mickeynut1
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2007
Thanks to everyone for chiming in!!! We were at our gate at MCO at noon today (about an hour before departure), and I received an email that our flight was CANCELLED. After a lot of calls and scrambling, at about 5 pm, we checked in for a night at Coronado Springs and I’m desperately hoping our flight in the morning isn’t cancelled! So that’s the reason for my delayed response.
We did end up booking the BB for WL St CL room (no deluxe avail) for the following week after our current RPC reservation, so I have both this offer and RPC. Therefore, we have some time to decide!
Current flights are about $400 more for the WL week, so still about $1,100 savings.
My reservations- we have a deluxe RPC room, so it will be a lot more space (almost double the WL room, maybe?). The lounge at RPC is enormous, and there’s so much food there that we would probably just need a QS lunch here and there...
Any and all continued input is greatly appreciated! And it was so awesome after a stressful afternoon to see so many ppl on this board respond to my question!!!
P.S. Due to the Sept. weather and also wanting to have a more relaxed vacation, we’d planned on enjoying the large RPC lounge, a GF cabana day, and maybe even some spa services. So RPC was a great fit for our plans. We also feel as if we aren’t going to get 30% off again anytime soon with SWGE coming! But WL looks beautiful, and I read such good things about the service on this thread. I’m definitely unsure at this point, but am glad to have options!
Hope you don't have any troubles with your flight this morning. I think either resort will provide for a great trip. Yes RPC is amazing and the lounge is large/spacious, but WL CL is wonderful as well. The lounge isn't as spread out as RPC, but it still has plenty of space to spread out, IMO. Good luck deciding which reservation to keep, but I don't think you can go wrong with either one. Safe travels home .
Checked into GF RPC yesterday. We had an early (6:30) direct flight from Michigan. We were worried for a bit that we would not get out of the freezing misery that is home right now. Happy to say we made it! We had a much longer wait for ME than I can ever remember having. We finally arrived at resort about 11:15. We were not greeted when we entered so stood the regular check in line and were quickly tended to. The CM acted surprised that we were there because I had done online check in. (I always do o line check in but it never seems to “work”, in that I always have to go through the CC info, etc when I get there. This time, all seemed to be in order because he didn’t ask for a thing). Our room was not ready (did not expect it to be since we were so early). He did tell us it would be on the 5th floor. Since I had twice requested 4th floor (Signature Services and when booking), I was kind of bummed. I asked if anything was available to change and was told no (after he checked). We were taken up to the lounge and found our magic bands did not work. The escorting CM dropped us off and took our bands to correct them. We were not given a tour of the lounge as had been done previously. We were not offered a welcome drink. Yes, we have stayed at RPC before, so not sure if that is why were were just dumped up there, but I appreciate the little extra touches that were missing. We tracked down a CM and asked for a glass of wine. They had just started the 11:30 food service, so we were able to eat something while we waited for our room. We got our room ready text about 1:00.
Our room is on the 5th floor and is oddly shaped (in my opinion). It feels much smaller then the room we had previously (directly below this room on 4th floor). Only 2 queen beds, no daybed/couch. The bathroom has a lovely soaker tub, but it makes for an odd shower experience since you have to climb in and out. The vanity and toilet are also in the same area...no dividing door. I don’t care for the set up.
We came back from dinner last night...no welcome gift. Again, probably a trivial thing, but since we have received at every other resort, it just makes me feel meh.
Regardless, we are not in Michigan and the weather here is beautiful. I am at Disney in a gorgeous resort....life is good right now!
Sorry your room request wasn't granted, but hope you have a great stay overall .