Thank you very much, nice to hear from someone that has experienced both. We did enjoy the boat rides we took to WL and HDDR, it is relaxing after a long day. I did notice the breakfast options seemed better at WL, not as much at BC especially since a lot of people say to go to the BW bakery to pick up breakfast. But BC does have that pool and location to Epcot and DHS. Oh decisions, decisions.
We stayed in June and just adored the boat! We never waited for multiple boats. We always got on even at the end of the night leaving MK (and we took it at least 5x and maybe more throughout our trip).
WL is quite unique and lovely (and obviously my "home"). You may or may not know that the same architect designed both AKL and WL--Peter Dominick--which may account for why you found both of them alluring. As Nymph says, over the years we have found the boat service to be excellent. During crowded times, there can be a bit of a longer wait (following fireworks and park closing at MK, for example), but we've rarely had issues. Busing to Epcot is the easiest, but again, we've not had any real issues with buses, either. As for breakfast, WL now has three options for breakfast: WCC (table service), though it sounds like you wouldn't need that much food; Roaring Fork (quick service), their menu isn't as good as it once was but based on your comments, you should be fine; and Geyser Point, the new quasi-quick service near the new pool. It has a limited menu but does offer a couple of different items than RF.
Thanks, your pics were great, understand about the room size which is not as much of a concern for us since we stayed at AKL before and they are the same size. Curious how busy it gets in the lounge because apparently you pulled the fire alarm in order to have it empty when you took the pics
But seriously, we had pretty good luck at AKL CL getting seats in the morning, but it did get busy there, so wonder if anyone else has experience with it recently. Also, are the CL rooms fairly close to the lounge, at AKL we had a pretty long walk then had to take an elevator (sorry I know this could go in the CL thread).
The regular (non-Deluxe) CL rooms are all on one floor, on one short part of the wing so everything is very close. They are on the 7th floor in the Western part of the North wing, since the 7th floor does not extend all the way down the wing towards bay lake like the other floors do. That does mean they all have enclosed "dormer" balconies, but we had one before on the 6th floor (non- CL) and were fine with it.
Thanks, your pics were great, understand about the room size which is not as much of a concern for us since we stayed at AKL before and they are the same size. Curious how busy it gets in the lounge because apparently you pulled the fire alarm in order to have it empty when you took the pics
We're headed (officially now) August 31 - September 5 at Boulder Ridge. Long time visitor to the Lodge, first time sleeper!
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Thanks, your pics were great, understand about the room size which is not as much of a concern for us since we stayed at AKL before and they are the same size. Curious how busy it gets in the lounge because apparently you pulled the fire alarm in order to have it empty when you took the pics
I would call and have the request for a good fireworks view added to your reservation. The best fireworks views are the rooms closest to the boat dock end of the resort on the high floors. But most of the rooms on the higher floors have good views except for the rooms above the lobby. There are too many trees in that section to have a good view of the fireworks.
There are dormer balconies on the 6th floor for rooms 6031 t0 6004. Room 6042 would have a regular balcony. The top floors of each section have the dormer balconies. There are a few random enclosed balconies, too, on other floors.
