The we loooooove Bonnet Creek thread part2

[skjuls]

We're planning on possibly staying at BC for the first time for our upcoming trip in late January or sometime in February. I've been looking at auctions on eBay for units, and I found a seller (magicalholidays) who only has 160 feedbacks but at 100%. A lot of them are with Bonnet Creek, and everyone has been very pleased. Would you buy from them? They have a 2 bedroom unit for 29 to February 5 (7 nights) starting the bid at $499 which seems to be what they end up selling for based on his recent auction endings which is amazing, but do you think it's too good to be true even for that time of year?

It's not too good to be true. It's less than 60 days out and owners can get a reservation at discount points.

I'm an owner so I can look it up and see how many points they are using for a room.

I occasionally rent when I have an overabundance of points so you may be able to get cheaper than what the starting bid is.

If you have any questions, just email me. tigerjuls@gmail.com

 

[MommyPoppins]

Something I've noticed people complain most about and are most worried about is being hassled to attend a sales pitch. It is EASILY avoidable.

You have to make $30,000 or $35,000 to qualify to buy, so if you put down on the form that your income is less, they don't call.

 

[thereallolo]

Hi,

first trip to BC but cant wait. Trying to choose a tower. have a 5 yr old that has to have her pool/lazy river (even if it will be 60 degrees) and a 2 yr old boy that has to have his playground. Looking at the map it appears that Tower 5 may be best but Bldg 6 may be an option (but dont think it has a river). Not concerned about fireworks, parking lot view, etc. Also renting a car so the shuttle pick up is not in the mix.

Suggestions on Towers please?

Thanks

Bldg 6 is a quick walk to the lazy river, and it is also closer to the playground that is over by bldg 3. Also, the pool at bldg 6 is good for kids as it has 2 zero entry areas. I think you are safe with bldg 5 or 6, but if a playground is important to you, bldg 6 is a closer walk. Good luck and have fun!!

 

[Tracey123]

Bldg 6 is a quick walk to the lazy river, and it is also closer to the playground that is over by bldg 3. Also, the pool at bldg 6 is good for kids as it has 2 zero entry areas. I think you are safe with bldg 5 or 6, but if a playground is important to you, bldg 6 is a closer walk. Good luck and have fun!!

The playground is actually between bldg 1 & 2.

 

[ama223]

We're planning on possibly staying at BC for the first time for our upcoming trip in late January or sometime in February. I've been looking at auctions on eBay for units, and I found a seller (magicalholidays) who only has 160 feedbacks but at 100%. A lot of them are with Bonnet Creek, and everyone has been very pleased. Would you buy from them? They have a 2 bedroom unit for 29 to February 5 (7 nights) starting the bid at $499 which seems to be what they end up selling for based on his recent auction endings which is amazing, but do you think it's too good to be true even for that time of year?

I just won a bid with them (magicalholidays) last night - paid it this morning! I'll let you know how it goes.. but I wasn't nervous because they had good feedback. I did notice that when I paid, the email I paid to was (name)@skyauction.com and I feel like I've heard of that company before? They must run their Ebay as Magical Holidays?

I just got a 1BR for Jan 7-14 for $399 so I'm psyched!

 

[ash-n-brensmom]

Hey there...we are taking our first family vacation in Jan to WBC as new owners ( a steal on ebay, of course! ). I am used to staying on site and decorating our window with clings and door with magnets. Have you guys ever seen anyone do this with the doors at WBC? DH and I spent one night there in Oct before a cruise, but I can't remember what the doors were like and if we could even use magnets on them? Our DD's like it mostly because it's like coming home each night when we see our magnets on the door.

 

[jakmak]

Does anyone have any experience with buyatimeshare.com? We are thinking of renting a week at Bonnet Creek late spring.
Thanks!

 

[DCTooTall]

Hey there...we are taking our first family vacation in Jan to WBC as new owners ( a steal on ebay, of course! ). I am used to staying on site and decorating our window with clings and door with magnets. Have you guys ever seen anyone do this with the doors at WBC? DH and I spent one night there in Oct before a cruise, but I can't remember what the doors were like and if we could even use magnets on them? Our DD's like it mostly because it's like coming home each night when we see our magnets on the door.

