On the Inn side- NO! From the first floor you have to go up to the second floor, then either go down stairs or take the elevator across from the lounge to get to Boardwalk.
It's the grassy area by the bicycle rental and boat dock.
We have been hesitant to book here because somewhere, someone complained about the noise from boats honking constantly. I didn't even think about the smells. I don't know if the food would bother me as much as the boats.I confess to wondering the same thing. We stayed club level deluxe, 4th floor, back in December. I had Touring Plans fax a room request for one of the 3 rooms that are further down, above the Boardwalk Bakery. The other 2 rooms are back towards the boat dock, above Flying Fish. We ended up above the bakery and never smelled anything...good or bad. Curious to see if anyone else who stayed right on the Boardwalk has any stories to tell.
We stayed in a corner room right on top of Flying Fish twice. We've never heard boats. The Friendship boats do not run really early or really late. I can't imagine them being much of a problem.
We have stayed several times on the villas side with a BW view and the boats were never a problem. We thought it was going to be noisy being on the BW but with the doors shut we couldn’t hear a thing.
I can usually sleep through anything, but my husband is a light sleeper and gets cranky when he is disturbed. When we were in Atlanta last year, there were earplugs in the room and we found them really helpful. I would just have to remember to pack them to use for sleeping. Good to know that noise isn't an issue however.
They do sell ear plugs in the resort gift shops. We had to buy them one trip when our flight home got cancelled and we'd already sent our bags on via RAC (DH and I both snore so we sleep with ear plugs, so they are now part of our emergency kit I keep in my carry on bag)
