Disney's Club Level (CL) Information & Questions

[Ss77]

Hi! This is from our stay this past October. It was wonderful!

Oh how perfect thank you!!!!! Now I know I made the right choice.. your room view was awesome!!!!! Do you remember the number?

 

[2vets]

Here’s some pictures from New Year’s Eve in RPC! The prime rib and mashed potatoes were every bit as good as what you would get at a nice restaurant. I don’t post food pictures from the lounges often because they don’t tend to change much, and other people post them on here, but there were a couple of new ones to me…the brussel sprouts and the ginger glazed pork. There were a couple other new ones on different nights too (I loved the potato cake with prime rib). The brussel sprouts were delicious too, and I don’t typically like those! The mashed potatoes were not new but some of the best I’ve had! They’ve had the prime rib on NYE the past few years, but I think it was better this year! I’m not sure what chef was in charge NYE, but there is a new chef named George in RPC that has been there around a month he said, and he has really improved some of the options (some new offerings and some old ones he just made better)! As a fun side note, Ariana Grande’s mom and brother (Frankie Grande who apparently is in the new Henry Danger movie that is coming out) were there NYE, and they seemed like nice people! They actually joined the table of people behind us who were playing black jack! Evidently Jodi Benson (the little mermaid voice actress) was staying there too because I was talking to her husband for a few minutes one morning, and he had to explain to me who she was when he introduced himself to me. I was a bit embarrassed since I’m a Disney fan, but I’m really bad with names! She was there for the candlelight processional and then apparently went to the parks with her family, which explains why there were two VIP tour guides in the lounge eating appetizers in RPC a couple of nights!

Holy moley!!! That looks (and sounds) amazing, I'm so glad you had a great stay!

 

[2vets]

Happy 2025, ya'll!! A 2-bedroom suite in the main building popped up this morning with the BB rate for the 2-day trip I'm taking with DMom in a few months. We're currently in a 1-bedroom suite, which is cheaper than individual rooms but I have been a bit worried about lack of privacy/space. The 2 BR suite is about the same as 2 rooms, and it has space in case one of my sisters wants to come down (she has been waffling, I booked her a separate room but know she will drag it out until the end). Has anyone stayed in one of these suites since reno? I found one YouTube video (room was gorg), but I wanted to get a firsthand opinion. Mom doesn't want to be in an outer building, and I really want to treat her, I'm overdue. But I am trying to be reasonable, $ wise. I just got a big retention raise and can afford it, but I don't want to be impulsive. Thoughts? Thank you .

 

[danikoski]

Does WL still have water bottles on request?

They give you refillable bottles. There are no longer bottles in the fridge.

 

[danikoski]

This was April.View attachment 926624

They no longer have the bottles in the fridge. They give you refillable bottles on check in.

 

[gottalovepluto]

They give you refillable bottles. There are no longer bottles in the fridge.

Oof, thanks for the update!

 

[kdka421]

Raw thought -- does anyone think it could be helpful (or even feasible) to try to compile a list of differences between the different club lounges (outside of the obvious that all lounges serve different style foods)? Just in the last few posts, I learned that one lounge gives refillable water bottles and doesn't have water in the fridge, and also seen discussion that some CLs do/don't have bathrooms within the club itself. I know there's also been past discussion about which lounges have self pour wines, and other things of that sort.

I've only ever stayed at one CL and I could see something like this as being handy for folks interested in exploring other lounges, but presumably this isn't something easy to compile or keep updated. Any thoughts? And apologies in advance if this is one of those ideas that gets thrown out there from time to time but there's good reason to not do it, or just no interest in it

 

[monorailmom]

About WL, when we were there last month, my DH and I asked for water and were given the refillable bottles. When our DS (he's 24 so not a child!) asked later that evening for water they gave him the small Dasani ones. We were able to get the Dasani ones as well the following day, so who knows LOL!

 

[Dispro1]

@Dispro1 thanks for the RPC update. Was NY Eve the only day with a chef carved meat? We were at RPC in September & CR Tower club for Christmas. Neither had a chef carving. Tower Club didn’t seem to have anything special for Christmas.

