As for the rest of your question, buses going to the parks seldom fill up except maybe first thing in the morning or during peak times of the year. Mid-day trip - hardly ever. Coming back from the parks at closing time, yes, almost always you will find full buses and you may have to wait for one bus to fill and another to arrive. Or you may have to stand. To avoid all that, simply leave a little earlier or wait a little longer and you'll be fine.
Any thoughts or maybe i should request a room in another clump of bldgs? Also with bldgs not having elevators will be willing to work with us for a ground floor or one of the bldgs with elevators?
I also have a question about the busses. We have a std 2bdrm. I was going to request (i realize it's just a request) a non hh room, but still relatively close to hh, buildings in the 60s...something like that. However, just found this thread and order of the buses. My mom will have an ECV. I'm worried buses will be full/ecv space taken (esp early morning) by the last stops. OKW size already seems overwhelming to me, I'm wondering if this is going to be a logistical nightmare
We were just in Bldg 63 last fall and I had a scooter (at the last minute). We were on the first floor so it wasn't any problem there. I'd ride it over to the HH bus stop and got on every time. There was one time when there were two other scooters waiting when I got there, but there was already a scooter on the bus, so the other two (who were traveling together) told me to get on the bus. There was another bus almost right behind with space for the other two scooters. And if I remember correctly, that was a bus taking DVC members to AK for the evening AK party. So lots of people heading that way.I also have a question about the busses. We have a std 2bdrm. I was going to request (i realize it's just a request) a non hh room, but still relatively close to hh, buildings in the 60s...something like that. However, just found this thread and order of the buses. My mom will have an ECV. I'm worried buses will be full/ecv space taken (esp early morning) by the last stops. OKW size already seems overwhelming to me, I'm wondering if this is going to be a logistical nightmare
Near HH area includes Bldg 11-14 (right across the parking lot from the HH) and 23-26 (right across the bridge from the HH). Both have parking spaces. Current coffee maker is a Mr Coffee style 10-12 cup with flat bottom basket style filters (you'll need to provide those if you drink more coffee than the 1-2 packets they leave each service day). I don't remember a teakettle, but I think you can request one.
The sleeper chair is pretty much immovable. Its huge and heavy. The curtains will make the room very dark.
I don't think that time is a particularly busy period for DVC resorts so you should be fine. The furthest location from HH is South Point and it's a 10-15 minute walk to HH from there. But, all buses stop at HH on the way out of the resort. So to get to HH, just hop on any bus and get off at HH. To get back to your villa, walk across the road to he Peninsular Road stop and hop a bus to your location. It's very easy. Bus stops go in this order:
We like to stay on Millers Road and seldom have a problem getting a seat going to the parks. The Internal Bus basically just goes around the resort - HH, Millers Road, Peninsular Rd, South Point, Turtle Pond, HH. It's maybe a ten minute walk from the furthest villa to the HH. Just hop any theme park bus to get to the HH. Going back, you can walk across the bridge to the Peninsular Road stop and take a bus back to your area.
Call or better yet send an e-mail to Member Services to make your requests. It's a much better method than using online check-in. The refurb at OKW isn't slated to start until later this summer so I doubt that's the reason you can't select it.
