kdonnel
DVC-BCV
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2001
My family and I are just back from our first 9 night Walt Disney World vacation. Normally we only go for 5 nights or less and try to have two visits a year. This year we decided to combine both into a single trip since we have two Disney cruises planned for next year.
We arrived May 23rd and left June 1st. The first 5 nights were in one of the All Star Music Suites. They are nice but definitely not DVC. The walls are paper thin. Not only did you hear the toilets being flushed you heard them being filled prior to the flushing....
I enjoyed having the food court though. We grabbed breakfast there each morning and even ate dinner there once or maybe twice.
The weather was great during the day but cool at night for swimming. It sprinkled on us a few times but not enough to really get you wet. Everything looked normal until you were up in the monorail riding around. Then you could see the areas that were not being watered and just how dry they were.
We did not get any magical dreams granted but I did get picked to be the mechanic on the Back Lot Tour. You can see the video in my gallery at http://www.kevinandjudy.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=958
I forgot how much fun you can have at Storm Along Bay. My four year old loved the sand bar section and my seven year old loved the deep lazy river. I think I liked the lazy river the best as well. I loved being able to swim and not touch the bottom.
The crowds were light at first but then got heavy as the weekend and holiday approached. We have been spoiled by the mid September and mid October crowds and had not experienced lines in a long time.
At the BCV we were in room 538, a 1 bedroom facing the quiet pool. We had a great view of the Magic Kingdom fireworks each night from our balcony. The rooms was in good shape. Someone had stained one of the night stands and the kitchen table and the clothes line came off the wall the first time I tried to hang up some wet bathing suits. I wouldn't expect them to replace the tables but I did ask them to fix the clothes line.
I mug hopped and pool hopped. Both the All Star Music and BCV sold the new dreams mugs. I didn't even feel bad filling them at both resorts. I even brought them to the Pepper Market one night when we ate there but they still have Pepper Market mugs.
We walked over one day and used the Scary Clown slide and pool at BWV. I liked that slide more because I could sit up. The slide at BCV bumped my back on each seem.
Fire away if you have any questions. There are pictures including Contemporary constructions photos at my gallery as well.
We arrived May 23rd and left June 1st. The first 5 nights were in one of the All Star Music Suites. They are nice but definitely not DVC. The walls are paper thin. Not only did you hear the toilets being flushed you heard them being filled prior to the flushing....
I enjoyed having the food court though. We grabbed breakfast there each morning and even ate dinner there once or maybe twice.The weather was great during the day but cool at night for swimming. It sprinkled on us a few times but not enough to really get you wet. Everything looked normal until you were up in the monorail riding around. Then you could see the areas that were not being watered and just how dry they were.
We did not get any magical dreams granted but I did get picked to be the mechanic on the Back Lot Tour. You can see the video in my gallery at http://www.kevinandjudy.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=958
I forgot how much fun you can have at Storm Along Bay. My four year old loved the sand bar section and my seven year old loved the deep lazy river. I think I liked the lazy river the best as well. I loved being able to swim and not touch the bottom.
The crowds were light at first but then got heavy as the weekend and holiday approached. We have been spoiled by the mid September and mid October crowds and had not experienced lines in a long time.
At the BCV we were in room 538, a 1 bedroom facing the quiet pool. We had a great view of the Magic Kingdom fireworks each night from our balcony. The rooms was in good shape. Someone had stained one of the night stands and the kitchen table and the clothes line came off the wall the first time I tried to hang up some wet bathing suits. I wouldn't expect them to replace the tables but I did ask them to fix the clothes line.
I mug hopped and pool hopped. Both the All Star Music and BCV sold the new dreams mugs. I didn't even feel bad filling them at both resorts. I even brought them to the Pepper Market one night when we ate there but they still have Pepper Market mugs.
We walked over one day and used the Scary Clown slide and pool at BWV. I liked that slide more because I could sit up. The slide at BCV bumped my back on each seem.
Fire away if you have any questions. There are pictures including Contemporary constructions photos at my gallery as well.
