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I know the beach club is undergoing renovations right now. Does that include the villas? I called today and the CM I talked to at the Beach club didn't really give me a clear answer. We are staying at the very end of the refurb and would love it if we had a new room😀
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Since it doesn't look like your getting your question answered here in (general) Planning, I'm going to move this over to the DVC forum. They should be able to help you out!
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I was looking at All Ears Net last night for rehabs and closing, and this is what it says about the Beach Club Villas:
Villa rooms at Disney's Beach Club are expected to undergo renovations sometime in 2015. Exact dates have not yet been released. Work is currently under way on hotel rooms at the resort.
Rrrrrrrrr......that is what I was afraid of after I booked. Thank you for posting about this. The 2-bedroom wasn't cheap, but was cheaper than all other 2 bedroom villas for that time frame. Time to possibly go back to the planning board.
Rrrrrrrrr......that is what I was afraid of after I booked. Thank you for posting about this. The 2-bedroom wasn't cheap, but was cheaper than all other 2 bedroom villas for that time frame. Time to possibly go back to the planning board.
Admittedly we haven't stayed at the Beach Club Villas since October 2013, but we had no issues with the room back then. We're back there in a couple of weeks' time, so I can report back on what we find....
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That would be great! Thank you. Actually the pictures look perfectly fine. We just stayed at the contemporary in September and I felt so sorry for the people staying at the Polynesian. It looked completely torn up, and while I know it is much more than room renovations, I don't want to pay that much and be surrounded by construction.
Admittedly we haven't stayed at the Beach Club Villas since October 2013, but we had no issues with the room back then. We're back there in a couple of weeks' time, so I can report back on what we find....
BCV is our home resort, and we stay there about every other year.
While the rooms are a little bit dated compared to the newer resorts, they are still in great shape, extremely comfortable, and have aged quite well.
In fact, the last couple of times we have stayed at Bay Lake Towers, we've had more issues than at BCV. In the last 2 trips, we had missing supplies in the kitchen, a pretty beat up couch, and a completely broken bed at BLT. I am not saying this to imply that BLT is somehow bad, as I think we just got unlucky (and the staff quickly fixed the issues we encountered.. especially the bed, which had a shattered box-spring), but to say that we found BCV every bit as comfortable/nice as BLT and even AKL.
Ah, I forgot I was going to report back about this... we were very satisfied with our room. It had a new bed cover and new covering on the sofa - whether it was a new sofa or not, I don't know, as it was only the two of us, so we didn't use that bed.
We are also staying at BCV near the end of the reno time - and we received a letter from DVC letting us know that the renos will be happening and the hours.
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We are also staying at BCV near the end of the reno time - and we received a letter from DVC letting us know that the renos will be happening and the hours.
We received the letter too. I actually switched us to AKL Kidani 2 bedroom and saved us $1000! I know it is going to be an adjustment being so far away, but saving the $ and how nice AKL looks will hopefully be worth it.
Enjoy your stay at AKV. It is our home away from home and we love it! Hope you do as well. It really isn't as far out as some make it seem, and the animals make it really special.
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