Taste of Disney

Because I knew that Epcot was the park which I wanted to visit on the evening of my arrival at WDW, I decided to spend the first of my 14 nights at the resort which is closest to it…

The only request which I made during my online check-in was to be near the lobby. When I arrived at the Beach Club I had been assigned Room #2523. Upon getting off the elevator on the 2nd floor I set off on a seemingly never-ending journey to find my room. As you might have surmised, my room location request to be close to the lobby had not been granted. When I had nearly reached the end of the very last hallway, I finally found Room 2523. Inside I found only one bed, not a king-size but I believe it may have been a queen.

There was also a small desk, a sofa (which I assume was a sleeper sofa, but forgot to verify) and a large chair. In addition there was a curtain which could be drawn to separate the bed from the sitting area.

And the remaining room furnishings…

Oh wait, there was also a 4-drawer chest of drawers between the closet and door.

With the exception of this cute desk lamp…

I found the room furnishings/decor to be kind of boring. The casual, fun “beach” theme of the resort seemed to be almost completely missing in this room. I would have to say that of the four deluxe resorts that I called home on this trip, the room decor at the Beach Club was my least favorite. I have read that the Beach Club is now in the process of refurbishing their rooms (project to be completed in Aug. 2015) so hopefully, if and when I stay there again, the new room will leave me with a better impression.

Anyway, since I was there for only one night, the room decor was actually of very little importance to me. Also unimportant was the size of my balcony, which was very small…

Though I had tried to book one of their least expensive rooms, Standard view (= Parking lot/rooftop view), the only type they had available for that night with the Annual Passholder discount was a Garden view. So when I went out to my balcony I was expecting to see trees/landscaping but was surprised to discover that I had been upgraded to a Water view (=Pool/Lagoon view). My room overlooked the Beach Club’s quiet pool.

On the left side, between the trees, you could even see a little bit of the lagoon.

Here’s a photo of my room from the outside, to give you another perspective. It appears that the rooms on either side of me also had a standing room only balcony (which would be #2525 and #2521), while the 3rd floor rooms above us had full balconies.

Now for the best surprise regarding my room, which I did not discover until I left for dinner. I noticed that there was an EXIT door just a few doors down from my room and decided to see where that might lead. I walked down a flight of stairs to the ground level and exited the building to find myself here…

In case you don’t recognize the location from that photo, here is another one…

Yes, that is the bridge which is just steps away from Epcot’s backdoor (aka the International Gateway entrance). SCORE!!! Shoot, now I wish I was going to be here for more than one night.

One more photo to show you the location of my room # 2523 on a Beach Club Resort map…

Given that I went to Epcot 10 of the 14 days of my trip, my room location at the Beach Club would have been ideal…especially following my French Regional Lunch at Monsieur Paul.

And that completes the short review of my one night stay at the Beach Club. Sorry it was void of any food-related photos.