The we loooooove Bonnet Creek thread! (pics and reviews)

[luvtocookinpa]

thanks michael...i didnt even think of the cookie sheets or crock pot...you def gave me some good ideas to plan the week...

 

[camnhan]

we arrive 0n the 5th
cant wait

 

[luvtocookinpa]

I am looking for anyone arriving April 23. A great idea was started for Bonnett Creek visitors called Pay-it-forward. Basically any NON perishable items that you would have left over from your stay you would pass on to another family. We will be departing on the 23rd and to date there is not another family signed up for the next week. check out the thread, pay it forward bonnett creek to sign up...

 

[Disneyforus]

thanks michael...i didnt even think of the cookie sheets or crock pot...you def gave me some good ideas to plan the week...

We've done the crockpot deal before on vacation, and it is AWESOME!! Great to come back from a long day and have a yummy meal hot and ready to go!!! We will use our timer to start a couple meals 3-4 hours ahead in the crockpot that won't take ALL day to cook. I sometimes throw some frozen chicken breast in with sauce of choice and let it go for a few hours and serve with some pasta and salad. Easy meal!

I LOVE my crockpot.

The other item I am bringing is my waffle maker...we plan to eat some hearty breakfasts before hitting the parks and we love waffles!!!

 

[marvel]

We hope to stay late Oct, is the pool heated ? or has anyone had issues with the pool heat? We found the pool at the Poly to cold to swim in during April a few years ago. so hoping someone can advise.

 

[Upatnoon]

We hope to stay late Oct, is the pool heated ? or has anyone had issues with the pool heat? We found the pool at the Poly to cold to swim in during April a few years ago. so hoping someone can advise.

The pools are heated. In late october, it is still quite warm in Florida as well.

 

[marvel]

thanks that sound great.

On another topic, someone just posted a review on tripadvisor of bed bugs at Bonnet Creek. i know these reviews are sometimes malicious and made up. but wondering what the record is for bed bugs at this resort.

it is a very scary report from our side, since we don't really have these in australia.

 

[dtum]

thanks that sound great.

On another topic, someone just posted a review on tripadvisor of bed bugs at Bonnet Creek. i know these reviews are sometimes malicious and made up. but wondering what the record is for bed bugs at this resort.

it is a very scary report from our side, since we don't really have these in australia.

OMG! We got bed bugs while staying at a DW resort in 2004, NEVER want to deal with those critters again. I'd be interested in that also.

 

[dtum]

My guess on a 4BR would be in the $150-$200 per night range, but a lot of it will depend on the season and the seller. Transportation is pretty regular, 2-3 times an hour. Sheets, blankets, towels, etc. are provided. It's basically just like a large suite at a hotel (just much bigger and with a kitchen), except you don't get daily housekeeping.

Thanks! Looks like it's about the same as the pool house we're renting at Windsor Hills. Read that you can get them on ebay so went there and was looking around. I guess the advantage of BC over WH is the free shuttle to DW also, if it's just DH and I a one bedroom would be a good way for us to go. This is great for another option when the whole family decides to go back to DW. Thanks everyone for all the info here. So much out there that i never knew about. Love the Dis Board!

 

[dtum]

Hi again. I've been reading about all these towers. Does it really matter what tower you are in? Do all towers have the 4-bed presidential? Are the towers based on price or is it also based on how far you need to walk to get to pool, lazy river, and shuttles? Since view doesn't really matter to our family, is that the only difference. When you book, can you request or is it the luck of the draw? Since the 4-beds are probably few, is it safe to assume they won't come down in price at the 60-day mark? I've seen a lot on e-bay, but none for June so I'm thinking that is a popular time of year.

 

[katallo]

Now that the hotel is almost complete, is the walkway around the lake open?

 

[ez]

We just got back yesterday and swam everyday we were there...the pools werent hot but were very comfortable, I do believe they are heated...it was very pleasant, and we swam at night as well, a little chilly when you got out but just till you dried off.
Called a week ahead and got the room locations we requested, in addition to putting us in a room near our friends who checked in a day earlier, we were right down the hall from each other...how cool was that!

 

[ClanHarrison]

I am not very tech savvy but operate computers well, but can someone explain to me in plain english how we go about establishing wireless internet in the condos? I understand you have to bring your router from home but is there anything else...like our DSL box? Does a whole bunch of programming have to also occur?

We want to be able to use 2 laptops and an iPod Touch.

Thanks guys!

 

[verlee]

Now that the hotel is almost complete, is the walkway around the lake open?

Yep. all the way around

 

[jerseyboy00]

Does anyone know if BC does anything for Easter?

 

[topolskis]

RE Wireless internet in the condos - you should not have to bring anything from home. As long as your laptops and iPods have wireless capability (cards) you just login to their wireless network; should be like you do from home. I've not been to Bonnet Creek for about 3 years now, at that time had to go the lobby. But now that they advertise wireless in the rooms, I would expect to start up my computer, view available wireless networks, and connect.

You should be able to call Bonnet Creek and confirm what I said, but you should not have to take anything with you.

Exception -- if your computer has special incryption (like my work one), you can't get on all public networks. But I doubt bringing your own router, etc, would help that. For work, I have to be on a network with compatible incryption. (At the Wyndham in Panama City I couldn't work in the room, had to go to Starbucks, go figure....).

 

[dtum]

RE Wireless internet in the condos - you should not have to bring anything from home. As long as your laptops and iPods have wireless capability (cards) you just login to their wireless network; should be like you do from home. I've not been to Bonnet Creek for about 3 years now, at that time had to go the lobby. But now that they advertise wireless in the rooms, I would expect to start up my computer, view available wireless networks, and connect.

You should be able to call Bonnet Creek and confirm what I said, but you should not have to take anything with you.

Exception -- if your computer has special incryption (like my work one), you can't get on all public networks. But I doubt bringing your own router, etc, would help that. For work, I have to be on a network with compatible incryption. (At the Wyndham in Panama City I couldn't work in the room, had to go to Starbucks, go figure....).

I thought I read by a previous poster that the internet was a jack on the breakfast bar to hard wire you laptop to with an ethernet cable or you could bring your router from home and make it wireless. Already being wireless would be great.

 

[ez]

yeah we left yesterday and my daughter had to hook her netbook to the wire on the phone on the breakfast bar...we go wireless at home. It was kinda a pain cause she wanted to sit at the table not the bar so we had to limbo under the wire.

 

[topolskis]

Good to hear form someone who knows. My apologies (the Wyndam website shows that all unit have wi-fi - apparently that is not true). So back to the original question from ClanHarrison, looks like you will need to bring your router....

 

[3pletprincesses]

We are going for our wedding anniversary to BC. At some hotels I know you can order ahead of time something to get delivered to the room like flowers or whatever. any idea if BC has something like that?