OKW Lovers Thread. Part 2

[leholcomb]

Hello all!

I will be staying at OKW for the first time in February for the Princess Half Marathon weekend. I am so excited! A couple of things:

1) I rented points for a studio room. Does anyone know what buildings that might put me into or what I should request in that category? I don't care to be close to HH but would like to be near a bus stop at the end of the route.

2) We will most likely need a cot. Are these complementary or will I have to pay per night? I may try to stuff an air mattress in our luggage if I need to.

3) How exactly will this stay differ from a standard Disney resort stay. I know you dont get full mousekeeping every day so what is the schedule? We will be checking in on Thursday and out on a Monday.

TIA all!

 

[carlbarry]

Hello all!

I will be staying at OKW for the first time in February for the Princess Half Marathon weekend. I am so excited! A couple of things:

3) How exactly will this stay differ from a standard Disney resort stay. I know you dont get full mousekeeping every day so what is the schedule? We will be checking in on Thursday and out on a Monday.

TIA all!

Day 4, which in your case will be Sunday, you will receive a "refresh" of towels, toilet paper, coffee, and shampoo/conditioner/soap. I am there now, and at 8:30 am Mousekeeping dropped all that off.

 

[Chuck S]

Hello all!

I will be staying at OKW for the first time in February for the Princess Half Marathon weekend. I am so excited! A couple of things:

1) I rented points for a studio room. Does anyone know what buildings that might put me into or what I should request in that category? I don't care to be close to HH but would like to be near a bus stop at the end of the route.

2) We will most likely need a cot. Are these complementary or will I have to pay per night? I may try to stuff an air mattress in our luggage if I need to.

3) How exactly will this stay differ from a standard Disney resort stay. I know you dont get full mousekeeping every day so what is the schedule? We will be checking in on Thursday and out on a Monday.

TIA all!

Cots/rollaways are not provided at DVC resorts, you'd need to provide your own air mattress, as long as you don't go over the room occupancy or 4 plus a child under 3 years of age. Studios are designed to sleep 4 in 2 queen beds, plus a child under the age of 3 in a pac'n'play.

Your basic difference from a cash stay at a Disney resort is the housekeeping.

At OKW, a studio is pretty much a studio. All buildings have studios, usually located on the ends of the buildings. The few "U" shaped buildings also have studios where the crossbar of the "U" meets the vertical bars of the "U." I personally would have the owner you're renting from request a room near the Turtle Pond bus stop. It is not the last stop of the route, but is, IMO, a stop that rarely sees full buses and is the 3rd stop of 5 within the resort. AS far as booking categories, there are only two, near HH (bldgs 11 to 14 and 23 to 26), and the rest of the resort. No "View" booking categories, but views will vary from golf, water or wooded, depending upon location.

Enjoy your stay.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Hello all!

I will be staying at OKW for the first time in February for the Princess Half Marathon weekend. I am so excited! A couple of things:

1) I rented points for a studio room. Does anyone know what buildings that might put me into or what I should request in that category? I don't care to be close to HH but would like to be near a bus stop at the end of the route.

2) We will most likely need a cot. Are these complementary or will I have to pay per night? I may try to stuff an air mattress in our luggage if I need to.

3) How exactly will this stay differ from a standard Disney resort stay. I know you dont get full mousekeeping every day so what is the schedule? We will be checking in on Thursday and out on a Monday.

TIA all!

One more thing to add to Chuck's comments. When you return from a race on a bus, the bus only stops at the Hospitality House. So you'll need to walk back to your resort villa or hop the Internal bus from HH to your area. The race buses also do not go through the resort for pick up. They only stop at the HH.

If you didn't book the HHarea villas, you'll be any other place in the resort. HHarea villas include Bldg 11-14 and 23-26. Bldg 11-14 are right next to the HH and 23-26 are right across the bridge from the main pool.

You'll get your towels replaced and trash removed on Sunday for a Thursday check in, checking out on Monday. If you need additional towels (more than four bath towels, two hand towels and four face cloths), you can purchase an extra towel pack from Housekeeping for $6. You won't get your bed made or sheets changed. Just trash and towels. And bring extra shampoo, conditioner and shower gel if you use them. You'll only get one tiny bottle of each for the first four days of your trip and then more on Sunday with trash and towel service. You can purchase more from housekeeping if you need those, too.

Timeshares are way different from hotels.

And, like Chuck already said, DVC does not provide cots, rollaways or temporary bedding. You'll get two queen sized beds and that is it.

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Cots/rollaways are not provided at DVC resorts, you'd need to provide your own air mattress, as long as you don't go over the room occupancy or 4 plus a child under 3 years of age. Studios are designed to sleep 4 in 2 queen beds, plus a child under the age of 3 in a pac'n'play.

Your basic difference from a cash stay at a Disney resort is the housekeeping.