I don't recall ever seeing the front doors of units decorated.... but I have seen balcony decorations, such as people who've strung christmas lights along the railing/etc.

 

[gretchenohar@hotmail]

Could anyone tell me what "area" BC is in? I'm trying to research near-by off-site restaurants, grocers, etc. and have no idea where to look...
This will be our first time staying off site since the early 80's, so we're not familiar with the area at all.
Thanks!

 

[Tracey123]

Could anyone tell me what "area" BC is in? I'm trying to research near-by off-site restaurants, grocers, etc. and have no idea where to look...
This will be our first time staying off site since the early 80's, so we're not familiar with the area at all.
Thanks!

Go to Google Maps and type in Walt Disney World. BC is located near Caribbean Beach.

 

[DCTooTall]

Could anyone tell me what "area" BC is in? I'm trying to research near-by off-site restaurants, grocers, etc. and have no idea where to look...
This will be our first time staying off site since the early 80's, so we're not familiar with the area at all.
Thanks!

Go to Google Maps and type in Walt Disney World. BC is located near Caribbean Beach.

Honestly, Tracey is pretty much correct. If you are trying to research other off-site locations near it, Your best bet would be to compare it to staying onsite. The Bonnet Creek resort area (includes the Hilton and Waldorf) is only accessible from within the Disney Arches.

The road that takes you into the resort area connects to the outside world at the light on East Buena Vista pkwy just to the west of the EPCOT Center Drive overpass. It's the same light which coming from the other direction is the only Exit to Disney guest areas between the EPCOT exit and I-4 along EPCOT Center Drive.

And finally.... Geographically, It's a small(ish) piece of property that is surrounded to the East by EPCOT Center Drive and I-4, To the South by Oceola Pkwy, To the West by Disney (Pop Century and Carribean Beach Restort), and to the North by Disney (Epcot Center Drive and East Buena Vista.)

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Wyndh...t+Creek+Resort,+Lake+Buena+Vista,+FL&t=m&z=15


For Off-site restaurants and the like, I find the 2 easiest and most common ways I end up going are either down EPCOT Center Drive to I-4 or past I-4 to 535.... Or up past Downtown Disney to the Crossroads area of 535.

 

[gretchenohar@hotmail]

Much obliged to you both. Thank you!

 

[ski_mom]

Could anyone tell me what "area" BC is in? I'm trying to research near-by off-site restaurants, grocers, etc. and have no idea where to look...
This will be our first time staying off site since the early 80's, so we're not familiar with the area at all.
Thanks!

I found this link somewhere before we left for our trip to Bonnet Creek. Bonnet Creek is number 118 on the map and if you zoom in on it, it shows just where it is in relation to everything. I loved looking through it and zooming in on different areas to see where everything was!

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...8.272032,-81.608849&spn=0.068335,0.11055&z=13

 

[gretchenohar@hotmail]

I found this link somewhere before we left for our trip to Bonnet Creek. Bonnet Creek is number 118 on the map and if you zoom in on it, it shows just where it is in relation to everything. I loved looking through it and zooming in on different areas to see where everything was!

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...8.272032,-81.608849&spn=0.068335,0.11055&z=13

Thank you!

 

[thelawnet]

Well we are not too happy with them.

We asked for fireworks view at check-in, ok they said.

We got given a room in tower 4 (2 bed), 7th floor, on the side nearer the main lobby building.

Was VEEEERY tired last night, so went to bed but could hear fireworks. Looked out of the window, nada.

Went to them this morning, excuse me there is no firework view in our room and also the air con is super noisy.

Yes there is they said, check from your balcony. Yes you can move, but that will be $90 for housekeeping, yes I know you had three separate bookings, but they've been consolidated into one booking and it will still be $90

So I have just gone and checked now, yes there is a firework view, but ONLY from the balcony through the small gap between the side of the balcony and the side of the hotel. You have to be on the balcony and in a certain position, otherwise NO VIEW. The fireworks are NOT visible from the room AT ALL. This is not my idea of a 'firework view' room. 'Car park view', yes, 'firework view', no.

