Disney's YACHT & BEACH CLUB RESORTS Information & Questions

[Best Aunt]

What is the "Schooner Scurry" which is listed on the activity board?

 

[GADisneyDad14]

So nice of you to try & help them. Poor things, I hope they got there eventually. I keep reading about the breakfast @ Topolino’s, but the transportation keeps me from booking it. Hope you’re having a good trip & the weather improves so you can enjoy the fireworks!!

Lol, yeah, that trip where you think you’re being smart by only packing exactly what you need so you don’t check bags… and then blow through 2-3 outfits a day due to on/off rain. Oops. FL summers I guess.

 

[yaya74]

Where at YC can I find stronger cellular reception to get my ROTR VQ? My room is by the quiet pool and the reception is very very limited..

 

[mster425]

Where at YC can I find stronger cellular reception to get my ROTR VQ? My room is by the quiet pool and the reception is very very limited..

Try the boards by the boat dock- my room faced that (a few rooms down from the pics a few posts up) and I got boarding passes relatively easily all 3 days

 

[mster425]

Had a great stay! My daughter wants to build SAB in our yard.

This was our first room, 1015, water view. Just a heads up, I'm pretty sure they are still parking vehicles there. They should not be charging water view for this. The Cast member agreed and our second view was much better

 

[GADisneyDad14]

And just like that, on a jam packed bus back to YC after HEA - like old times. Funny how quickly things change.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

BTW, 10:05pm exiting the bus at YC with a 9:15pm HEA. Zero complaints about that. Admittedly we were near the Plaza bypass area and booked it out of there quickly after the show, but still. Sometimes Disney transportation works in your favor, sometimes it doesn’t.

 

[browneyedgirl1683]

Wooo! Less than 60 days and I am starting to get nervous/excited! Packing lists are started, which made me think of questions.

One is if you can get dishwashing soap at any of the marketplaces. We will have reusable cups plus sippy cups and I'm wary of soap bottles leaking.

The second is ac temp. I'm one of those people who hate to be cold. Should I bring light sweaters or shawls for around the hotel?

Last is if they have infant life vests by the pool? We have one my 21 month old tolerates, but it takes a lot of space.

 

[natebenma]

Happy Fourth of July!!!

 

[natebenma]

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We check in to BCV next Monday, and I’m so happy to be going back! Maybe a weird question, and I did search here and online but found different answers. As far as I know, the DVC rooms still use the traditional coffee makers. I usually bring my own coffee and I’m trying to figure out how much I need to roast beforehand. If they use the pods, I’ll have to figure something else out.

Hey friend!

back!

Sorry I didn't get a chance to say hello before or during your trip. Hope it was a great one!

Got home Saturday from a 4-night BC stay:

• Went to SAB midday for 3 days & was usually able to find a chair or a lounge as a solo traveler. That said, I spent most of my time in the pool & didn't really lounge - I just wanted a place to throw my stuff for when I got out. One time my chair was on a highly-trafficked bend, so I was afraid my feet would get trampled and couldn't really relax
  • This is totally weird, but I honestly wouldn't mind cubbies as an alternative to storing stuff so more folks can lounge. Especially since I feel bad taking up space when I mostly swim, but I just need to put my flipflops/sunglasses/clothes somewhere
• I was auto-upgraded from a parking lot view to an accessible king bedroom with a view of SAB/the gardens (it was awesome)
• No problems with buses, except I still hate that there isn't a queue system at deluxe resorts. The clumping and posturing for spots reminds me of NJ Transit/commuting to work. Luckily, another family and I traded off days being first at the stop, and looked out for each other when the first bus appeared. First to AK arrived at 6:53 and we walked on FOP fine, and first to MK arrived at 6:42 (I was the first car on Space). Only subpar bus experience was at the end of the night after my post-close BOG dinner. There were a good amount of folks still waiting at YC/BC after the other resorts were clear. Transportation CMs were awesome, hope they get some relief soon with more hires.

Thank you for the comments about your trip.

Would you mind sharing your room number? Do you have any pictures of the view that you could post or email to me? beachclubdee at yahoo

Totally agree on the bus situation. It would be fine if you could rely on people to self-monitor and do the right thing. But you can't.

We got home Saturday from our first stay at Beach Club. We were there 5 nights and really enjoyed our vacation there. We had a woods view room, #4548. At first I thought it was so far from the lobby and elevators, but then as we walked to the room for the first time, we found the elevator just down the hall and that was super convenient. We could just go right down that elevator and out the door to the leisure pool and hot tub, or out to the walkway to go to Epcot or Studios. It wasn't too far from the Marketplace, either, once you went down that elevator.

Our room had the daybed, which was #1 on my priority list. My younger son found it to be quite comfortable and did not complain about sleeping there. We had a balcony with a table and 2 chairs, which was a nice place to sit at night, even if there really wasn't anything to see.

