The we loooooove Club Wyndham Bonnet Creek Part 4

[pepperandchips]

We are thinking of staying here for our first trip to Disney. Are there stairs in the resort that are easily accessible or do you have to use the elevators? I hate elevators...

We never used stairs (except in the parking garage) but our first stay was in a first floor unit. You could ask for one and avoid stairs or elevators altogether.

 

[chicagoshannon]

There are stairs toward the end of each hallway/wing for sure. There might be stairs near the elevators too but I don't remember.

 

[kangamangus]

Well I did it!! I just booked a 4 bedroom presidential suite for our upcoming trip!! For our family I hope the extra space is worth not having the bus system. We will be renting two mini vans. Since it will be our immediate family of 8 plus my brother and my parents the extra bedrooms will be nice to have! Fingers crossed it all works out....we have never done VRBO before.

 

[brios86]

@mar21 - how did everything end up?

 

[Maineiak]

Here now in Tower 5. High floor, perfect view of DHS fireworks last night.

Anyone ever do the presentation? We've done many over the years and lately have been skipping them, but got roped into it this time around. Just wondering if the gift of a 10 day stay is too good to be true?

 

[Spanky]

You will be dealing with very aggressive sales force. Just do not believe what they say, stay firm in your No Thank You and you should be O K. I have heard some folks say it is hard to redeem the 10 day stay.

 

[chicagoshannon]

The stay you get ,usually, can only be booked 30 days in advance. Beware!

 

[Fundytrail]

3 AM fire alarm in Tower 3 last night was a rude awaking, thanks to some prankster. Everyone had to evacuate and it took about a half hour for the all clear to re-enter.

 

[TigerlilyAJ]

Has anyone ever bought their room on eBay? I'm looking at both Farrell's Vacations and AZTimeshares as sellers. Any experience there?

 

[Chelley00]

Has anyone ever bought their room on eBay? I'm looking at both Farrell's Vacations and AZTimeshares as sellers. Any experience there?

We used Farrell's in October off of eBay. No problems at all.

 

[NinaBella]

Here now and not impressed. We are on the hotel side and have the bunk bed room. I am here with a 13 and 14 year old. I thought the hotel was okay until my hysband and kids said it was below average. We also did the presentation for 2.5 hours.

My husbsnd says he doesn't get a friendly feel here and pool is not up to par. I didnt go to the pool but he days its shallow and more for adults to sit in pool and drink. 14 year old says the deepest part is 4 ft and is "miniscule". There isn't very many things to do at this hotel for teens.

I would give it just an average rating. We travel a lot and my family has stayed in nicer places. Overall in Orlando our favorite hotel is still Gaylord Palms. My husband also just said we might try SoG again since it has been a few years since we have stayed there.

The internet keeps disconnecting on my Samsung phone but my son is connected on his Apple fine.

Front desk is young and very fake to the point of obnoxious. She asked me 3 times how many room keys I needed and I answered the same 3 times. She wasnt listening to me, and she kept repeating everything like she didn't even remember what she said 2 seconds ago.

I would recommend the hotel for value and location, but not for any amenities. We have a few friends here this weekend on the owner side as her mom is owner. The owner side is probably nicer than the hotel side. We went into a 2 bedroom and a 4 bedroom during our presentation.

We are checkin out now and DH is pointing out rips on couch and stains around room, scratches on table. Its all fine, just shows its an older room.

Just thought I would share since so many love WBC, that the hotel side is average for room, below average for amenities.

 

[missingdisneymore]

Here now and not impressed. We are on the hotel side...
Just thought I would share since so many love WBC, that the hotel side is average for room, below average for amenities.

This is why we looooove the timeshare side. No extra fees and way better all around. Wouldn't waste my time/$ on the hotel when I could get a condo for cheaper than a hotel room.

 

[smd8z]

But can't you use the other poolside you stay at the hotel? Or did your kids not like the other pools as well? Just wondering because we are going in a few days

 

[NinaBella]

This is why we looooove the timeshare side. No extra fees and way better all around. Wouldn't waste my time/$ on the hotel when I could get a condo for cheaper than a hotel room.

