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

[mieuxmew]

I have a few questions I hope someone can answer.

In the two bedroom units, are the washer and dryer small capacity or full size capacity?

I am considering shipping a box or suitcase to the resort in advance and sending it back home either Fedex or US Postal Service. Has anyone had an experience either good or bad with WBC?

Are extra garbage bags provided or should I bring extra?

Anyone have the Park shuttle bus schedule for March/April? I will have the car a few days at an offsite conference, but my kids and husband want to head to the parks.

Has anyone used a taxi to return mid-afternoon from the parks? Would it be easier/cheaper to take Disney bus to Carribean Beach then take a taxi to WBC?

Thanks in advance! We can't wait to go, as we have heard so many great reviews on this thread! This is our 1st time staying off property.

 

[Splashboat]

We have always stayed on Disney property but are considering staying here for our next trip. (we need a 1 bedroom villa) The biggest advantage for us about staying on site is that we do not have to drive anywhere. My concern is getting lost - neither my husband or I are good at driving in unknown areas. Can anyone tell me how you found your way around on your first trip? (we would basically go just to the Disney parks and some local areas to eat) I don't want to spoil the trip getting frustrated driving around in circles.

 

[stackyallred]

I have a few questions I hope someone can answer.

In the two bedroom units, are the washer and dryer small capacity or full size capacity?

I am considering shipping a box or suitcase to the resort in advance and sending it back home either Fedex or US Postal Service. Has anyone had an experience either good or bad with WBC?

Are extra garbage bags provided or should I bring extra?

Anyone have the Park shuttle bus schedule for March/April? I will have the car a few days at an offsite conference, but my kids and husband want to head to the parks.

Has anyone used a taxi to return mid-afternoon from the parks? Would it be easier/cheaper to take Disney bus to Carribean Beach then take a taxi to WBC?

Thanks in advance! We can't wait to go, as we have heard so many great reviews on this thread! This is our 1st time staying off property.

I can't answer all of your questions, but I do know that in a 2 bedroom unit, the washer and dryers are small capacity. They are the stackable type. However, when I was there in 2007, I thought they still worked very efficiently.

We had a great time back then and are looking forward to our October trip. Have fun!

 

[stackyallred]

Thanks to everyone who has offered helpful information on this thread! I have read through most of it, but wanted to confirm a few things that were not of interest to me on our last trip at BC since we didn't have our busy little toddler back then.

Am I correct that:
-You CAN get high chairs in the unit if you request it?
-There ARE vacuums in each unit (we are in a 2 bedroom)?
Both of these items are very helpful when it comes to feeding a toddler!

After a lot of reading it appears that both of these items are usually available, but a few people said they couldn't find a vacuum in their unit.

Thanks for your help!

 

[NHDisneyFan]

We have always stayed on Disney property but are considering staying here for our next trip. (we need a 1 bedroom villa) The biggest advantage for us about staying on site is that we do not have to drive anywhere. My concern is getting lost - neither my husband or I are good at driving in unknown areas. Can anyone tell me how you found your way around on your first trip? (we would basically go just to the Disney parks and some local areas to eat) I don't want to spoil the trip getting frustrated driving around in circles.

Because you are within the gates of Disney getting to anything related to Disney is very easy as you can utilize their signs for direction. They even have the Bonnet Creek signs in place using a slightly different color variation for when you return home at night. And a tip I read here is worst case scenario to get back to BC follow signs for CBR or EPCOT Resorts. Leaving the AK and EPCOT parking lots you are back to BC in 5 minutes.

 

[Upatnoon]

1. High chairs and pack n plays will be delivered to your room free of charge. Just tell them when you check in.

2. There is one of those carpet-cleaning push brush things for picking up crumbs.

 

[camnhan]

We have always stayed on Disney property but are considering staying here for our next trip. (we need a 1 bedroom villa) The biggest advantage for us about staying on site is that we do not have to drive anywhere. My concern is getting lost - neither my husband or I are good at driving in unknown areas. Can anyone tell me how you found your way around on your first trip? (we would basically go just to the Disney parks and some local areas to eat) I don't want to spoil the trip getting frustrated driving around in circles.