At OKW, a studio is pretty much a studio. All buildings have studios, usually located on the ends of the buildings. The few "U" shaped buildings also have studios where the crossbar of the "U" meets the vertical bars of the "U." I personally would have the owner you're renting from request a room near the Turtle Pond bus stop. It is not the last stop of the route, but is, IMO, a stop that rarely sees full buses and is the 3rd stop of 5 within the resort. AS far as booking categories, there are only two, near HH (bldgs 11 to 14 and 23 to 26), and the rest of the resort. No "View" booking categories, but views will vary from golf, water or wooded, depending upon location.

Enjoy your stay.

I totally agree with requesting turtle pond area. We stayed there in 2011, and LOVED IT!!!

 

[jd65]

Anything going on for Halloween at OKW? I saw online they did trick or treating, crafts, games and more in the past. Is this still going on?

 

[Snowy-girls]

Hello ,
I posted a few months asking some questions about the studio which we had booked at OKW for our month long trip next August(1 week on I-Drive and 3 weeks at OKW).But today I have upgraded to a 1 bed (as a surprise to my husband and our 2 girls).
I have a few questions again now,,,,
Am I right in thinking that being as though we are not DVC,our room will get daily maid service?.

Having read other posts a while ago about some people find the sofa bed a little uncomfy as the matress is thin,can u get a mattress topper?(I don't know what you call them-it's like a little padded quilt type thingy that sits on top of the mattress lol)

Do we get free boxes of soap powder for the washing machine?.Or can/do we buy them in the shop?.

Being as though we will be using the sofa bed and chair bed,is this something we have to put away ourselves every morning,or does the maid do this for us?(I know that sounds lazy and it isn't meant to,i'm just thinking if we are running late and don't have time to do it,will the maid come in and think 'lazy wotsits' ),or is is something they do anyway?.

Thanks in advance.x.

 

[Deb & Bill]

Hello ,
I posted a few months asking some questions about the studio which we had booked at OKW for our month long trip next August(1 week on I-Drive and 3 weeks at OKW).But today I have upgraded to a 1 bed (as a surprise to my husband and our 2 girls).
I have a few questions again now,,,,
Am I right in thinking that being as though we are not DVC,our room will get daily maid service?.

Having read other posts a while ago about some people find the sofa bed a little uncomfy as the matress is thin,can u get a mattress topper?(I don't know what you call them-it's like a little padded quilt type thingy that sits on top of the mattress lol)

Do we get free boxes of soap powder for the washing machine?.Or can/do we buy them in the shop?.

Being as though we will be using the sofa bed and chair bed,is this something we have to put away ourselves every morning,or does the maid do this for us?(I know that sounds lazy and it isn't meant to,i'm just thinking if we are running late and don't have time to do it,will the maid come in and think 'lazy wotsits' ),or is is something they do anyway?.

Thanks in advance.x.

If your reservation was booked through DVC, it will be treated as a DVC reservation. If you booked through a travel agent or directly through Disney Reservation Center for cash, you will get daily housekeeping. They will leave one single use box of Tide or All every day they come to the room.

Yeah, of course they will think you are lazy. NOT. They will make it up and probably leave it open rather than closing it up. And I don't think they provide any mattress toppers any more. I may be wrong though. If your girls aren't huge, they should be fine. My son and his friends have slept on the sleeper sofa or sleeper chair several times and haven't had any problem.

Enjoy your three weeks at OKW. I envy you. The longest we've stayed at OKW is about 13 nights and we love it there.

 

[Snowy-girls]

If your reservation was booked through DVC, it will be treated as a DVC reservation. If you booked through a travel agent or directly through Disney Reservation Center for cash, you will get daily housekeeping. They will leave one single use box of Tide or All every day they come to the room.

Yeah, of course they will think you are lazy. NOT. They will make it up and probably leave it open rather than closing it up. And I don't think they provide any mattress toppers any more. I may be wrong though. If your girls aren't huge, they should be fine. My son and his friends have slept on the sleeper sofa or sleeper chair several times and haven't had any problem.

Enjoy your three weeks at OKW. I envy you. The longest we've stayed at OKW is about 13 nights and we love it there.

Reservation booked direct with WDTC-UK for cash.

I don't intend to leave the sofa and chair beds down in the mornings,but the mornings we hit the parks for EMH I may do,if were running late,being as though I now know we wont get talked about .
My girls will be 14 and 10 when we go,Chloe(13)is average teen girl in her build,and Emily(9)is a dinky girl.I have seen pictures of them made up and Emily will be fine on the chair,just a little worried that the mattress on the sofa bed looked pretty thin,wouldnt want springs sticking in her for 3 weeks.
But by the sound of it,it looks worse than it is then.

As you can tell by my questions,it's our first stay at OKW,and were all very excited to be staying here .I'm not going to tell my husband or the girls about upgrading to a 1 bed,i will let the 3 of them go in first and see for themselves.Just need to try and get an idea of where to request now.

Thank you for answering my questions.x.

 

[knowHim99]

Our family will be staying at OKW Dec 4-13. We reserved a studio and can do online check-in on Oct 5. Our kids are 10 & 12 and we have been to Disney World 3 times before. Any recommendations for building request? Not near Hospitality House. We hope for a upper level room and by looking at the map was thinking maybe building 32 or 33? Close to bus stop and not too far from HH and pool, any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[bbn1122]

Reservation booked direct with WDTC-UK for cash.