I was there under a promo, so i paid $179 for 2 nights. Original reservation in March was in the owner side but I had to reschedule and there was no availability other than the hotel side. I would't want more than 2 nights. One night would have worked for this trip because we are only in town to watch cheer today. My husband and son only came because it was 2 nights to check out the pool. They could have explored other areas but we saw the areas from the room tours and they didnt appear much different.

In addition to the $179 promo we were charged the following... per night...
1) Parking $20.00
2) Parking gate tax 1.30
3) Occupancy tax $12.12
4) State tax $13.14

2-nights total $179 + 93.10 = 272.10
So $136.05 per night

Oh and we got a $100 visa gift card for attending the presentation.

Queen bed, sofa bed, bunk beds.

 

[NinaBella]

I didn't ask about using the other pools. My daughter and I stayed on the room while my husband and 14 year old son went to the pool. Since the pool is shallow its probably great for younger kids.
The beach hotel we fequent has a large rectangle pool that goes to 6ft. Nothing overly fancy about the rectangle pool but my son says he likes the beach hotel pool better. It is advertised as the largest hotel pool in st pete.

 

[married2mm]

Being very lazy

I was just wondering if there was one company preferred over another for booking through?

I stayed here last September & loved it-however dh prefers offsite villas...

I can see pros & cons for both

 

[missingdisneymore]

$100 for 2.5 hours worth of my time? No thanks. I'll be in one of the lazy rivers, or playing mini golf, or getting ice cream, or listening to live entertainment, or enjoying an adult bevy, or soakin in one of the many hot tubs, or playing billiards with the kiddos, or ......

There's several pools and hot tubs and a couple of lazy rivers. I have teenagers as well and if they can't find enough to do at WBC, I tell them they have a serious issue and are maybe a bit hard to please. A pool doesn't need to be deep to be fun. The main pool on the timeshare side is huge BTW.

Guests of either property are welcome to use any and all amenities. They just charge ridiculous fees at the hotel.

Edit: the pools are deeper than 4'.​

 

[NinaBella]

$100 for 2.5 hours worth of my time? No thanks. I'll be in one of the lazy rivers, or playing mini golf, or getting ice cream, or listening to live entertainment, or enjoying an adult bevy, or soakin in one of the many hot tubs, or playing billiards with the kiddos, or ......

There's several pools and hot tubs and a couple of lazy rivers. I have teenagers as well and if they can't find enough to do at WBC, I tell them they have a serious issue and are maybe a bit hard to please. A pool doesn't need to be deep to be fun. The main pool on the timeshare side is huge BTW.

Guests of either property are welcome to use any and all amenities. They just charge ridiculous fees at the hotel.

Edit: the pools are deeper than 4'.​

Well, I did have my starbucks in hand and it was an 8AM start. We also had side conversation about Tunisia (where our salesman was from) and Alaska (where his manager was from). DH and I are both retired military so we had some good side conversations. We also were the last to leave in our group. We were seriously considering buying. Since we had no plans that day, 2.5 hours was nothing.

 

[pepperandchips]

Has anyone ever bought their room on eBay? I'm looking at both Farrell's Vacations and AZTimeshares as sellers. Any experience there?

Farrell's was great when we used them. His daughter (from what I could tell) was our representative and she has been a pleasure to deal with (Michaela). Very responsive.

Here now and not impressed. We are on the hotel side and have the bunk bed room....

I would recommend the hotel for value and location, but not for any amenities. We have a few friends here this weekend on the owner side as her mom is owner. The owner side is probably nicer than the hotel side. We went into a 2 bedroom and a 4 bedroom during our presentation.
...

Just thought I would share since so many love WBC, that the hotel side is average for room, below average for amenities.

We have stayed at the Hilton Bonnet Creek and same thing - after all the nickel and dimes, I was wishing we'd just booked at WBC (ownership). But the Hilton was super nice with a great pool. No complaints other than price and upcharges. That's why I LOOOOOOOOVE Bonnet Creek

Being very lazy

I was just wondering if there was one company preferred over another for booking through?

I stayed here last September & loved it-however dh prefers offsite villas...

I can see pros & cons for both

Have used Farrell's Vacation Rentals and Shelby Resorts. Better rate from Shelby, no complaints about either. Both helpful and responsive!

 

[married2mm]

Have used Farrell's Vacation Rentals and Shelby Resorts. Better rate from Shelby, no complaints about either. Both helpful and responsive!

Thanks very much.