Hi Everyone -
This was our second stay as DVC members. I planned a surprise trip for our kids while Dad was snowmobiling
We left, by car (first time driving) on Jan 30 from the far south suburbs of Chicago (it was below zero temp when we left) and arrived Orlando on Sunday at the BCV, 1 bedroom room 265. When we arrived, there was some blower going and they told us they must have just shampooed the carpets. This room had a road? in the back and we heard a lot of traffic noise. On Sunday night, there was a "beeping" alarm noise that kept my Mom up. She kept turning on the dryer for white noise. Needless to say, she was crabby on Monday!! This room was also missing a lot of items (spoons, liquid measuring cup, cookie sheet) and the dishwasher bottom rack was missing wheels so wouldn't roll properly. We asked for the items we needed. Whoever designed the bathroom with all those doors, it was like a fun house!? Kind of crazy.
On Monday afternoon I called member services and asked about availability at OKW for a 2 bedroom. It was available and after about 40 minutes on the phone (I guess this whole switch was complicated and she kept thanking me for my patience), I had secured the room for the next day. We packed up the car and headed over to OKW and a our room was ready at 9am!! We were in 1331, a three story building. We LOVED it!!! OUr balcony had a view of a pond and golf course (hole 8) and was so peaceful. The room itself looked to be recently redone - had a DVD player and new appliances. We were in heaven!! The kids were bummed about no slide after the slide over at BCV (we have stayed twice at WLV so they know that slide as well) but we put in long park days so there was no pool time then anyway. We had to wait one morning (thurs) about 20-25 minutes for a magic kingdom bus - we arrived at the bus stop around 855am so I think it was just bad timing. All other times no problems are long waits for buses.
Needless to say, I would never hesitate for a second to go back to OKW! Depending on what you are looking for, it is a hidden gem! I even called the front desk and told them how delighted we were with the room.
As we were riding the bus around the complex, we did see new appliance boxes sitting out and another poster wrote that they were doing work on those rooms.
Needless to say, we did enjoy 5 days of beautiful weather - we hated to leave on Friday to head back to Illinois. When we left Orlando area around 1pm, my car said it was 87 - by the time we stopped that night in Tennessee, it was down in the 60's if memory serves... Got home last night and it was 22...
We are going back in the fall with my hubby's family and we will stay at OKW
TAke care everyone,
Annette
This was our second stay as DVC members. I planned a surprise trip for our kids while Dad was snowmobiling
We left, by car (first time driving) on Jan 30 from the far south suburbs of Chicago (it was below zero temp when we left) and arrived Orlando on Sunday at the BCV, 1 bedroom room 265. When we arrived, there was some blower going and they told us they must have just shampooed the carpets. This room had a road? in the back and we heard a lot of traffic noise. On Sunday night, there was a "beeping" alarm noise that kept my Mom up. She kept turning on the dryer for white noise. Needless to say, she was crabby on Monday!! This room was also missing a lot of items (spoons, liquid measuring cup, cookie sheet) and the dishwasher bottom rack was missing wheels so wouldn't roll properly. We asked for the items we needed. Whoever designed the bathroom with all those doors, it was like a fun house!? Kind of crazy.On Monday afternoon I called member services and asked about availability at OKW for a 2 bedroom. It was available and after about 40 minutes on the phone (I guess this whole switch was complicated and she kept thanking me for my patience), I had secured the room for the next day. We packed up the car and headed over to OKW and a our room was ready at 9am!! We were in 1331, a three story building. We LOVED it!!! OUr balcony had a view of a pond and golf course (hole 8) and was so peaceful. The room itself looked to be recently redone - had a DVD player and new appliances. We were in heaven!! The kids were bummed about no slide after the slide over at BCV (we have stayed twice at WLV so they know that slide as well) but we put in long park days so there was no pool time then anyway. We had to wait one morning (thurs) about 20-25 minutes for a magic kingdom bus - we arrived at the bus stop around 855am so I think it was just bad timing. All other times no problems are long waits for buses.
Needless to say, I would never hesitate for a second to go back to OKW! Depending on what you are looking for, it is a hidden gem! I even called the front desk and told them how delighted we were with the room.
As we were riding the bus around the complex, we did see new appliance boxes sitting out and another poster wrote that they were doing work on those rooms.
Needless to say, we did enjoy 5 days of beautiful weather - we hated to leave on Friday to head back to Illinois. When we left Orlando area around 1pm, my car said it was 87 - by the time we stopped that night in Tennessee, it was down in the 60's if memory serves... Got home last night and it was 22...
We are going back in the fall with my hubby's family and we will stay at OKW
TAke care everyone,
Annette
Were you scheduled to be at BCV the whole time but decided to switch to OKW or did you just add on a few nights? Wow, I'm sorry if you did not enjoy BCV. We have only been once so far and we were in a studio there. We are very excited about trying a one bedroom there.
