The we loooooove Club Wyndham Bonnet Creek Part 4

[Meldev]

Can anyone direct me to a forum or thread (off of the DIS) for the Wyndham timeshares? We're considering purchasing resale. We love the bonnet creek area (we have stayed at the Bonnet Creek Hilton twice now) and we've stayed in a Wyndham timeshare on Pompano Beach last week, for our trips to disney and beaches it sounds like a good deal for us. Any owners know of a informative site to help me in my decision? TIA

 

[Meldev]

We are thinking of booking this resort through Redweek.com. Never used them before. Anyone have good reports from them?

I haven't used them personally but just heard excellent things about redweek.com for excellent deals this past weekend while we were staying at another Wyndham timeshare location in FL

 

[WannaGoDW]

You should have the same room key for your whole stay

 

[KristinU]

Can anyone direct me to a forum or thread (off of the DIS) for the Wyndham timeshares? We're considering purchasing resale. We love the bonnet creek area (we have stayed at the Bonnet Creek Hilton twice now) and we've stayed in a Wyndham timeshare on Pompano Beach last week, for our trips to disney and beaches it sounds like a good deal for us. Any owners know of a informative site to help me in my decision? TIA

I'd like to know this too. Or even more specifically, I'd love to hear from someone who owns or has owned both DVC and Wyndham since we used to own DVC and understand that system well.

 

[pepperandchips]

I'd like to know this too. Or even more specifically, I'd love to hear from someone who owns or has owned both DVC and Wyndham since we used to own DVC and understand that system well.

I have been looking into this as well. I did a bunch of research using TUG BBs. I'm still not convinced I want to buy -- the rental rates have been pretty good and I'm not locked into paying dues every year. But I was glad to have the advice from TUG!

 

[momw/2princesses]

Thanks to this thread, we're planning our first offsite stay! With two teen girls, we just need more space and privacy. And the Disney resorts that provide that are out of budget!

I've been reading reviews on tripadvisor for BC and there were several that mentioned issues with check-in taking an hour or more at busy times. I'm assuming Saturdays/Sundays? And also that there were issues with third party reservations and room key cards being deactivated during the week because of the way they pieced the reservation together. Has anyone here experienced anything like that?

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

Curious about checkin issues too. We are checking in on a Saturday but not until very late.

 

[pepperandchips]

Thanks to this thread, we're planning our first offsite stay! With two teen girls, we just need more space and privacy. And the Disney resorts that provide that are out of budget!

I've been reading reviews on tripadvisor for BC and there were several that mentioned issues with check-in taking an hour or more at busy times. I'm assuming Saturdays/Sundays? And also that there were issues with third party reservations and room key cards being deactivated during the week because of the way they pieced the reservation together. Has anyone here experienced anything like that?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Curious about checkin issues too. We are checking in on a Saturday but not until very late.

I only have two experiences with check in but both were less than 15 minutes total (both Friday nights, and for one there were only 2 people staffing the desk). I wonder if the other folks included time at the "parking pass" desk? That's the timeshare sales staff and they can be pretty pushy and try to keep you there. You DO NOT NEED the parking pass. All you have to do is flash your key at the gatehouse and they will raise the arm for you. If they tell you to go over to the "activity desk" or to any other desk to collect materials or passes, just skip it. Say thank you and leave via the exit door to the far left of the check-in counter. Then you don't even have to walk past the timeshare sales desks.

 

[momw/2princesses]

I only have two experiences with check in but both were less than 15 minutes total (both Friday nights, and for one there were only 2 people staffing the desk). I wonder if the other folks included time at the "parking pass" desk? That's the timeshare sales staff and they can be pretty pushy and try to keep you there. You DO NOT NEED the parking pass. All you have to do is flash your key at the gatehouse and they will raise the arm for you. If they tell you to go over to the "activity desk" or to any other desk to collect materials or passes, just skip it. Say thank you and leave via the exit door to the far left of the check-in counter. Then you don't even have to walk past the timeshare sales desks.