We walked to Studios and to Epcot. We took the Skyliner back from Studios and it was an easy walk from the Epcot Skyliner station. We didn't really have any issues with the buses. We weren't at MK or AK at rope drop, but shortly after, and the buses were not completely full going to those parks. At first I thought it was odd for the drivers to assign seats, but got used to it. I will say that after a long day at MK and closing it down, waiting for multiple buses was a bit frustrating when you knew more people could have gotten on the bus and stood. I heard other people in line wishing we could just stand, too.

Our first night we ate at Cape May and really enjoyed our meal there. My older son was excited to find out that the fish in the seafood boil was mahi. He ate one whole additional helping by himself (he's 6'6, so he can eat!). It was probably the best meal of this trip.

We've never splurged on a resort in the Boardwalk area because of the price tag, but I have to say that the location definitely spoiled us and it definitely may not be our last stay there.

We didn't get a chance to go to Stormalong Bay, unfortunately. My younger son was going to go on our first day until he found out he had to walk all the way around YC to get there. He joined me and his brother at the other pool and hot tub.

Thanks for your review!

Do you happen to have any pictures of the view from the room?

Hi Everyone, checking in to the BC tomorrow! I have not posted in forever, but I have been lurking and keeping up with changes. Especially love hearing the reports from the Y&B. Reading all of the live and just back posts are SO HELPFUL as things seem to change by the minute. My husband and I were able to get to WDW quite a bit over the years, and we are fully prepared to just wing it and go with the flow this trip. As long as I get a drink at California Grill, read my book at SAB, ride Splash and get in a few laps around the Boardwalk just soaking it in, the trip will be a success! I promise to send a few updates when I can, would love to pay it forward and help others with their upcoming trips.

Nice to see you again!

Hope your trip was fantastic!

Check out this view guys!
Overall the resort seems quiet - we’ve been here two nights, five left to go.

when our room was ready we walked in to painters on our balcony, when we called to ask when they’d be gone the lady on the phone said she’d have the manager call back. We were offered an opportunity to move rooms. we had already started unpacking so I declined, it wasn’t a big deal, I just wanted to know how long they’d be here. She said she’d credit us $150 and they would be finished soon.
They’re still here just not directly on our balcony, lol. Aside from the view it hasn’t had any effect on our experience.
otherwise it’s been an ok trip - if you go to ale and compass lounge I hope you have the joy of Ricardo as your server. He’s a gem!!!

I’ll check back in at the end with an updateonce we’ve done more resort things!!

I peeked over at your trip report to check your room number. Very enjoyable! I totally miss hanging out on that board. I wish I had the time, but I can't even keep up here!

Anyhoo, I would like to post a link to your trip report to the trip report/review section on Page 1, Post 16.

Thank you all for the great info in this thread. My family (2 adults, 2 teen girls) are returning to the YC in a few weeks and I have a question for the experts here. We have stayed at the YC before and never specifically requested a daybed, but always had one. This time I want to make sure we have one, but wondering if the gamble is worth it to hope for that and use my room request on a low floor instead. Any idea if the room assigner looks at the number of people and ages (oldest is 17) and automatically puts us in a room with a daybed or am I just better off to specifically request it? We are in a Garden/Woods view. Thank you!

back!

I would not count on them looking at the demographics of your family, so I recommend requesting the daybed. "Room with daybed, please. Low floor preferred"

 

[natebenma]

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So we arrived back home to the Beach Club on 5/30 which was reopening day. Our last trip was 5/2019 so we were really excited to finally get away post-covid. WE stepped foot into the lobby and took a deep breath and enjoyed the smell. The lobby didn't seem too busy or noisey. We were assigned room 3631 under a CM rate. This room is classified as an ADA room which we did not need. The first thing we noticed is that the door takes forever to shut. We counted 40 seconds as we did not want to walk away until we knew the door was closed. I am guessing so scooters, wheelchairs, etc can make it out much more easier. The room and bathroom were very spacious. There was a bathtub/shower combo. For a room being ADA, the tub was not. There were no grab bars for the tub, only shower hooks. If I had a mobility problem, I would be nervous getting into the tub to take a shower. There was a single pull down bar by the toilet but it was locked in place. We knew about housekeeping being every other day. I had read posts about people placing garbage outside of the elevators and sure enough we encountered that several times. They really should place larger garbage cans in the rooms until housekeeping is back to everyday. We only received housekeeping twice in the 7 days we were there. The AC in the room was terrible. It never felt cold in the wee early hours of the night. Mask compliance was good in the hotel. You never had to wait too long for an elevator. There were signs posted outside of the lobby elevator stating only 1 family or 4 people at one time. But the elevators up on the floors had no signage. We had no issues with the MK or AK bus as they didn't share with the other surrounding resorts. The DS Springs was another story. That was horrible. We had a 6:15 ADR at the Boathouse. We got down to the bus stop at 4:30. There were lots of people already in line. A bus came at 4:40 and only 5 people got on. We were sharing with the YC. The driver said another one was right behind her. Well that never happened and people were getting annoyed. The line was growing. Finally at 5:40 a bus came and only 15 of us were able to get on. On the return trip, the BC bus line was long, so we hopped onto the BWI bus. We did try out the skyliner to HS in the morning but took the boat back in the afternoon. We had a wonderful time and look forward to returning in a few months.

