The we loooooove Club Wyndham Bonnet Creek Part 4

[missingdisneymore]

Wondering on how often a room will be ready early? We arrive at the airport at 8:05 am, coming internationally. I was told we could register at noon and they will let us know when the room is ready. We are staying in a 3 bedroom pres. I am guessing after claiming our bags, renting a car and stopping for lunch we could get there at noon. I also want to buy groceries but need to know in the Sept heat timing to get it into the fridge/freezer. Thinking of checking in as soon as possible and leaving our bags and going to lunch hoping for a call.

We've been there at 8:00 am and gotten into a room and other times had to wait until 3:00 pm. Just depends on occupancy and availability. Bell services can hold your grocery items until your room is ready. The have cold/freezer storage. Just bag your items accordingly. We've never had any issue.

 

[KristinU]

Anyone just back- check your credit card statement. Somehow a $70 charge for dinner went through 4 extra times. I caught it yesterday and spoke to a manager but they can't do anything to reverse the charges until the bookkeeping staff is back in on Monday.

We had a similar thing happen at Raglan Road on our last visit. I wonder if it has to do with the restaurant software pre-authorizing then charging again after a tip.

 

[RangerPooh]

I'm staying at Bonnet Creek for the first time in April for the Star Wars race weekend. I'm assuming that the hotel won't have race transportation. So what has been your experience with using a taxi to race locations during any race weekend? I've only ever stayed insight during race weekends, so this is new for me. Thanks!

 

[AmyS.]

Has anyone ever been successful in getting two condos on the same floor /building? We are traveling with family from out of state and would love the convenience of being in the same building. We will both have a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom. We check in December 18th and they get in December 19th.

We arrived a day earlier than my son's family and when we checked in we made sure they put us in our 2 BR on the same floor as their 3 BR even though they arrived the next day. The front desk person did have to get a manager involved but everyone was very nice and it worked out great! (This was Dec. 2013)

 

[Dis5150]

I'm staying at Bonnet Creek for the first time in April for the Star Wars race weekend. I'm assuming that the hotel won't have race transportation. So what has been your experience with using a taxi to race locations during any race weekend? I've only ever stayed insight during race weekends, so this is new for me. Thanks!

DD26 and I stayed at Bonnet Creek for W&D. Nope, no race transportation. We didn't have a car and used Uber for our whole trip. We Ubered to Boardwalk every day to use Disney busses except the race, where we took it to Epcot to catch the race busses. But W&D is a night race so I'm not sure about early morning transportation. We never had any problems with Uber, either picking us up or dropping us off. Boardwalk is an excellent location to be taken to as you can walk to both Epcot and HS, catch busses to MK and AK and go to the Bakery! We bought the refillable mugs and filled them up every time we were there, coming and going. All the small Uber charges add up though, especially if you like to go back to the condo during the daytime. It probably would have been cheaper to rent a car, but Uber was very convenient. And much cheaper than a taxi.

 

[Jfernandez160]

We have a 3 BR Deluxe unit reserved for April. Are these units only located in certain buildings or can they be in any building spread out throughout the resort?

 

[Upatnoon]

We have a 3 BR Deluxe unit reserved for April. Are these units only located in certain buildings or can they be in any building spread out throughout the resort?

1, 2 and 3 bedroom deluxe units can be located in any tower. As can 4 bedroom presidential units.

1, 2 and 3 bedroom presidentials units are only located in Tower 6.

 

[MommaBerd]

Just returned from another lovely 2 night stay at Bonnet Creek in a 2 bedroom deluxe... I had purposely booked a 3 night stay knowing I couldnt get over there for the first day of my reservation since I was working.

Did you use any particular booking agency or person to get only 3 nights? We are going in November and I want to do a split on-site/off-site stay. The last time we stayed at WBC, we had to book for a week.

 

[pigletto]

We finally booked tonight for our May 2016 trip!
We've been to Disney many many times, and only stayed offsite for the first time last year. We went to Sheraton Vistana last time, and loved the space and amenities and having kitchen and laundry facilities.. oh and did I say space? lol

The kids really wanted to give Bonnet Creek a try this time and dh and I are excited to try something new. We booked for 8 nights with Vacation Strategy for $945 in a 2bdrm deluxe. I'm pleased with that price. Works out to $116 a night. Even factoring in a rental car and gas and parking, we are still under $150 a night. I can't get a moderate for that price anymore, and we enjoyed our vacation so much more with the kids having their own bedroom and room to spread out! I love having the kitchen to make easy meals as well, both to save a bit of money, and to cut down on unhealthy eating. Eating out once a day is plenty for us.
Anyway.. I'm babbling. Just so excited to finally be booked!!!

 

[brios86]

We finally booked tonight for our May 2016 trip!
We've been to Disney many many times, and only stayed offsite for the first time last year. We went to Sheraton Vistana last time, and loved the space and amenities and having kitchen and laundry facilities.. oh and did I say space? lol

The kids really wanted to give Bonnet Creek a try this time and dh and I are excited to try something new. We booked for 8 nights with Vacation Strategy for $945 in a 2bdrm deluxe. I'm pleased with that price. Works out to $116 a night. Even factoring in a rental car and gas and parking, we are still under $150 a night. I can't get a moderate for that price anymore, and we enjoyed our vacation so much more with the kids having their own bedroom and room to spread out! I love having the kitchen to make easy meals as well, both to save a bit of money, and to cut down on unhealthy eating. Eating out once a day is plenty for us.
Anyway.. I'm babbling. Just so excited to finally be booked!!!

