We returned on 10/6 from a week at WBC. It was our first Disney trip. We had our 8 and 5 yr old children and my mother in law, in addition to my wife and myself. Stayed in a 3br deluxe booked through Vacation Strategy ($899 for the week).
Everything went as well as it could have. First, no problems at all with VS. I called about ten days out to submit a room request and was told that we were set up for a split reservation - 1 day, then 6 in a different room. The representative changed it to a full week in one unit.
We got there at 12:30 pm with hopes that arriving early would help us possibly get the view/room we requested, but fully expecting to have to kill a few hours before being allowed to check in. We were shocked when the rep said, "you are in tower 6, pool view, and you may check in now".
Unit was on the third floor, so view was limited - but nice. And the unit was perfect. No furniture problems. Beds were comfortable. Staff was friendly. I had no problem with the parking pass lady. Unplugged the phone and overrode the AC (thanks to helpful tips from this board).
The location is really nice. No problem driving to the parks and even coming back to rest a few hours mid day. This really makes it easy to visit multiple parks in a day.
The food and prices at the pizza bar and Escudos are great (much more reasonable than the pool bar / restaurant at the hotel). So convenient to be able to grab dinner there after a long day at parks.
I kind of thought that taking the kids to DW was my duty, and once it was over with, I wouldn't be back. But, WBC made it an enjoyable vacation. I plan to go back - and spend more time at the resort than the parks.
One note: Haven't been reading while on vacay, so this may be old news - but they have the pool and lazy river at the main bldg shut down for renovation. There are guys out there with masonry saws doing work. I assume that they may not even be putting people in those rooms, as the noise would be tough to deal with.
Thanks to all of you for posting here. The info I gained from reading this board saved me money and time - and made my family's first Disney vacation pretty close to perfect.