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

[mjfisherdc]

We will be at BC for our first time in sept. Does anybody know if there is a grocery store nearby that carries gluten free foods? My DS is on a special diet and I am hoping to find the stuff I need close by. I will have my own vehicle.

Thanks

 

[act1980]

I have been comparing the floor plans and the 2 bedroom presidential units seem to have smaller bedrooms.

Can someone confirm this please?

 

[MDsMomma]

We are here now! We arrived around 1ish and were able to check in. My request was met for building 5 fireworks view..
We then went over to get our parking pass at this very festive balloons decorations etc The woman handed us a paper to fill out and said it was the 2nd part of registration. She gave one to me and one to my mom.. she asked if we were owners and we said with RCI.. I told her the reservation was in my mom's name I won't fill one out.. She said each adult staying needed to.. I said there were more adults but not with us.. My mom filled out name address dob they wanted to know your age and other random stuff.. she didn't fill it out and either did I.. we had 1 missed call so far..

We went to the pool.. zero entry at 5 and 6.. check out towels at 5.. they both were crazy busy at 4pm we walked over to the other pools and they were dead.. empty chairs everywhere.. there was a bar/restaurant at our building and a bar at 6 as well..

I'll let you guys know more later!!

 

[snappy]

1, 2, and 3 bedroom presidential units only in building 6.

 

[snappy]

I have been comparing the floor plans and the 2 bedroom presidential units seem to have smaller bedrooms.

Can someone confirm this please?

I just got back last night from a 1 BR presidential. I have not seen the 2 BR presidentials but the 1 BR presidential bedroom was huge.

I will try and post some pictures.

The unit had a very nice stained beaded board ceiling in the living room/dining room. Nice stainless steel GE profile appliances-stove, ice in door fridge, microwave, dishwasher. Also full size washer drier. The countertops in kitchen and both lavatory sink areas were nice grade granite. It had a triangle shape jacuzzi, bigger than the ones in the deluxe units and a nice glass door walk in shower. The furniture/lamps/ drapes were upgraded. compared to the deluxe units. There were nice wood blinds on all windows as well as the door (not sliding door) leading to balcony. Nice Bose system in living room (surround sound) and smaller bedside Bose unit in BR.

The actual bedding (mattress, sheets, and comforter) seemed same as deluxe, as did the towels (very average). I stayed at the Hilton Bonnet Creek before checking into to the Wyndham and the bedding and towels were all nicer quality than at the Wyndham. The bedding at the Waldorf where I stayed a few months ago was a step higher than the Hilton.

I liked the lazy river by building one much better. Fewer kids, which was nice as I was traveling alone without family. The poolside chairs are better at towers 5 and 6 than tower 1 but I like the lazy river at tower 1 better.

You can check out towels at tower 6 or tower 1.

 

[snappy]

bedroom

 

[snappy]

from entry way into kitchen

 

[snappy]

living room/dining room

 

[disneypalgal]

In our week there we didn't see a lot of toddlers in the mushroom pool. The splash pads over by the main bulding were much more fun for our newly turned 5 year old - he had no interest in the mushroom and that was our "home" pool. He also enjoyed the zero entry pools IMMENSELY. There's a little play area in the pirate pool that the very little ones enjoy as well.

I'd stay by the splash pad and walk over to the mushroom pool - it really isn't a long walk (it looks a lot bigger than it is) and part of the charm, for us, was to pool hop.

p.

Great pictures....thank you so much for taking the time to post. We will be at BC mid-June. I was going to request building #4 because someone said the kiddy "mushroom" pool at 3 was always freezing....so I thought well atlease #4 is closer to main building/splash area (we have a 3 year old)....but now Im thinking I should just request building #3 after seeing your pictures!!! So torn! lol.....

 

[dtripli]

In our week there we didn't see a lot of toddlers in the mushroom pool. The splash pads over by the main bulding were much more fun for our newly turned 5 year old - he had no interest in the mushroom and that was our "home" pool. He also enjoyed the zero entry pools IMMENSELY. There's a little play area in the pirate pool that the very little ones enjoy as well.

