shortkathleen
Mouseketeer
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- Mar 30, 2007
I am heading to Beach Club next week. Does anyone know if any of the new rooms are ready for guests? I would LOVE to stay in one!
Apparently Disney theme simply means bright colors to a lot of people. Because that is the only thing about the old room that seems Disney to me. It was not Beach themed. If I am paying the amount of $$$ Disney charges for deluxe resorts I don't want it to be over "themed" like AoA. Soft colors that mimic sand and sea, fabric and pictures that overtly have seashells, etc. on them, even the banquet fabric is wave patterned. How is that not beach themed?!? I love the new rooms.
What about the old decor said beach theme to you? To me there is more theming in the new decor. Carpet, lamps, artwork, pillows, shower tile, bed scarf.
All I see in the old decor is some artwork and one lamp. There is nothing about an orange plaid couch that says beach to me; we must be visiting very different beaches.
Growing up in Florida, beach equals color to me, not some washed out palette.
Anybody can paint a room white.
Growing up in Florida, beach equals color to me, not some washed out palette.
Anybody can paint a room white.
The more I see this photo as compared to the new design, the more I like the new design. This decor is really bad and not beachy to me at all. Look at that bad print above the couch.
I like the look even though it is more generic. I do find it interesting that they replaced the kitchen appliances and bathtub at BCV, but not the renovated rooms at BWV. I wonder why?
Part of the theming is Disney, which is a family resort and should appeal to kids and the kids at heart. The Disney theme is colorful, detailed & whimsical. These rooms just aren't. The new solid, light-colored couch isn't going to look so tasteful once it sports the inevitable stains from guests' kids spilling things on it. That's probably why the old couch was plaid.
The lobbies are lush and colorful.Disney deluxe hotel rooms were never intended to be "whimsical." The problem with resorts like Beach Club and Boardwalk was that prior to this refurb, they had become monuments (or museums) showcasing 1990s sensibility in hotel room decor. Those mismatched colors and ridiculous prints weren't an example of Disney Imagineering at it's finest...they were exactly what the rest of the hotel industry was doing two decades ago.
As the room designs fell more and more out of touch with the rest of the hospitality industry, we kidded ourselves into thinking that it was intentional...that the rooms looked looked dated because Disney is different and that's how they're "supposed" to look. In reality, it was just a case of Disney being painfully slow to refurbish.
Consider the lobbies of the Beach Club and BoardWalk. There's nothing whimsical about them...they are elegant and sophisticated, as one expects in a "deluxe" hotel.
Disney's room rates start at $450+ for a Beach Club Studio and exceed $1600 for a Two Bedroom Villa. Those are shameful prices for outdated rooms that look like something you'd expect in a $39 per night Motel Six.
As for the light colored furniture, VGF has had light upholstery since it opened 3 years ago and I haven't seen any widespread complaints. Fabrics are a lot more stain resistant today than they were in the 90s.
Nothing remotely memorable or fun in these rooms. The are neutral garbage.
None of the rooms are white except for the trim? To me the beach is the color of sand, the sky and the water. All that is present in the new rooms.
Nothing remotely memorable or fun in these rooms. The are neutral garbage.
I love it!
Why go to Disney if you want neutral and boring and bland? The redesigns are crappy.
Colorful and imaginative design are the Disney standard. Not generic nothingness you can get at any chain hotel.Because my tastes in living quarters are different than my tastes in theme parks. There is a reason the values have over the top theming.
Colorful and imaginative design are the Disney standard. Not generic nothingness you can get at any chain hotel.
Nothing remotely memorable or fun in these rooms. The are neutral garbage.
While I never cared for any of the previous decors at the BCV we had plenty of fun and made a ton of memories. I would hate to think decor dictates my fun and memories while on vacation regardless of decor.