Orange Lake Country Club. Advice Please.

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Hi, I was hoping someone could reccomend an area at Orange Lake to request. I have heard there are newer and older sections. I also heard that certain areas of the resort are designated by the day you check in,( ie fri to fri, sat to sat or sun to sun. ) We have a sunday check in and are booked for a two bedroom with full kitchen. We have two boys 5 and 8. I would really appreciate any thoughts on the best section to request. We would hate to get one of those run down units I hear people talking about. Thanks.

 

[DVC California]

Here is a link to a recent thread started by Snoopy from her recent stay at OLCC:

Our stay at Orange Lake Country Club (pics included)

We also just returned from a one week stay at OLCC. We had requested to be placed in the North Village near Splash Lagoon. There is a newer section - the East Village - which we did not visit. I don't think there is a pool in the East Village, so you may have to drive over to Splash Lagoon anyway.

When we checked in, they had placed us in the older West Village on the infamous Lake Kem Way. These are much older duplexes. We went go over to main reservation desk and asked to be moved to the North Village, then went back to check-in for our keys. It was worth it. These are much nicer fourplexes with newer furnishings and a better room layout.

I agree with everything that Snoopy wrote about her stay. We also noticed that they did not keep the east gate open as long as we would have liked. The east gate is much faster to access the North and East Village but it closed at 10 pm. If you stay until park closing, you will have to take the long drive from the main gate through the west village.

They also have the sprinklers come on at inconvenient times. It seemed to go off in the morning as we were leaving (9 am) and also around 11 pm when we were coming home. We were always getting wet.

Also look out for the sloooow golf carts driving timeshare sales staff. The roads are narrow and it is hard to pass them on the curves. There are also many people out at night jogging, walking, rollerblading, etc in the dark. Keep your eyes open.

There is a Publix supermarket right on the corner of 192 and the east entrance drive. Very convenient for picking up groceries and stuff. There is also a 24 hours Walgreen pharmacy across 192 from the main entrance for late night stuff.

If you plan on driving to the WDW, take the back way, Sherberth Road, right past the McDonalds. It will bring you out to the main road for Animal Kingdon and save you a lot of time during rush hour.

HTH, Steve

 

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Thanks so much DVC California, Any info I can get is great.

 

[Straitlover]

There is a pool in the East Section. I stayed here last October. It's not real fancy, but it is zero depth and curvy shaped . There is also a hot tub. Unless they ahve built new buildings since I was there, it was between the last 2 buildings (I stayed in the last building; think the number was 86835). If you come in the East Gate, the road forks. Take the left fork to the end of the street.