OKW lovers thread !!!

[dmoore22]

Just a quick note for you OKWers. CM at check-in told me refurb at buildings 30, 31, 32, 33, 40 & 43 are completed.

Thanks for the update. We'll be leaving, by car, in a little less than 16 hours. How is the construction going at the HH? Any transportation issues as a result?

 

[TinkOhio]

Hope you all have a fantastic time at OKW!

 

[k-wa]

Does anyone have photos of refurbished OKW villas? We just decided that we're going to have a girls trip plus baby in August.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

So happy to hear of the refurbishments at OKW. It is our FAVORITE!!! We are new DVC owners and bought into AKV but our heart is always at OKW. We've stayed OKW for the last 6 vacations. We are slightly addicted. We are going "home" in June to stay at AKV for the first time ever. We are excited to branch out but can't wait to go back again and see the "New" OKW!!

 

[Debs Hill]

Any photos yet of the newly refurbed villas?!!! Can't wait to see what they've done!
Debsx

 

[puente0629]

Just a quick note for you OKWers. CM at check-in told me refurb at buildings 30, 31, 32, 33, 40 & 43 are completed.

building 43...yayyy!!!I rqsted building 43 so hopefully its available when i check-in...has anyone stayed in building 43? how is the view like? we chose it because we wanted to be close to the turtle shack pool but not directly next to it....

 

[Mai Ku Tiki]

YES! Very Very Very anxious to see pix too!!!

Just saw on another site that there was a bear siting near OKW!!! Must be Big Al taking a well-deserved rest from the Country Bear Jamboree!!!

 

[Debs Hill]

So excited to see the pics of a 1 bed...............hard to tell from the video but like others have said it looks like SSR. We shall see.........
Debsx

 

[Mai Ku Tiki]

pix? what pix? where?????

 

[Debs Hill]

Sorry for the confusion............I meant that I am excited to see some pics on this thread from people who are at OKW now and may have been lucky enough to snag a newly renovated unit!!!!
I have only seen the video on u-tube!
Debsxx

 

[Mai Ku Tiki]

thanks....at least now we can all run over to utube!!!!!!!!

 

[dianeschlicht]

I hope some of you who are visiting in the near future manage to get one of the renovated 1or2 bedrooms so we can see some decent photos of the renovations.

 

[Mai Ku Tiki]

Sorry for the confusion............I meant that I am excited to see some pics on this thread from people who are at OKW now and may have been lucky enough to snag a newly renovated unit!!!!
I have only seen the video on u-tube!
Debsxx

OK...I'm stumped! Can't find it on utube How is it titled???? Thanks again!

 

[puente0629]

OK...I'm stumped! Can't find it on utube How is it titled???? Thanks again!

Just look under the forum we are on, "Mousecellaneous" and look for the title "Video of Renovated Old Key West Studio"...

 

[Mai Ku Tiki]

Thanks! Found it...but sorta wish now I hadn't...this is EXACTLY what I had hoped the new theming would NOT resemble...we are old-fashioned, beach cottage, shabby-chic kinda people....that's one of the reasons my family LOVED OKW to begin with....sometimes, I wish Disney would NOT chase after every latest trend...oh, well....

 

[hmillerbarilla]

I cannot get the video to load for some reason on my computer. Are there pictures anywhere here on the DIS of the new rooms?

I'm one that liked the old decor, so I'm really curious to see what changes they've made!

 

[saintstickets]

Another FYI at OKW and bus transportation... HH stop is not open. They are making changes for the MME drop off spot. If you are near HH, you will have to get a bus at Peninsular Road or Miller's Road stops. With that said, depending on the bus driver, if you ask, some will let you off at the stop sign at the HH...no pick ups at that spot though. Also, there is construction at
the main gate so the bus route is changed. They now enter and leave through the CM entrance off Miller's Road. One final note...there have been rumors of snakes at OKW...it's not a rumor!!! I'll have pics on a TR when we return.

 

[dvczerfs]

Another FYI at OKW and bus transportation... HH stop is not open. They are making changes for the MME drop off spot. If you are near HH, you will have to get a bus at Peninsular Road or Miller's Road stops. With that said, depending on the bus driver, if you ask, some will let you off at the stop sign at the HH...no pick ups at that spot though. Also, there is construction at
the main gate so the bus route is changed. They now enter and leave through the CM entrance off Miller's Road. One final note...there have been rumors of snakes at OKW...it's not a rumor!!! I'll have pics on a TR when we return.

snakes, i hope there not eating the frog????

 

[momx2]

Uggg....I just typed a long post about OKW and it got deleted somehow!!! So, this is short. This is our first trip to OKW and LOVE IT!!!! The units do show lots of signs of wear and tear and not the best mousekeeping, but we still love it! The one bedrooms are huge!!! We are bldg. 37 per a recommendation I read here and have a wonderful 1st floor beautiful view. We love it and will definately be returning.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

I don't like everything I saw in that piece of video. I don't like the dark headboards and I hope they didn't take the TV armoir's out of the 1 bedrooms. They look kind of sloppy just sitting on top like that. As for the blue vs. peach....I can live with that. I do like the new bedspreads with the under the sea kind of theme. I wonder if they removed the bleached/washed looking wood from the bathroom in the 1 bedrooms?? I hope not!! The whole reason we like staying at OKW is the laid back beachy feel you get from it.