Holly Quinlan
If I gave Pudge tuna I'd be an abomination
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- Feb 23, 2013
Staying in a 2 bedroom lake view I want to request marina/contemporary side. Should I ask for high floor south side? Does even or odd numbered make a difference
Does anyone know if whole milk is available for purchase in the resort store? Restaurant menus don't have it listed as an option but thought maybe the resort would have it in a half gallon or gallon size. Traveling with our 1 year old and have never had to think about these things before!
From post #4 on the front page: https://www.disboards.com/threads/d...n-and-questions-thread.3248210/#post-50933375
It looks like one of the coolers does have half-gallon jugs of milk, in whole, 1% and skim (if they use the standard colors).
Yes, that would be among the more common requests for many folks. Note, rooms are assigned around 5 days ahead of time, so your room is likely already assigned. Were you planning on asking at check-in?
We rented points at BLT in February of this year, and ran into the same thing. Arrived on a Saturday morning around the same time as you. We had put in room requests via the DVC rental company we went through, and either the DVC point holder didn't inform BLT of the requests, or they were just ignored by the room assigners. Anyway, we didn't like the room we were assigned and asked if there was anything that fit our requests. We too were given two choices. One on the outside of the C facing Bay Lake on the 4th floor (I think); and one inside the C on around the 7th or 8th floor. We chose the inside room because it was a higher floor. In fact, this same thing has happened to a few times that we've stayed at CR/BLT. We are assigned a room, aren't happy with it, and request a different one. We've never been denied that request.Quick question - are rooms really assigned?
I stayed at BLT in mid July - we arrived very early (around 9 am) - and when we checked in - I was offered a choice of two rooms. Both lake\pool view - two different floors. Both were not ready yet (studio) - I think it was something like the 8th or 11th.
I questioned which had the better view. I was told both were really good. So then I said - do you know which room will be ready first - they then called mousekeeping who advised that the 8th floor room would be ready first. So we took that one. (It was a view of the CR pools & lake. Nice to look at - and if we stood up, we could see the monorail leaving the resort). Never knew what the other view would have been - it was ready around 2 pm.
I always thought you were assigned "a" room - especially when using points. This post reminded me that I had a choice at time of check-in. Was wondering if this is ordinary?
DVC will sometime charge you to make a room switch if it's not for a maintenance issue, just you want a different room. 4th floor room would probably be a standard villa. 7th floor inside the C would be lake view. You were lucky they even let you move. Lots of time there isn't anywhere to move to with DVC. Hope it didn't cost the owner extra points to make a move. It might have it you were booked in standard and got lake view. That would make me really angry as an owner.We rented points at BLT in February of this year, and ran into the same thing. Arrived on a Saturday morning around the same time as you. We had put in room requests via the DVC rental company we went through, and either the DVC point holder didn't inform BLT of the requests, or they were just ignored by the room assigners. Anyway, we didn't like the room we were assigned and asked if there was anything that fit our requests. We too were given two choices. One on the outside of the C facing Bay Lake on the 4th floor (I think); and one inside the C on around the 7th or 8th floor. We chose the inside room because it was a higher floor. In fact, this same thing has happened to a few times that we've stayed at CR/BLT. We are assigned a room, aren't happy with it, and request a different one. We've never been denied that request.
There should be enough room, but you'll have to walk past the baby to go to the bathroom (or use the one just off the entrance instead). The pack and play will be right in front of the sink in the master bathroom.Another question, traveling with 4 adults and an 18 month year old. Staying in a one bedroom villa. Would it be feasible to put the pack and play in the room with the bathtub? Just trying to think of a quiet place for him.
Can I use BLT pool if staying regular CR? For some reason, the main CR pool looks so unappealing to me! Happy to be convinced otherwise!
For pool purposes, people staying at a non-DVC resort aren't allowed to go to the DVC pool. For most resorts, DVC guests can go thier corresponding non-DVC pool. I think there's one resort, which I can't remember off the top of my head, where DVC guests can't go to the non-DVC pool.Okay, it's the same resort so I wasn't sure if it'd be considered "pool hopping".
Can I use BLT pool if staying regular CR? For some reason, the main CR pool looks so unappealing to me! Happy to be convinced otherwise!
We had booked a 1br lake view, so I am probably mis-remembering the small detail of which floors I was given as options. Regardless, I had booked and paid for a 1br lake view, was offered two different 1br lake view options upon check-in when I asked if there was anything else available, and ended up in a 1br lake view. Would they not warn me if moving was something that would cost additional points? Because I can say with 100% confidence that they did not. I certainly wouldn't do it if I knew it was causing problems for the DVC owner, or the rental company I went through. And I would be surprised and very disappointed if they would move me without providing that information, no matter if I was renting points or was a DVC owner. That seems like the kind of information they would be required to provide.DVC will sometime charge you to make a room switch if it's not for a maintenance issue, just you want a different room. 4th floor room would probably be a standard villa. 7th floor inside the C would be lake view. You were lucky they even let you move. Lots of time there isn't anywhere to move to with DVC. Hope it didn't cost the owner extra points to make a move. It might have it you were booked in standard and got lake view. That would make me really angry as an owner.