OKW lovers thread !!!

[dmoore22]

How much is it to rent the boats and what types are available from okw? We are 5 adults but I know my dad liked the look of the little power boats??

Any help with prices would be very much aprearciated! X

- 21' Sun Tracker Pontoon Boats $42 USD (1/2 hour use)
- Boston Whaler Montauks - $33 USD (1/2 hour use)
- Sea Raycer by SeaRay- $24 USD (1/2 hour use)

Walt Disney World - Boat RentalsAvailable at the following marinas:
Downtown Disney®, Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Disney's Port Orleans Resort (no Montauks), Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Disney's Old Key West Resort, Disney's Polynesian Resort, Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Resort and Disney's Wilderness Lodge



- 14' Sailboats

Available at the following marinas:
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort, Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Disney's Polynesian Resort and Disney's Wilderness Lodge.




- Catamarans- $25 USD per hour, Pedal Boats - $6.50 USD (1/2 hour use)

Available at the following marinas:
Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort, Disney's Old Key West Resort, Disney's Port Orleans Resort, Disney's Coronado Springs Resort and Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground.


All recreational equipment, activities and prices are subject to change without notice.

 

[NicolaFred]

Thank you dmoore22, that's perfect!!!!

 

[hmillerbarilla]

Let's all look at my ticker, shall we?

I can't wait to be back at OKW! I'll take as many pics as possible and report back on all our fun.

 

[dvczerfs]

Let's all look at my ticker, shall we?

I can't wait to be back at OKW! I'll take as many pics as possible and report back on all our fun.

have a good trip!

 

[dmoore22]

have a good trip!

Ditto! I wish we were going to hear HOME soon with a hint of Jimmy Buffett and the Gurgling Suitcase!!

 

[hmillerbarilla]

have a good trip!

Ditto! I wish we were going to hear HOME soon with a hint of Jimmy Buffett and the Gurgling Suitcase!!

Thanks! We are really looking forward to it! We start at the BWV for 2 nights and then we move and have 7 nights at OKW!


I have the Old Key West resort music and listen to it ALL THE TIME! It's DH's favorite thing to put on in the car!

 

[dmoore22]

Thanks! We are really looking forward to it! We start at the BWV for 2 nights and then we move and have 7 nights at OKW!


I have the Old Key West resort music and listen to it ALL THE TIME! It's DH's favorite thing to put on in the car!

It sounds like a fantastic itinerary. Next to The Gurgling Suitcase the Belle Vue Room in BWV runs a close second as one of our favorite lounges to just chill out.

 

[tinkgurl]

I have the Old Key West resort music and listen to it ALL THE TIME! It's DH's favorite thing to put on in the car!

Where did you get the music at?! I must get it!!

 

[2Xited4Disney]

Where did you get the music at?! I must get it!!

I second that! We are headed for the first time there in a couple of weeks and love Mouseworld Radio and all the other Live365 stations but I have never seen any Old Key West specific tracks.

 

[hmillerbarilla]

Where did you get the music at?! I must get it!!

I second that! We are headed for the first time there in a couple of weeks and love Mouseworld Radio and all the other Live365 stations but I have never seen any Old Key West specific tracks.

The music:

It's fantastic. It has all the classic disney tunes to the calypso drums and such plus jimmy buffett... and others and it's great.

I copied it off my sister's computer probably close to 3 or 4 years ago and I know she had found it on the interent at least a year before that. so maybe like 5 years ago it was available on some website. I'll be sure to ask her tomorrow to see if she can help you all find it. It is just great! (not to rub it in or anything!!!)

I can't believe we'll be at the World on Sunday!!! Yay!!! dinner at Via Napoli! Slushies! Out to Kimono's with my sister!

We're excited! and the kids just want to swim at OKW and make their colored Duffy the bear things at the Kidcot stops. Whatever!

