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I think at the rates listed, I'd probably never leave my bungalow, except to go get food at Captain Cook's and bring it back to the room to eat. Forget going to the parks when staying there. That plunge pool woudl come in handy when sitting out in the sun on your deck watching Bay Lake activity.
I'm with you! For that amount of points, I'd want to make the best of the bungalow too.
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The bugs are awful at BLT and Narcoossee's, both of which are stationary over the lake and, as I've mentioned elsewhere, I just cannot imagine how these bungalows won't be covered with mosquitoes and such.
I'm not a DVC member so I don't often come to these threads, but my true experience with a "plunge" pool was at a resort in Jamaica. They had small side by side pools...one icy cold, the other was nice hot tub temps. That to me is what a true plunge pool is about....and as crazy as it sounds, doing them both was thrilling for the body and skin. I feel like the plunge pools at the Poly is just weird/wrong wording. Is it just a normal temp pool, not large enough for swimming, but more so just, well plunging into water? IDK? Either way....sounds nice to relax and watch Wishes.
I however can't get past the idea of water moccasin's creeping up the deck I read a thread about them once and can't shake it.
That has been my thought since I first heard about the bungalows. How are they going to keep the snakes and possibly alligators away? I don't know, the whole idea of the bungalows(spelling?) over fresh water in florida just doesn't appeal to me. I am a bit paranoid about creepy crawlies, however.
I can see bugs being a huge issue. We stayed at BLT last may. OH MY!!! I didn't know how bad they could be………I am sorry I am all for DVC. But the amount of points to sat in a bungalow……give me a grand villa any day/
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Love the idea of the bungalows being over the water, but yeah the bugs could be awful! We have been a few times in October and early November and the insects on the water were crazy. As for the plunge pool, I assumed ii was just a small pool for a quick dip...not real swimming there.
I am wondering about the pool cleaning, with DVC you do not get your room cleaned everyday like at the resorts so what of these pools, is it your responsibility to check the water chem, and clean out the bugs? And I always get bug bites when I am there, hubby doesn't, and have been on one of the smaller boats going from MK To WLV and let me tell you a lady started screeching something was on her and when they turned on lites the whole boat was crawling with roach type bugs, UHG have not been on a smaller one at night since, will wait for the big one where at least I could get up and move off the seat it that happened.
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I shouldn't think guests would have to do any pool water quality maintenance other than scooping bugs and leaves out with a net.
Leaving a test kit and chemicals for guests to use would raise all kinds of safety and liability issues not to mention being extremely hazardous if kids got hold of those. I would think a CM would be assigned to go around testing water daily in each plunge pool.
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And I always get bug bites when I am there, hubby doesn't, and have been on one of the smaller boats going from MK To WLV and let me tell you a lady started screeching something was on her and when they turned on lites the whole boat was crawling with roach type bugs, UHG have not been on a smaller one at night since, will wait for the big one where at least I could get up and move off the seat it that happened.
...aaannnddd I will now NEVER travel to Florida unless it is winter.... <<shudder>>
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For that amount of points, I'd want to make the best of the bungalow too.
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