Disney's YACHT & BEACH CLUB RESORTS Information & Questions

[Sajchinook2015]

Beautiful morning from the Yacht . Sorry the the sideways pics. The weather the last 3 days has been wonderful. But coming from Minnesota anything warm would feel great. LOL! Heading to the Studios this morning and got BG6. Wifi here is great.

 

[ErinsMommy]

did anyone else see that Beach Club appears to have opened up reservations starting May 30th?

 

[lotsohugginbear]

I've had great luck with the Priceline Express thread on the Resort discount board. JJTNY is some kind of genius at figuring out these deals. In the past year, I've done three Yacht Club trips between $245 -- $350 a night. Weekends are generally not included, but if you can be flexible with dates and follow the Priceline thread, there are good deals! Once you book a room at a particular resort, you will get the: you've stayed here before hint on the opaque deals. That gives some assurance about the resort location. I would use JJTNY's excellent spreadsheet and ask the helpful posters on that board for guidance.

 

[Elle :)]

We closed out our BVC stay yesterday with a lazy day at Storm Along Bay.
For those following along with the pool situation, I figured I’d give an update.When we showed up for the pool at 2 minutes to 10am, there was a line wrapped to just around a corner (not crazy, by any means). They went down the line scanning people in and handing out wrist bands. As soon as they were done, we were let into the pool area. Most people went right upon entry, we walked to the left and grabbed a lounger section with an umbrella.

The pool was lovely. It never felt crowded but it was busy, if that makes sense. We left around 11:30am to pick up a mobile order at the BC Marketplace and just flashed our bands to get back in (no line at that time). When we finally left the pool it was 2 pm. There was a decent line of people waiting to get in. I didn’t see the waitlist sign out...it just looked like they were being held until availability popped up.

 

[Wood Nymph]

When we finally left the pool it was 2 pm. There was a decent line of people waiting to get in. I didn’t see the waitlist sign out...it just looked like they were being held until availability popped up.

Saturday, May 1st, was the only day that had a line of people waiting to get in during our trip this past week. Saturday must be a popular day for SAB. Thursday for some reason seemed to have less people than normal. There were even two tables open at our favorite shady spot - tree island - at 2pm.

 

[PCFriar80]

Just a quick shoutout and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all of the YC/BC/BCV DIS Moms! I'm not a Mom but have been told that I'm a "good son".

 

[Weezerette]

We went to SAB about 1:30 yesterday. Line was long but only took about 10 minutes. Really only the time it took them to take each party to their chairs. The cast member said typically there is only a wait on weekend afternoons.

 

[disny_luvr]

Are there time limits for SAB or are you allowed to stay for as long as you'd like? Can you come and go (like to get food from the Marketplace) or do you have to wait to enter SAB again once you leave?

 

[Weezerette]

Are there time limits for SAB or are you allowed to stay for as long as you'd like? Can you come and go (like to get food from the Marketplace) or do you have to wait to enter SAB again once you leave?

No time limit. If you already had a wristband you could go right in and skip the line.

 

[kylenne]

And said agency is also totally sold out of all their Oct blocks for YC/BC - we tried to get in on that and they sold out VERY quickly. Same with their blocks at Poly and Contemporary. The fall is going to be very very interesting. Lots of changes coming...

Yep, I was just going to say this. We book through them and something told me to jump on Poly as soon as we realized our May trip would have to get cut down and October would be the big one. Really glad we booked when we did.

Saturday, May 1st, was the only day that had a line of people waiting to get in during our trip this past week. Saturday must be a popular day for SAB. Thursday for some reason seemed to have less people than normal. There were even two tables open at our favorite shady spot - tree island - at 2pm.

I hope this holds out in a few weeks time, my pool day is a Thursday!

 

[disneywithbaby]

This came up once before, but I can't remember the whole discussion.

Disneyworld.com says this regarding the BCV 1-bedroom villas:
1 King Bed and 1 Queen-Size Sleeper Sofa or 1 King Bed and 1 Double-Size Sleeper Sofa

But the DVC member website says this regarding the BCV 1-bedroom villas:
1 king-size bed, 1 queen-size sleeper sofa

I am not aware of BCV 1-bedrooms having the smaller double-size sleeper sofa.

If somebody on here knows more about it than I do, I'm sure they will mention it.

This website shows how many 1-bedrooms there are on each floor.
(Reminder that you can click on a link even if it looks like it is still loading.)
http://www.parkinfo2go.com/dvc-bcv/floor1.php

Thank you so much. When I called Disney they said there is a note that we need the Queen pull out, so it will be interesting to see what the end result is.

