BWW upgrade

[lasob]

We have stayed at Boardwalk view 3rd and 4th floor one and two bedroom since the upgrade. A couple of things were curious to us. First, the space between the TV and that cabinet in the living room and the corner of the room is empty. There used to be a chair there. It's a pretty big space for nothing. We enjoyed the chair when people we hanging out together. We ended up pulling a chair from the kitchen table. The bellman who brought our luggage, said that all the rooms were missing chairs there.

And second, we miss the ceiling fans. Not sure why they took them out, but they probably got plenty of complaints about clicking noises or other issues. We had air conditioning issues and could have used the fans. Plus my wife likes moving air while she sleeps.

Our air conditioning issues were strange. The first 2 nights everything worked great. On the third night, with the thermostat set at the same temperature,73, it came on at 3 a.m. and ran until it got to about 68 degrees, freezing us and forcing me to get up and raise the temperature. It shut off for a few minutes and then back to non-stop blowing. Turned it off completely about 5 a.m.

Same problem the next night even though we raised the temp. Called front desk(call center) and they assured us the would come by and fix it. Our toilet was also having issues, flushing once rarely did the trick.

We stopped by the front desk that night and we were assured that both issues were dealt with. We got to the room,3001, the last room at the end of the hall, and the thermostat was set at 74. The air was blowing and the temperature read 71 on the readout. So obviously it was still not working correctly. We broke out the extra blanket and froze all night.

Called the next morning, same story, same result. It never worked properly. And the toilet issued returned the next day. They tried to tell me that they reset the thermostat and I shouldn't touch it. Yeah, not gonna happen. My wife and daughter were never going to sleep in a warm room. Especially with no ceiling fan.

 

[jo-jo]

Haven’t stay at BWV in years, but yes, also unhappy with the trend away from ceiling fans. I think Disney feels one less thing to clean and fix. My DH likes the moving air too. We bring a little 6 inch fan for bedside. Not the same, but something.

 

[tigerlilly]

We just returned from BWV Sunday. Two studios (on our DVC points) and a one bedroom BW view which my parents paid full rack rate through Disney (they are in their late 70's and did not want to deal w/points, rentals etc). Their one bedroom (room 4003 had all the issues your did). They finally just propped the patio door to the rooms open for air or closed for no air.

Truthfully I was so looking forward to our BW stay (we have stayed before), but this time was just not good. My parents paid an astronomical sum for 7 nights in a one bedroom. While we had a great time overall, the hotel itself is pretty and location cannot be beat, we would likely chose Beach or Yacht Club next time.

I agree about the chair in the corner, the fans, the little touches, the horrid balcony/patio chairs... which I saw so many people just put their couch pillows on. In the studio we ended up putting the little padded "stool" type ottomans below the two dresser drawers in the corner of the room. I used them as our "staging" are for our clothes for the day/bags etc.

Hope you had a fun stay overall