We stayed at AKV Dec. 20-26.
We never heard any construction noise at all.
The only time we saw construction was when we went looking for it, to see how it is progressing. The construction area was nowhere in sight of our room....Room #5401. From our room, all we could see was the pool.
Honestly, if I were not a DVC member, & did not know about the construction going on...I would've never even known it was going on.