I have read through many pages on this thread and would still like to hear more about the restaurants on site at BC. We plan on eating at Disney a lot, but I am hoping there are similar counter-service options for breakfast, lunch, late-night, etc. at BC so we don't have to drive to 192 when not at the parks.
I haven't really tried the restaurants in the new hotel located onsite yet, so I can't really give you any first hand information on them....or the new pool bar at the hotel which has a few other new options (such as the Krispy Kreme Burger)
Outside of that, the timeshare parts of the resort have 3 places you can get food from.
1. The pool bar by Tower 3 serves Pizza/Bread sticks. This is also the same place you can order room service delivery to your room from. The Pizza isn't bad.
2. There is a small deli-shack in the building with the Activity center near the main pool. I think I remember getting breakfast here one morning, they had muffins, bagels, etc available (including breakfast sandwhiches). Later in the day i believe they had burgers available. Also, not bad at all.
3. By tower 4, there is another pool bar. They have several options such as burgers, wraps, salads, etc. I had a burger from here on one of my trips, and it was a standard tasty bar-burger. (as in, juicy and delicious!)
As i mentioned, the hotel has 2 table service restaurants...a casual tableservice place that i seem to recall the menu indicated some nice breakfast options [don't remember the lunch/dinner menu].... and a higher-scale seafood restaurant. There is a coffee/pastry shop in the hotel lobby that serves starbucks coffee, and I recall seeing ice-cream available as well. And then, there is the pool bar behind the hotel.
Nearby... You have the Waldorf/Hilton across the street from the Wyndham Grande (next to tower 6) which has a few restaurants. DTD is also extremely close (MUCH closer than 192).... and of course, the crossroads area has several restaurants (still, closer than 192) ranging from tableservice fair [fancy to Steak & Shake/Pizza Hut level of casual] to fast food (Mcdonalds, Burger king).
DCTooTall,
Thanks for the advice. I was told we would be in Tower 6. Is that tower really nicer than the others? It's so hard for me to decide what I want to do since I have never stayed at Bonnet Creek previously....
Tower 6 is the newest tower, and is home to the pirate pool. It also has a nice indoor walkway to the hotel [and the parking garage]. Beyond that, I won't really say if it's nicer or not than the other towers since so much of the 'niceness' can be based off your personal preference......And I haven't been in towers 1-3 since the refurbs so I don't know how they look/feel now.
....And the tower 4/5 couch issues can almost be hit-or-miss from each room in there.
Malynda-
Have you tried getting quotes from different places? When I was booking our 3 bedroom presidential, two people I contacted said there were none available, while a third did have availability (5starresorts.net). About a month later Vacation Strategy emailed me with an opening, but I had already booked with 5 star.
Others around here would know better, but I think it has to do with level of ownership?
I've only stayed in a presidential 3 bedroom, so can't compare with a deluxe, but it was nice knowing we were in tower 6 and the unit was beautiful.
It actually has more to do with hoarding of the reservations. Some of the larger commercial renters will make reservations at the resort during certain time periods before they have someone who wants to take the reservation. At that point, the room is no longer in the resort inventory so when you make a request from another company, they resort may appear to be sold out of that room type. The one company however will have an existing reservation which they can sell to you. This in general is most common around those high-demand time periods such as holidays.... however can happen anytime of year.
