to have read some reviews on another site that stated that the trash chutes and ice machines created a ton of noise for the rooms near them. Anyone else experience this? I had intended on keeping our request to just a "high floor, end of the hall" because we are a family of light sleepers but maybe that wouldn't be best? Thanks for any thoughts!

 

[saysay]

Just wondering... I read in the old thread that there are trash chutes and ice machines at the end of the halls at BC. Then, I happened to have read some reviews on another site that stated that the trash chutes and ice machines created a ton of noise for the rooms near them. Anyone else experience this? I had intended on keeping our request to just a "high floor, end of the hall" because we are a family of light sleepers but maybe that wouldn't be best? Thanks for any thoughts!

Our unit in May was next to the trash room...and we never heard a thing the week we were there. That being said, the actual chute did not touch a wall of our unit...it was on the other side of the room so our room back up to the wall across from the chute.

That was in building 5 on 14th floor. I don't recall ice machines being on every floor though.

 

[two*little*birds]

We're renting from Paul at Utopia World Vacations:
http://www.utopiaworldvacations.com/home.php
He also sells on Ebay w/ 100% feedback:
http://myworld.ebay.ca/utopia_world

We also rented from Paul

 

[justwinnie]

Has anyone done Bonnet Creek without a car? How did it work out? I'm seriously considering the notion of BC instead of POFQ for Nov, but renting a car is my hang-up at the moment. With 6 of us we'd need a minivan and it seems no matter where I look or what codes I use we're looking at about $800 after fees & taxes, which erases any savings from the cheaper accommodations.

I am going in early November and booked a car using the code in this post from the transportation board. I paid under $300 for a minivan for the week. We are bringing our carseats for our twins- we would not trust rental ones!

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41039999&postcount=3

This was the cheapest I could find and it seems like I had plugged in every code!

 

[dizneechic]

Has anyone done Bonnet Creek without a car? How did it work out? I'm seriously considering the notion of BC instead of POFQ for Nov, but renting a car is my hang-up at the moment. With 6 of us we'd need a minivan and it seems no matter where I look or what codes I use we're looking at about $800 after fees & taxes, which erases any savings from the cheaper accommodations.

I am going in early November and booked a car using the code in this post from the transportation board. I paid under $300 for a minivan for the week. We are bringing our carseats for our twins- we would not trust rental ones!

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41039999&postcount=3

This was the cheapest I could find and it seems like I had plugged in every code!

Thanks for posting that code! I just booked a van for our Jan trip for 302.55 w/ taxes (255 before) using it. We usually book through Dollar, but right now their prices are high, so unless something comes up cheaper as our dates get closer this is perfect!

 

[disdream00]

Just wondering... I read in the old thread that there are trash chutes and ice machines at the end of the halls at BC. Then, I happened to have read some reviews on another site that stated that the trash chutes and ice machines created a ton of noise for the rooms near them. Anyone else experience this? I had intended on keeping our request to just a "high floor, end of the hall" because we are a family of light sleepers but maybe that wouldn't be best? Thanks for any thoughts!

Hi, I am also a very light sleeper, and a noisy room would ruin a vacation for me.
I called in and requested a high floor, quiet room. We were given room 1473, building 4, which was only one floor down from the top. This was a lake view room, and it was indeed quiet, especially the master bedroom. It is the first unit to the left as you get off the elevators, but on the opposite side, so no elevator noise either.
In the second bedroom, I could hear very slight noise from the next door unit, but it did not bother my 6 yr DS or my MIL. You could also hear some pool activity noise as well as from the construction, even from this high if you can believe it, but again, it did not wake anyone up and the rest of my family did not notice it at all.
I would definitely ask for a high floor and I would stay away from the buildings right next to the construction, since they start bright and early in the morning. Inside of the unit, however, walls are thin, so you can hear people talking in the kitchen/living room area from the bedrooms, and the washer and dryer are directly across from the second room and could be heard clearly even with the door closed.