My friend was there in August and there was not one and told it’s gone.
My friend checked in again today so if it’s back I’ll post .
I was waffling…but I have the feeling it will be insane. And we were able to make a few adjustments that will help with the cost of the VIP, so we’re going to stick with ours! If I can’t adjust YC, I’ll see you at BWI
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We haven't told the kids yet but my husband is actually excited which doesn't usually happen with Disney. 
I had been thinking it might be quiet so we wouldn’t need the tour. Thank you for talking some sense into me. Haha!I was waffling…but I have the feeling it will be insane. And we were able to make a few adjustments that will help with the cost of the VIP, so we’re going to stick with ours! If I can’t adjust YC, I’ll see you at BWI
Between the half marathon and Jersey Week, there is just nothing available for hotels - and at rack rates!!! Makes me nervous. I figure this will help tone my park dominator tendencies back and ensure DH will visit with me againI had been thinking it might be quiet so we wouldn’t need the tour. Thank you for talking some sense into me. Haha!
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I just returned from the BWI and the chef is no longer there and will not be coming back. I had to do with fire regulations. The food is still good. They are working on it and you will see changes. I loved the pork loin and the stuffed mushrooms. They did have shrimp scampi one night too. The head chef from Trattoria was up one night talking to guest and listening to suggestions.
I was there 8/13 and they told me they just stopped having a Chef. So I guess before then. I was looking forward to Mickey waffles lol.
Yep I barely ate anything in both poly /gf lounges. Next up we will be non cl. I got a good rate for CR and kinda got our monies worth with 3 wine drinkers lol. However I think I’ll just buy a bottle and keep in my room for our poly trip in November.Just checked out of RPC. Mixed thoughts. We were at Epcot after checking out of YC Friday & came over around 2:30. We hadn’t gotten the room ready text yet. Went to the front desk. CM was pleasant, checked us in there. Said housekeeping was in the room at the time, fixed our bands & said we could go up to the lounge to wait. No offer of an escort “you’ve been here before, you know your way around”. I didn’t think much about it till the next afternoon. I needed to go to the CM desk on the 3rd floor & saw 3 families getting checked in there. Being shown around & up to lounge, given welcome gifts, generally being made welcome. By contrast, I felt like nobody even knows we’re here. And we don’t need a lot of attention. It was just a strange contrast.
We had Room 4419, ready almost as soon as we sat down. Love the view, for a standard it was very nice. We could see most of the Electric Water Parade at Poly & fireworks from MK. Very convenient to the lounge & pretty quiet. The beds were so comfortable.
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The bad: First thing I noticed was a few pieces of plastic wrapping still in the trash can. Not enough to complain about, but still shouldn’t have been there. There is some kind of drain pipe in the ceiling of the balcony. Water poured down from there when it rained heavy Saturday. And the balcony was unusable for much of the time because there was definite cigarette smoking close by. I couldn’t see anyone smoking so I couldn’t really complain about it. But after just a few minutes out there my throat was burning & I was getting congested. And yesterday our room wasn’t serviced when we came back at 3, housekeeping didn’t come til about 4:40. We just had him do towels & trash, we didn’t need anything else at that point.
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Much of the food wasn’t to our taste. I loved the tomato basil soup. And the bruschetta was delicious. The 2 nights they had pasta & sauce that we would have liked, we had ADRs at Citricos & California Grill.Oh well. They had the jars of candy so that was a good bonus! And the cheesecake at dessert time was yummy. I’d love be the tea & scones to be brought back & I missed the orchestra too.
The lovely bellman, Witt, who came for our luggage this morning asked if we heard about the remodel & showed us pictures of the new lobbies in the other buildings. He encouraged us to go over & see a model vacation club room too. He was a doll. But I felt so bad he is doing that work at his age.
All in all it was a good week. We have plans for a week in late January but I think we’re skipping club level. We do so many table service meals we usually only do breakfast in the lounge. And I really liked our CR garden wing stay for Oct 1st. So planning a few nights there & of course YC.
I don't remember everything they had but it was the standard stuff. No sunscreen or after sun stuff. Just the basics if I remember correctly. I tend to pack everything we need and then some though.For those who've stayed BWI CL recently, what toiletries do they have in the room? I'm trying to plan what we bring with us and sunscreen takes up almost my entire liquid allotment
Just was there. It was just soap, shampoo and conditioner and then lotion. Nothing else.For those who've stayed BWI CL recently, what toiletries do they have in the room? I'm trying to plan what we bring with us and sunscreen takes up almost my entire liquid allotment
Target has spray and lotion in their travel size section. Besides I have been traveling since Covid many times and they dont make you pull out toiletries anymore. You do have to have under 3 oz but can leave in the bag.For those who've stayed BWI CL recently, what toiletries do they have in the room? I'm trying to plan what we bring with us and sunscreen takes up almost my entire liquid allotment
Rather than requesting early service, I always immediately ask for extra towels in all sizes when we arrive. I find that room servicing happens when they decide it will, regardless, and this was how it was even pre-covid. I can wait for trash to be emptied but I can't wait for towels! I also don't try to get 'only towels' if we run out: again, they will often do it on their own time. I just stash them in the drawers in case I need them.
Depending on when your trip is don’t forget it might all change end of Sept when H2O is done at Disney.For those who've stayed BWI CL recently, what toiletries do they have in the room? I'm trying to plan what we bring with us and sunscreen takes up almost my entire liquid allotment
I was waffling…but I have the feeling it will be insane. And we were able to make a few adjustments that will help with the cost of the VIP, so we’re going to stick with ours! If I can’t adjust YC, I’ll see you at BWI
I had been thinking it might be quiet so we wouldn’t need the tour. Thank you for talking some sense into me. Haha!
Nothing, as far as we’re concerned. We were more annoyed by them than anything. We’d be randomly walking through a park, and it would light up or vibrate. We’d stop and look around and try to figure out what set it off and most times we couldn’t figure out what it was. It was also clunky and a little too big for me; i almost took off the extra piece to make it child-sized because it moved around on me so much. I thought it was harder to snap together, too (maybe I’m just old), so I used a rubber band protector thing from another MB. I was glad we brought regular bands b/c we ended using those instead.
