What is your BCV room preference??

[DGuiltinan]

We plan to book right at the eleven month window, so we should be able to make a request as to room location, right??

If I have that opportunity, what do you recommend I choose??

I am hoping to reserve 3 studios. I like the idea of an upper floor. As to location, I would like to be as close as possible to the walkway to the international gateway. As to views, I leave it in your hands... What do you like?? Maybe I could request one studio facing Epcot and another across the hall facing the quiet pool, for example?? Am I perhaps being to optimistic? Are my expectations too high as to room requests??

Thanks for any advice!!


P.S. I know that I am gonna have fun no matter where they put me!!

 

[DaveH]

Actually we don't care about the view. All we want is a non smoking for health and a clean room.

 

[Terry S]

There is really no boardwalk view. You can get a pool view, a courtyard view (faces the courtyard that connects that BC and BCV), a garden view (faces Epcot, spaceship Earth, and the service road, also half of them face the canel) and a woods view (faces woods, wetlands and Epcot).

 

[RobDoc]

You might want to add- THE VIEW DOESN"T MATTER TO ME- to your choices. After staying at the resort twice, that would be my selection. We've had a courtyard view and a pool view and quite honestly, on our last visit- we wouldn't have seen Illuminations even if we had that view- since we weren't in the room any night at that time.

None of the rooms are more than about 30 yards from the closest International Gateway walkway- so don't get too hung up on that request. This is still a small resort and nothing is too far away.

As already mentioned there is no BW view. IMHO, at all of the DVC resorts, specific views are highly overrated and can certainly set a guest up for some disappointment if/when that specific view/room/building isn't available.

At BCV the greatest number of rooms will have a pool view- Epcot views make up the smallest number of rooms. Higher floors will have a better chance of seeing distant scenery- regardless where the room is located.

In your case of requesting 3 studios- you may do well to get them all on the same floor- let alone across the hall or with a certain view.

Enjoy the resort- it'll offer a great place to stay while at WDW!

 

[pwoodham]

What about courtyard view? We had that in Sept and loved it.

 

[DGuiltinan]

I learned something valuable from all your comments: It's all good!!

It really doesn't matter to me anymore where we end up; just being there is all that matters...

I agree Doc, it is unlikely that I will be on my deck waiting for Illuminations, I would rather be at an outside table in the back of the Rose & Crown!

The Beach Club Villas are so wonderful, I just wish we weren't waiting so long this time to get back to the magic.....

 

[Terry S]

I guess it really depends on what your family is looking for in a room and a view. Some people have said they really want that quiet peacefulness. If that is the case the woods/wetlands view is the way to go. I have kids ages 5 and 6, they loved standing on the balcony and looking at the turtles and alligator below during they day and at night we have to be back to the room fairly early for them not to be too cranky the next day so it is really nice to give the kids a bath, put them in their pjs, watch the illuminations fireworks from the balcony and then put them to bed.

If it were not for the young kids, I don't think I would be as concerned about having the Epcot/Illuminations view since I wouldn't plan on being in the room to watch them every night.

 

[DVCLady]

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