i LOVED the location for the boardwalk and all the parks except mk. sharing the bus from mk with 4 other deluxe resorts is just to many imo. when i stayed at the bwi i went with just my sister and myself, we grew up in orlando so i wasn't real comfortable with the walk from dhs back to the boardwalk late at night. mainly because the roadway, overpass, and bp store are right there with a lot of regular people feeling traffic. the walkway, although well lit, can be isolated
with all the twists/turns/terrain particularly for two women walking alone late at night. it made it feel less disney to me to have to worry that much about my surroundings (yes i know i should always be careful but i don't like KNOWING i have to be extra careful).
i thought the resort itself was absolutely beautiful.
the lounge (can't remember the name, sorry) was beautiful and we had great service, drinks, atmosphere etc... fantastic way to finish the evening.
the first week of december 2009 the front desk night staff 11pm+ and the morning club level concierge were either just given a pay cut or just told they had two weeks to live but still had to work when we were there. i've never had LESS disney like service in my life...thus this killed my ever booking there again. let me just say our first 24 hours and particularly the first night we had multiple issues (never happened before at any disney resort for us and we go a lot)...anyway it just kind of set a negative tone to the beginning of our trip.