Day 1, Part 2: The Boardwalk May be Becoming Our Favorite Place to Stay

We last left off heading from the airport to the Boardwalk!  We arrived around 11:45, perfect timing to catch lunch at the Festival of the Arts! 

I had gotten the room ready text earlier, shortly after I landed, but I was disappointed to see the room was on the first floor.  We really dislike first floor rooms.

So when we arrived at the Boardwalk, we headed to the front desk to see if we could switch to a room on a higher floor.  The CM at the front desk was new (earning her ears) with the CP and was so nice and helpful.  She found us a room that was on the second floor, and bonus, it was available right away!

We made our way to the room, and quickly realized it was far far away from the lobby.  It was actually the last room in the hotel.  BUT, it turns out that was a good thing!

We ended up in room 2353, and being the last room on the hall we had balconies on two sides!

The room itself was beautiful, nice and spacious, and had so much natural light with all the windows/doors.  Even with the long walk to the lobby, we loved this room. 

I feel like we keep getting so lucky with our room assignments every time we stay at the Boardwalk.  The first time we booked a standard view room (back when those were a thing), and the room we got looked out onto the village green and boardwalk, and we could see the MK fireworks from our balcony!  Another time staying here we got that massive upgrade from the deluxe room to a two-bedroom suite, and this trip we got this gorgeous end room with two balconies and pretty views.  It definitely makes us want to stay here more!

I will note, even though these rooms were fairly recently refurbished, they were already showing a lot of wear and tear.  One of the plugs in the bathroom was falling out of the wall, grout was peeling in the bathroom, some of the lights didn’t work, it was surprising!  But nothing that ruined the room for us, just didn’t expect to see it this way already!

We spend a few minutes unpacking, then got our park bags ready and made our way over to Epcot!

Next up:  Finally Back at the Festival of the Arts!