Is it worth extra points for Boardwalk / pref. view at BWV? About This Page:

[HakunaMatata]

OK, since I am thinking we will try BWV for August, I'm wondering whether it is worth it to spend the extra points on the Boardwalk / preferred view?

We are staying in a studio for 4 nights, so the total points difference is 8. Also, if it is not a Boardwalk view, what is it? I think we would want a BW view - do they guarantee that if you spend the extra points?

Any particular rooms / range of rooms closer to the elevators, since we will have the stroller?

Thanks

[chezp]

We decided to go for it, as we love the view and we lucked out and got a studio very near to the elevators.

[Kynna]

Is this your home resort? It is very difficult to get a standard view if you are not using the Home Resort advantage since people who own there often like to save the points. We had a "preferred view" during our stay in January and it was really nothing special. Just a little courtyard.

[tjkraz]

There are three room categories at the BoardWalk:

Preferred BoardWalk View
Preferred Garden/Pool View
Standard View

The two preferred categories cost the same number of points per night but you MUST be booked into the "Preferred BoardWalk View" category to have any chance of a BW view.

There are a handful of rooms in the Garden/Pool category which overlook the Village Green. That's the courtyard at the back of the resort opposite the boat dock. That will sort of get you a BW view but there's no way to guarantee you'll be assigned to one of those rooms.

I've never felt it worth the points to pay extra for the BW view. We have always booked Standard. That said, I would clearly put the BW view ahead of the Garden/Pool view for the same number of points.

Some people do complain about the noise and location of the BW view rooms. With there being restaurants and night clubs out on the BW, it's entirely possible that you will have folks chatting, laughing, etc. outside of your room until all hours. It's less of an issue on the high floors, but there are BW View villas all the way down to the 1st floor which open right up to the BoardWalk itself.

If any in your group are light sleepers--including kids--you may want to think twice about the BW view.

[RobDVC]

We had a standard view in Aug2008 and had a "lovely" third-floor view of the Porte Cochere, with a tree branch obscuring our view from the balcony.

[marisag]

Whenever we have booked standard we have had a view of the parking lot. But it wasn't too bad because there are trees etc that block it. When we booked the preferred view room we got a view of the themed pool. It was kind of fun because we could see everyone go down the slide from our room. But normally we don't think it's worth the extra points. Only if there are no standard view rooms left.

[bitterchickey]

We did have a bw view on our trip a week ago, dd's request for her 16th bday. There was hootin & hollerin into the night, & we didn't even get in ourselves most nights before midnight. We did know that going in, but we did enjoy our morning balcony time & our proximity to the boat dock. We did request to be near the elevators.

[Jazzy]

I'm very fond of the BW view, since you can see out to the water as well. I've also stayed in a pool view room as well and enjoyed it almost as much.

[disney]

This is my home and i can tell you if you are on the 3rd floor with a boardwalk view it is really awesome view in the morning and at night with looking at the water yacth and beach club and even spaceshipearth at epcot . plus also you can see everything on the boardwalk too . I would highly recommand boardwalk view .

[rescuesk]

We stayed in a standard view in 2003 and overlooked the canal and the quiet pool. It was lovely, but a looooong walk from the elevators. I would stick with a standard view to save points and maybe put in a request to be closer to the elevators.

[MBUS]

We almost always choose standard view for the points savings. This past Oct we "splurged" and got a BW view. We were waaaaayy down the hallway, but what a view! We could see Spaceship Earth perfectly from the Balcony. It was wonderful in the evening and first thing in the morning. I would not spend the extra points every trip, but it was really a gorgeous view and worth the occasional splurge for me.

Beth

[lukeandbrookesmom]

Originally Posted by tjkraz

Some people do complain about the noise and location of the BW view rooms. With there being restaurants and night clubs out on the BW, it's entirely possible that you will have folks chatting, laughing, etc. outside of your room until all hours. It's less of an issue on the high floors, but there are BW View villas all the way down to the 1st floor which open right up to the BoardWalk itself.

If any in your group are light sleepers--including kids--you may want to think twice about the BW view.

I found those rooms to be very noisy!

[HakunaMatata]

Thanks everyone. I made my reservation yesterday. No standard or BW rooms available (though they did have BW for all but one of the nights! ).

I am on WL for BW view, and in the meantime have pref. view booked (requested Village Green).

Thanks for all the suggestions and feedback

[DVC Mike]

Originally Posted by HakunaMatata

OK, since I am thinking we will try BWV for August, I'm wondering whether it is worth it to spend the extra points on the Boardwalk / preferred view?

We now only book the Boardwalk view rooms at BWV, as it's definitely worth it to us.

I really enjoy sitting out on the balcony in the morning, drinking coffee and watching the world come to life.

[spiceypj]

the problem had with bw view was those boats. that horn is loud especially early in the morning - at night with the rest of the noise not so bad. but in the morning - it woke me up each morning. of course needed to be up.