Guest User
December 21, 2024
Booked our stay by renting points from a DVC site. Great way to save money. The place is super nice. The vibe is quiet and laidback. The onsite restaurant, Olivia’s, was very good…as was their grab and go pickup location near it. The grounds are well kept and the staff was friendly. We stayed in a studio, which is their most affordable, and it worked well for us. The room is spacious. There were two queen beds, unlike most other resort studios, which feature a pullout bed for one of the beds. The kitchenette is more like a regular hotel kitchenette, with a mini fridge, microwave, drip coffee maker, a small sink, dish towel & soap, a couple of paper plates, bowls, plastic utensils, coffee cups & cups,paper towels and trash can. Full length mirror on exterior bathroom door. Fairly spacious bathroom with good water pressure. Shampoo/conditioner/body wash was mounted to the wall. It was clean and included a Hey Disney device, similar to Alexa. Small TV with poor sound quality. The property is a lot like clusters of townhouses. Our section had 2nd story (no elevator, but it was fine for us) and had a beautiful water/golf course view. I did see that there were a few 3 story units…nothing higher than that. Beds were comfortable, with 4 pillows per bed. Hair dryer, iron & board included. You can hear the buses go by, so bring a small fan or a sound machine to cover the slight noise. (There’s a ceiling fan, but it’s not loud enough for this.) My one complaint: there are like 4-5 bus stops within the resort, so just going through the resort takes 10-15 minutes itself. Role drop/early hours is even earlier to get up for bc of this. It’s the price you pay for a spread out, townhouse type resort. We were assigned a room near the Hospitality House area (even though we didn’t pay extra for that) and that bus was dead last for drop off at night. Sometimes we just hopped off at the first stop and walked the little ways to keep from having to go through the whole route. We resort hopped this visit on our “rest day” and trust me when I say OKW was much less crowded than Polynesian, Animal Kingdom Lodge, Grand Floridian, and Contemporary. I prefer less crowded, personally. The ferry to Disney Springs is great, BTW.