Two Scooters in BCV Studio?

lizziepooh

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Is it possible to fit two scooters in a BCV studio and plug them in? Since the drop down bed was put in, there is very little drawer space so seems like we will need to live out of suitcases taking up floor space. We had planned on one scooter for me, but it looks like DH is going to need one also. We also have an owners locker which will take up floor space. We don't have enough points for a one bedroom.
 
Maybe if you move the coffee table out of the way. there is a good amount of space in the foyer area, so I guess the question is....how big is each scooter?
 
Is it possible to fit two scooters in a BCV studio and plug them in? Since the drop down bed was put in, there is very little drawer space so seems like we will need to live out of suitcases taking up floor space. We had planned on one scooter for me, but it looks like DH is going to need one also. We also have an owners locker which will take up floor space. We don't have enough points for a one bedroom.

I don't have experience parking an ECV in a DVC BCV Studio.

Hopefully, someone will come along to help you.

But I used to park my own EVC (now electric Fold and Go Wheelchair) at BWV, OKW, SSR, and Pop Century Resort. But now I also have to use an ADA room or studio.

I thought I would research a little for you.

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You seem to be correct.

It looks like there is no room on the bed & sofa wall side either to fit the width of an ECV.

[Unless your ECV is smaller in width and you could move the sofa bed a couple of inches and move the lamp, you might (probably not) be able to fit one ECV between the sofa bed and the wall.]

And if you have to use the fold-out sofa bed, there is no room in front of the sofa. (I usually have the resort to move the coffee table for added space for my wheelchair and I don't fold out the sofa bed.)

But, on the TV/table/drawer side you may have two good options.

But since my ADA BWV Studio places a freestanding closet between the kitchen wall and the TV/table/drawer stand, I don't know if this space is wide enough to park one ECV in this space for a regular BCV Studio. If it is wide enough, it still might block part of the walkway between the kitchen walkway. So I can't suggest this. But if it is, you could park an ECV on either end and that would be great.

In the video link below, I stopped it at 7-minute and 10-second space just to show what everything looks like with the sofa bed and table bed both open.


That corner space between the sliding glass door and the drawer edge is wider than a door.

I would put your first ECV by putting it in manual mode and rolling it in as close to the wall as possible.

This still shouldn't block your sliding glass door use.

Then put your second ECV by putting it in manual mode and rolling it in as close to the drawer/TV stand as possible at a 90-degree angle to your first ECV.

This should still leave room to not touch the open table. Just move one chair in front of the TV and slide the chair under the table.

You will still have accessible drawers to use on the other side.

This would also allow the sofa bed to open and with space to walk to the balcony.

This where I park my wheelchair.

There are also electrical outlets above the dressers to recharge both your ECVs at the end of every day.

The is another option for the second ECV.

You could park in front of the bathroom closet. It would block part of the bathroom sink counter. It would allow you to use twice as many accessible TV/table drawers

It won't block the entrance to the bath/shower/toilet. You can still reach and use the sink and has access to electrical outlets to recharge the ECV.

You could also temporarily put the ECV in reverse toward the kitchenette to access the closet.

I would put the smaller ECV here.

You can scope out the room when you get there.


The closet in the bathroom and sink at 9-minutes & 41-seconds.

I think it would be too difficult to make 90-degree turns to park in an open closet.

I hope this helps a little until someone else comes along.

I know Disney discourages parking outside the rooms. But I still see an ECV parking parallel to the wall in an entrance alcove and if available, plug the ECV in the electrical outlet that the staff uses. You can see in the floorplan the angled front door creating an alcove. You could always explain your situation for a manager's permission.

The only reason I don't park inside the door opening is that the staff kept banging ECV when opening the door, and there was not a nearby electrical outlet.

Maybe when you get to your studio, you may evaluate the space. You can see the space in the floorplan above.
 