What dates? We will be there April 30th for 7 nights before we board the Fantasy

 

[pigletto]

What dates? We will be there April 30th for 7 nights before we board the Fantasy

We also check in on the 30th!

 

[linzjane88]

Since I had posted asking about getting two rooms in the same building at check-in I thought I would update with my experiences. We had two 2bdrm/2bath reservations, one checking in one day after the other. We checked in first and I asked about the chances of getting a room in the same building and the check-in guy was able to 'reserve' a room directly below us so that was very nice. Our check in dates were 12/18 and 12/19 (pretty busy time) so that makes me hopeful that we could potentially do that again in the future.

I was a little disappointed in the noise from the surrounding rooms. My previous stay was in building 4 I think, and we were on an end unit. I am shocked at how loud and wild people allow their children to be at 10-11-12 at night! We had one large family with tons of kids across the hall as us and they were SO SO loud. You could hear them in their room from our kitchen area. When they would leave they would let all the little ones race down the hallway and back a few times to meet before they would go. It was like a stampede! The people on the other side of our master were OK but both our beds let a pretty loud squeaking when you moved at all (not ideal on vacation ). I actually feel bad for them because I got food poisoning and it sounded like a dinosaur vomiting all night. I can only imagine what that sounded like for them. The family on the other side of my DD's room were wild too. You could hear the kids jumping on the beds, onto the ground, then running into the other room and leaping from that furniture.

For as naughty as I thought my kids were being I changed my mind when I heard everybody elses!

 

[FirstDown]

I literally just LOL'ed when I read " it was like a dinosaur vomiting all night!" It's always shocking how parents let their children behave. Ugh. Sorry that happened to you.

 

[RangerPooh]

DD26 and I stayed at Bonnet Creek for W&D. Nope, no race transportation. We didn't have a car and used Uber for our whole trip. We Ubered to Boardwalk every day to use Disney busses except the race, where we took it to Epcot to catch the race busses. But W&D is a night race so I'm not sure about early morning transportation. We never had any problems with Uber, either picking us up or dropping us off. Boardwalk is an excellent location to be taken to as you can walk to both Epcot and HS, catch busses to MK and AK and go to the Bakery! We bought the refillable mugs and filled them up every time we were there, coming and going. All the small Uber charges add up though, especially if you like to go back to the condo during the daytime. It probably would have been cheaper to rent a car, but Uber was very convenient. And much cheaper than a taxi.

Thank you. I might have to try uber as a strategy to get from WBC to the BBC/Boardwalk and from there Disney transportation. Did you call and get a vehicle right away or did you have to wait a bit? I've never used Uber before. Thanks!

 

[Dis5150]

Thank you. I might have to try uber as a strategy to get from WBC to the BBC/Boardwalk and from there Disney transportation. Did you call and get a vehicle right away or did you have to wait a bit? I've never used Uber before. Thanks!

We used the app and never waited longer than 5-7 minutes. After giving them the address on the app, we called or texted the driver the tower number and never had a problem with them finding us or getting there in a timely manner.

 

[nervous1sttimer]

We are going in about 3 weeks, booked through Vacation Strategies, and haven't received any sort of confirmation from Wyndham in our name. Was that supposed to come at 30 days out? Do I need to call for that?

 

[Fundytrail]

We are going in about 3 weeks, booked through Vacation Strategies, and haven't received any sort of confirmation from Wyndham in our name. Was that supposed to come at 30 days out? Do I need to call for that?

That is normal, just need a photo ID at check-in. We were a bit concern our 1st booking with VS with no confirmation but after 4 years with VS we no longer worry.

 

[ibob52]

We are going in about 3 weeks, booked through Vacation Strategies, and haven't received any sort of confirmation from Wyndham in our name. Was that supposed to come at 30 days out? Do I need to call for that?

My WBC routine when booked through VS or VU etc . . .

I call WBC about 2 weeks before my stay and confirm my reservation is for the correct number of days.

If I'm trying to contact VS ... I've had good luck calling during business hours (non holiday)

 

[chekhovgirl]

We are going in about 3 weeks, booked through Vacation Strategies, and haven't received any sort of confirmation from Wyndham in our name. Was that supposed to come at 30 days out? Do I need to call for that?

We've booked with VS a few times and have never received any confirmation directly from Wyndham. Never had any problems, everything was always as planned, even when our stay was over 7 nights.

 

[chekhovgirl]

We finally booked tonight for our May 2016 trip!
We've been to Disney many many times, and only stayed offsite for the first time last year. We went to Sheraton Vistana last time, and loved the space and amenities and having kitchen and laundry facilities.. oh and did I say space? lol

The kids really wanted to give Bonnet Creek a try this time and dh and I are excited to try something new. We booked for 8 nights with Vacation Strategy for $945 in a 2bdrm deluxe. I'm pleased with that price. Works out to $116 a night. Even factoring in a rental car and gas and parking, we are still under $150 a night. I can't get a moderate for that price anymore, and we enjoyed our vacation so much more with the kids having their own bedroom and room to spread out! I love having the kitchen to make easy meals as well, both to save a bit of money, and to cut down on unhealthy eating. Eating out once a day is plenty for us.
Anyway.. I'm babbling. Just so excited to finally be booked!!!

Who do you book your rental car through? Last time we got a decent rate through Enterprise, but I'm having a hard time finding something affordable for this April.