SSR Lovers and/or Owners Thread!

[BroganMc]

We plan to bring a pound or two of Dunkin Donuts coffee with us when we go!! For us it is the best in our opinion bar none!!

Well if you happen to check-in to a room we're vacating, my dad has this habit of forgetting his Maxwell House coffee. He keeps leaving it in the wine rack (along with cans of tuna). Why we bring the tuna when we never use it is beyond me.

 

[punkin413]

IT'S OFFICIAL!!! the person i'm renting points from to stay at SSR in april made the ressie this morning!!! (thanks, tara, if you're reading this!!! )

now i just have to wait almost 11 months! is it weird that i already have my itinerary done???

 

[BroganMc]

I do have one question though. We are not big on cooking in the room. I agree with Tom and Robin, I am on vacation and don't want to cook and clean or even brew coffee. How many of you SSR lovers out there eat at the AP? Do you think they should expand their menu a bit, or do most people cook for themselves? We were just wondering.

We ate there several times. The trick is to look for the chef selections at the counter for some variety. They will make substitutions as well. For instance, on the "roast chicken, garlic potatoes and green beans" night I was so tired of roast chicken I opted for breaded strips. My dad substituted mac-n-cheese for green beans. And they do have a selection of soups and salads, as well as the hot dog and chili at lunch.

I'm not sure what else folks are looking for. You can always order a pizza, buy supplies for spaghetti at AP or whatever else you want. I believe OKWers have a pig's feet recipe floating around here.

 

[BroganMc]

I put this in its own thread just cause I didn't want it to get buried in the regular talk, but here's a link to my Top 20 New Things Learned list... http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1463583

At some point I'll put more photos up. I'm working on a little website to document some of my walking routes and adventures. (Sorry, no pictures of the midnight races with my dad. I was too busy trying to win to snap photos.)

We'll be back this October (14-23). Made our extended reservations yesterday (3 extra days in a studio after sending my sis home). My dad's convinced we can make do with studios since we don't cook much and the laundry rooms are close by. So the plan now is to alternate: 7 studio days in the Spring and 7 1bedroom days in the Fall (or 5 2bedroom days with family + 3 studio days to recover).

 

[bpmorley]

I do have one question though. We are not big on cooking in the room. I agree with Tom and Robin, I am on vacation and don't want to cook and clean or even brew coffee. How many of you SSR lovers out there eat at the AP? Do you think they should expand their menu a bit, or do most people cook for themselves? We were just wondering.

We've eaten at AP quite a few time and have always enjoyed the food. As far as coffee. If we're staying for a week or more, we'll buy the mugs and just get coffe at AP in the morning. If we're doing a long weekend we'll just bring some coffee from home and make it in the room. So far we have only stayed in a studio so there was no cooking unless you count heating up some microwave food or toasting a bagel. We'll be in a 2bdr in Dec and we do not plan on cooking.

 

[HUFF590]

Hello everyone, another SSR owner here who loves his home. Great thread.

 

[bpmorley]

Welcome aboard HUFF

 

[DutchsMommy]

Got back last week from our 1st trip home. Had a really nice time. We were in a studio (just DS and I) in the Grandstand section. We were on the first floor, VERY close to the bus stop. I really loved the location. We really enjoyed being so close to the transportation and I could look out the window of the room if a bus was passing to see which it was and know if it was ours we didn't have to rush as we had about 15 mins until the next one. Transportation was never an issue, we always got a bus within 5 mins, with one taking about 10 mins tops. The buses back from the Parks to SSR were also very frequent. The longest wait from from AK and it was likely 10 mins. We did try out the new Grandstand pool, however once DS tried the slide at the main pool there was no going back. I think for us being in the Springs would be great next time as we did frequent the pool quite a bit, however the walk from the Grandstand was no big deal for us at all.

We enjoyed both Artist's Pallatte (sp?) and the Turf Club. We really did not use all the amenities of the resort and hope to in the future.

Our only complaint - and it is not an SSR complaint to my view - was DME and the Airline Baggage Check at the resort. I really would not use DME again as it was a pain in general and I was thinking the whole time I would have rather taken our Towncar as usual. The staff were also not particularily helpful. Also, when checking in our bags for the return trip I wanted to check them in at the resort as Air Trans is now participating. Apparently the 'system was down' so we could not check in, did not therefore have our boarding pass, and would need to figure it out at the airport. I can understand these things happen, but I think it was just the general attitude of 'of well' that kinds bothered me. IN any case, in the future I will stick with our Towncar transport and leave it at that.

Otherwise, all was well and this in no way affected our trip!

All in all we quite enjoyed SSR and would not hesitate to stay there again - hopefully for longer this time!!

 

[Ruth B]

Glad you had a lovely time. I am going with just my DS in the summer and think i may ask for Springs

 

[kritter]

Going in less than two weeks can not wait......

 

[veroozy]

We'll be there August 20th
Did the tour last July when we stayed at the Dolphin. We were DVC members but sold our VB points 3 years ago. BIG mistake
The resort looks great on tour and reading all these trips is getting us even more excited.

