Haven’t heard anything. It was Ample Hills decision to close. I hope it’s another good ice cream place. We didn’t really like Beaches & Cream, and most ice cream at Disney is barely above grocery store quality. However, we love the ice cream place in France, but you can’t just hop over there now.Any thoughts on what might replace Ample Hills? It's sad that they had to claim bankruptcy. We never got a chance to run over from BCR and try that Ooey Gooey Butter Cake that everyone was always talking about. Plus, it costs a ton to order it online and that's not in the cards right now!
Yesssss! The Macaron ice cream sandwich is also soooooo good there! But you're right, it's not as easy to just drop in...
It’s been reported that the room scheduler for DVC villas does not entertain faxed requests. The best way would be to go thru the owner you rented from. They can put your room request thru Member Services and specifically request a Village Green view. Then, when you do online check in, do not make any additional requests. Doing so will supersede the request made thru Member Services.
There is only one bank of elevators at BWV, so if you are on any floor other than the ground level, you'll either have to take the stairs up and down or head to the center and take an elevator. Preferred will get you mostly the pool views or the Village Green view. Village Green is the grassy area between the villas and the inn where the boat dock is located. Village Green is pretty much all studios. Even if you get a ground level villa near the pool, you'll have to walk down the corridor to the door out to the pool. You cannot exit via your patio to the pool since they are landscaped around the patio area.
We rented points through an online vendor. What's our best bet for making room requests?
Contact the vendor and see if they will send any of your requests to the Point's Owner (PO). The PO will need to contact Member Services to have your requests noted on the reservation. Good luck.
Only the owner of the points can add a request to the reservation. Remember that requests are not guaranteed.
yes. Not new to room requests in general. Only new to renting DVC points.
Most of the studio refrigerators have been replaced with ones without the freezer section. So if you got one with a freezer section consider yourself lucky.
Usually a Mr Coffee style coffee maker. Maybe a 4-6 cup or 10-12 cup. If you get the smaller and want the larger, just call Housekeeping. If you drink a lot of coffee or prefer your own coffee, you'll also need coffee filters, flat bottom basket style..
Thank you for the info. Dang no toothbrushes for us peasants. LOL
