You can walk to Disney Springs, partially through the golf course, I think you have to wait for golf carts playing through and can't go onto certain parts of the golf course. But it is not a short walk and I don't think it's set up for walking at night.
Technically, you can walk anywhere to anywhere but I wouldn't walk from OKW to DS. It would involve walking through/across many roads and or waterways.
We stayed in the backof Turtle pond right by the pool and I could walk to the main pool (or bar in my case) in ten minutes. Would think you could add another 5 minutes if you were the back end of Peninsular Road. Always busses coming and every one of them stops at the main house so if you don't want to walk, just grab any bus at all.
Oh, good to know that there is a boat. That sounds fun. I am trying to decide between OKW and Saratoga for a more relaxed vacation, less park time, and like the idea of going to DS for dining/shopping.This is true, it is set up to walk on a path. It's about 45 minutes? I know there was a thread about this within the last month but I can't find it right now. I don't believe the path is lit. There is a boat that goes from OKW to DS and also a bus depending on the time of day, so you have a lot of options.
...I would think that [and not saying whether it's "fair" or not] is that WDW might be a bit more 'accommodating' towards DVC owners, especially since OKW is strictly "villas", or DVC (no 'typical' resort attached)...The reply from a mod on the DVC boards was accurate: long bus waits "can" happen at any Disney resort but are pretty rare. In my experience as an owner, OKW delays are pretty rare....
....agreed....I don't see OKW guests being treated better or worse - bus issues just tend to be more logistical. Traffic, bus maintenance, changing drivers, scooter loading and such can push things behind schedule... but generally, the system works pretty well most of the time.