Hi Cheryl,
It was wonderful and who could have believed that twelve nights could go so quickly! We were in building 23, so I was excited I was going to have a fountain view.... which I did through the trees! And I was on the third floor! Yikes... I had calves of steel by the end of the trip!!! Our room was wonderful... nice and clean... the air worked great and the mattress was comfortable!!! We ended up putting all six kids in the spare bedroom by throwing down an air mattress, this way we were not tying up the living area. And all six of them got along wonderfully the entire trip! No drama. What a beautiful resort... absolutely fell in love with it. Our weather could not have been any nicer.... heat was to be expected. We only had the occassional afernoon shower. The ride home however was another story.... we traveled home with "Bill" on I95.... and from Richmond on we were doing 25mph with flashers on. Very ugly. We loved loved loved the resort, and my husband even said that someday when we are in a position to add on Old Key West would definitely be a possibility. Just a whole different experience than staying at the Boardwalk. So relaxing. We went to the parks in the morning, and the evenings, but David and I are not ones for the extra magic hours at night, so we would go home and have our wine on the balcony. We enjoyed the pool, and also the Gurgling Suitcase. Oh... we met this couple who were also from the Philadelphia area (we are actually a half hour outside of it) and we were talking about schools etc. Well.... I actually know her cousin who is a friend of mine and another one of her cousins who is a priest baptized my daughter! Talk about a small world!!! I dont feel as if the crowd levels were extremely high, even the second week with free dining coming into play... reservations were probably hard to get, but ride lines were very manageable. All in all the trip was wonderful... we are already planning for next year, saying that an extended trip really was the ticket to an enjoyable and relaxing vacation.
I cannot thank you enough for all your tips and guidance... they were so helpful. Maybe someday in the future we will be fortunate enough to have our trips overlap and be able to share a glass of wine! Or cocktail of your choice
We are going back down in October, I have a family wedding in the Tampa area and David and I tacked a day onto the beginning of the trip, Thursday to do the F and W festival. We are staying that night at the Beach Club. Then lo and behold... air tran cancelled our flight home, and rescheduled us for a different flight on Monday with a failry decent layover in Atlanta. I dont do layovers... so we changed our flight to Tuesday.... and plan on going back to Epcot Monday. That night on such short notice we were fortunate enough to get a room at Saratoga Springs. Any night at Disney any where is a good night! But I am already dreaming of returning to Old Key West, with just David, no six kid entourage, and doing just the two of us at the lovely resort. The landscaping, lighthouse, golf course weaving through the property, the marina, truly make it a "resort" and a true vacation destination. We actually met a couple who were doing just a resort vacation.
Thank you again....
Laura
Never again... you know what my next reservation request will state.... 
I was very quick to point out that I only had 1 (at that point).
). Not too much to ask is it?!
Our first trip is in 23 days to OKW. We can't wait. It is our first trip as DVC'ers and OKW is where DS picked out to spend his bday trip. I have enjoyed looking through this thread and seeing all of the pics to get me excited beyond belief about staying there! We are staying at our "home" in feb at BLT. I can't wait for 23 days. Hope it flies by!
And they always stay at OKW.
