Disney's Boardwalk Villas

Okay, we may have found our official "home away from home"!  We stayed for eight nights in a deluxe studio villa. Remember, we had two adults, an eight year old, a five year old and a baby. This was a sufficient space for us. We will stay in this sized accommodation until the baby is three( and not free anymore).

We rented DVC or Disney Vacation Club points from David's DVC Rentals. Using their service was a breeze!! If we were to book that exact room for the exact dates right through Disney, it would have been about $4000! For the room only! Yup, sorry, not frugal! We paid $1800 for those EIGHT nights at the Boardwalk, a deluxe Disney hotel. Now, that is a savings!

So, right off the bat we were super impressed! Right as we exited the Magical Express, they knew we were the Lovely family! A cast member with an I Pad, welcomed us. They escorted us into the unbelievably beautiful lobby. The invited us to sit(on a comfy sofa). After I gave them my driver's license, they set off to fetch our welcome package. Now, I always do the online check in before we arrive. This was seamless and we waited for no more than 10 minutes. Our room was not ready (we always get early flights to maximize our time in Disney!). We checked our carry on bags and anything else we did not need right away with Bell Services. Then we explored the resort and headed to Hollywood Studios, a short Derry ride away!

Seeing as our room had a kitchenette, I ordered bottled water, juice boxes, breakfast items and some fruit from Garden Grocer They delivered the items right to the hotel for us. I found it very reasonably priced for the service. But, silly me, forgot and packed the large pancake syrup in my carry on, so we had to throw it away in the airport!! Not frugal! So, without syrup and being to cheap to pay resort prices for such a thing:) We ended up using most of our snack credits for breakfast down at the Boardwalk Bakery. They had delicious huge cinnamon rolls, muffins, etc all that could be purchased using one snack credit!! Score!

The location of this resort is wonderful! It is a literal five minute walk to the back gates of Epcot. Also, a 10 minute Ferry ride to Hollywood Studios. Anytime you get to avoid the buses with small kids, the better! 

The pool was great here! They had a wonderful  water slide, large hot tub, kiddie splash pool, playground, arcade, club house. The clubhouse was great. On some rainy days or nights, you can rent movies, do a craft, play some video games, air hockey, board games, watch a Disney movie, etc. That was a life saver! 

All in all, this was by far the best Disney hotel we have stayed at! We will be staying here again.