Ok, I am having a hard time deciding between WL deluxe and BWI deluxe room. We are only going to be there 3 nights, but we loved WL club level last time. With the construction at WL and F&W, I am leaning towards BWI. There is not much information on that particular club lounge on the boards, so if anyone has stayed there I would love input. I also don't see a list of the food offerings there, does anyone have a copy? Thanks for all the help!!
BWI CL is one of the happiest CL lounges that we have ever been fortunate to visit. The lounge was always filled with laughter, happy conversation, guests and CM's having a great time together. They are professional, and will give you your space, don't get me wrong...BUT there was a comfortable atmosphere of camaraderie that is difficult to achieve and we haven't experienced at any of the other CL's. At departure, we hugged some of the particular CM's that were so outstanding. I still miss Linda's cheery smile. Such honestly NICE people. WE stayed at BWI CL after a GF RPC stay and I have to say, that although the GF staff were awesome, the BWI CM's were even better. It was so nice that it ranks as one of my top three CL's in WDW (the other two are GF RPC and CR) despite the fact that the food was less to my taste than most others.
Food was good, regularly replenished, but not as much variety as at most other CL lounges that we have experienced (although better than at YC/BC, IMO). Instead of chocolates at turndown they had saltwater candy. THAT was disappointing! I like chocolate! For breakfast in the lounge, we would have a choice of pastries, bread, bagels, cold cereal, oatmeal, some cheese, fruit (melons, strawberries, pineapple, bananas,etc), coffee tea, milk, juice, water. Snacks in the afternoon would be like cookies, home made chips, gummies, other candy/junk food, sodas, milk, tea and coffee. Evening hors d'oeuvres , IIRC, would be skewered meat (Chicken?), some kind of fried spring roll or other fried 'mystery meat' thingy, crudities, some salad (like quinoa perhaps?). I am vegetarian, so a few raw veggies/salad would be pretty much all I would eat, so my memory is vague. There would be a selection of small desserts later in the evening, usually cookies, cheesecake and other various sweets that I don't remember well. Sorry. We found that breakfast was really the only convenient time to be at the lounge reliably. Afternoon snacks and hors d'oeuvres hours were frequently spent in the theme parks or otherwise having fun. The only real 'meal' that was served, IMO, was breakfast. you could make a light meal from the offerings in the evening if you really wanted to, but it wouldn't be very satisfying for more than an occasional light dinner. There was nothing that would qualify for lunch at all.
I liked the deluxe room itself for space and location. Very comfortable beds as well! There is a nice large sitting area as well as a bedroom area so the floor space is huge! Unfortunately there is no divider between the two areas. Lots of room to spread out, though. There were two TV sets, one across from the beds and another across from the sofa and chair.
The down sides to our room were 1. the very small balcony that was difficult to access because it was almost too small to open the door with the furniture out there and 2. the noise from the Boardwalk was loud enough to hear inside the room even with the door to the balcony closed.
We had a wonderful stay in the BWI CL. I would recommend it to anyone as a truly memorable experience!
And it's very calm and peaceful - probably the most calm and peaceful of the lounges we've experienced.
