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

[kellyballoon]

Enjoying our stay on the 18th floor in a presidential reserve 4 bedroom in Tower 6. More to come when I get a chance..................

we will also be in buildong #6

 

[lindsey]

The shuttle scheduled says no strollers. Has anyone had a problem with an umbrella stroller?

 

[Upatnoon]

The shuttle scheduled says no strollers. Has anyone had a problem with an umbrella stroller?

That's fine. No strollers means your child can't ride in a stroller on the bus

 

[rak5701]

I know November is not prime season in WDW...but has anyone been to BC in November? We will be there 11/13-11/20. I was hoping it wouldn't be crowded and our room request for a fireworks view would be more easily accomodated. We have a 4 1/2 year old DS and a DD who will be 7 months and wanted to be able to see the fireworks from our balcony. Is building 5 a good building for this view? From what I have read it seems to be.

 

[lawgs]

Building 6 Pool is finally open!!!!! Will post pics when I get back home (another week) It is simply beautiful. Stayed for this morning until is started to rain... so now I'm going shopping Yes I grabbed a copy of the bus schedule and will take pictures etc and post later on. Having a wonderful stay. The kids aren't that bad- no worse than at any other resort- deluxe or otherwise. DH is golfing tomorrow and will take pics of that too.

it was posted earlier in this thread that the New Pool was only for Building 6 guests....is this true ?

 

[paul17]

thanks for the info

 

[bas71873]

Thinking of a May 2011 anniversary trip for myself and DH. How far out should I book? Am I safe to wait until the 60 day mark (we'll just need a 1 bedroo, preferably a king size bed). What kind of nightly rate can I expect in May? I have been unsuccessful in finding any sort of rate info online .

Thanks!

 

[Upatnoon]

Thinking of a May 2011 anniversary trip for myself and DH. How far out should I book? Am I safe to wait until the 60 day mark (we'll just need a 1 bedroo, preferably a king size bed). What kind of nightly rate can I expect in May? I have been unsuccessful in finding any sort of rate info online .

Thanks!

There is lots of rate and reservation info in this thread if you read it all.

I usually pay around $80-$100 a night for a 2 bedroom. 1 bedrooms are pretty rare, as most of the resort rooms are 2 bedrooms.

I have found the best way to get a room is to wait, then find a reservation on eBay. But that's just one way to do it. At the 60 day mark the rooms become much less expensive for the time share owners who make a business out of renting rooms.

While Bonnet Creek is an awesome resort, it is more family oriented. For my anniverary I would probably pick a full-service hotel, like the Waldorf Astoria.

 

[saysay]

I'm curious as to what everyone does about food, assuming you are hitting the parks (be in WDW, Universal, whatever) each day (or at least most days). I mean, breakfast seems like a no-brainer, and lunch, well I guess that would be eaten in the parks...at least for us it probably would be. So, do you come back to BC for dinner? Do you cook? Do you still just eat out most of the time?

I don't MIND cooking on vacation at all. We got to Nags Head every summer and it's only 3 hours away for us so stocking up the coolers and heading out is easy breezy. But, if we drive to FL, we're talking 12 hours and so I'm not thinking stocked up coolers are a bright idea (in the summer anyway).

So, do you shop? How do you do that without buying a bunch of stuff you won't end up using. Do you just hit the grocery daily?

Curious as to what others do???

We went in April on a serious budget and drove down, so I was able to stock up on some "nutritious" snacks from Trader Joes...ok, just stuff with fewer artificial ingredients. I got some chips, popcorn, cliff bars for us and dear daughter, some fruit snacks - its like fruit leather with fiber - she loves it. Also went ahead and got our favorite Cereal since that is what we decided to do for breakfast for the most part. We also took our coffee and some propel packets for water. When we go to BC, DH went to the store for frozen waffles, milk, beer, cheese sticks, some yogurt, salsa, bananas, peanut butter - including individual packs and apples. Had a frozen pizza, bag of salad and something else frozen DH got.

For breakfast we ate at the condo...waffles with peanut butter or cereal. I packed up DD princess lunchbox with a bunch of healthy snacks and we pretty much ate off of that all day. We did get some fruit one day and also splurged on Dole Whips 2 days. We ate Counter service 2 of the 4 days later in the day. We only snacked on our food at Animal Kingdom as we went back to the condo around 3 and just swam. This was the one night we went out to a sit down restaurant.

We had Pizza from the onsite place one night....it was good I thought and the other nights, we just ate what was at the condo. Since we ate the counter stuff so late in the day, we really weren't THAT hungry.

We were there 5 nights and worked out for us. We really saved alot by just bringing in lots to snack on. The cheese and cliff bars and fruit did fill me up.

Loved not having to go out to deal with crowds at restaurants and the food we had to "prepare" was very quick and easy....also tried to make sure it was substantial enough for our 3 year old which it was.

 

[ChristaDeVil]

Okay, it's taken me two days, but I finally read this whole thread (while at work, of course). I am so glad I found this information. After three trips to the world and staying onsite, we have a great opportunity to stay at Bonnet Creek next April for spring break. I was totally nervous about being off-site until I started reading this and now I'm PUMPED! Thanks for the great info!