If you ar just going back and forth to the parks, WBC has a shuttle..my parents were there last year and we arrive one the 5th of June and they said it was no issue at all with the shuttle.

 

[Splashboat]

Thanks for the help!

 

[verlee]

We just got back from a 9 nt stay at wbc. WOW! I can not say enough about this resort. It was so much more then we anticipated. We did not want to leave it to do the parks We stayed in a 2bd it was spotless and great. They provided everything including laundry soap (I did like 5 loads). Getting groceries and supplies was super easy with a car rental. Getting up in the morning and sitting on the balcony with a cup of coffee while the kids slept in their own room was priceless. The shuttles took a little getting used to because the return times from epcot, ak and dhs were late (after 4pm), MK had earlier times (12/ 3pm). We usually like to come back take a break and return in the evening. That did not work this time. We decided that if ( I should say when) we stay here again we would do full days with resort/rest days in between. Best of both worlds!

The activities at the resort were awsome. One night they had a guy from Gatorland give a 1 hour show. He had snakes, gators, spiders, scorpions ect. My mother in-law liked the casino night. Make your own sundaes was also a hit.

I think this resort has spoiled us for staying on site. Unless Disney offers a great deal this place cannot be beat. shhhhh don't tell Mickey but we would stay here and not go to wdw. Any questions let me know.

 

[verlee]

If you ar just going back and forth to the parks, WBC has a shuttle..my parents were there last year and we arrive one the 5th of June and they said it was no issue at all with the shuttle.

We did both. It was easy to get around in a car. Big signs everywhere and they provide maps. The shuttle was fine. We did not see much difference in BC shuttles and disney shuttles, except disney shuttles were busier and we had to wait longer for them.

 

[verlee]

I have a few questions I hope someone can answer.

In the two bedroom units, are the washer and dryer small capacity or full size capacity?

I am considering shipping a box or suitcase to the resort in advance and sending it back home either Fedex or US Postal Service. Has anyone had an experience either good or bad with WBC?

Are extra garbage bags provided or should I bring extra?

Anyone have the Park shuttle bus schedule for March/April? I will have the car a few days at an offsite conference, but my kids and husband want to head to the parks.

Has anyone used a taxi to return mid-afternoon from the parks? Would it be easier/cheaper to take Disney bus to Carribean Beach then take a taxi to WBC?

Thanks in advance! We can't wait to go, as we have heard so many great reviews on this thread! This is our 1st time staying off property.

Small washer and dryer but they worked really well. We were told the bus schedule has been staying pretty much the same. Our schedule was the same as was posted on this thread for last fall.

We actually tried to take a wdw shuttle to Carribean resort from AK one day. We then were going to take a cab from CBR. But after waiting for a bus for over 40 min we ended up just waiting for the BC shuttle. Granted our experience was probably not the norm. We just missed the cbr bus, when the next bus did arrive nearly 20 min later it was shift change for the bus drivers so that took 10-15 min and then just as we were about to leave a person with a scooter arrived and that took longer then we were willing to wait. Bad luck on our part. We were told that a cab ride from AK was over $25 so not worth it for us.

 

[maroo]

This is a random question...that I don't think I have seen on the many pages I have read of this great thread!

We use a lot of towels...because we are bringing two people that use wheelchairs, we just use more towels than the average family at one time (one to lay down on, one to dry off, one to wrap up in after a shower for example)...

So we need quite a few towels.

We have very limited space in our van and I am trying to avoid bringing some extras...do you guys know about how many towels they would have in a 2 BR villa? We don't mind at all washing them every day, but we will need more than usual and I just wanted to make sure we would have enough.

I am guessing we will need about 10 - 12 per day?

 

[Brian Noble]

Typically, you have one bath, hand, and washcloth per occupant, times maximum occupancy. So, figure you'll have eight.