Thanks for your input! Most that mentioned the delays said that there were a few people in line, but that people would come in and enter the VIP line and those folks were helped first without regard to folks in the "regular" line. The regular line just kept getting longer. There were more than a few that mentioned check in taking over an hour. Yikes!

 

[pepperandchips]

Thanks for your input! Most that mentioned the delays said that there were a few people in line, but that people would come in and enter the VIP line and those folks were helped first without regard to folks in the "regular" line. The regular line just kept getting longer. There were more than a few that mentioned check in taking over an hour. Yikes!

I could see that happening so I suppose we've just been lucky! Maybe others have tips on when the slowest check-in times are. Our last check-in was at 10:30 on a Friday night and there were two families in front of us in line.

 

[pigletto]

We are checking in on a Saturday as well. There are 9 of us checking into three units. Our plane lands at 10 a.m.
Our plan so far is to get the rental car, head to a Sweet Tomatoes for lunch and then find a Target or Walmart etc to get our supplies for the week. I'm thinking this will put us close to early afternoon and we will go over to check in. We will keep our swim stuff in a carry on so that we can use the pools if our condos aren't ready (which I doubt they will be) We want all three condos to be in the same building and hopefully on the same or nearby floors. This could take longer to accommodate I'm sure. Our reservations are linked the way we booked (all in my Dh's name with a family member listed on each reservation as the main contact.)
I'm hopeful this will be a smooth process but definitely not expecting it after reading about some long check in lines. We'll be ready for whatever comes. I guess. I find these things aren't as annoying if you are expecting a wait.

In other news.. I'm so excited for this trip and to be trying Bonnet Creek for the first time. I can barely stand the wait!!!

 

[Maineiak]

We check in on 4/22. While there, we'll be celebrating my wife's bday on 4/26. I saw on the information Wyndham sent us that they have "balloon bouquets" delivered to your door. Anyone have experience with these? Worth it?

 

[Fundytrail]

Just a parking note. A section of the Tower 2 parking lot is currently under construction and if you return late in the day you may have to park in Tower 2's parking area, no big deal but thought I would let everyone know.

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

For anyone interested, I called about renting a cabana at the pool on our planned "resort" day, and found out 2 things--you can call and reserve in advance of arrival, and the lady said the charge would be $99 even though the time I'm there is a low season (some posts said it would be $50). I don't pay until the day of, so maybe that will change, but I'm not counting on it. In our case, I'll probably pay $99--we are planning to spend most of the day at the pool, and we need shade.

 

[suwoogie]

For anyone interested, I called about renting a cabana at the pool on our planned "resort" day, and found out 2 things--you can call and reserve in advance of arrival, and the lady said the charge would be $99 even though the time I'm there is a low season (some posts said it would be $50). I don't pay until the day of, so maybe that will change, but I'm not counting on it. In our case, I'll probably pay $99--we are planning to spend most of the day at the pool, and we need shade.

How many lounge chairs are in the cabanas? Is there a table too?

 

[pepperandchips]

I wish I had thought about this. The chair hogs were out in full force when I was at WBC last week. Not to mention people "saving" the WBC tubes that were for public use. I totally would have rented a cabana that day instead of fretting over chairs!

 

[KristinU]

Here is a pic of a cabana:

 

[missingdisneymore]

We check in on 4/22. While there, we'll be celebrating my wife's bday on 4/26. I saw on the information Wyndham sent us that they have "balloon bouquets" delivered to your door. Anyone have experience with these? Worth it?

Was just there last week....they have 3 packages to choose from, not very expensive, to my surprise. Probably nice if you're into that kind of thing. You order them at the activities desk if onsite.

 

[missingdisneymore]

Here is a pic of a cabana:

Is it just me? I can't see a pic.

 

[KristinU]

Is it just me? I can't see a pic.

I'm on my phone, so it could be me. How about a link: https://goo.gl/photos/fyDiSn1YTaqjXacH8