cobbler said:Would someone mind posting a link where I could check out the "ratings" of the DVC resorts? I am just not finding it when I navigate through the aaa site.
bavaria said:AAA ratings are based on a very specifc set of criteria regarding ammenities and service. If a hotel has 24 hour room service and drops that down to 20 hours/day, it can drop from a 4 star to a 3 star. Same with valet service.
Much as we'd like to think that AAA ratings consider the cleanliness and upkeep, so long as the rooms inspected meet a minimum guideline they qualify. Each area has its own inspector; sometimes when a new inspector takes over an area, ratinngs within that area can change at a number of hotels.
Has BWV recently reduced any service? do they have 24 hour/day room service, for instance?
When I read the OP, I thought of the restaurants. It could be that the most recent inspector considered the restaurants 'nearby' rather than part of the hotel.AAA ratings are based on a very specifc set of criteria regarding ammenities and service.
littlestar said:The last time we stayed at Boardwalk, the hallway carpets looked awful (very dirty). We own at Boardwalk, so I'm not bashing her, but she needed a good cleaning in some of the common areas the last time we stayed.
Mary Ellen said:AAA added a requirement that all 5 diamond properties (which they had been for many, many years) have a deadbolt on the door of each room. This resort is only accessible by train or helicopter and saw no reason to put deadbolts on the cabin doors. They felt it would undermine the remote, get away from it all, feel they had.
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BTW, to AAA they are diamonds NOT stars. That is a different company.