BEACHCLUBVILLAS
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Sep 1, 2002
We just got back from a 1BR at BCV between Sept 27 to Oct 5 celebrating our 23rd wedding anniversary. We had a wonderful time.
Our room was nice, clean and was not ready when we arrived but we were in by about 2pm. We took Magical Express. Getting there was perfect. We arrived at the airport, checked into Magical Express, got on the bus and left in about 5 min later. The bus stopped at 4 resorts and our stop was third. It was about 1.5 hours from touchdown to Beaches & Cream.
Housekeeping left us a few nice surprises throughout the trip. One day they tied a couple balloons with a Happy Anniversary note and another day the left a 8.5 X 11 paper with a nice note and such congratulating us with a couple dressed up towels with smiley faces. These were not on trash and towel days so they were stopping in to surprise us and it added a nice Disney touch.
The Marketplace is nice and the food looked good but we decided not to take advantage of it because one thing irritated us so it turned us off. They sell a single Corona for $5.50. Not that we are big drinkers but we do love cocktail hour on our deck. If we pay that much, we want it delivered to our table, opened with a lime. We chuckled at the ridiculousness of it and other people there were also commenting well I guess we wont be drinking this week. I never saw anyone buy it. Then we noticed BW, Poly and YC all sold a single Coronas for $2.25 or $10.80 for a six pack. We bought a six pack and brought it back with us. Not sure why BC was over twice the others but it rubbed us the wrong way and we decided they were price gouging even by Disney standards so we staged our own private boycott and didnt buy anything from the food counter at the Marketplace. We are not suggesting anyone else do the same. If I get a survey on my stay, Ill mention it to Disney then.
The parks were crowded. We have been going in the Sept/Oct timeframe for years and feel the secret is out. We remember when there were no crowds and beautiful weather. I think Disney is experiencing a full recovery. There were some Disney workers picketing that made the news that made us feel bad. They accused Disney of hiring lower wage part time workers so they dont have to pay full time benefits.
The Food and Wine Festival was fantastic. We kept going back to get the Spanikopitta from Greece and sampling the wine.
The ride back on Magical Express wasnt as magical. We used JetBlue, a participating airline, and for some reason they checked us in at the BC but couldnt print the boarding passes. We then checked in at the airport but it showed we checked in already and had 5 bags so that took some convincing that we unsuccessfully checked in at the BC and we only have 3 bags. Plus, the bus was late, we did a lot of waiting both on and off the bus, then the gates didnt open to BW so they changed routes, and with the added time on the bus some poor little girl got sick. We havent decided if wed use Magical Express again.
Oh, and at one of the Kiosts a guide said Think Big for the next
announcement
Our room was nice, clean and was not ready when we arrived but we were in by about 2pm. We took Magical Express. Getting there was perfect. We arrived at the airport, checked into Magical Express, got on the bus and left in about 5 min later. The bus stopped at 4 resorts and our stop was third. It was about 1.5 hours from touchdown to Beaches & Cream.
Housekeeping left us a few nice surprises throughout the trip. One day they tied a couple balloons with a Happy Anniversary note and another day the left a 8.5 X 11 paper with a nice note and such congratulating us with a couple dressed up towels with smiley faces. These were not on trash and towel days so they were stopping in to surprise us and it added a nice Disney touch.
The Marketplace is nice and the food looked good but we decided not to take advantage of it because one thing irritated us so it turned us off. They sell a single Corona for $5.50. Not that we are big drinkers but we do love cocktail hour on our deck. If we pay that much, we want it delivered to our table, opened with a lime. We chuckled at the ridiculousness of it and other people there were also commenting well I guess we wont be drinking this week. I never saw anyone buy it. Then we noticed BW, Poly and YC all sold a single Coronas for $2.25 or $10.80 for a six pack. We bought a six pack and brought it back with us. Not sure why BC was over twice the others but it rubbed us the wrong way and we decided they were price gouging even by Disney standards so we staged our own private boycott and didnt buy anything from the food counter at the Marketplace. We are not suggesting anyone else do the same. If I get a survey on my stay, Ill mention it to Disney then.
The parks were crowded. We have been going in the Sept/Oct timeframe for years and feel the secret is out. We remember when there were no crowds and beautiful weather. I think Disney is experiencing a full recovery. There were some Disney workers picketing that made the news that made us feel bad. They accused Disney of hiring lower wage part time workers so they dont have to pay full time benefits.
The Food and Wine Festival was fantastic. We kept going back to get the Spanikopitta from Greece and sampling the wine.
The ride back on Magical Express wasnt as magical. We used JetBlue, a participating airline, and for some reason they checked us in at the BC but couldnt print the boarding passes. We then checked in at the airport but it showed we checked in already and had 5 bags so that took some convincing that we unsuccessfully checked in at the BC and we only have 3 bags. Plus, the bus was late, we did a lot of waiting both on and off the bus, then the gates didnt open to BW so they changed routes, and with the added time on the bus some poor little girl got sick. We havent decided if wed use Magical Express again.
Oh, and at one of the Kiosts a guide said Think Big for the next
announcement
maybe near Big Thunder Mountain. 
The United clerk told my DH that this kind of thing had been happening. This was in May however.