 

[CincyMouse]

Back from a 7 night stay and can't say enough about WBC. We rented from a friend, so I had no worries about that. Got a 2BR for $100/night. Did have to put "Orlando" in GPS. Was not even allowed to stand in the check-in line before 4:00. Got my parking pass around 1:00, they never even asked me to attend the time-share session. Never got any phone calls either. Used the pool by the ckeck-in until 4:00. Reminded me of Vegas checking in, didn't really take long, maybe 20 minutes. Didn't request a certain view or building, I was overwhelmed with all the rec's on here and wanted to see what we would get. Tower 4, parking lot view, 4th floor, so most fireworks were obstructed. Oh well, didn't ruin my experience at all. The pool by building 2-3 seemed small and boring (compared to the others), there are activities and a life guard, but youngest DD (5) was not able to swim without her vest so she wasn't allowed on the slide. Pirate ship pool/slide (DD too short) was really cool!!! Warm water too. The lazy river by tower 5 is great too. No pizza fliers, but my friend told me about Flipper's Pizza. Had to look them up on my iphone and they called when 5 minutes out and met them at the door to the tower - awesome pizza!! WBC is close to everything, we drove to the parks, hate to wait on buses. Even took a trip off world to CVS. I will stay here every time and recommend it to everyone. We commented that the size of our master bedroom and bath was the size of our room at POP last time!! The ONLY complaint is that the walls in MBR are thin!! I could hear the crying baby next door, the kids getting a bath, and the dad yelling at them.

 

[verlee]

This is a random question...that I don't think I have seen on the many pages I have read of this great thread!

We use a lot of towels...because we are bringing two people that use wheelchairs, we just use more towels than the average family at one time (one to lay down on, one to dry off, one to wrap up in after a shower for example)...

So we need quite a few towels.

We have very limited space in our van and I am trying to avoid bringing some extras...do you guys know about how many towels they would have in a 2 BR villa? We don't mind at all washing them every day, but we will need more than usual and I just wanted to make sure we would have enough.

I am guessing we will need about 10 - 12 per day?

We had more then enough towels. In our two bdrm we had at least 6 large towels in one bathroom and around 4-5 in the other. You can call and ask for more. They were always very helpful withour needs. They have towels at the pools so you don't need to use yours there. We washed ours a couple of times. They give you as much laundry detergent as you need. I think we used 9 pkgs.

 

[homeschoolmommyof_2]

Can anyone tell me off hand what page the pics are for the 4 bedroom presidential units? Does anyone have the floor plan they can post please?
Thanks so much!!

 

[cheermom1]

I haven't read the whole thread yet but am working on it, pg 22.

My question is can you use points for the tixs? When we bought our timeshare it was mentioned that we could but it was about hopper passes so it lead me to believe that I had to buy the basic tixs and upgrade. Can someone shed some light on how this worksd? Thanks

 

[Brian Noble]

You are probably thinking of the PlusPartners program. This program is available only to those with a purchase directly from the developer, or who enrolled one or more of their resale deeds (at a cost of ~$2400). PlusPartners might have a program that allows you to use points for tickets, but it is almost certainly a bad deal. You would be better off using your points for Wyndham lodging, and paying cash for tickets.

 

[Upatnoon]

Can anyone tell me off hand what page the pics are for the 4 bedroom presidential units? Does anyone have the floor plan they can post please?
Thanks so much!!

The very first message in this thread has a floor plan for a presidential in addition to lots more useful information.

 

[cheermom1]

You are probably thinking of the PlusPartners program. This program is available only to those with a purchase directly from the developer, or who enrolled one or more of their resale deeds (at a cost of ~$2400). PlusPartners might have a program that allows you to use points for tickets, but it is almost certainly a bad deal. You would be better off using your points for Wyndham lodging, and paying cash for tickets.

I did buy direct. so what does that mean and can i use ponts for tix and how does that work?