Does this annoy anyone else...................

[madmouse]

Or is i just me being a grouch???
The last 2 times we have stayed at OKW we have allways had people above us who run around like a herd of wildebeast .Just thought I would ask if anyone else has had the same and how do they deal with the situation,especially when its about 11.00 pm.
Also have any non smokers out there ever been allocated a smoking room at DVC,and is the smell really bad,just wondering,as i read a thread somewhere about housekeeping and the fact that they can do a special clean on the room so that it wouldnt smell to bad if a non smoker is allocated to that particular unit.
Not that any of these things would stop me from going to DVC,just curious thats all.

 

[BillM]

We always stay on the ground floor at OKW due to medical reasons. A couple of times we have heard the heavy footsteps. Sounds like they are jumping off the beds and running around. I've always figured it was the kids. Then I think about what my grandkids would be doing....jumping , running etc. Then I grimace and bear it.
As to the NS villas. Never been in a Smoking. They assigned me one once and I got them to change me to a NS villa.
We love the villas at OKW...1 BR and up.

 

[Werner Weiss]

Originally posted by madmouse
The last 2 times we have stayed at OKW we have allways had people above us who run around like a herd of wildebeast .Just thought I would ask if anyone else has had the same and how do they deal with the situation,especially when its about 11.00 pm.

In the past, I've always requested a top floor room (3rd floor or 2nd floor end unit with no room above). The other benefit of a top floor room is that the view can be better. The downside is having to carry luggage up and down so many stairs. So last time, I didn't request a top floor unit. We were on the second floor, and had no problem with noise from above.

If noise from above is an issue, request a top floor unit at the time you make your reservation.

Originally posted by madmouse
Also have any non smokers out there ever been allocated a smoking room at DVC,and is the smell really bad,just wondering,as i read a thread somewhere about housekeeping and the fact that they can do a special clean on the room so that it wouldnt smell to bad if a non smoker is allocated to that particular unit.

We've never been given a smoking room. I always emphasize that non-smoking is my priority request, and even if they can't honor any other requests (such as "top floor" or "near a pool"), I still want non-smoking.

We once had a non-smoking room where the previous occupants obviously didn't care. The room smelled like an ashtray when we entered the room. Housekeeping ran some sort of ozone machine for several hours, during which time we had to be out of the room. It helped, but we could still smell the smoke odor for the rest of our stay.

 

[Jimbo]

We always ask for a third floor room at OKW. It gives you a better shot at an unobstructed view, and guarantees that no one will be running on your ceiling. Unless they're doing roof work. You have to go up two flights of steps. but that's still OK with us.

It would be nice if you didn't have to worry about this, but I understand. It's Disney, and it's filled with keyed-up little kids. That's what the place is designed for in the first place, right? When it hits 11 PM, though, that's going too far.

 

[Pumbaa_]

And here I am thinking it was designed for all us big 'kids'!

Guess I got it wrong...(Nahhh!!!)

 

[ncligs]

madmouse,

Its not just you.......We always request 3rd floor at 11 months out for that reason, and the nicer view. But when we were there in Feb(Pres Wk) we had to request 1st floor, brought my in-laws (77-78) and we had the same problem, kids running and jumping at night. You would think most adults would have "control" of their kids, but in todays society, people are very "inconsiderate". When it was getting to be to much noise and jumping above us,
I got a broom out of the utility closet, and pounded on the ceiling above us until it stopped. My theory is if you do nothing...it will continue. But I had to do this 2-3 other times during our stay.
Bottom line...............always get top floor and you never have this problem......

 

[DVC-Don]

My problem at OKW was people throwing food off the balconies for the birds. Not only bread, but whole carrots, muffins, fries & hot dogs! One family got paid back though. The birds chased them inside. There was a lot of screaming and they stopped throwing food.

 

[Disney On The Bayou]

The next time I will stay on the top floor, few parents set limits on thier children. 1 am, even at Disney, is a little out of hand! It sounded like a dance hall above us. Terrible! I almost started playing the pot and pan drum-set at 5 am, but I cooled down.

 

[TrudyZ]

Nick and Cindy:

We thought we had the noise thing licked at OKW-when we stayed in last May, never heard a single soul. We had the exact same room in October (end unit second floor studio with no one over us).

Unfortunately, those in the adjoining bedroom had a different idea about quiet hours. For part of our stay, we had a group of young adults in the 1 bedroom portion--- and when they came in from Pleasure Island (or wherever) in the early a.m.; they were worse than any group of kids I have ever heard. Besides the laughing and screaming and breaking glasses, at least small kids do not use the "F" word over and over--to the point that it woke our 3 year old up.

I thought it would slow quiet down quickly once they settled in--but no, they decided to crank up the jacuzzi (they announced this rather loudly). I also thought about the pounding on the connecting door thing (We had already placed a towel at the threshold--SOP for us). But refrained, I didn't want to provoke a bunch of drunks.

