Disney Dreams
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- Mar 10, 2006
...Dreams - I love your description!...
Just out of curiousity, what resort did you guys stay in (those DLR vets who have gone)? We are looking at mods, but might upgrade. I dunno...We don't have kids so the pool isn't necessarily a big draw for us. I'd to stay at the Boardwalk (I think it's that one). The one connected to EPCOT. It seems fun to go dine/drink "around the world" and walk back to your room.
Glad my description works for you. I remember standing at the end of Main Street at The MK and saying to DH, "Wait, that's not there. What's there? That's supposed to be - wait, ok, this is mixed up." hahaha!
Resorts...
We REALLY wanted to stay at Animal Kingdom Lodge. The last time we had been to WDW (1993) there was no AK, we love animals, and it was just where we wanted to be. That said, this was our 10 year anniversary trip. We had gone on a cruise for our honeymoon and had our wedding overlooking the ocean. So - a little part of me wanted to stay at a Resort with water. This lead to researching The Boardwalk, The Yacht Club, and the Beach Club.
We ruled out the Boardwalk because they could not GUARANTEE a room with a view of the lake which (for us) was the entire reason to stay at YC. Their "water view" is either a pool or lakeview. After several phone calls to try to clarify if there was anyway to be sure we could get a lake view, the Boardwalk was out. So that took us to the Beach Club and the Yacht Club. After asking / researching, we were told overall that the Beach Club was more family-oriented while the Yacht Club was a bit classier, and possibly nicer for a couple, as opposed to travelling with kids. So...
We did a split stay. 5 nights at the AKL (absolutely amazing, fabulous, dying to go back!) and 3 nights at the Yacht Club. We had a Savannah View at AKL and a lake view at YC. We were originally set for 4 and 4, but loved the AKL sooooo much, we shifted it to 5 and 3.
While staying at the YC our view was of the lake and across to the Boardwalk. Beautiful. We went to the Boardwalk each night to hang out and enjoy. It's not difficut to do at all from the YC. One thought that was given to me by a fellow DIS'er was that when you are staying at the Boardwalk, remember there is the sound of the Boardwalk going-ons below you. When you are across the way at the YC, there isn't.
Let me know if I can answer any specific questions for you.
- Dreams