Just back from a week in a Resort Studio. Some thoughts and observations from an OKW owner.
Traveling Party. 2 adults 2 kids (4,8)
We arrived the day before Nicole came through. I spent all day checking the app to see if our room was ready, until finally at 7pm I called. The CM was shocked I hadn’t heard anything and put in a request with the hotel to get back to me. About 90 minutes later a CM at the GF called me and apologized, “upgrade” us to lagoon view(more on this in a second) and gave us a $100 statement credit. So all good.
We were in room 9521. This is a lagoon view dormer room. The view is quite narrow due to the fact it is a little box balcony. The balcony wall is also 4 feet tall, rendering the chairs useless. I would have much preferred to just stay in a standard view with an actual balcony.
About the room itself. The beverage fridge was fine for our usage. The room was large and comfortable. Bathrooms were quite nice. The noise was never ever an issue. It was dead silent. This might be a result of our specific room as we had no neighbors though. A closet to our left and right. Lucky I guess. So if noise is a potential problem for you, and you don’t mind a silly little balcony, 9521 might be for you.
However…
The bad. The room was not clean. The carpet was stained(kinda gross) And the floor just needed to be cleaned. We stayed for 6 nights and didn’t get mouse-keeping once. Which was also frustrating.
That’s it on the rooms unless anyone has any specific questions.
The resort….
It’s beautiful, no two ways about it. The location obviously can’t be beat. The beach pool was good fun, even if it desperately needed to be cleaned. The courtyard pool was better for grown ups, and cleaner, but traveling with two young boys you can guess where we spent most of our time.
The Lobby is lovely. But sooooo busy. The gingerbread house itself is very cool, the gingerbread is TERRIBLE. I wouldn’t eat it again on a bet. It was also very disappointing that the decorations never got put up. Just a weird mis-matched vibe with the Gingerbread house and no other decor.
I’m sure there’s things I’m forgetting and will come back with more information at some point.
Bottom line, we probably won’t be back. If it wasn’t for the location, it wouldn’t even be an option. The point totals, the room layouts, the vibe, just not for us.