I don't intend to leave the sofa and chair beds down in the mornings,but the mornings we hit the parks for EMH I may do,if were running late,being as though I now know we wont get talked about .
My girls will be 14 and 10 when we go,Chloe(13)is average teen girl in her build,and Emily(9)is a dinky girl.I have seen pictures of them made up and Emily will be fine on the chair,just a little worried that the mattress on the sofa bed looked pretty thin,wouldnt want springs sticking in her for 3 weeks.
But by the sound of it,it looks worse than it is then.

As you can tell by my questions,it's our first stay at OKW,and were all very excited to be staying here .I'm not going to tell my husband or the girls about upgrading to a 1 bed,i will let the 3 of them go in first and see for themselves.Just need to try and get an idea of where to request now.

Thank you for answering my questions.x.

Hi....

We just stayed at OKW for this time this past August. The sofa and chair beds mattresses have no springs they are more like thick foam.

My 6'6" or 198cm son sleeper in the sofa bed, he loves it, but he is very skinny. and my 6' or 183cm son took over the sofa bed. No problems with the beds.

We really enjoyed OKW, very different from our stays at BLT near the parks. This trip,was prior to VB and a cruise so we were only there a couple of nights. We love the closeness to DTD. We ate Olivia's, it was very good. We all liked the CS Goodes, good choices.

Have a wonderful trip.

 

[Chuck S]

Our family will be staying at OKW Dec 4-13. We reserved a studio and can do online check-in on Oct 5. Our kids are 10 & 12 and we have been to Disney World 3 times before. Any recommendations for building request? Not near Hospitality House. We hope for a upper level room and by looking at the map was thinking maybe building 32 or 33? Close to bus stop and not too far from HH and pool, any thoughts would be appreciated.

buildings 31 to 33 and bldg 35 are my favorites. Great location, close to bus stop, not too far from the Turtle Pond pool area.

 

[Snowy-girls]

Hi....

We just stayed at OKW for this time this past August. The sofa and chair beds mattresses have no springs they are more like thick foam.

My 6'6" or 198cm son sleeper in the sofa bed, he loves it, but he is very skinny. and my 6' or 183cm son took over the sofa bed. No problems with the beds.

We really enjoyed OKW, very different from our stays at BLT near the parks. This trip,was prior to VB and a cruise so we were only there a couple of nights. We love the closeness to DTD. We ate Olivia's, it was very good. We all liked the CS Goodes, good choices.

Have a wonderful trip.

Hello
Thank you for your advice ,that really helps,i am sure our girls will be fine now on the sofa and chair bed.

We will be making 3 reservations for Olivia's,the food sounds lovely and it looks really appetising from the pictures I have seen from peoples trip reports.I notice a lot of people mention the conch fritters,what are they,what would you say they taste like?.

Will there be instructions on how to use the washer and dryers?

Michelle.x.

 

[Nanajo1]

Remember DTD is only a boat ride away. There are many great dining options at DTD.

 

[jd65]

3 days till I'm enjoying the Gingerbread architecture of the Conch Republic right in Central Florida!

 

[Kathymford]

Hi everyone! I am about to do online check in and was surprised to find so many different options for room requests. We are in a standard 1 bedroom, but was hoping to be as close to HH as possible. Am I right in thinking if I choose "close to elevators" that we are somewhat more likely to get bldgs 62-64?

What area should I choose if I'm looking to get close to HH? TIA!

 

[jd65]

Hi everyone! I am about to do online check in and was surprised to find so many different options for room requests. We are in a standard 1 bedroom, but was hoping to be as close to HH as possible. Am I right in thinking if I choose "close to elevators" that we are somewhat more likely to get bldgs 62-64? What area should I choose if I'm looking to get close to HH? TIA!

That's what we did. In 3 days we will find out if it worked!

Otherwise, I would choose Penninsular Road/Millers Road.

 

[Chuck S]

Think the online check-in options are generic for all resorts. I doubt "Close To Elevators" will be considered at OKW, since only 3 buildings have elevators, and it may increase your chances for a handicap first floor unit because the room assigner may think you need to be close to an elevator for ambulatory problems.

 

[bbn1122]

Hello
Thank you for your advice ,that really helps,i am sure our girls will be fine now on the sofa and chair bed.

We will be making 3 reservations for Olivia's,the food sounds lovely and it looks really appetising from the pictures I have seen from peoples trip reports.I notice a lot of people mention the conch fritters,what are they,what would you say they taste like?.

Will there be instructions on how to use the washer and dryers?

Michelle.x.

The washer and dryers are very simple. I did use them.

Also we had the conch fritters they were very good and DH had the conch chowder.

 

[Kathymford]

That's what we did. In 3 days we will find out if it worked!

Otherwise, I would choose Penninsular Road/Millers Road.

Oooh. Can you let me know what you get?