I will complain again tomorrow, I do think lake view is a better idea so will try for that.....

 

[Upatnoon]

Well we are not too happy with them.

We asked for fireworks view at check-in, ok they said.

We got given a room in tower 4 (2 bed), 7th floor, on the side nearer the main lobby building.

Was VEEEERY tired last night, so went to bed but could hear fireworks. Looked out of the window, nada.

Went to them this morning, excuse me there is no firework view in our room and also the air con is super noisy.

Yes there is they said, check from your balcony. Yes you can move, but that will be $90 for housekeeping, yes I know you had three separate bookings, but they've been consolidated into one booking and it will still be $90

So I have just gone and checked now, yes there is a firework view, but ONLY from the balcony through the small gap between the side of the balcony and the side of the hotel. You have to be on the balcony and in a certain position, otherwise NO VIEW. The fireworks are NOT visible from the room AT ALL. This is not my idea of a 'firework view' room. 'Car park view', yes, 'firework view', no.

I will complain again tomorrow, I do think lake view is a better idea so will try for that.....

Did you pay for a fireworks view? In my many visits to Bonnet Creek, there was no guarantee of any view. Sure, you can request, but no guarantees.

A Disney resorts, you can pay for certain views, such as a fireworks view, but at Bonnet Creek it has always been the luck of the draw in my experience.

 

[Bonniec]

Did you pay for a fireworks view? In my many visits to Bonnet Creek, there was no guarantee of any view. Sure, you can request, but no guarantees.

A Disney resorts, you can pay for certain views, such as a fireworks view, but at Bonnet Creek it has always been the luck of the draw in my experience.

I was under the same impression, that there was no guarantee. I think the only rooms set in stone are the presedentials.

 

[thelawnet]

Did you pay for a fireworks view? In my many visits to Bonnet Creek, there was no guarantee of any view. Sure, you can request, but no guarantees.

A Disney resorts, you can pay for certain views, such as a fireworks view, but at Bonnet Creek it has always been the luck of the draw in my experience.

No we didn't pay for the view, however the resort is pretty empty and they had a lot of units to choose from and it was disappointing not to be given one that matched what they said it would be....

 

[brucerob62]

Well we are not too happy with them.

We asked for fireworks view at check-in, ok they said.

We got given a room in tower 4 (2 bed), 7th floor, on the side nearer the main lobby building.

Was VEEEERY tired last night, so went to bed but could hear fireworks. Looked out of the window, nada.

Went to them this morning, excuse me there is no firework view in our room and also the air con is super noisy.

Yes there is they said, check from your balcony. Yes you can move, but that will be $90 for housekeeping, yes I know you had three separate bookings, but they've been consolidated into one booking and it will still be $90

So I have just gone and checked now, yes there is a firework view, but ONLY from the balcony through the small gap between the side of the balcony and the side of the hotel. You have to be on the balcony and in a certain position, otherwise NO VIEW. The fireworks are NOT visible from the room AT ALL. This is not my idea of a 'firework view' room. 'Car park view', yes, 'firework view', no.

I will complain again tomorrow, I do think lake view is a better idea so will try for that.....

You may not have been high enough?..We had a 14th floor tower 4 room..and could see wishes off in the distance and epcot illuminations for the most part..out of our balcony..it was plain as day..awesome..maybe you were not up high enough not sure? sorry to hear about this..i loved the experience at BONNET CREEK.

 

[Janet Hill]

No we didn't pay for the view, however the resort is pretty empty and they had a lot of units to choose from and it was disappointing not to be given one that matched what they said it would be....

Even if the resort is empty doesn't mean they have many units to choose from. The resorts regularly take rooms out of inventory for more intense cleaning and/or repairs during slow periods.

Perhaps the exact empty room that meets your specifications may be reserved for a future guest (One with privileges (sp? to reserve a specific room) who will be checking in before you check out.

Many variables and this is why all of the newer Wyndham resorts have varying point values for views.