Sorry to be a Debbie downer but I don't think any of the Disney CL match up very well with PBR CL! I would say that the main building of the GF or the BWI CL come the closest. We just returned from a wonderful stay at the PBR were we finally received a room with a balcony and wonderful warm evening weather to be able to enjoy it! We do love the CL at the BWI and the food has been steadily improving. If you are at breakfast on a Sunday morning at the BWI you are in for a treat as they do a really nice Sunday bunch. The other mornings are nice but no hot items except for the oatmeal. The addition of chiefs in the lounges at dinner is a really big improvement in my opinion. The CM at the BWI CL are the best though I will say the CM on our last stay at PBR were really great and helpful.For those of you who have stayed at the Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Studio Florida, which Disney Club Level resort would you say is comparable to PBH?
My family stayed at PBH last summer. It was our first CL stay and we were so spoiled!!! The food there was plenty and yummy. We would love to stay at a CL room during our next visit to Disney World. Just hope what Disney has to offer is at least at par with PBH..
Thank you!
Just returned. Spent 3 days at Boardwalk CL. My new favorite resort. EXCELLENT STAY.
We just returned from Thanksgiving week at Poly CL, and I couldn’t have been happier! We booked Lagoon View and ended up in 1504, and we were able to watch the water pageant and fireworks from the bed closest to the patio door. The location of the Hawaii building is perfect. We mainly used the monorail so we didn’t have to fold our strollers, but the resort boat launch was so close. Security was a breeze going to MK, even during the busy holiday week.
The breakfast offerings for the lounge were plentiful! It was enough to satisfy everyone in our party of 11. I brought to go boxes from home to pack the kids breakfast in a few days so they could sleep in and eat on the way to the parks, and none of the staff batted an eye.
Afternoon snacks usually consisted of grilled chicken or shrimp wraps, make your own trail mix, and cookies. We had no problem bringing alcohol back to our room or out to the pool or beach.
We never made it for appetizers, but desserts were delicious! They had these mini s’mores our first night that we all loved and we were hoping for them again all week! Lol It seems like they have a pretty good rotation going because I didn’t notice any repeat desserts all week.
I really wished I would have planned for more downtime at the resort. The kids had so much fun at the pools, with the lawn games, torch lighting ceremony, and just playing in the sand on the beach! I mentioned this to Denise one morning, and she asked what we hadn’t been able to do around the resort, and I mentioned my girls wanted to do the hula lessons, but we were always napping or in the parks at that time. She came back a little later with Lipoa and her ukelele and they sang and danced with the kids right there in the lounge! It was so sweet!! I need to write to guest services about her, because she made our trip so special all week either by interacting with the kids, giving us park tips, and just her kind words every time we saw her.
We were hoping to book a bounce back for Wilderness CL for next year, but when they told us it wasn’t available, but Poly CL was, we didn’t hesitate to book it again! The only thing that was available for the bounce back was theme park view, but we actually may request 2nd floor because we won’t use the balcony anyway. My 2 year old is a major climber so the balcony door will stay locked the entire time, and the closer proximity to the lounge will be nice with little ones.
Overall, the Polynesian was perfect. Everyone we interacted with from life guards, to mousekeepers, to bartenders, and managers were kind and attentive. The monorail was only down our last morning, which I considered really lucky for such a crazy week! We can’t wait to go back!
Hi!
We’re staying CL at the GF Main Building the end of January! Does anyone have a list of offerings in lounge? How about bottled water - is it available?
Any information would be great! Y’all are so helpful.
Thanks!!
So close to leaving for my first (and possibly only) CL stay! Well unless I do some 1 or 2 day cash stays in the future now that we joined DVC.
Super excited despite some of the negative things I've seen on here regarding AKL CL a few times.
For those of you who have stayed at the Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Studio Florida, which Disney Club Level resort would you say is comparable to PBH?
My family stayed at PBH last summer. It was our first CL stay and we were so spoiled!!! The food there was plenty and yummy. We would love to stay at a CL room during our next visit to Disney World. Just hope what Disney has to offer is at least at par with PBH.