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There is one (or at least one) room that has a huge foyer/entry way, that we stayed in one time. On the 5th floor at the end of the hallway (rm 566). It almost seemed a waste of space with how big it was, but because it went around a corner was not too usable (unless you have two ECVs, which it may be). Putting in a very specific room request by number and getting it is probably a long shot, but would probably work for two ECVs. As for plugs in that area, cant remember.

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When we stayed at VGF my sister had a scooter and had to park it in the hall. We had a two bedroom but the layout of the room made if very diffecult to drive the scooter into the room. It was a little scary to park it outside of the room with the battery charger but it was fine. After the first night we relaxed about possiblity of it getting stolen. This may be an option at BCV.
 
When we stayed at VGF my sister had a scooter and had to park it in the hall. We had a two bedroom but the layout of the room made if very diffecult to drive the scooter into the room. It was a little scary to park it outside of the room with the battery charger but it was fine. After the first night we relaxed about possiblity of it getting stolen. This may be an option at BCV.

I agree. It is an option.

I have seen several guests park their mobility scooter outside their rooms.

A lot of guests have said they weren't so worried about it being stolen.

They said they were more worried about damage by rowdy guests or kids fooling around with.

All any person has to do is put a mobility scooter in "free-wheel mode" and it rolls around easily. This how WDW cast members move mobility scooters to a different area to make more room when riding some attractions or parking areas outside an attraction

I would be more worried someone might steal the mobility scooter's light-weight battery recharging unit that can easily be carried in one hand.

Most mobility scooter users recharge their batteries every night while sleeping.

You might have to buy a new mobility scooter battery recharging unit from the rental vendor or from Amazon and hope they can get it to before it needs you to be recharged again that night. A rental vendor usually won't accept a generic mobility scooter battery recharger from Amazon. And there are different battery chargers that work with different brands and voltage and amperage.

And guests have also been told by the front desk and asked them to park their mobility device in their room and not outside the room. (Although you can't find that statement on WDW's website).

That being said, I still see guests parking outside their rooms all the time.

And most cast members don't want to ruffle guest's feathers whether in a park or a resort.

If you have to park inside and have difficulty, it would be easier to put it in free-wheel manual mode and push/pull it inside.
 
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I don't know if it's possible, but just throwing an idea out there......could you ask disney to take out the coffee table out of the room. The maps that RayShapton posted , it looks like a number of spots for a scooter, but for some, you might be moving the coffee table this way and that, to get scooter in place. Maybe see how things fit and then ask.
 
I've never tried to get 2 scooters into a BCV studio. But I wanted to mention another room-#516. It's the ONLY studio where I felt OK about leaving my scooter in the hall (although I only left it in the daytime, not overbite).As the above map shows, 516 is the only studio to the left as you get off the elevator. And it has a large, almost private, "lobby area".
 
Not sure of the likelihood of getting a specific room at BCV. I tried requesting a room on any floor that ended in one of two numbers, so that included 10 different rooms. I did not get it.
 
You really don't want to block your neighbor's access to their one bedroom villa by parking your ECV right outside and next to your door in the alcove. That is their space, too.
 
We stayed in a 2 bedroom last year at BCV but we were able to fit one in front of the couch and one just inside the door,

I know it’s not a studio but I think you could if you were only using the bed and not the pull out couch.
 
Thanks everyone. I guess we will just have to see when we get there. I think the problem will be finding a spot to park that also has an accessible plug for charging.
 
Based on my photos from when I stayed in a BCV studio in 2019, the electrical outlet situation was:
- there was an outlet by the bathroom sink
- there was an outlet next to the coffee maker in the kitchenette area
- there was an outlet over the night stand (and note there was just one night stand, between the bed and the couch)
- there was an outlet under the TV
- there was an outlet between the bed and the wall (note that the space between the bed and the wall was pretty small, too small for a nightstand)

There was a floor lamp which must have been plugged in, but the outlet might have been behind the sofabed.
 
The only time we needed a scooter we were staying in a 2 bdrm at BCV's and we left it in the hall plugged in every night. Just take the key out and it won't budge an inch. Lots of people leave their scooters in the hall
 



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