Count us in as SSR lovers

 

[alldiz]

Just back from my 1st DVC stay....at SSR....last night....

We loved it....I am spoiled now....3 of us in a 1BR....
Room was ready at 11am check in
4th floor corner room view of DTD in congress park.....
Great room.....great view....

They tried to put me 1st floor paddocks.....
held my ground....and they found me a great room

Short walk to bus....we walked to DTD almost everyday to
catch a bus to a resort for dinner....
That was my favorite part....walking distance to all the buses

Walk to high rock pool not to long...we were 1st building over
the bridge....
My DD 5 LOVED the pool....she felt so safe in the zero entry part
that she really started swimming underwater like a fish.....

The pool was crowded (mem day weekend)
but we moved 2 chairs over to the zero entry part and
we were good to go....close to the pool bar too

We ate in AP for lunch a few times.....thought the food was very
good.....awesome flatbreads....chicken caesar very good also....

This trip we did a lot of relaxing....I bought my AP's and
we only went to the park 3x
I know.....we were too busy relaxing at SSR to move though....

Weather was unbelievably perfect....80's everyday with steady
winds to keep you cool and blow away the lovebugs a little

All in all a great trip....
Kerri

 

[TenThousandVolts]

They tried to put me 1st floor paddocks.....
held my ground....and they found me a great room

What do you mean by this? What happened.

 

[pennst8r]

I love hearing about wonderful experiences!

We're going for the first time in Oct. We never even took the tour, so, we're anxiously waiting.

I know we'll be thrilled just because of the 2 bedrooms, which helps with 3 DSs.

 

[Starr W.]

Just back from my 1st DVC stay....at SSR....last night....

We loved it....I am spoiled now....3 of us in a 1BR....
Room was ready at 11am check in
4th floor corner room view of DTD in congress park.....
Great room.....great view....

They tried to put me 1st floor paddocks.....
held my ground....and they found me a great room

Short walk to bus....we walked to DTD almost everyday to
catch a bus to a resort for dinner....
That was my favorite part....walking distance to all the buses

Walk to high rock pool not to long...we were 1st building over
the bridge....
My DD 5 LOVED the pool....she felt so safe in the zero entry part
that she really started swimming underwater like a fish.....

The pool was crowded (mem day weekend)
but we moved 2 chairs over to the zero entry part and
we were good to go....close to the pool bar too

We ate in AP for lunch a few times.....thought the food was very
good.....awesome flatbreads....chicken caesar very good also....

This trip we did a lot of relaxing....I bought my AP's and
we only went to the park 3x
I know.....we were too busy relaxing at SSR to move though....

Weather was unbelievably perfect....80's everyday with steady
winds to keep you cool and blow away the lovebugs a little

All in all a great trip....
Kerri

Hey Kerri, we were in the first building at CP on our first trip(only 2nd floor, but a good view of DTD).
We'll be back at Thanksgiving, hopefully we'll get that building again.

 

[alldiz]

What do you mean by this? What happened.

I requested a smoking room....high floor.....
CM showed me map and asked where I want to be.....
I pointed to CP, Springs and Grandstand....

CM said no smoking rooms in grandstand...but they had a nice room
in Congress Park....I said great....
she then goes to click on it and says it was not available....
someone else just took it

She then says she has a ground floor room in Paddocks.....
My face probably looked like a freight train was about to hit me.....
cause she just started typing and clicking away and got the manager....

Manager said nobody took the room....it wasn't letting her select it
cause I had a linked ressie....(1st ressie had me going to a studio last 2 nights)....
and she said that they were getting
those rooms ready for the new non-smoking rule.....

I then informed CM that the rule starts on June 1st and I don't believe for
1 second they will keep that room empty this memorial day weekend for
fumigation....and they will just have to wait till the 29th when I
check out....That will give you 2 days to have the stink swat team
come in.....
thankfully she saw things my way....and I got the best room
4th floor corner room view of DTD
Kerri

 

[TenThousandVolts]

Thanks for clarifying- I was curiuos if there was some trick to being placed where you want to be- even if they say nothing is available- Your explaination makes sense. I am glad you had such a nice trip!

 

[tomandrobin]

I love hearing about wonderful experiences!

We're going for the first time in Oct. We never even took the tour, so, we're anxiously waiting.

I know we'll be thrilled just because of the 2 bedrooms, which helps with 3 DSs.

Make sure you request a dedicated two bedroom and not a lock-off unit. The dedicated unit has 2 beds in the other bedroom, the lock-off only has one.

 

[pennst8r]

Make sure you request a dedicated two bedroom and not a lock-off unit. The dedicated unit has 2 beds in the other bedroom, the lock-off only has one.

Thanks! I do have the dedicated room in my ressie, but didn't even think about how the other would be configured. I had a very helpful CM who took pity on me being a newbie! Even helped me figure out the banking/borrowing part.

 

[Liljam]

I'm an SSR owner who hasn't stayed there yet, but loved the resort when we did the tour! Can't wait until my first trip home, but I mainly wanted to subscribe to stay up to date on this thread!

Hope everyone is having a magical day!