I worry about that with 2001. I would just not like being boardwalk level either. I would grab a seat on the bench and have my husband walk all the way in and down the hall to open our patio door for me.
I did love 5001 being right next to The Attic.
Some neat stories about 5001. Sorry this may get a little long..
The first time we had 5001 villa, it was before they had the ability to book a boardwalk view room. I was so sad about leaving one of our cats at home because he was getting older and I just loved Spencer to pieces. So I check in and ask the CM is there any way we could get a boardwalk view room and she said "I think you will be VERY happy" and she told me it aws one of the best views. I just started to cry because I was so excited. I did not tell my husband or son who was 5 at the time. So we walk all the way down and around the hall, and at the very end is 5001. And right next to it is a sign outside of the attic saying "Welcome Iams Convention" and we just lost it.
It could not have been more perfect! We fully expected to see Spencer walk in to this catfood convention. He was quite the eater!!
so from that moment on we considered 5001 to be "OUR" villa.
Then just about 1 year ago, we were going to WDW and my grandmother was not doing well. We decided just two days before to cancel because I was was worried something would happen. DVC was incredible and did not put our points in holding even though we were fully prepared for that to happen, and we rescheduled our trip for July 5th. As it turned out, my grandmother passed away on March 28th at 2:35 pm. Our flight was scheduled for March 28th at 2:30 pm. So we reschedule our trip and we have a boardwalk view for July 5-16th. July 3rd my grandfather passed away. Still to this day I am in shock and heartbroken about it. We call DVC again and once again, they just could not be more accommodating. My mother insisted that we leave after all of the services. So we arrive on July 8th and I am checking in and talking with the CM and start to get a little emotional explaining everything that had happened. She hands me our packet and we were in 5001 again. I just felt like we had a little
watching over us and making sure we had "our" villa.
Sorry that was a litte long winded.