I stayed in 1504 last August - such a great location!! 41 days til I'm back...We just returned from Thanksgiving week at Poly CL, and I couldn’t have been happier! We booked Lagoon View and ended up in 1504, and we were able to watch the water pageant and fireworks from the bed closest to the patio door. The location of the Hawaii building is perfect. We mainly used the monorail so we didn’t have to fold our strollers, but the resort boat launch was so close. Security was a breeze going to MK, even during the busy holiday week.
The breakfast offerings for the lounge were plentiful! It was enough to satisfy everyone in our party of 11. I brought to go boxes from home to pack the kids breakfast in a few days so they could sleep in and eat on the way to the parks, and none of the staff batted an eye.
Afternoon snacks usually consisted of grilled chicken or shrimp wraps, make your own trail mix, and cookies. We had no problem bringing alcohol back to our room or out to the pool or beach.
We never made it for appetizers, but desserts were delicious! They had these mini s’mores our first night that we all loved and we were hoping for them again all week! Lol It seems like they have a pretty good rotation going because I didn’t notice any repeat desserts all week.
I really wished I would have planned for more downtime at the resort. The kids had so much fun at the pools, with the lawn games, torch lighting ceremony, and just playing in the sand on the beach! I mentioned this to Denise one morning, and she asked what we hadn’t been able to do around the resort, and I mentioned my girls wanted to do the hula lessons, but we were always napping or in the parks at that time. She came back a little later with Lipoa and her ukelele and they sang and danced with the kids right there in the lounge! It was so sweet!! I need to write to guest services about her, because she made our trip so special all week either by interacting with the kids, giving us park tips, and just her kind words every time we saw her.
We were hoping to book a bounce back for Wilderness CL for next year, but when they told us it wasn’t available, but Poly CL was, we didn’t hesitate to book it again! The only thing that was available for the bounce back was theme park view, but we actually may request 2nd floor because we won’t use the balcony anyway. My 2 year old is a major climber so the balcony door will stay locked the entire time, and the closer proximity to the lounge will be nice with little ones.
Overall, the Polynesian was perfect. Everyone we interacted with from life guards, to mousekeepers, to bartenders, and managers were kind and attentive. The monorail was only down our last morning, which I considered really lucky for such a crazy week! We can’t wait to go back!
Hello! Looking for some advice from Club Level experts... We are DVC members who are unable to get a last-minute reservation for a trip next month using points (I think it's the Marathon Weekend...). Instead, we are looking at a cash trip and our choices are as follows:
Option 1: Boardwalk Standard Room-Club Level (5 nights).
Option 2: Copper Creek Studio with Walk-In Shower (5 nights). Option 2 is almost $2000 less...
There will be 4 of in the room (2 adults and 2 kids). The Studio is a queen bed + queen sofa bed. We normally would reserve a 1-Bedroom Villa, so this will be a bit different for us, either way. Are the club amenities really worth an extra $2K? That's a lot!!!!!!! What about the construction issues?
TIA!!!!!
Hello! Looking for some advice from Club Level experts... We are DVC members who are unable to get a last-minute reservation for a trip next month using points (I think it's the Marathon Weekend...). Instead, we are looking at a cash trip and our choices are as follows:
Option 1: Boardwalk Standard Room-Club Level (5 nights).
Option 2: Copper Creek Studio with Walk-In Shower (5 nights). Option 2 is almost $2000 less...
There will be 4 of in the room (2 adults and 2 kids). The Studio is a queen bed + queen sofa bed. We normally would reserve a 1-Bedroom Villa, so this will be a bit different for us, either way. Are the club amenities really worth an extra $2K? That's a lot!!!!!!! What about the construction issues?
TIA!!!!!
We are staying at the club level in AKL. I’ve stay at other resorts with concierge. It was my experience that club level concierge was able to make reservations when they weren’t available. We tried to make reservations at BOG next day and couldn’t get them. I was just wondering what others have experienced with making reservations.
Hi!
We’re staying CL at the GF Main Building the end of January! Does anyone have a list of offerings in lounge? How about bottled water - is it available?
Any information would be great! Y’all are so helpful.
Thanks!!