Early the next morning I called the front desk and explained what happened. THey seemed to know exactly who they were. They indicated that they would take care of the situation--I believe they sent security. And, they indicated that if it happened to happen again, let them know immediately. No problems after that.

(oh, and I couldn't resist being a little noisy when I got up around 5:45 a.m. the next morning--figured it was good for their hangover!)

So, if any of you other DVCers let your young adults (couple of girls and a guy or two) out there use your points in Mid-October 2001, and they told you they behaved---THEY LIED! (I would be happy to provide the room number and dates for any concerned parents...)

Trudy

 

[DebbieB]

The 2 times we stayed at OKW we were on the second floor on the end with no one above us, so we were lucky. One thing that annoys me at Boardwalk or any hotel - people who talk loud in the hallway late at night or early in the morning, plus kids that go running down the hallway.

On the smoking issue - one time I stayed with friends at CSR and we requesting connecting rooms. We got there early (8:30am) and they said they had connecting rooms ready for us. Great! We got to the rooms and they were smoking. They said they would send housekeeping with the machine. It never cleared up, it still smelled bad after 4 nights (we kept the machine and ran it everyday) and everything in our suitcases still reeked when we got home. Never again will we accept a smoking room.

 

[Kacey]

We always request top floor for the noise reason also.

But on March 21, 2002 to be exact, we were on the top floor of building 55. We went to bed around 11:30 and were rudely awakened at 2:30 am by a group of unsupervised young ladies (I use the term loosely) in the room next door. They slammed doors, ran inside and outside, yelled and caused all sorts of commotion for 2 hours. My husband kept wanting to call the front desk and I talked him into waiting. "They'll probably quiet down any minute now." The next day when we were checking out, my husband spoke with neighbors on the other side who had been kept up all night as well, in fact, they HAD called security twice on these girls. The manager that my husband spoke to the next morning said that we should have called because security will warn rowdy people twice but after the third complaint, they will escort them off the property. Lesson learned--we will call from now on (after a reasonable amount of time, of course) Little kids are understandable--they are excited and it IS Disney! And little kids eventually fall asleep! Hopefully!

We will think twice about staying during Spring Break again--we have been spoiled by the quiet at OKW during the slower times of the year.

 

[Luv2Dream]

I've never had the problem with noise overhead since we always seen to have a top floor BUT I always have LOUD talking and running in the hallways. It always amazes me that adults walking with their children at 11pm at night have to talk at the top of their voices in a hallway in a hotel. Don't they think that anyone else just might be asleep?

 

[eva]

We always request top floor at OKW, but our last trip we got a 1st floor unit anyway. We didn't have a problem at night but around 4am every morning the jumping and running started. It was so loud that it even woke our teenage girls (who sleep like they are in a coma) up a couple of mornings. I had wondered if we were above a grand villa because we have heard that the wood floors really transmit sound to the room below. But when Doc posted his room findings earlier this year I realized that there are no grand villas in building 26. I was pretty sure that the noise was from very excited children enjoying their stay at WDW so we didn't complain. But it sure would be great if parents would keep their little ones from running and jumping off furniture before at least 6am in the morning. I agree that adults coming in late should keep it down also.

Just a quick question about the noise in a grand villa. We are staying in a grand villa in May and I am a bit worried about making too much noise with the wood floors. We will have 6 adults and no children on this trip. So there will be no one running or jumping in the room. But will walking on the floors cause a problem for the people below? I like to get up early, make coffee and read while everyone is sleeping in. Will I be disturbing the people below if I am up walking around early in the morning?

 

[Alice Sr.]

We had a problem with little wild kids racing up and down the upstairs outside walk way and jumping around once they got inside (where do they get that energy after being at the parks all day) So when we got up early the next morning to go to the parks, (I'm a morning person) I used the broom in the closet on the ceiling also. I consider it a lesson in common courtesy. They stayed as long as we did and we did not have any problems afterward.

I'm willing to give someone 5-10 minutes to get in and get settled, if there is excessive noise after that, I would take action.
I'm glad to hear that the resorts have that kind of policy, 3 strikes and your out.

Alice Sr.

 

[Eglantine Price]

My family and I just returned from a stay at OKW. We were given a single floor end unit room, We thought great we won't have a noise issue. That was until we started to settle in for the evening and we listened to air breaks from the bus transport buses that run until 2 to 3am. Be carefull what you ask for when requesting a room. The thundering feet will eventually fall asleep, those buses just keep rolling on schedule.

 

[EROS]

Another GOOD reason to stay at BWV ......

 

[DeeP]

I had the same problem during a stay at OKW, but not only did I have children running and pounding on the floor from above, I had other little sweethearts in the connecting unit next door trying to open the door, pounding on the door and screaming at the top of their lungs because the door was obviously locked. Thank goodness the family next door checked out after 4 days but the elephant footed children up above were there for my entire stay. I did call the front desk but the noise continued throughout my entire stay.
I also had a problem at BWV with adults in the connecting unit being very loud at 1:00 AM with the radio blaring and very loud voices but a call to the BWV front desk very quickly solved this problem.

