So for us, when I originally posted this, these 2 were our no doubt top 2 with BWV being our preference. A few years later, they're still without a doubt our 2 favorites, but I would say it's more of a toss-up now in terms of preference. We now have 3 little ones (well 2, with the 3rd coming next month lol), so some of the benefits of BLT have become a little more important to us. Obviously the walk to MK goes without saying. Can't beat that with 3 little ones, stroller etc... The 2 splash pad areas at BLT/CR are awesome for our kids and a very welcome alternative to just the pools. We also enjoy the "food court" at BLT/CR. Not that it's anything special, but it just provides a lot of quick options for all of us as opposed to having to sitdown for every meal. This is big for us because we tend to do longer trips and sitting down for every meal adds up quick, especially with multiple kiddos now. The theme park reservation system has changed our thinking a little bit as well. When staying at BWV, we would often walk through EPCOT and take the monorail to MK rather than taking the bus. That's not really an option with the reservation system now in place (obviously the EPCOT monorail isn't even currently running, but I'd imagine it will be at some point relatively soon). Whereas from BLT, we can still just hop on the EPCOT monorail (once it's running again) without needing a park reservation. We also REALLY love the 1bdrm's at BLT. Especially when we can get that backdoor theme park view in a Lake view room. Even the lake views are great though. So I guess for now it seems like maybe our preference has flipped to BLT, but I really think it's just a toss-up for us. We love both and wouldn't hesitate to stay at either. For our upcoming trip this fall, we basically decided to allow availability to make the choice for us. More ended up opening up at BLT so we went with BLT (as of now, 19 nights at BLT this fall for us and we couldn't be more excited). If it had been the other way around, we would've been just as happy!