Same complaints, miserable Cast Members, You dont get that welcome home feeling, more like a dont bother me feeling, troubles at check in Sterile Enviorment feeling, worn rooms already, firework viewing area outside of lounge upstairs resembles a concrete bunker.... not enough support, ( anything you need you have to go To contemp) terrible food selections.
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I have seen posts in the past that suggest Cast Members are one way here and another way there. I attribute it to just chance. I have a hard time believing that there really is a group of CMs at one place that are all just 'terrible' and then another group of CMs right across the water way (VWL) that are just great. Many of these CMs are making close to minimum wage. I would anticipate turnover happens on a regular basis. I doubt there is such a huge difference in training CMs between say the Polynesian and the Contemporary. So again, I would attribute it to just chance. Are there certain individuals that provide better customer service than others, yes....is there some unknown, unexplainable force that puts all the bad CMs at the Contempory and all the good ones over to the Beach Club...sorry, I just can't see it.
Apologies if the rest is a bit harsh but....for someone to spend what I am assuming is (5) figures on a 50 year real estate interest and then have a bad experience with a $7.25 employee and decide to sell it, seems a bit ridiculous. Of course you did mention the food.
Chef Mickey's?!?!? Wave?!?!? ToTWL?!?!? California Grill?!?!?!? What are you smoking?
Worn rooms already. There is a point. Here is a follow up....Disney is in this as a business, what do you think they are going to do the next time capital reserves are spent during a rehab. They obviously have other resorts to compare this too. If the capital items are not lasting the 1st go round and DVC member dues go up a bit faster than expected, they are probably going to evaulate this, correct? If you bought a new house with a 30 year roof and it last 20 years, are you going to sell your house?
Sterile environment, concrete bunker, curious. Do you see significant differences between the environment at the Contemporary and the environment at Bay Lake Tower. If you do not see much of a difference, what were you expecting? DVD to develop a resort that is considered an add on to the Contempoaray but with a totally out of place different theme?
Difficult to feel for this post.
Didn't recall asking for sympathy or anyone to feel for "this post"
I posted because we have heard so many complaints while visiting over there we do go back to see our favorite Bartender at The Wave Orlando.
As for food Try the Wave at lunch during a convention. Bar full 1 Bartender in the weeds, his fault no Disneys. Try Chef Mickeys Buffet if you dont have kids. Try the food court at 9pm when the only thing on the menu is a Flatbread and a Ham and cheese sandwich on the menu. What exactly is the food at TWL? The bartenders hate it up there because the only business they get is when fireworks go off, they sell a bunch of coke to the kids the parents bring up then as soon as fireworks are over they are gone. They make nothing for tips as the TWL is a ghost town other than firework time......Ask a bartender at any other resort if they had the chance to work at TWL would they? Listen to there answer and why they wont.
BLT is DVCS ugly stepchild, there is a huge difference. Do they plan it that way I doubt it, do they put all bad CMs there, Its ridiculous to even say that. Are they different, yes they thats all there is to it. I wish they weren't, I wouldn't have sold if so. The stuff wearing out so quickly is because they used shoddy products and cut corners.
Im sorry but in a place so young the carpet should not have a worn path to and from the bathrooms already unless it was junk.
We have stayed the same room at beach club several times in 6 years, carpet holds up a hell of alot better, yes its worn but its also a hell of alot older than BLT.
In a nutshell I was looking for what I paid for which I didn't get so I sold it. Why would I jeep something or stay somewhere I hate? So I lost 800 and put my money to use in a resort I like, I'm not going to keep something I hate just for the sake of 800.00. When I called Timeshare store, the complaints I and the others that we talked to are well noted there as well as throughout the other resorts, our guide actually said the same thing, that was of course after we said we wanted to sell it. Before then he sang its praises, as soon as we told him how much we hated it he was sympathetic to our complaints as he said he had many who have said the same thing. SO AS THEY SAY NOT ALL WILL SEE THINGS THE SAME. I'm glad you enjoy over there, I wish I would have known as I would have unloaded my points to you for a great price as I didn't care what I lost just wanted out........ I hope there are many who enjoy BLT. As for us we don't. As for our friends who bought in they didn't. So why keep what you don't like? You can't put a price on happiness! After all isn't that what a vacation is all about? Happiness? Good Memories? BLT needs a Glass slipper or it will forever remain the ugly sister......
Who cares if you disagree, you are not me. Who made you king of anything? (Mark Fitzpatrick)
