I would like to know is it worth getting a view Volcano Bay View? I know you pay a little more but I am curious is it really worth it?
If you do, I would recommend asking for a high level room and arrive insanely early that way you can remind them of your room request and that you are willing to wait for a high level room to ensure you have the best view. For our first and third trip, we arrived between 8-8:30AM.
I state this as we always request a pool view room (I want to do a VB one someday) and have learned through trial and error that you have to be more specific in order to get a
good pool view room. I would imagine it would be the same for VB that the higher you are the better view you have.
The
first time we arrived very early and happened to be lucky to get an amazing view (one of the towers and on the 8th floor) and learned through our second trip you have to be more specific and arrive early to get one. As the
second time we were asked if we preferred a building (only time we were asked this and we said no since we assumed the towers were the only rooms that offered this time of room) we ended up getting a room that was not that high and the only thing we viewed were the lawn chairs. We were close to the lobby which was nice, but we do not mind the walking and would rather have the view.
Third time, we requested for a high level room (on the reservation), but due to arriving early they automatically put us in the first available room which was very low and our view was blocked by trees. This time we definitely wanted our pool view, so we did request another and that we would like a higher level room and we were willing to wait for it. We were in a new room by 12.
In conclusion, that is why I recommend that you simply show up to remind them, but
also state you're willing to wait (that way you don't get a random VB room just because they want you to get a room immediately to satisfy you) that way if you arrive early enough you're more than likely to get the first room available that you'd want and you may wait, but you'll be getting it much sooner than normal check in time as well as be more guaranteed to get your request since you arrived so early.