 

[LMO429]

Just spent two weeks at the yacht club
Ale and compass breakfast and dinner was delicious.
We def prefer the yacht club side over the beach club.
i really loved the organization of the closet. Full balconiesplusit seems closer to the pool the. When we stayed at the beach club
Can not comment on the buses because we took our car everywhere and scheduled Mears dropped off for mk

the thing that bothered me the most was the lack of housekeeping. I understand about covid but at this point there really is no reason why they can’t be cleaning the room
Every day. It was kinda gross to walk down the hallway to everyone’s trash and towels on the floor every day. Guests were leaving their trash in hallway I guess because it builds up. Get extra bags from the gift shop for your trash it came in handy for us since the trash cans so small at yacht

it also kinda stinks after a long day to come back to anunmade bed. It was odd sometimes our bed was made on housekeeping days and other times it wasn’t: I made my bed on the days housekeeping didn’t come and who wants to do that onvacation LOL

our fave meals of the trip were topolino dinner, shulas, boat house and Sanangel the worst was be our guest

 

[disny_luvr]

Does the Marketplace still have the freestyle machines or did they replace those with the traditional refill machines when they renovated?

 

[becauseimnew]

Just spent two weeks at the yacht club
Ale and compass breakfast and dinner was delicious.
We def prefer the yacht club side over the beach club.
i really loved the organization of the closet. Full balconiesplusit seems closer to the pool the. When we stayed at the beach club
Can not comment on the buses because we took our car everywhere and scheduled Mears dropped off for mk

the thing that bothered me the most was the lack of housekeeping. I understand about covid but at this point there really is no reason why they can’t be cleaning the room
Every day. It was kinda gross to walk down the hallway to everyone’s trash and towels on the floor every day. Guests were leaving their trash in hallway I guess because it builds up. Get extra bags from the gift shop for your trash it came in handy for us since the trash cans so small at yacht

it also kinda stinks after a long day to come back to anunmade bed. It was odd sometimes our bed was made on housekeeping days and other times it wasn’t: I made my bed on the days housekeeping didn’t come and who wants to do that onvacation LOL

our fave meals of the trip were topolino dinner, shulas, boat house and Sanangel the worst was be our guest

You should send an email to guest services, let them know that they need to bring back daily housekeeping. When I did online check-in it asked if I wanted every other day cleaning serviced or decline. I can't believe people decline housekeeping, specially with the prices.

They are saving money by removing daily housekeeping, but if people don't complain they won't bring it back.

 

[disny_luvr]

Just spent two weeks at the yacht club
Ale and compass breakfast and dinner was delicious.
We def prefer the yacht club side over the beach club.
i really loved the organization of the closet. Full balconiesplusit seems closer to the pool the. When we stayed at the beach club
Can not comment on the buses because we took our car everywhere and scheduled Mears dropped off for mk

I agree to let guest services know about
the thing that bothered me the most was the lack of housekeeping. I understand about covid but at this point there really is no reason why they can’t be cleaning the room
Every day. It was kinda gross to walk down the hallway to everyone’s trash and towels on the floor every day. Guests were leaving their trash in hallway I guess because it builds up. Get extra bags from the gift shop for your trash it came in handy for us since the trash cans so small at yacht

it also kinda stinks after a long day to come back to anunmade bed. It was odd sometimes our bed was made on housekeeping days and other times it wasn’t: I made my bed on the days housekeeping didn’t come and who wants to do that onvacation LOL

our fave meals of the trip were topolino dinner, shulas, boat house and Sanangel the worst was be our guest

I agree to let guest services know about housekeeping. Were your sheets ever changed during your two week stay? I only ask because I have a two week stay at the BC coming up in August and I’m wondering what to expect.

 

[LMO429]

I agree to let guest services know about housekeeping. Were your sheets ever changed during your two week stay? I only ask because I have a two week stay at the BC coming up in August and I’m wondering what to expect.

yes only once but I had to ask I called and told them we had a two week stay and they needed to deep clean bathroom and change sheets at first the cm on phone said they only do light cleaning but I pushed and said we were there two weeks and it needed to be doneso They did I don’t think they would have otherwise

 

[LMO429]

Does the Marketplace still have the freestyle machines or did they replace those with the traditional refill machines when they renovated?

there is a freestyle machine at the marketplace

 

[Dug720]

At the Poly in Feb, even without daily housekeeping the trash IN THE ROOM was removed daily with the security check. If people give it one day - and bother to pay attention - they wouldn’t have to leave it in the hall.

 

[LMO429]

At the Poly in Feb, even without daily housekeeping the trash IN THE ROOM was removed daily with the security check. If people give it one day - and bother to pay attention - they wouldn’t have to leave it in the hall.

this was not the case currently they only took your trash from your room every other day

 

[HauteMess5]

No time limit. If you already had a wristband you could go right in and skip the line.

This is very helpful, thank you for sharing! Are there many shady spots with lounge chairs? Two people in my party of 15 require shade. I booked cabanas but Dis made a mistake and booked them at GF one day instead of YC. Sigh. So I’m worried about finding them shade. I know I can’t move chairs (social distancing) but can I move umbrellas? Thanks in advance