That show always makes me cry too!Oh and did I mention, I'm a blubbering mess.
Happy Father's Day guys.To all of the fantastic dads I have met through this forum, I wish you all a wonderful Fathers' Day. Raising your kids with a love of Disney is a great thing!
In honor of Star Wars Weekends:
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Can I ask your Fast Pass plan opinion?
We land at 3:10 PM on a Tuesday, picking up rental car. Est arrival at Beach Club?? 4:30?? What time should I book my first FP for Epcot? And, should I book a dinner at Via Napoli for 6:30 that night? That time is open or should I just counter service?
Thank you for your help.
Depends on how fast your luggage comes thru and how long the line is at the rental counter, plus traffic. I wouldn't expect to be at BC until close to 5pm. I wouldn't book a dinner before 7pm, but that's just me. Counter service might be your better option since all table service restaurants have the 24 hour cancellation policy. I'd hate for something to delay you (which has happened to us several times).
I will be at the Yacht Club in April next year! Can't wait. I'll be flying over from the UK; and the one thing that concerns me is I've head about lower limits on aircon in the rooms, (which I believe is 72F?); Being from an island with persistently crap weather and climate - and thus much lower average temperatures - I won't be able to sleep in that kind of heat (being 72F). I've also read there are tricks you can use to override the thermostats; but presuming this doesn't work for reason XYZ, would the front desk and/or maintenance people be willing to help us out with this? -- I mean, it's not like you don't already pay enough to stay there; sleeping comfortably shouldn't be too much to ask!
Dee-
Do you plan to do a Trip Report for your Yellowstone adventure? It's definitely on our list when our girls are a couple years older. Our good friends have gone and I plan to use all the tips and tricks I can! I know many people complain about Disney being complicated to plan, but a big National Park trip boggles my mind!
Mary
November 19-27 BC CL 15th anniversary trip!
Hi everyone. we got in Thursday afternoon. We are having a great time. We've been to Magic Kingdom, Studios and Epcot for a little while each place. We also spent a couple of hours in the pool. So awesome. Anyway, right now I'm having a hard time uploading my pictures but as soon as I can, I'll post my room view here (and wherever else Dee requests). I can also confirm that there are serious scuff marks on the doors on the fifth floor. Of course that is having zero impact on our vacation so far. So awesome. We are headed to Epcot today. Either tomorrow or Monday, I will post some pictures from the resort as it is live.
Also, yes the second floor is closed off in the lobby. They are still putting some people on that floor but are sending them to the back elevator to go up to that floor. Hopefully I'll have more in a couple of days.
Just for the heck of it I went onto the WDW site today to poke around. I was told I that tonight (technically tomorrow) at midnight was my time to book FP+ times. I clicked on the FP+ link and lo and behold I could start booking them!! I could't believe it! I got everything I wanted at all of the times I wanted. I even booked the Anna & Elsa meet on a whim after I booked everything else (my kids are 13 and 17 so no big deal to them) for fun and got the exact time I wanted for that as well!
The moral of the story is to always go in and check because you never know. Also, don't sweat the going on at midnight deal because I went in at 10:00 am (I'm assuming I could of gone on last night at midnight) and got everything I wanted. Don't stress, it will all work out!!
Jay
Finally back home - wonderful trip made perfect by the awesomeness that is Beach Club. Here are some photos of the lobby where you can see the plastic on the second level where they are working on it. They are also working on the first floor rooms (at least ones close to the lobby).
Here are a few room pics (room 5632 - a few rooms down the hall from the CL lobby). It was a dormer room with full balcony. No day bed but it was nice to have the extra space. I liked the Roman shades and the view from the balcony was perfect! You could easily see the Epcot fireworks and could see Boardwalk by looking to the right. DH and I agreed that the food we had in the CL lounge was some of the best we had at Disney - no joke - and it was so nice to have the extra space to hang out in.
Hi everyone! We are getting ready for our first stay at the Beach Club in just 3 weeks. We are usually at AKL so this resort is all new to us but my oldest just begged to stay here this time and since it's her 16th birthday trip I caved!
Any pointers are making the most of our stay here? We plan on taking advantage of the pool for sure but is there anything else we should know or be doing? Thanks!!
Oh and we will be there July 13th - July 18th!
Well I did it. Just switched our waterview room to CL!
Now to do some quick Disney math to explain to DH how in the long run it really isn't costing us $800 more
I told myself if it was available with our free dining BB I would take that as a sign it was meant to be! I think I am a CL junkie!
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...unfortunately the BCV Murphy is only going to be in the renovated studio rooms, not in the one-bedrooms.Ok I need advice! Currently we have a regular room booked at beach club resort for our family of 6 ( mom, dad, 4 kids with one under 2). We have the opportunity to get a 1 bedroom on the villa side. Now, I know the new rooms are suppose to have a pull down murphy. Ideally, the one bedroom would be SOOO much better for our family than the standard room. Do we think that by our trip[ ( Sept 19-26) chances are that they will have at least some of the villas done and ready for occupancy? I would love to move us to this one bedroom if we can swing it logistically.
Ok I need advice! Currently we have a regular room booked at beach club resort for our family of 6 ( mom, dad, 4 kids with one under 2). We have the opportunity to get a 1 bedroom on the villa side. Now, I know the new rooms are suppose to have a pull down murphy. Ideally, the one bedroom would be SOOO much better for our family than the standard room. Do we think that by our trip[ ( Sept 19-26) chances are that they will have at least some of the villas done and ready for occupancy? I would love to move us to this one bedroom if we can swing it logistically.
Teena is trying to make it home...
She had a flight scheduled out of Chicago this morning at 1 am. They boarded the plane at 12:30 and then the flight was cancelled so everyone had to get off the plane. They were back at the airport this morning and their flight was delayed. YUCK!!!
I can't remember if she is scheduled to work at the Beach Club tomorrow.
I'll let you know when I hear she is back home.
Well I did it. Just switched our waterview room to CL!
Now to do some quick Disney math to explain to DH how in the long run it really isn't costing us $800 more
I told myself if it was available with our free dining BB I would take that as a sign it was meant to be! I think I am a CL junkie!