Back from our Easter trip. It was much less crowded than we expected (maybe a fluke?). I wasn't able to get much out of the staff about Bonvoy-related changes. 'Everything's the same, but better' yada yada. They screwed up our parking bill and it's still not fixed (only had a car for one night and they charged us parking for all nights of our trip). Pro tip -- don't charge the parking to your room in a similar situation because it automatically charges for every night, use your CC.
Rented a car both ways which is easy. Got a Titanium upgrade to a balcony room facing the walkway between the resorts. We hadn't requested an upgrade, mostly because we didn't hear from the concierge before our trip. We normally get an email a few days before so I'm hoping they were just too busy and they are not doing away with that step. It's been very helpful in the past.
Someone asked for a picture of the breakfast voucher. You can find it here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/108113208@N06/40746462223/ .
Housekeeping was better than usual. Garden Grove was less interested than usual in helping me find gluten free items. Picabu is better (more diligent) with GF if that's an issue for you. The new lobby looks great, can't wait for the new coffee shop and gift shop to open. Still don't understand why you can't get coffee in every disney hotel before 6am lol.
Misc: Had a lovely afternoon watching soccer in ESPN. Tried the Nomad Lounge in AK and it was as good as advertised. Had a great meal at Raglan Road (note: even with a ressie you can wait 30 minutes for a table, but still worth it). Had a fun lunch in Germany, although the family seated with us was a little put off that they had to share a table with us and fled as soon as they were done eating. I thought it was funny since it's very hard to maintain personal space in a place like Disney that's wall to wall people, but whatever.
For GF people ... The stand just outside the restaurant in Germany has GF beer now, as does ESPN. Both restaurants are easy with plenty of options. Also good for GF ... American pavilion in Epcot, Raglan Road, Boardwalk Bakery, Picabu, England (R & C only, not available at Yorkshire), and almost anywhere in AK (FTBBQ was very disappointing quality-wise this trip however).
We're headed back at the end of June. It's our 30th anniversary this year and we went to WDW on our honeymoon, so we decided to treat ourselves to annual passes and take a few trips down with points/miles/etc. We'll be going again in the fall around our actual anniversary and then again the week after easter next year before our passes expire.