 

[polyhm83]

There is a website called d-cot, you can make your own playlist on their jukebox and OKW music is one of the choices. Lots of Jimy Buffet and some steel drums. I listen to it all the time while doing housework.

 

[kristenrice]

OKW was our first DVC experience...and we didn't even know it. I wanted to take my first "grown-up" trip to WDW and my only condition was that I stay onsite. My (then)boyfriend and I asked my parents if they wanted to join us. I searched the WDW website (didn't know ANYTHING about discounts, renting, etc) and we thought that the RACK RATE of $430/night for a 2BR (back in 2001) was a great deal. We stayed for 7 nights in a 2BR and my dad fell in love with OKW. After that trip, he decided that he wanted to try and take the whole family on a trip to WDW. At that time, there were only 4 "kids"...me, DB/DSiL and DSis...no grandkids yet.

Fast forward 10 years later.....

We just booked (2) 2BR's at OKW for June 16-23, 2012....FOR 15 of us!
...and Dad is doing what he said he wanted to do...pay for all of it!!

We are so excited! Even though AKV is our WDW "home", OKW was a close-second choice. I love the HUGE 1BR's and the balconies are fantastic! We've requested the Turtle Pond area. We wanted the Hospitality House area, but since we had to book our first and last nights on cash (and didn't want to move) we were unable to do so for the cash nights. Most of our family are big soda drinkers so we wanted to be relatively close to a refill station.

Can't wait.....only 324 more days!

 

[KerriL]

Where did you get the music at?! I must get it!!

I ordered a cd from Amazon a few years ago.... Beauty and the Beat! Favorite Disney tunes in Steelband style. You can still buy it..I think it's about $15.00.
It wasn't on itunes then, I don't if you can find it on there now.
Kerri

 

[dmoore22]

There is a website called d-cot, you can make your own playlist on their jukebox and OKW music is one of the choices. Lots of Jimy Buffet and some steel drums. I listen to it all the time while doing housework.

D-Cot is a great site for streaming music. Each song listed provides a link showing the artist/musicians AND where the music can be purchased/downloaded. http://www.d-cot.com/jukebox I have a very old version of Roxio (perhaps from 1999/2000) which allows me to record from one source (Win XP laptop headphone/speaker jack) to another (Win XP desktop stereo sound-card) and convert it to record on a CD or mp3 player. I guess that's probably illegal so just ignore what I just posted.

 

[hmillerbarilla]

I checked with my sister and she said wherever she dowloaded all the music from is long gone. Sounds like some of it is still around if you can find it!

Well, we're all packed up and we're off to the World tomorrow morning! We're driving for a change. Will be interesting to see how little DD does!

I'll check in once we're "home"!

 

[chepic]

OMgosh.....just logged onto the d-cot and now there will be another thing to drive everyone crazy with.

thank you!!!!! I love it.

che

 

[dmoore22]

This is just a little FYI for folks that are a bit nostalgic for the pre-renovated rooms at OKW. I was navigating through the dvcmember.com website and thought I'd visit the "Member Getaways" link. Low and behold, under "Accomodations" 360 tour it still shows the OKW Rooms we miss.

 

[Mai Ku Tiki]

This is just a little FYI for folks that are a bit nostalgic for the pre-renovated rooms at OKW. I was navigating through the dvcmember.com website and thought I'd visit the "Member Getaways" link. Low and behold, under "Accomodations" 360 tour it still shows the OKW Rooms we miss.

Gee...thanks for this! I'll NEVER understand why they felt the need to change the decor

 

[kaffinito]

It's getting close! Pretty soon we get to check in at OKW

I've requested Building 62 or around there, ground floor. After three years of postponing a stay at OKW (in favor of AKL, Poly, etc) I can hardly wait to stay there for the first time!

 

[dvczerfs]

There is a website called d-cot, you can make your own playlist on their jukebox and OKW music is one of the choices. Lots of Jimy Buffet and some steel drums. I listen to it all the time while doing housework.

thanks for the d-cot web site!!!