What requests should I make for standard rooms in . . .

[RadioFanatic]

WL, if I want to try to get water and/or firework view?
AKL?
Yacht Club or Beach club to get epcot and/or water view?
Boardwalk if I want to try to get a boardwalk view?

Thanks!

 

[Deb & Bill]

Are you talking about DVC villas?

VWL has not standard view. Only one type of view. Mostly you see woods. If you want to see the fireworks, you need to go out to the boat dock.

AKV standard view is pool view at Jambo House and parking lot (with a little bit of pool) at Kidani Village.

YC isn't a DVC resort.

BCV doesn't have great views either. You might try for the woods view if you want to see Illuminations from your villa. Or you can get the pool view.

BW view at BWV is a special booking category and it must be booked as such.

 

[RadioFanatic]

thanks so much! And I had no idea yacht club was not DVC. That's what I get for assuming!

 

[LisaS]

We saw fireworks from our VWL room. We were on the 5th floor facing the WL. We could see the really high fireworks over the top of the WL but the view is much better down on the beach. The downside to those top floor villas is that the balconies are enclosed so you have to stand up if you want to enjoy your view.

Given you are asking about WL, AKL, YC/BC and BW instead of VWL, AKV, BCV and BWV, I will repeat Deb & Bill's question: are you asking about the Disney hotels rather than the DVC resorts?

 

[RadioFanatic]

Sorry, I am talking about the villas. You can tell I'm a novice!!!

 

[Chuck S]

It is best to not request a specific room, but a general location or view. If the room you happen to request isn't available, the room assigner wil have no idea why you requested it.

Many locations at the DVC Resorts are a specific booking category, many of them require a different number of points than the "standard view" category.

For example, at OKW, the Near Hospitality House booking category doesn't take extra points, but you are placed in bldgs 11 to 14 or 23 to 26.