We were at OKW (1st DVC stay) Oct 17-24 and I'm ready to book another trip and rent a car. The OKW busses were awful but we figured out our best bet was to catch the bus from the 1st bus stop for our rope drop days. Anywoo, DH and I had a blast, it was exactly what we needed. It was his first time staying on site and I think he has falling in love with Disney all over again. This was our belated holiday because Maui was shut down June 2020. Thanks C19. But when they throw you limes you make margaritas.
We booked this trip 35 days before departure because we found an awesome deal renting DVC points. We so enjoyed OKW. We will definitely stay there again. We RELAXED this trip. No kitchen, so no cooking nor cleaning. We doubled the food budget and ate and drank what we wanted, when we wanted. We had reservations at Ragland Roads, Tiffins, Whispering Canyon, The Edison, Liberty Tree Tavern, Chef Mickey's and Chef Art Smith's Homecoming. All were delicious and I was so glad I followed everyone's advice to book at least one reservation a day. It worked for us. I actually cancelled about 5 reservations because by the 2nd day we realized we couldn't eat that much food every day.
We rope dropped Sunday - Wednesday and went to each park. Walked on FOP, Safari and had about a 30 minute wait for EE but posted time was 50 min. - check; Secured margaritas, caramel popcorn and walked on Soaring - check; walked on BTMR, thanks to the rain 30 minute wait on SDMT and secured a dole whip - check; DH got us a BG and we walked on MF and Star Tours, road skyliner to Riviera (we love this resort, can't wait for it to be the new old so we can afford it), returned to park to ride RotR, it was OK but we enjoyed MF and ST more, we didn't understand all the hype with RotR - check. On our extra 2 park days we goofed around and went to a TS breakfast and a TS lunch. We arrived at the parks (AK, MK) in the afternoon and shut them down. On Friday, we just wanted to see the castle lit up since it was open until 8pm. We snacked around MK, did some shopping and took PhotoPass pics while the castle was lit up. I had on my FITBIT and we walked 46 miles that week. YIKES!!
I've been probably looking every other day for another deal for the holidays - Thanksgiving or Christmas. One thing I must admit, regardless of the C19 protocols that are in place when I returned home I still had that same feeling I always have when I return from Disney, WHEN can I book our next trip.