 

[dianeschlicht]

The only problem we have had is once while on the second floor in a 2 bedroom, we had a family who must have had quite a bunch of kids with them above us. The running etc, was bearable. What I couldn't take was the super ball bouncing at 6 AM!! After about 15 minutes, I taped on the cieling with the broom handle and it stopped. I think mom and dad got the message!

 

[fumipappa]

I am just browsing this topic and here is my thought..

I am now living at 1br apt with 4 people.
Myself, my wife, two of mydaughters, 3yrs old and 5months old.

When the first was born, I was careless about my daughter 's crying and my neighbor complained to our doorman.

Now with the second one, we are trying to be careful to the noise as much as possible.
On the other hand the second one is very sensitive to the noise, so she wakes up with the noise of coffee grinder rfrom the neighbor who complained to us(Oh, don't tell me that I am living cheap apts I am living NYC area. paying crazy amount of rent right now...).

So here is the one I learned from this situation.
Yes, you are paying to have a nice and confortable accomodation.
But they are also paying too. So, we cannot complain to other people's different daily cycle. Some people wake up early in the morning, but for some one else, 10:00AM is still early.
Just like some people complain to late night walking, some people must be complaining to your early morining noise.

Also, as the father of two daughters, I am trying not to make other people unconfortable as much as possible at ANY occasion.
Restaulant, public transportation, etc...
However, some people must be forgetting that we all had childhood an most of all had the time to deal with their kids making some, noise,trouble etc.

As I mentioned not to make other people unconfortable always, I agree with the idea 100% that all people in this society should care about other people and respect other people's life. Also, Ialways give my apology to other people if we make some trouble. That usually works. Becuse they also respect out lives with small kids.

However, I just felt a little overreaction from this topic for some of the noise. I think those spring break people should be warned no matter what. But c'mon, small kids are also going to have some fun at WDW. That must be the VERY RARE time that they can wake up until late night with all of those excitement from the park and character, just like we are excited. And that must be the VERY VERY RARE occasion that their parents don't "complain" to them....

 

[POLLY ANN]

fumipappa, I agree with some of your points exactly. I am the mom of 3 (while staying at OKW last year I was just the mom of 2!)

We stayed in a Grand Villa with our friends, who also had 2 kids. My 2 were almost 4 and 2 1/2 at the time, theirs were 8 and 2 1/2.

If you have never been in a GV, there are hardwood floors in the Living Room, with cathedral ceilings that are open to the second floor landing. In other words, it can be very LOUD!! Even with normal talking and walking, it can be loud. (Heck, it drove me nuts some days being in the Living Room, I would have to go into the bedroom just to get some peace!) So you can imagine how it was with 4 young children running around and laughing and making their little kid noises.

We received a call from the front desk our second night there. We had just gotten back from seeing Illuminations, so yes, it was late (10:30ish?). We literally came into the GV, and I grabbed my kids and settled them to bed. The front desk called and told us that there had been a noise complaint. They couldn't tell us who (oh, gee, like I couldn't figure it out), but this was from normal WALKING around the unit!!! It wasn't like we were throwing a party or anything, we were getting ready for bed! I guess these people had called the day before but it was during the day that we were making too much noise and OKW can't doing anything about it during the day. And the front desk asked if we would like to be moved to another unit. WHAT? I have 8 people here to move! The people below us probably had 2 or 3! No, I told the front desk, please tell the people below us that we would do the best we can to be quiet, but if normal walking and talking was disturbing them, could you ask THEM if they would like to be moved?

Mind you, I was very upset. I do not like to be a nuisance to other people and I TRY very hard to be considerate of other people. I let our friends know we need to be a bit more quiet.

Well, unfortunately, 2 nights later, our friends wanted to see Illuminations again and they came in late with their kids. Their 2 1/2 yo was screaming at the top of her lungs (obviously she was overtired), but within 10-15 minutes, they were able to settle her and put her to bed. But, of course, instead of a phone call this time, we got security at the door. And, by the time they had arrived, everything was quiet, and I was opening up the door to strangers in my pajamas. I was more than upset this time, I was absolutely horrified. I told security why there was noise and we really are sorry. I didn't know what else we could do while walking on the hardwood floors. I told them to please let the people below us know we are aware of the noise problem and we are doing the best that we can to keep it under control. (I think the people below us left the next day).

The bottom line is this: If you can't stand the noise above you, by ALL means, please request that you are NOT put below a Grand Villa! I'm not saying that all noise is a direct connection to the GV's. Just know that these OKW units are not soundproof. Don't immediately think that parents DON'T CARE that their kids are making alot of noise and disturbing other guests, because, in my case, it's not true. I DO CARE and I do care that my fellow DVC members have just as good a time at Disney as I do.

Oh, BTW, we will be staying at a GV next January, 2003, so BEWARE!