Hi, we are arriving at Boardwalk villas on June 24th. In my reading the only thing I couldn' find was do the friendship boats go back and forth between beach club and boardwalk or do they only go from each resort to Epcot and Hollywood studios? Thanks for any info
You can go between resorts. The order is: EPCOT...Boardwalk...Beach Club...Swolphin...DHS...Swolphin...BC...BW...EPCOT.
So, for example if you want to go to BW from BC, get on the DHS boat. If you want to go from BC to BW, then get an Epcot boat.
Thanks for the info! That makes it easy and was the info I was looking for!You can go between resorts. The order is: EPCOT...Boardwalk...Beach Club...Swolphin...DHS...Swolphin...BC...BW...EPCOT.
So, for example if you want to go to BW from BC, get on the DHS boat. If you want to go from BC to BW, then get an Epcot boat.
Thanks that sounds like a great idea as well!And if you’re coming back from DHS and in a hurry to get back to BWV (and your legs are up to it), get off at Swolphin and walk over the bridge!
Due to work on the bridge to the Swan and Dolphin and that dock, the boats are only going to Boardwalk and Yacht Club/Beach Club docks and Epcot right now. You can walk to the Studios or take a bus. I believe it will resume mid summer.
We (4 of us) are wait-listed for a 1-BR villa at BWV. If the waitlist comes through, that would be great! However, I have a question about the "can accommodate five guests" notes on the floor plans on the DVC website. My two girls are 14 and 15 now and prefer not sharing a queen bed. So sleep chairs and pull down beds in the other DVC resorts come in handy for our family of 4. I'm assuming that these rooms do not have sleep chairs or pull downs, so how do they "accommodate five?" I can bring along bedding, but what will we be placing it on? Surely they don't mean the pack-n-play?
We (4 of us) are wait-listed for a 1-BR villa at BWV. If the waitlist comes through, that would be great! However, I have a question about the "can accommodate five guests" notes on the floor plans on the DVC website. My two girls are 14 and 15 now and prefer not sharing a queen bed. So sleep chairs and pull down beds in the other DVC resorts come in handy for our family of 4. I'm assuming that these rooms do not have sleep chairs or pull downs, so how do they "accommodate five?" I can bring along bedding, but what will we be placing it on? Surely they don't mean the pack-n-play?
As Kathy said, you have to provide the bed. We have brought an air mattress when our daughters were younger and we drove to WDW. And we have made a "bed" on the floor out of the sofa cushions on the old fold out beds, but that doesn't work on the new sleeper beds since the cushions don't come off the sofa. Eventually we went to a 2BR for the four of us when my daughters got to their teen years.
I'd say bring an air mattress or consider booking one of the resorts with the sleeper chair.
I have a question! Is the only way to access the Boardwalk and walkway to Epcot by elevator?
I ask this because - we have a double stroller - and I read the elevator waits can be long, coupled with the long walks down the hall. With the stroller we can't just go down a few flights of stairs, so I was thinking of requesting a room on the 2nd floor so we can walk right to the bus stop to get to MK/AK but then wasn't sure about getting to the Boardwalk.
While I'm asking questions - - we are going to have a 2BR garden/pool view, anyone recommend a favorite room? Maybe with an evening fireworks view since we will have little ones in bed early!
Thanks for your help!
We are staying in at BW for the fist time and by the sound of it (reading this thread) I guess we lucked out getting a standard view 1 br villa at 5 months out! Someone told me to ask for a corner room by the tennis courts as they are a little larger than the typical 1 br villa. Is that true? Looking on a map that would be rooms 2123, 3123 and 4123. Does anyone have pictures of these rooms or experience with these rooms? I'm a little concerned since there will be 4 adults, it might be a little tight.
We are staying in at BW for the fist time and by the sound of it (reading this thread) I guess we lucked out getting a standard view 1 br villa at 5 months out! Someone told me to ask for a corner room by the tennis courts as they are a little larger than the typical 1 br villa. Is that true? Looking on a map that would be rooms 2123, 3123 and 4123. Does anyone have pictures of these rooms or experience with these rooms? I'm a little concerned since there will be 4 adults, it might be a little tight.
You are correct that the slightly larger, dedicated 1BR units are 2123, 3123, and 4123. The living rooms are somewhat larger than the regular rooms due to the shape of the rooms. They are at the corner of the building facing the bus stop and they have a nice wrap-around balcony. We stayed in 2123 in 2002 and below is a picture facing those corner rooms. Sorry I don't have any good interior shots - this was actually before we owned a digital camera! Hard to believe how much the trees have grown in 16 years.
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