Awesome. Just the type of reply I was looking for. We check in Saturday June 2, so I plan on making my room request phone call about 1-2 weeks before and hope for the best. The enclosed balcony is kind a bummer as both my kids and my wife and I like to sit on the balcony and look out over the territory. Kids, while they eat breakfast, Mom while she watches the surroundings, and Dad while he sips his bourbon ;-) So I think I will request upper floors as opposed to highest floor.
Awesome guys thanks much. I'll give a report once we get back on how things are at our Lodge. For eight years we stayed at the Lodge every time we went to WDW, sometimes multiple times a year, and we haven't stayed at our beloved Lodge since May 2016. We are beyond ready to be back home again.