Yay! Welcome, love having you along for our trip adventures!I'm along for the ride! Can't wait to hear more about you and Andi's adventures!
Yay and Welcome, so nice to have you joining in!Looking forward to reading about your trip.
Hi Su-Lynn, thanks for joining in. We did have a nice long trip except it still went by to fast! It was fun visiting with you and Steve this trip. You all were park commandos this trip!Hi Caroline! So good seeing you and Andi again!! Can't wait to hear more about your trip! You guys definitely did a lot. I'm so jealous of your 10 day trip!
Yay and Welcome! So glad to have you!!I'm excited to follow along!
Hi Gina! So nice to have you here reading along. I’m sorry we missed each other. Are you going to do a TR? I will want to follow along!!I’m here! I’m going to try my very best to keep up. Our dates were almost identical- I’m surprised we didn’t run into each other! I was so super scatter brained before the trip I didn’t really check here much so I either forgot or didn’t realize we had the same dates!
Ahh Welcome! I sure hope you all get a trip together, the mother/daughter trips are the best!!Having a mother/daughter trip with my DD is my bucket list dream!!! I love reading about your adventures together
Yay and Welcome!! So glad to have you joining in!Sounds exciting! Going to join in!
Super cute!Here is my bad mirror selfie, I take this before each trip. Andi thinks it is hilarious.
That looks interesting! it's literally a cupcake with ice cream?We decided to go to Sprinkles. I tried the cupcake sundae dessert, this was so good. I had a strawberry cupcake with the Captain crunch ice cream. This was an odd combination but very satisfying and so good. Andi didn’t have anything, she tried this and thought it was okay. I loved it.
Ugh so gross. Can't believe all the issues you guys had with OKQ. But at least they were nice and threw in some extra stuff!We also found toenail clippings on the floor in the little kitchen area and a lot of hair in the bathroom. This was gross, we could tell the floors had not been cleaned at all before our arrival. I did call and the manager was very helpful and nice. He agreed this was not acceptable. He sent housekeeping back, gave us each 3 anytime FP and a $200.00 resort credit. I certainly didn’t expect that, I just wanted to have the floors cleaned. I was impressed with the manager at OKW.
The first and most important rule of 4 wheel drive... If you wait until you need 4 wheel drive to engage it, it is too late.My husband drove us in his truck and of course he didn’t think he needed the 4 wheel drive until we almost went in the ditch!
Love that feeling when you get there after leaving the winter in the Midwest.We gave our luggage to bell service and headed to DS via the boat at OKW. It was glorious to be outside in warm weather and the sun on my face.
Dang, sorry the room wasn't a better location and set up for you.Very little storage for a DVC. Positives were 2 queen size beds, balcony with chairs and a fountain out in the lake behind us. Unfortunately, those were the only positives of the room.
Yikes!The resort is huge, the bus takes almost 30 minutes to go around the resort coming back from the parks. We started getting off at the Pennisular bus stop and walking, it saved us over 15 minutes of bus time.
Blech... I'd certainly be disappointed in anything like that from Disney, but I'm glad the manager at least stepped up and did what he could to try to make it right.We also found toenail clippings on the floor in the little kitchen area and a lot of hair in the bathroom. This was gross, we could tell the floors had not been cleaned at all before our arrival. I did call and the manager was very helpful and nice. He agreed this was not acceptable. He sent housekeeping back, gave us each 3 anytime FP and a $200.00 resort credit. I certainly didn’t expect that, I just wanted to have the floors cleaned. I was impressed with the manager at OKW.
I think I've heard enough of why it would have been one and done... sorry it didn't get any better.After all that, this resort is a one and done for us, you will hear more of why in upcoming posts.
That was quiet the gamble with it being einter and all! Glad it worked out for you.Our 7:10am flight from Minneapolis also took off right on time. If any of you have paid attention to the times, that was stressful in itself. I gambled and booked the 2 flights so close together in time and if any hiccup had occurred in Duluth, we would never had made the 7:10am flight!
Yikes! That is gross! Glad they quickly made up for it at least.We also found toenail clippings on the floor in the little kitchen area and a lot of hair in the bathroom. This was gross, we could tell the floors had not been cleaned at all before our arrival. I did call and the manager was very helpful and nice. He agreed this was not acceptable. He sent housekeeping back, gave us each 3 anytime FP and a $200.00 resort credit. I certainly didn’t expect that, I just wanted to have the floors cleaned. I was impressed with the manager at OKW.
Funny we were supposed to get snow on the day we left too! Luckily it waited until the next dayI had been watching the weather because “surprise” we were suppose to get snow the day we had to travel. I was hopeful it would only be a couple inches and we would be fine.
Yes it was! For a couple days at least lolIt was glorious to be outside in warm weather and the sun on my face.
We stayed there on our first onsite stay back in 2007 and really enjoyed it; the kids were so little and the pool was nice as well as the size of the rooms . We had a 2 bedroom, don't remember what section but we were also near a bus stop. I do think the resort is pretty but it seems SSR usually gets more positives than OKW? As for the bus stops this is something I can't stand at the big resorts!! I prefer resorts with 1 stop! Regardless the toenails and hair which you hadn't mentioned while we were together down there is GROSS and I'm glad they comped you even though you didn't ask!!!The resort is huge, the bus takes almost 30 minutes to go around the resort coming back from the parks
I do plan on writing a TR! I just finished one from our short September trip and I will link the new one there.Hi Gina! So nice to have you here reading along. I’m sorry we missed each other. Are you going to do a TR? I will want to follow along!!
My favourite weather too!Goodbye nasty cold snowy weather, Hello beautiful sun and 83 degree weather, I love you!!
Isn't it just the best feeling?We gave our luggage to bell service and headed to DS via the boat at OKW. It was glorious to be outside in warm weather and the sun on my face.
Yum! Blaze pizza opened near Toronto last spring and I finally tried it a few weeks ago. I love their pizza! And sharing one is a great choice.....then you have room for dessert.We were hungry and decided on Blaze Pizza for our lunch. We shared a pizza. Andi’s side had mushrooms and olives and my side had pepperoni, meatballs, and mushrooms. This was yummy.
Uh oh......Very little storage for a DVC. Positives were 2 queen size beds, balcony with chairs and a fountain out in the lake behind us. Unfortunately, those were the only positives of the room.
Blech to the disgusting condition of the kitchen and bathroom. Kudos to the resort manager for stepping up to the plate and making things right.We also found toenail clippings on the floor in the little kitchen area and a lot of hair in the bathroom. This was gross, we could tell the floors had not been cleaned at all before our arrival. I did call and the manager was very helpful and nice. He agreed this was not acceptable. He sent housekeeping back, gave us each 3 anytime FP and a $200.00 resort credit. I certainly didn’t expect that, I just wanted to have the floors cleaned. I was impressed with the manager at OKW.
Sorry to hear that it was a less than magical experience.After all that, this resort is a one and done for us, you will hear more of why in upcoming posts.
I was so glad the flights took off without a hitch!Glad the snow didn't affect your flights!!
Ah that stinks that your room wasn't the best I'm glad the manager tried to make it right with the FPs and credit.
Sounds like a nice time at DS, good way to start the trip!
It was disappointing. I got the impression moving was just not an option for us with the resort staff. At first, we didn’t hear back for over an hour and I was thinking they really didn’t care. I was so relieved when the manager called back!Ughh, so sorry to hear about the dirty room. Nothing worse than that. I would have probably demanded a new room after that but glad the manager comped you. Looking forward to hearing about the rest of the trip.