I love the BWI CL and stay there often but on our last trip we wanted to enjoy the F&W festival and thought the CL would be a waste. I was a little worried that I wouldn't like the DVC 1 bedroom at the BC but it was all that we could find with a discount so we booked it. I was really pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the room much more than I thought I would. With all that said for a $2,000 savings I would probably book Option 2. In all honesty I have begun to really hate the buses so we have stated doing split stays so we have to ride buses less. On our last trip we enjoyed a few nights at the DVC BC and did Epcot and HS and then moved to the WL standard rooms to do the MK. This works for us.Hello! Looking for some advice from Club Level experts... We are DVC members who are unable to get a last-minute reservation for a trip next month using points (I think it's the Marathon Weekend...). Instead, we are looking at a cash trip and our choices are as follows:
Option 1: Boardwalk Standard Room-Club Level (5 nights).
Option 2: Copper Creek Studio with Walk-In Shower (5 nights). Option 2 is almost $2000 less...
There will be 4 of in the room (2 adults and 2 kids). The Studio is a queen bed + queen sofa bed. We normally would reserve a 1-Bedroom Villa, so this will be a bit different for us, either way. Are the club amenities really worth an extra $2K? That's a lot!!!!!!! What about the construction issues?
TIA!!!!!
They had water bottles upon request at BWI cl and out on a tray in RPC at GF for those going soon.Hi!
We’re staying CL at the GF Main Building the end of January! Does anyone have a list of offerings in lounge? How about bottled water - is it available?
Any information would be great! Y’all are so helpful.
Thanks!!
They had water bottles upon request at BWI cl and out on a tray in RPC at GF for those going soon.
They always have cheese n crackers and other random items. Over the years I have seen lots but no schedule.
Friday there was a chef but not Sat night, there were Mickey waffles Sunday morning.
People were drinking all hours lol it's upon request all day.
Make sure to walk all floors 3-5 The seating areas and views are different on each floor.
Smoking balconies on floor 3 on both ends of atrium. ( however no one ever out there but mom and lots of space so anyone would enjoy those spaces).
I take the croissants and use the ham and cheese to make a sandwich at breakfast. Mom liked em too.
Decisions, decisions. We are booked for 8 nights in May at GF Sugarloaf with a pin code, and now I am considering changing that to Contemporary CL. My husband and I stayed there for a long weekend in October and LOVED it... way more than I thought i would. I have a mother/son trip to AKL ( non CL) in January and am thinking that if I can get the B.B. for Contemporary in May while I am there, I will switch. My DD has never stayed there and I think she would enjoy it. The discount difference will cover the price difference. My Hubby laughs at my Disney logic.
I would do bwi. 2 reasons, I enjoy club level and always pay a ridiculous amount more (not 400 a night though ) and 2nd, my kids don't sleep well on pull out sofas. It wouldn't be worth it to me to hear my 13yo complain about the sleeping arrangements. They actually prefer a standard room to a 1 bedroom suite because of the pullout couch. How old are the kids? Maybe I just have spoiled kids. They also got used to having a lounge at disney and would miss it. If you ask where they want to stay they usually say poly cl or any hotel with a lounge.Hello! Looking for some advice from Club Level experts... We are DVC members who are unable to get a last-minute reservation for a trip next month using points (I think it's the Marathon Weekend...). Instead, we are looking at a cash trip and our choices are as follows:
Option 1: Boardwalk Standard Room-Club Level (5 nights).
Option 2: Copper Creek Studio with Walk-In Shower (5 nights). Option 2 is almost $2000 less...
There will be 4 of in the room (2 adults and 2 kids). The Studio is a queen bed + queen sofa bed. We normally would reserve a 1-Bedroom Villa, so this will be a bit different for us, either way. Are the club amenities really worth an extra $2K? That's a lot!!!!!!! What about the construction issues?
TIA!!!!!
We are staying at the club level in AKL. I’ve stay at other resorts with concierge. It was my experience that club level concierge was able to make reservations when they weren’t available. We tried to make reservations at BOG next day and couldn’t get them. I was just wondering what others have experienced with making reservations.
I haven't had luck on any trip with the CL concierge being able to make reservations that weren't available online. Disney Signature Services, who you work with before your trip, only seems to see the same reservations I can see online. And the CL concierges while you're there in person also seem to have the same system. We had to make last-minute changes to our plans last week, and ended up without dinner reservations while at the Poly CL. The concierge couldn't even get us a reservation at Kona Cafe- the only reservation he offered me was a very late time that I could see on the app.