Yes, the carving station is strictly a New Year’s Eve thing, and even that isn’t guaranteed every year! They have done a little less every year the past few years, so we were very pleased they kept the prime rib! They also had Mickey waffles in the lounge for breakfast on New Year’s Day. Nothing like when they used to have the chef in there making the waffles with all the toppings or anything, but at least they had the waffles! That is so disappointing that Tower club did nothing special for Christmas! I don’t really expect much out of the norm (these days anyway) when room rates are lower and a discount is available, but for holiday rack rates when there are no discounts and crowds are so high it severely affects your park days, I feel like they should do something to make it special! For what we spent on two rooms for my family (no suites available) and a mixture of multipass and premier passes to make the parks bearable, we definitely would’ve had a lot of other vacation options! If they take away too many special things, we would likely explore those options.

 

[trishadono]

Here’s some pictures from New Year’s Eve in RPC! The prime rib and mashed potatoes were every bit as good as what you would get at a nice restaurant. I don’t post food pictures from the lounges often because they don’t tend to change much, and other people post them on here, but there were a couple of new ones to me…the brussel sprouts and the ginger glazed pork. There were a couple other new ones on different nights too (I loved the potato cake with prime rib). The brussel sprouts were delicious too, and I don’t typically like those! The mashed potatoes were not new but some of the best I’ve had! They’ve had the prime rib on NYE the past few years, but I think it was better this year! I’m not sure what chef was in charge NYE, but there is a new chef named George in RPC that has been there around a month he said, and he has really improved some of the options (some new offerings and some old ones he just made better)! As a fun side note, Ariana Grande’s mom and brother (Frankie Grande who apparently is in the new Henry Danger movie that is coming out) were there NYE, and they seemed like nice people! They actually joined the table of people behind us who were playing black jack! Evidently Jodi Benson (the little mermaid voice actress) was staying there too because I was talking to her husband for a few minutes one morning, and he had to explain to me who she was when he introduced himself to me. I was a bit embarrassed since I’m a Disney fan, but I’m really bad with names! She was there for the candlelight processional and then apparently went to the parks with her family, which explains why there were two VIP tour guides in the lounge eating appetizers in RPC a couple of nights!

I also want to thank my dear friend for sending me ewp and fun poolside activity videos some nights! I missed being there with her this year.

It’s fun to watch the activity when you are stuck at home!

 

[trishadono]

True story, me and my changing….

2 years ago me, dd and my sil were at poly cl when dispro was at gf. We would meet up during the day at the resorts or parks.

I couldn’t get CL our last night and was moving to a non cl at poly our last day, 6pm the night before I was in the lounge enjoying the view and a when I check the change button and RPC resort view popped up with availability. I thought hmmmm it would be nice to be over there together a day…. So I did the change and next day after our MK morning I went to gf to check in and the kids got the bags and was offered a golf cart ride over from poly.

When I check in she says oh I see you are in the Disney suite? I didn’t bat an eye, yes I am.

What a treat! We only had the night but wow that was a change worth making and we all had fun checking it out!

Dispro had also been in the Victorian and moved to a 1 bedroom suite so I got to see both of those. We had fun room hopping with our lol. Good times!

 

[Dispro1]

Happy 2025, ya'll!! A 2-bedroom suite in the main building popped up this morning with the BB rate for the 2-day trip I'm taking with DMom in a few months. We're currently in a 1-bedroom suite, which is cheaper than individual rooms but I have been a bit worried about lack of privacy/space. The 2 BR suite is about the same as 2 rooms, and it has space in case one of my sisters wants to come down (she has been waffling, I booked her a separate room but know she will drag it out until the end). Has anyone stayed in one of these suites since reno? I found one YouTube video (room was gorg), but I wanted to get a firsthand opinion. Mom doesn't want to be in an outer building, and I really want to treat her, I'm overdue. But I am trying to be reasonable, $ wise. I just got a big retention raise and can afford it, but I don't want to be impulsive. Thoughts? Thank you .

Wow! First the one bedroom, and now you got the two bedroom booked too…impressive room stalking! I wish I could say we’ve stayed in a two bedroom recently, but we haven’t been able to get one for our dates! Honestly, there’s nothing reasonable about any of these room rates, so the deciding factor for me would be based on whether or not you think your sister will join you. Having a larger living room and a full extra bathroom and bedroom for your mom and sister would be ideal. It’s also a shorter trip (only two nights, right?) so it won’t be quite as painful as paying for a longer stay. All that being said, you could definitely get by with the one bedroom, especially if you don’t spend much time in the room anyway! All of those rooms are on the 5th floor so all nice and quiet!! The good news is that you don’t really have to be impulsive since you have some time to think about it before you would have to cancel what you don’t want. Good luck with your decision!

