Most Quiet and Most Loud

[ClaraOswald]

In general, SSR is a quiet resort. Each of the buildings have certain rooms that will give you the best chance of not hearing noise from inconsiderate naighbors though. I find the insulation between rooms to be very good, and rarely have any issues with hearing neighbors through the walls or connecting doors. BUT - hallways at the two ends of the building, where the halls are fully enclosed and end with stairs, can get very loud for the rooms down those ends. Often, you'll have people leaving early AM or coming back late in the evening who will yell, converse loudly, kids screaming with excitement, slamming doors, etc and it can really echo. So the rooms in the 'center' areas of each building will usually be quieter, because the halls are open there.

I find the garden view rooms at Boardwalk, especially if you request garden instead of pool, to be among the quietest rooms in WDW - the halls don't seem to get noisy, and there's very little activity outside in the garden areas...the occasional distant motor noise of the DHS boats going past are about the only noise that can be heard with the windows and doors closed - and it's pretty muffled, so never bothers me.

In OKW, end rooms in each building are quieter than center rooms - the rooms in cul-de-sacs where the busses don't go are usually the quietest - if they are near the road, being away from the bus stop by a building or two will also keep the noises down.

Thanks.

I wonder how good they are with requesting garden vs. pool view at BWV. It's a shame they are separate categories for booking.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Thanks.

I wonder how good they are with requesting garden vs. pool view at BWV. It's a shame they are separate categories for booking.

Actually it's a good thing they aren't separate categories. The more divided a resort is into categories the more difficulties there comes with booking. (looking at you AKV where the room I needed has availability the entire week except Friday. Literally every other category has that night available but not all the other nights).

I'll agree that where you end up assigned a room can make a big difference and then also your luck with neighbors.

 

[CarolynFH]

I wonder how good they are with requesting garden vs. pool view at BWV. It's a shame they are separate categories for booking.

At BWV, the Luna Park pool is the noisy one. The quiet pool, in the area of the Community Center, isn't noisy - no afternoon activities. There are a lot of P/G View villas facing that area, so if you request "view of quiet pool" you have a good chance of having your request met. Those villas are not "near elevators" however, which is what many people request.