Thank you for the detailed report about your stay.

Do you happen to have any pictures of the view from your room? Was there a full balcony? Daybed?

Just posted by Blog Mickey…

Disney World Resort Arcades Reopen Following COVID-19 Closure

Yes. Just came back yesterday. As a reminder, during the day, the concrete is blazing hot. So, flip flops are a good idea!

Thanks for the reminder!!!

Checking in today. Looks like we were upgraded to Club Level…but does even mean anything right now? Not complaining at all but just didn’t think anything was being offered in club level. Anyone know anything different?

Hope you had a great trip!

I love being on the top floor, although others who have been assigned there have reported that it is sad to see the lounge closed.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Happy Fourth of July! Beautiful morning.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

The Market at Ale & Compass gives me anxiety.

Friday AM walked in just to get a cup of coffee - no issues, CM at door waved me right in, worked just like old times.

Saturday AM got lectured (not really hyperbole, she was very serious/stern) by door CM that I really needed to mobile order, even after I told her I just wanted coffee. She finally conceded, but it was like she was doing me a big favor letting me in.

This AM no one at the door so no issues.

They may have always had these and I’ve never noticed (very possible), but the two registers on the shop side have coffee/drink cups, so an easy way to save some time if the market registers are backed up.

 

[rea59]

Has room service returned to the Beach Club? I get up much earlier than the rest of the family and usually go over to the club for my coffee and breakfast. With no CL right now I was hoping to get some coffee and a quick breakfast delivered to the room.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Has room service returned to the Beach Club? I get up much earlier than the rest of the family and usually go over to the club for my coffee and breakfast. With no CL right now I was hoping to get some coffee and a quick breakfast delivered to the room.

YC and BCV had in room dining when they reopened, but around when BC reopened they stopped, for some reason. At the moment the only resort with in room dining is GF.

 

[epcotobsessed]

The Market at Ale & Compass gives me anxiety.

Friday AM walked in just to get a cup of coffee - no issues, CM at door waved me right in, worked just like old times.

Saturday AM got lectured (not really hyperbole, she was very serious/stern) by door CM that I really needed to mobile order, even after I told her I just wanted coffee. She finally conceded, but it was like she was doing me a big favor letting me in.

This AM no one at the door so no issues.

They may have always had these and I’ve never noticed (very possible), but the two registers on the shop side have coffee/drink cups, so an easy way to save some time if the market registers are backed up.

Ugh, thanks for the tip - I am always one of the first people in to get coffee, so I'll remember this. Are they similarly potentially strict about mobile ordering at BC Marketplace?

 

[mster425]

Just wanted to add pics of our room, 3065. Loved this room. Great view, corner room, and right next to the stairs so we could pop out to the pool or Epcot walkway whenever. It did have a daybed. It would have been a walk to the lobby using interior hallways but we just went outside and walked which was much faster.

 

[mster425]

The Market at Ale & Compass gives me anxiety.

Friday AM walked in just to get a cup of coffee - no issues, CM at door waved me right in, worked just like old times.

Saturday AM got lectured (not really hyperbole, she was very serious/stern) by door CM that I really needed to mobile order, even after I told her I just wanted coffee. She finally conceded, but it was like she was doing me a big favor letting me in.

This AM no one at the door so no issues.

They may have always had these and I’ve never noticed (very possible), but the two registers on the shop side have coffee/drink cups, so an easy way to save some time if the market registers are backed up.

That's so interesting! We were there last week and never saw a CM asking, I would say I was in the minority mobile ordering, too. A few times I came in just to grab fruit loops or whatever and it was fine

By contrast, we had come over from Riviera and you could not get in their QS without a refillable mug or a ready mobile order.

 

[delmar411]

Ugh, thanks for the tip - I am always one of the first people in to get coffee, so I'll remember this. Are they similarly potentially strict about mobile ordering at BC Marketplace?

Not at all. BC has no restrictions or door guard as it is a much larger space. But if you haven't been back since COVID, you order at the register not at the food counter anymore. And the pastries are not self-serve, you also order those at the register and wait for pick up.

They also don't open until 7am instead of the 6am pre-covid.

 

[epcotobsessed]

Ugh again, thank you! Good news about the BC Marketplace being less restrictive, bad news about it opening at 7am. I'll be tap dancing outside every morning, managing my caffeine withdrawl!