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Raw thought -- does anyone think it could be helpful (or even feasible) to try to compile a list of differences between the different club lounges (outside of the obvious that all lounges serve different style foods)? Just in the last few posts, I learned that one lounge gives refillable water bottles and doesn't have water in the fridge, and also seen discussion that some CLs do/don't have bathrooms within the club itself. I know there's also been past discussion about which lounges have self pour wines, and other things of that sort.

I've only ever stayed at one CL and I could see something like this as being handy for folks interested in exploring other lounges, but presumably this isn't something easy to compile or keep updated. Any thoughts? And apologies in advance if this is one of those ideas that gets thrown out there from time to time but there's good reason to not do it, or just no interest in it

I’ll chime in. I’ve often had it in mind to to start a new CL thread so I could keep the first few posts updated, put links to trip reports, etc. This has often been done over the years for these resort ‘mega threads’ as original posters come and go, things get stale, etc. But I’ve never quite had the heart as this was the first thread that brought me to the DIS. There’s also the time factor - it’s hard for anyone to totally keep up with things, the changes that occur over time (some get reported, some don’t), etc. Depending on how deep you go with the details it’s borderline impossible.

But something along the lines of what you’re saying has been on my to do list. Someday! Or if anyone would like to discuss offline, feel free to PM me.

 

[danikoski]

We are wrapping up our stay at WL CL. It was fabulous. This trip was a trip I won through a raffle and not something I'd normally consider doing. We usually rent DVC points through an owner for BRV. We love WL, so for this trip, largely since we weren't paying, we did CL. That said, I'm not sure, even if we had the funds, how often we would do it. Maybe in the future for the last couple days to relax and enjoy the food. But we didn't do a lot of evenings in the parks because we wanted to maximize the lounge experience. And to be fair, the lounge experience at the Old Faithful Club is exceptional. We will probably splurge again another time, but like I said it probably wouldn't be for the whole trip. And I'd really hope it was when they have the mixed berry cobbler

 

[danikoski]

Room 7053 photos from the balcony

 

[jemtx]

Congrats on your win. Glad you had a nice trip.

 

[Momma of 4]

We are wrapping up our stay at WL CL. It was fabulous. This trip was a trip I won through a raffle and not something I'd normally consider doing. We usually rent DVC points through an owner for BRV. We love WL, so for this trip, largely since we weren't paying, we did CL. That said, I'm not sure, even if we had the funds, how often we would do it. Maybe in the future for the last couple days to relax and enjoy the food. But we didn't do a lot of evenings in the parks because we wanted to maximize the lounge experience. And to be fair, the lounge experience at the Old Faithful Club is exceptional. We will probably splurge again another time, but like I said it probably wouldn't be for the whole trip. And I'd really hope it was when they have the mixed berry cobbler

So this was exactly our issue after our first CL stay! We found ourselves really wanting to be back at the lounge for dinner, to take advantage of the "free" food (family of six, it adds up!). We are headed back at the end of the month so this time we decided to do a split stay....the first few days we will be spending more time in the parks, then the last part relaxing in the WL lounge!

 

[GADisneyDad14]

These WL refillable bottles… what do these look like?

BWI had a bin of plastic bottles (almost like smoothie/juice bottles) to use when we were they last month, but they weren’t that obvious that we were supposed to use them.

 

[danikoski]

These WL refillable bottles… what do these look like?

BWI had a bin of plastic bottles (almost like smoothie/juice bottles) to use when we were they last month, but they weren’t that obvious that we were supposed to use them.

The WL ones are similar...we are at the airport Hyatt now, but here's a picture.

 

[mrsap]

They give you refillable bottles. There are no longer bottles in the fridge.

The water bottles are not in the fridge, but you can request them. They also give you refillable bottles, hoping you’ll use those instead. @gottalovepluto

The WL ones are similar...we are at the airport Hyatt now, but here's a picture.View attachment 927191

They definitely look the same! Here’s the WL bottle…