This is the *NEW* Yacht & Beach Club Question & Answer Forum. Yea...we're still here.

[TxRabbit]

You made a REALLY good choice to move....you don't know how much you are going to LOVE it!!!

I really hope you are right, because I am started to freak out a little about the whole thing. At first I was excited, but now...I don't know...I am just a little worried about the whole thing.

 

[Beca]

I really hope you are right, because I am started to freak out a little about the whole thing. At first I was excited, but now...I don't know...I am just a little worried about the whole thing.

Noooo....don't freak out!!! We were all sitting around here talking today about how much we miss Beach Club...it really has become a necessity for us to enjoy WDW....SAB is AMAZING!!! (plan on spending lots of time there). Beaches 'n Cream is truly unique!! And even just sitting on the beach at sunset (or after dark) is so great!! Now, I hear they have movies and campfires on the beach...I cannot wait to try that!! The resort is "beach elegant", and truly feels like a summer escape.

And, having a separate entrance to Epcot is so wonderful!! The lines are never long, and it is just so easy to walk in to grab a bite to eat.

As much as I love WDW...I love BC more!!! And, I have never taken a single guest to BC (we own at the Villas, so we take guests often) who didn't absolutely fall in love with that place (actually, all of our guests have purchased timeshares there).

Don't freak....just get ready for the most amazing trip!!!

 

[TammiMcMan]

Do some of the rooms really have double beds?

The BC has some strange room setups. There are actually about 40 rooms which have the two double beds as opposed to queens. The upper floors have some dormer rooms, which are a little bit smaller and then there's the SICO rooms, which have king murphy beds that pull down out of the wall. Quite an assortment.

 

[TxRabbit]

Noooo....don't freak out!!!...Don't freak....just get ready for the most amazing trip!!!

Ok. Ok. Deep breath. Back to my happy place.

I really am excited about checking out a new resort. DH and I had wanted to check out all the different resorts, just to do that. But when it came down to spending the money, AKL was a less expensive deluxe option. I am glad to get to try BC for the AKL price. I will add my request for queen beds to my request for a full balcony and hope and pray that I will get both. It seems like there is a lot of availability there for our stay, so hopefully that won't be a problem. I just hate relying on requests and wish that I could KNOW that I would get what I want. My wants are simple. A balcony and a queen bed, things that I thought were std at deluxe resorts. But...deep breath...it'll all be okay. Thanks for the reassurance. I have control issues. I'm being pushed outside of my comfort zone.

I have also read about the movies. The campfires seem to be in question. I am excited to hear about the pleasant evenings to be had a the resort. Our strategy this trip is to get up early, but also to go to bed at a decent time to actually get some sleep on vacation. Crazy, I know. But fireworks aren't that important to DS, and Dh and I can do without. Case in point. It's July 4th and we didn't buy any fireworks and we didn't watch any. Some were going off all around the neighborhood, and DS just wanted to go inside and hang out. We saw all the nighttime shows last time around, so I don't feel like we'll be missing out on anything by trying to get into the parks early instead. Plus, DS starts school the Monday after our Sat return, so we want to keep up with the early am thing.

But, it might be nice to relax somewhere on the resort grounds and see what can be seen of Illuminations. Can you see it from the beach or pool area? Could we grab some ice cream at Beaches and Cream, sit on a lounge chair, see some fireworks, relax, and then go to bed? Just trying to form a picture here. Anyone have a trip report they could point me to?

Much indebted to all of you for putting up with vacation jitters and long winded worrying.

 

[paras4ri]

=But, it might be nice to relax somewhere on the resort grounds and see what can be seen of Illuminations. Can you see it from the beach or pool area? Could we grab some ice cream at Beaches and Cream, sit on a lounge chair, see some fireworks, relax, and then go to bed? Just trying to form a picture here. Anyone have a trip report they could point me to?

Much indebted to all of you for putting up with vacation jitters and long winded worrying.

You can certainly do that in the evenings. You're in such a wonderful location. We've stayed at all of the resorts in the Epcot area except the Boardwalk and we love just strolling around Crescent Lake at night. There are street performers around the Boardwalk and you can get ice cream or a treat there too - it's not a long walk at all. You can see the high fireworks from Illuminations from anywhere in that area, and if you walk to the bridge between the BC and Boardwalk area you can hear the music too. Here's a few pictures of the view from the Beach Club. These are all looking across Crescent Lake to the Boardwalk and taken from about the same place. The Swan is the taller hotel in the background.

 

[TeenaS]

The BC has some strange room setups. There are actually about 40 rooms which have the two double beds as opposed to queens. The upper floors have some dormer rooms, which are a little bit smaller and then there's the SICO rooms, which have king murphy beds that pull down out of the wall. Quite an assortment.

