OKW "Near Hospitality House"? Room requests?

[madelyn]

What exactly does "Near Hospitality House" mean? I am assuming that this is a good thing? Originally I was thinking of a combined stay at BWV and cash nights at BWI but now my sister is able to join us for our WDW part of our trip. She is able to come in 1 day earlier than us so we will reserve the first night in an OKW 1 bedroom followed by 4 nights in a OKW 2 bedroom lock-off for the nights when my family of 5 (includes kids 13, 10 and 5) will join my sister. We are hoping she will not have to physically move and we can get the adjoining studio to that 1 bedroom reserved for the 1st night. For our late May/early July dates there is availability for "Near Hospitality House" and also units w/out that designation. I am assuming that the "Near Hospitality House" option is preferred? We have stayed at OKW a few times in the past. Once in a studio over 15 years ago (just DH and me) and the other 2 times were in 1 bedroom units but about 7 years ago. For the 1 bedroom I do remember requesting to be near the bus stop and to get a room that had bathroom access through the laundry room. One or both times we had a balcony that backed to the golf course and we were abe to feed ducks from our 1st floor balcony. DD 5 years does like doing crafts in the Community Hall so we may take advantage of that. One stay at Saratoga DH liked being near a building that was close to a hot tub which was nice for after park relaxing. Can anyone suggest ideal room requests/buildings for us?

 

[kamik86]

Near hospitality house means your near:
The main bus stop
The front desk
The TS resteraunt
The QS window
The pool
The community room for renting movies, bikes, etc.
The boat launch to DTD

 

[DebbieB]

What exactly does "Near Hospitality House" mean? I am assuming that this is a good thing? Originally I was thinking of a combined stay at BWV and cash nights at BWI but now my sister is able to join us for our WDW part of our trip. She is able to come in 1 day earlier than us so we will reserve the first night in an OKW 1 bedroom followed by 4 nights in a OKW 2 bedroom lock-off for the nights when my family of 5 (includes kids 13, 10 and 5) will join my sister. We are hoping she will not have to physically move and we can get the adjoining studio to that 1 bedroom reserved for the 1st night. For our late May/early July dates there is availability for "Near Hospitality House" and also units w/out that designation. I am assuming that the "Near Hospitality House" option is preferred? We have stayed at OKW a few times in the past. Once in a studio over 15 years ago (just DH and me) and the other 2 times were in 1 bedroom units but about 7 years ago. For the 1 bedroom I do remember requesting to be near the bus stop and to get a room that had bathroom access through the laundry room. One or both times we had a balcony that backed to the golf course and we were abe to feed ducks from our 1st floor balcony. DD 5 years does like doing crafts in the Community Hall so we may take advantage of that. One stay at Saratoga DH liked being near a building that was close to a hot tub which was nice for after park relaxing. Can anyone suggest ideal room requests/buildings for us?

Buildings 11 to 14 or 23 to 26.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/resortmaps/okwmap.htm

 

[madelyn]

Thanks, so out of those groupings of buildings "Near the Hospitality House" does anyone have a favorite particular building? After looking at the site map I seem to recall we have stayed in one of those 20-something buildings. We were near a bus stop but if we missed that bus it was easy enough to run across the street and catch the bus in front of the Hospitality House. So what is the pattern of the bus pick-ups/drop-offs? I remember not liking to be the last pick up since sometimes the buses are full.

 

[DebbieB]

Thanks, so out of those groupings of buildings "Near the Hospitality House" does anyone have a favorite particular building? After looking at the site map I seem to recall we have stayed in one of those 20-something buildings. We were near a bus stop but if we missed that bus it was easy enough to run across the street and catch the bus in front of the Hospitality House. So what is the pattern of the bus pick-ups/drop-offs? I remember not liking to be the last pick up since sometimes the buses are full.

Peninsular
South Point
Turtle Pond
Miller Road
HH

 

[Deb & Bill]

Our favorite areas are Southpoint, Millers Road and Turtle Pond. We are not fans of HH area. So we would never book that area.