My thoughts on Liki Tiki

[southernnomore]

I just returned from a 6 night stay at Liki Tiki with my husband and 7 year old daughter. We had a great time there, but a few concerns may cause us not to return a second time.... When we checked in, we had to go to a separate desk to obtain our parking pass and at that time they hit you up for time share shows. They are rather pushy about this, but I was somewhat expecting that. I was quite concerned about what room we got from the other reviews I had read. My only request was that we received a room with a flat screen tv. The room was in the 700 building. It was nice and most things in it were new. The beds were decent and although obviously renovated, still no problem. They gave us basic supplies that lasted most of our stay. We had a real nice view from our balcony of the lake too. The waterslide pools were ok but worn and the slides were not working most of our stay. The mini golf course is just plain worn out and one of the docks had partially sunk. We spent our pool time at the pool behind the clubhouse and were happy with it. They were renovating the hot tub so that was a big eyesore. They have a little tiki bar there at the pool that is neat and music playing.
Here is my big problem... our condo had a door that connected to the condo next to ours. We could hear EVERYTHING going on in the living room/kitchen. I mean down to what they were saying! It was really ridiculous.
If you stay here, see if you can get a condo that is not adjoining. The location is great for Disney using the Sherberth Rd shortcut. I would rate it a 2 out of 5 stars.

 

[2Pirates2Princesses]

thank you for your honest review We were considering the Orbit One Vacation Villas timeshare which is Liki Tiki's sister property. Orbit One has a lot of consistently good reviews and for $5 you can use the pool complex at Liki Tiki; but based on what you've described it doesn't seem like it would be worth it. I think a lot of people are drawn to Liki Tiki because of the water park like pool complex. I am also surprised that a condo would have connecting doors to another condo I would imagine that one of the reasons most people would want to stay in a condo is to avoid the noise issues of a hotel and have more privacy. Hopefully Island One can get it together with this resort.

 

[shalom]

southernnomore,

Thanks for your thoughts on Liki Tiki. Pretty much reflects what I've heard elsewhere, but the other reports I'd read were pretty out of date. So on the upside what I'd heard is correct, but on the downside the iffy maintenance seems to be an ongoing thing.

I am also surprised that a condo would have connecting doors to another condo

It's actually fairly common to have two units with connecting doors, where one is a 1 BR and the other a studio -- they're called "lock off units", and people who own weekly timeshares like them because they can deposit or rent the two sides separately, or just stay in one and trade with the other. Some lock offs are well insulated, and some... aren't. Units without the doors are called "dedicated" units.

You're much more likely to have noise problems with a lock off if you get a studio or one bedroom, but it can happen with two bedrooms when you've got a unit that'll expand to three bedroom. Not counting the times when we've had both sides, we've only been in lock offs twice -- the first time we were in a two bedroom and heard not a peep out of the neighbors. The second time we were in a 1 BR unit and could clearly hear the mom and the kids at their dining room table when we were at ours. But if we were in the bedroom, even with the door open, couldn't hear a thing. And even though the living room was closer to the lock-off door than the dining area, it was quieter in the living room as well. I guess they'd insulated the lock-off part well but missed somewhere else.

 

[jmddcj]

We are heading there in a little over a week and I am a little concerned, we have 4 boys teens and toddlers. How was the cleanliness?? Should we be looking to pay the 25.00 change fee and find somewhere else?? Thanks so much!