According to the DVC website the refurb is starting this weekend and lasting until April.
Fingers crossed they replace the sofa beds with the Murphy wall beds, even though this is a soft goods refresh only. They did at the Poly so I really hope they do.
From the DVC website:
From January 7, 2023 through early April 2023, Disney’s Beach Club Villas will undergo refurbishment. During this time, Resort amenities will remain available for your enjoyment. While you may see or hear construction during daytime hours, you should not hear noise from Guest rooms between dusk and 9:00 AM.
I will be staying in a dedicated 2BR in May. If they install Murphy wall beds, would that include the sofa in the living area? The dedicateds already have two actual beds in the second bedroom.
It would include the studios and the living room sofa beds.
I don’t expect the twin size Murphy bed to be added to the living rooms though. That would require a major redesign (and even then the layout doesn’t really work).
I love this! The Murphy bed is such a great improvement and I love the artwork with Donald and the nephews at Stormalong Bay with Boardwalk in the background!
I hope we see a 2BR sometime. The layout is completely different so I imagine there will be differences.
What I’m looking for specifically is how the living room will be. I hope the sofa bed is replaced like it is in the studios. There is some speculation about adding a fifth sleeper for 1BRs (and maybe 2BRs) as well.
The sofa bed will be replaced. It’s been replaced in the studios so will be replaced in the living rooms.
The 5th sleeper is highly unlikely. This is a soft goods refurb and normally that would not have included the sofa beds replacement but the Poly set the tone for that and it looks to be standard now for any kind of refurb.
But adding a 5th sleeper would require that the breakfast bar be ripped out, as in SSR. That would only happen in a full refurb. I actually think it’s unlikely anyway, because the room configuration would still be a problem - the doorway into the master bedroom would still be partially blocked.
BWV has the same issue with the 5th sleeper.
And what happens with a 1-bed would also be the case for a 2-bed anyway. The living room for both is always the same.
It’s not showing on the current refurb list, so it’s not likely to be particularly imminent. That said, the Poly and GF hotel refurbs coincided or immediately followed the villas refurbs and vice/versa.
There was a permit filed this week for “general construction” at BCV. Suggests that the refurb could be re-starting soon (although the permit lasts for a year).
Qiestion - did these start and stop, so they are only halfway done? Making spring break reservations in a week and want to make sure to get a Murphy bed! So will pass on BCV if there is a risk.
(My family really wants Poly anyway, so I may just go with their pick)