 

[newbeestl]

I'm a big fan of getting some pizza and wings delivered at least one night while on vacation. (Just something I like to do while on vacation)

Does anyone have any suggestions for a delivery place that delivers pizza and wings to BC? I really like trying local places or non-chain places while on vacation. Got any recommendations?

 

[Brian Noble]

Giordano's. The Lake Buena Vista location is probably the closest to BC.
http://www.giordanos.com/

It's not exactly local, but all of the locations are either in Chicagoland or Florida.

Flippers gets a lot of good press too, but I haven't tried them.

 

[DCTooTall]

I know November is not prime season in WDW...but has anyone been to BC in November? We will be there 11/13-11/20. I was hoping it wouldn't be crowded and our room request for a fireworks view would be more easily accomodated. We have a 4 1/2 year old DS and a DD who will be 7 months and wanted to be able to see the fireworks from our balcony. Is building 5 a good building for this view? From what I have read it seems to be.

I was there last November and the place didn't really seem overly crowded. I was in Building 5, but not in a Fireworks view room. As for them honoring your request, I can't say if they'll be able to do it or not. The place is pretty big, so even though it didn't seem that crowded, doesn't mean that it wasn't full enough that a fireworks room request couldn't be accommodated.

It'd probably be easier to have a room request honored in November though than it would say, over 4th of July weekend or some other super busy time. The trade-off you run into with a more off-season time like November is that for owners, it costs less points to stay a week in November than it does in more popular times. It also means that you are more likely to be competing for those prime firework view rooms with people who actually own there or who know how to make a room request, vs. the "summer renter" crowd who are just looking for accommodations on their family vacation and aren't as well educated on the unknown perks.

it was posted earlier in this thread that the New Pool was only for Building 6 guests....is this true ?

I can't say with any certainty, but i'm going to guess it's not true. BC uses pretty standard magnetic keycards for the rooms (like most hotels), so it would be difficult to easily identify who is staying in which building. the last time i was there, Building 6 was still under construction, but with the way the pool fencing is set up at the other pools, as well as the pathway around the lake, I find it highly unlikely they'd have any way or desire to really limit access to 1 pool for those in just 1 specific building.

I think the earlier comment you are refering too also mentioned they heard it from one of the sales people at the resort, or that the pool was limited ot owners and not renters. One thing you will learn about timeshare sales people, they often with lie or bend the truth in order to try and convince people to purchase an ownership interest in the resort. It's a good idea to take anything heard from one of the salespeople with about a pound of salt.

 

[kcwheeler]

Does anyone know if you can see the fireworks from anywhere in the resort like from the ground or a hallway balcony? We are still trying to decide what room location to request and if we can still see the fireworks somewhere else we'll probably just request a lake view.

 

[newbeestl]

Giordano's. The Lake Buena Vista location is probably the closest to BC.
http://www.giordanos.com/

It's not exactly local, but all of the locations are either in Chicagoland or Florida.

Flippers gets a lot of good press too, but I haven't tried them.

Thanks, that Flippers looks like it might be perfect.

 

[scubamouse]

Does anyone have the number for Bonnet Creek? I had it at one point but can't find it now.

 

[webprinter]

I'm a big fan of getting some pizza and wings delivered at least one night while on vacation. (Just something I like to do while on vacation)

Does anyone have any suggestions for a delivery place that delivers pizza and wings to BC? I really like trying local places or non-chain places while on vacation. Got any recommendations?

We like Flippers (with the exception of their black olives), and usually get pizza from them once every visit. There are a number of pizza places that will leave flyers/menus from their restaurants under your door. I haven't tried any of them but they deliver and they would not be a chain. DH's favorite pizza place is Unos. It is also DDIL's favorite pizza place since she needs gluten free pizza.

 

[M & E love WDW]

It sounds like you will be there the same week we are.
My mom gave us our week for our Christmas present.

It's nice to have family bearing gifts, huh? My Dad has always been generous to us with his timeshares. He will actually come and visit for a few days at the end of our stay.

Have you planned your entire week out yet? I am really looking forward to this trip. Still trying to decide if I want to make a room request. Thinking of waterview since we're unlikely to be in the room at fireworks time. More likely to enjoy balcony for morning coffee.

Congratulations Vettechick. What a beautiful baby. Many blessings to you and your family.

Hope all of you there now or with upcoming trips have the best vacations.

 

[Brian Noble]

There are a number of pizza places that will leave flyers/menus from their restaurants under your door.

Be careful. Some of these are scams.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=420631

 

[TotoToo]

There are a number of pizza places that will leave flyers/menus from their restaurants under your door. I haven't tried any of them but they deliver and they would not be a chain.

Don't deal with the under door flyer people they are bad quality, may not be licensed and can be scams. Even delivering the flyers as they do is against the law and many reportedly sell out of garages or other un-inspected "kitchens" you don't want to risk. Plenty of legitimate pizza places including many that deliver. Don't risk the flyers.