I'd stay by the splash pad and walk over to the mushroom pool - it really isn't a long walk (it looks a lot bigger than it is) and part of the charm, for us, was to pool hop.

p.

Thanks disneypalgal...I guess I'll stick with my original building 4 request and stop obsessing! lol....

 

[act1980]

Thanks for the pictures!

 

[act1980]

Just called the resort and thought I would mention that the check in desk at tower 6 is only for people staying in the presidential units

 

[snappy]

There are also bell service guys to get your stuff out of your car and up to your unit in building 6. I found it nice to park in the parking garage just past building 6. kept the car a lot cooler.

There were 3 to 4 computers in a little room next to the activities area in the lobby you could use to pick up email, look up stuff on the internet or print your boarding passes.

I had at least 6 missed calls I suppose from the people at the sales desk. I just ignored them.

 

[mrzrich]

How much vacation could you get for 526,000 points? I was searching ebay and saw a resale available. It says the maintenance fees are $2600 a year. I'd need to get a few trips out of that to make it worth my while. So say I wanted a 2 bedroom. Maybe one peak week. Could I get a few non peak trips a year as well?

 

[Justbranches5]

The resort is amazing...even better than I expected! There is so much to do, I am glad we decided to only use 2 of our days at the parks. I will try to post some pictures before the end of the week. We are really enjoying the lazy rivers and my 7 year old LOVES the slide at the pirate ship pool. I wish we were going to be here for 2 or 3 weeks
The staff have been very nice & helpful. No problems at the parking pass desk. Today we got a note on our door offering $175 AMEX card + 3day, 2 nite future trip (didn't say here though) in exchange for a 90 min presentation...I think we will pass!

 

[act1980]

The resort is amazing...even better than I expected! There is so much to do, I am glad we decided to only use 2 of our days at the parks. I will try to post some pictures before the end of the week. We are really enjoying the lazy rivers and my 7 year old LOVES the slide at the pirate ship pool. I wish we were going to be here for 2 or 3 weeks
The staff have been very nice & helpful. No problems at the parking pass desk. Today we got a note on our door offering $175 AMEX card + 3day, 2 nite future trip (didn't say here though) in exchange for a 90 min presentation...I think we will pass!

Can I ask what tower you're in?

 

[JimMIA]

How much vacation could you get for 526,000 points? I was searching ebay and saw a resale available. It says the maintenance fees are $2600 a year. I'd need to get a few trips out of that to make it worth my while. So say I wanted a 2 bedroom. Maybe one peak week. Could I get a few non peak trips a year as well?

One Prime week at WBC would be 224,000 points in a 2 BR deluxe or 308,000 in either a 3 BR deluxe or 2 BR Presidential. Obviously the points cost varies quite a bit depending on resort and season.

A couple of weeks ago, we stayed at WBC in a 1 BR deluxe for 9,000 points X 5 nights. At our maintenance fee costs at Smoky Mountains, that cost us abou $40 per night.

526,000 points is a pretty large Wyndham contract. We have about 500,000, but that's shared by three families. Also, the maintenance fees quoted sound about right...about $5 per thousand points. You can do better than that...and a lot worse.

 

[JimMIA]

I'd also recommend going over to the TUG Wyndham forum and reading their excellent Wyndham Advice Articles (ignoring the stuff about bargain-basement RCI exchanges, because that has changed since the Articles were written). That will give you a good understanding about Wyndham's timeshare system, which is a prerequisite before buying.

You will also need to study up on buying a timeshare on eBay. It's not as simple as it looks.

Do NOT EVER buy ANY timeshare directly from the developer. If you do, you will pay much, much more than you should.

 

[Brian Noble]

One Prime week at WBC would be 203,000 points in a 2 BR deluxe

I believe it might be 224,000.

 

[JimMIA]

I believe it might be 224,000.

Ooops! You're right Brian! Guess I looked at that chart too quickly.