There are a few rooms now with two doubles instead of queens .... definitely not 40!!! They have switched most of them to queens. Yes, there are numerous setups in the rooms. From two queens and a daybed to one queen and a sleep chair ... there are lots and lots of different setups. However, most are two queens or two queens and a daybed.

 

[kbiscuit]

JMSADAMS don't worry...you will love BC. We just returned (yesterday) from our first stay at BC. It was beautiful. Everything went great. We didn't have any problems with the room (complimentary upgrade to waterview room at check in) , housekeeping or the buses. We were able to check in at 10am and given a room within the hour. We did have a small balcony, not the smallest one but no room for chairs. This was just fine with us as we always think that we will use it and never do. We had 2 queens with the daybed as there were 5 of us. My 11 yr old sleep on it with absolutely no problems. The boat to MGM is great. We walked to Epcot in 5 min. and the same with the Boardwalk. Set aside a whole day for the pool alone. The kids never tired of the pool. The CM's would play pool bingo and other games with the people in the pool. I believe that it was $1.00 for a bingo card. You need to rent the tubes for the lazy river (or bring your own - they need to be transparent). You can rent them for an hour $3.00 or the day $10.00, I think). There are single and double tubes.

Before leaving I had heard some not so great things about BC. I never experienced or saw any of them. Needless to say we will definately be returning to the BC in the future...DH has even mentioned checking into the DVC and he isn't even a big fan of WDW...BC made him change his mind.

Have a great trip, you will love it...after all...it's Disney..

Karen

 

[TammiMcMan]

There are a few rooms now with two doubles instead of queens .... definitely not 40!!! They have switched most of them to queens. Yes, there are numerous setups in the rooms.

The list I have from a few years ago has almost 40 of them. It's good to know that they've updated many. Do you have the room numbers so that I can check them off my list? It's always good to have the inside information.

 

[cocowum]

JMSADAMS don't worry...you will love BC. We just returned (yesterday) from our first stay at BC. It was beautiful. Everything went great. We didn't have any problems with the room (complimentary upgrade to waterview room at check in) , housekeeping or the buses. We were able to check in at 10am and given a room within the hour. We did have a small balcony, not the smallest one but no room for chairs. This was just fine with us as we always think that we will use it and never do. We had 2 queens with the daybed as there were 5 of us. My 11 yr old sleep on it with absolutely no problems. The boat to MGM is great. We walked to Epcot in 5 min. and the same with the Boardwalk. Set aside a whole day for the pool alone. The kids never tired of the pool. The CM's would play pool bingo and other games with the people in the pool. I believe that it was $1.00 for a bingo card. You need to rent the tubes for the lazy river (or bring your own - they need to be transparent). You can rent them for an hour $3.00 or the day $10.00, I think). There are single and double tubes.

Before leaving I had heard some not so great things about BC. I never experienced or saw any of them. Needless to say we will definitely be returning to the BC in the future...DH has even mentioned checking into the DVC and he isn't even a big fan of WDW...BC made him change his mind.

Have a great trip, you will love it...after all...it's Disney..

Karen

Sounds great. We are also AKL refugees. Quick question...Did you use ME? just wondering what the drop off sequence was? which resorts did you stop at? Thanks

 

[TeenaS]

The list I have from a few years ago has almost 40 of them. It's good to know that they've updated many. Do you have the room numbers so that I can check them off my list? It's always good to have the inside information.

No I don't have a list readily available. They are constantly changing the room layouts and with the renovations going to start soon, there will be more changes coming.

 

[TammiMcMan]

No I don't have a list readily available. They are constantly changing the room layouts and with the renovations going to start soon, there will be more changes coming.

Ok, thanks anyway. Hopefully, it will be a mute point after the renovations.

 

[jeni16]

Ok. Ok. Deep breath. Back to my happy place.

I really am excited about checking out a new resort. DH and I had wanted to check out all the different resorts, just to do that. But when it came down to spending the money, AKL was a less expensive deluxe option. I am glad to get to try BC for the AKL price. I will add my request for queen beds to my request for a full balcony and hope and pray that I will get both. It seems like there is a lot of availability there for our stay, so hopefully that won't be a problem. I just hate relying on requests and wish that I could KNOW that I would get what I want. My wants are simple. A balcony and a queen bed, things that I thought were std at deluxe resorts. But...deep breath...it'll all be okay. Thanks for the reassurance. I have control issues. I'm being pushed outside of my comfort zone.

