We stayed at the Beach Club for the first time just last month (Dec. 2007) and loved it. We were in room 4611 (I think
). The first room we were given had a teeny balcony, and we had requested a full one. So I called the front desk and within 5 minutes we had another room with a full balcony. It was a water view room so our view was of the beach in front of us and then the water. I loved sitting out there on the balcony.
The resort itself is beautiful. We loved the smell of the gingerbread carousel in the lobby.
The room was clean and spacious (even for our family of 5).
Everyone was extremely pleasant and kind. On our first night, we tried putting our 2-year old in the bed to sleep, but that didn't work so well. A portacrib was brought to our room at 1:00 in the morning. They were so nice about it.
Then we all slept great for the rest of the week!
The location just can't be beat. We walked over to Epcot just about every day. Even when we went to other parks during the day, at night we'd stroll over to Epcot and walk around the countries, shop, etc. Such a short walk. We also walked over to the Boardwalk and enjoyed that as well. And we never waited long for the boat to MGM, or the buses to MK or AK or DTD.
We all loved the beach, pool area, sandy bottom, slide, etc. at the Beach Club as well. We spent time there on several afternoons in between park activities.
Not sure when our next trip will be, but I think we'll be staying at the Beach Club again when we go back.