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No bueno on your dining experiences. Can't wait to hear about your Segway tour, maybe they will let you take a couple back to WL so you can use them to travel to and from the lobby!!
You must be in the same studio we were in on our January trip! LAST door down the longest hallway off the Villas lobby.
I think I would have enjoyed staying there more if I just stayed in the Wilderness Lodge itself, not the DVC part. But hey - now you've done all the DVC resorts! Will you try to catch Princess Sharon and her feat of staying at ALL resorts?!
Any improvement in the heat? My weather app on the iPhone doesn't look like it's cooling off much there - mid to high 80's in the day, and mid 60's at night. But maybe some of the humidity has gone?
I think that's the one next door. We're the second to last.
We'll stop at all the DVC resorts, as we can't afford to resort hop everywhere - the only way we can afford to visit WDW so often is that we use our points and, although you can use your points at many of the WDW resorts, it's not an economical use of them. :
The weather has been much better today - only high 80s and a bit more of a breeze.
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Sorry that Le Cellier was somewhat of a dissappointment, I have been hearing this and I really hope that maybe they just need to get their act together after the changes and that it shapes up soon. Sorry that the food service has been less than stellar so far...hoping to hear service changes around for the better.
Thanks for your review of the WLV...so now that you have done them all Cheryl, what sits at the top three of your list
Top three:
1) Beach Club Villas
2) Animal Kingdom Lodge Villas
3) Bay Lake Tower (I think... )
I'm wondering if I should cancel my Le Cellier ADR for next Tuesday now... Will I be wasting my money??
I would still give it a go - just don't go into it expecting dinner to be a true signature dining experience, because we didn't think it was. As a result, it's pricey for what it is, but I would never want to put anyone off from trying a restaurant, as you may have a totally different experience to us.
The Segway tour was an absolute blast today - it was so much fun, more so as it was just the two of us on it! As a result, we did more than we would've done otherwise - you'll have to wait for the actual trip report to see what that was... I can thoroughly recommend this tour - we absolutely loved it.
We then had a very fun lunch at Biergarten - the entertainment was much better than we remembered and the food selection was very good. Someone in our party enjoyed the beer on offer there..
We spent a lot of the afternoon in Epcot and are now back in the studio, getting ready for the cruise tomorrow morning! We have dinner at Artist Point tonight and then an early start with breakfast at 'Ohana and some time at Magic Kingdom before we head off to Port Canaveral.
If I don't get a chance to log on again before we head out, then it may be a couple of days before you hear from us again...
We have dinner at Artist Point tonight and then an early start with breakfast at 'Ohana and some time at Magic Kingdom before we head off to Port Canaveral.
Sorry you are not loving the VWL. We were way down that end in October for our first stay at the villas there. It's my second home resort. I still liked it, and am hoping to someday stay there when the Christmas decorations are up. That's a truly special time at the WL. Still, BLT is my first home resort, so I am happy to see it appear on your list. By the way, Bob and I were in pretty much the last studio at AKV-Jambo House last weekend--way out at the end of an arm of the resort. We think it's next door to one we were in previously, so we are getting used to being a long ways away from the lobby. Come to think of it, we were pretty far out at BWV, too. Hmm....
I hope, hope, hope that the service and food are stellar for you at Artist Point tonight. It is one of my favorite restaurants on property.
It all sounds wonderful! Hope you have a delicious dinner, and a great time in the morning. Bon voyage!
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All caught up now. Hope the cruise portion of your trip goes off without a hitch! And, hope it is going to cool down it doesn't do it too much now. Nothing worse than a cold cruise!
We've stayed at WL but not WLV. It is my favorite deluxe resort (will probably rank the Poly a very close second, but we've only stayed there once).
Hope the next portion of your WDW trip has better luck with food AND service! Catch you when you get back!
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As a result, we did more than we would've done otherwise - you'll have to wait for the actual trip report to see what that was... 
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