I have also read about the movies. The campfires seem to be in question. I am excited to hear about the pleasant evenings to be had a the resort. Our strategy this trip is to get up early, but also to go to bed at a decent time to actually get some sleep on vacation. Crazy, I know. But fireworks aren't that important to DS, and Dh and I can do without. Case in point. It's July 4th and we didn't buy any fireworks and we didn't watch any. Some were going off all around the neighborhood, and DS just wanted to go inside and hang out. We saw all the nighttime shows last time around, so I don't feel like we'll be missing out on anything by trying to get into the parks early instead. Plus, DS starts school the Monday after our Sat return, so we want to keep up with the early am thing.

But, it might be nice to relax somewhere on the resort grounds and see what can be seen of Illuminations. Can you see it from the beach or pool area? Could we grab some ice cream at Beaches and Cream, sit on a lounge chair, see some fireworks, relax, and then go to bed? Just trying to form a picture here. Anyone have a trip report they could point me to?

Much indebted to all of you for putting up with vacation jitters and long winded worrying.

Here's a link to my blog. http://jenibenson.blogspot.com/ We stayed at the Beach Club in a King Bed Room during the first week in June. There are pictures of our room, the Beach Club & the surrounding area including the Boardwalk on there.

 

[MNRMommy]

Ok. Ok. Deep breath. Back to my happy place.

I really am excited about checking out a new resort. DH and I had wanted to check out all the different resorts, just to do that. But when it came down to spending the money, AKL was a less expensive deluxe option. I am glad to get to try BC for the AKL price. I will add my request for queen beds to my request for a full balcony and hope and pray that I will get both. It seems like there is a lot of availability there for our stay, so hopefully that won't be a problem. I just hate relying on requests and wish that I could KNOW that I would get what I want. My wants are simple. A balcony and a queen bed, things that I thought were std at deluxe resorts. But...deep breath...it'll all be okay. Thanks for the reassurance. I have control issues. I'm being pushed outside of my comfort zone.

I have also read about the movies. The campfires seem to be in question. I am excited to hear about the pleasant evenings to be had a the resort. Our strategy this trip is to get up early, but also to go to bed at a decent time to actually get some sleep on vacation. Crazy, I know. But fireworks aren't that important to DS, and Dh and I can do without. Case in point. It's July 4th and we didn't buy any fireworks and we didn't watch any. Some were going off all around the neighborhood, and DS just wanted to go inside and hang out. We saw all the nighttime shows last time around, so I don't feel like we'll be missing out on anything by trying to get into the parks early instead. Plus, DS starts school the Monday after our Sat return, so we want to keep up with the early am thing.

But, it might be nice to relax somewhere on the resort grounds and see what can be seen of Illuminations. Can you see it from the beach or pool area? Could we grab some ice cream at Beaches and Cream, sit on a lounge chair, see some fireworks, relax, and then go to bed? Just trying to form a picture here. Anyone have a trip report they could point me to?

Much indebted to all of you for putting up with vacation jitters and long winded worrying.

Let me add my "don't worries" to everyone elses. We once stayed at the AKL and after two days of what was supposed to be a 6 day stay we had them transfer us to the Beach Club. We felt very isolated way out there at the AKL. We like the convience of walking to epcot or boating to the Studios. The AKL is a beautiful resort and the animals are very cool to look at but we much prefer the location of BC. You will have a great time

 

[kbiscuit]

Sounds great. We are also AKL refugees. Quick question...Did you use ME? just wondering what the drop off sequence was? which resorts did you stop at? Thanks

Sorry I can't help you there. We did not use ME.

Karen

 

[tnkrbell]

Kbiscuit, How were the crowds?? How about around the pool?? Im VERY nervous since the hotel is booked solid!!!!! YIKES!!!! We arrive on Monday

 

[tjaggies]

We are going to be at BC from 07/08 - 07-15. Does anyone know the schedule for the movies they show in the evening out on the Beach?

 

[tnkrbell]

ooh I would like to know about that too!!

 

[siouxi31]

Sounds great. We are also AKL refugees. Quick question...Did you use ME? just wondering what the drop off sequence was? which resorts did you stop at? Thanks

Hi,

We used ME last April to BC. The bus first made a stop at CB and then BC. I think it would have stopped at YC prior to BC if there had been anyone on our bus staying there.

From the time we got on the bus until arriving at BC, the trip was 1 hour. We sat on the bus at the airport for about 10-15 minutes before it departed.

Enjoy your stay. BC is our favorite resort!

 

[TxRabbit]

Ya'll are awesome! Thanks for all the reassurances and !

I can't wait for our trip! ...not that I want summer to fly by thaaaaat quickly.

Jeni16- thanks for the blog link. I look forward to reading

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

Kbiscuit, How were the crowds?? How about around the pool?? Im VERY nervous since the hotel is booked solid!!!!! YIKES!!!! We arrive on Monday

it was booked solid when we went too...the parks were packed, but SAB was fine