We just got back today! What a wonderful vacation.
If I had to complain about anything it was the near 100* temps on some days, but no one got sunburned or sun stroke etc, so we did well.
We left Long Island on Friday, May 2 on Southwest and stayed in the Days Suites East Gate that first night. What a huge disappointment this *motel* (If you could call it that) was. Geez, it was NOTHING like the pictures or the ads. Maybe 30 years ago. There were punch marks in the walls, NON EXISTANT air conditioning, TVs that had lines through them, leaky shower heads, and doors that wouldn't lock right. My daughter pinched her hand in the sliding glass door, it made a blister. This was considered a 3*** hotel from triple AAA. I could not recommend this place to anyone. We wanted to switch rooms, but we didn’t know what to expect from the next room. We grinned and bared it for that first night and were very happy to head to OKW the next day!
I can't say enough great things about OKW! Their motto of “Welcome Home” made us feel just that. ESPECIALLY comparing it to Days suites! We were in building 26, right near a bus stop and the hospitality house. The 2BR suite we had was magnificent! It was great to head back early and just chill out, go in the pool (open til 11PM), sit on the verandah and feed the many wildlife that joined us! LOL
The one thing I read in their OKW info, (that I thought I had read differently here) was that you could pool hop to every pool on WDW property EXCEPT CBC. So my BIL and family spent a full day pool hopping. A waste of time in my book, but whatever.
The washer and dryer, all the appliances and services this place had for a large family vacationing were perfect.
Our first day was at MK. Very early start, great day. We got in so much! We were traveling (At this point, before more troops arrived) with my MIL, my Mom, My husbands 90 year old grandfather, my 9 year old niece, my turning 6 dd, dh and myself. I felt really blessed to have Grandpa with us, and was overwhelmed with his stamina on this trip! Everyday running, and NOT ONCE did he want to use a wheelchair. I wanted to use one, but that's a different story, LOL.
We hit all of Fantasyland (We walked right onto everything without lines at all except for Dumbo)
We headed over to Adventureland and did POC and JC, walked all the way up the Swiss Family tree because the girls made us, LOL. Even Grandpa made it. :sohappy: We saw the 3:00 parade and had eaten our 3rd ice cream, and headed back to do Hall of Presidents, and Haunted Mansion and then we decided to call it a day and go check into OKW. <Again, we loved it here!>
I will break this up to separate posts.
If I had to complain about anything it was the near 100* temps on some days, but no one got sunburned or sun stroke etc, so we did well.
We left Long Island on Friday, May 2 on Southwest and stayed in the Days Suites East Gate that first night. What a huge disappointment this *motel* (If you could call it that) was. Geez, it was NOTHING like the pictures or the ads. Maybe 30 years ago. There were punch marks in the walls, NON EXISTANT air conditioning, TVs that had lines through them, leaky shower heads, and doors that wouldn't lock right. My daughter pinched her hand in the sliding glass door, it made a blister. This was considered a 3*** hotel from triple AAA. I could not recommend this place to anyone. We wanted to switch rooms, but we didn’t know what to expect from the next room. We grinned and bared it for that first night and were very happy to head to OKW the next day!
I can't say enough great things about OKW! Their motto of “Welcome Home” made us feel just that. ESPECIALLY comparing it to Days suites! We were in building 26, right near a bus stop and the hospitality house. The 2BR suite we had was magnificent! It was great to head back early and just chill out, go in the pool (open til 11PM), sit on the verandah and feed the many wildlife that joined us! LOL
The one thing I read in their OKW info, (that I thought I had read differently here) was that you could pool hop to every pool on WDW property EXCEPT CBC. So my BIL and family spent a full day pool hopping. A waste of time in my book, but whatever.
The washer and dryer, all the appliances and services this place had for a large family vacationing were perfect.
Our first day was at MK. Very early start, great day. We got in so much! We were traveling (At this point, before more troops arrived) with my MIL, my Mom, My husbands 90 year old grandfather, my 9 year old niece, my turning 6 dd, dh and myself. I felt really blessed to have Grandpa with us, and was overwhelmed with his stamina on this trip! Everyday running, and NOT ONCE did he want to use a wheelchair. I wanted to use one, but that's a different story, LOL.
We hit all of Fantasyland (We walked right onto everything without lines at all except for Dumbo)
We headed over to Adventureland and did POC and JC, walked all the way up the Swiss Family tree because the girls made us, LOL. Even Grandpa made it. :sohappy: We saw the 3:00 parade and had eaten our 3rd ice cream, and headed back to do Hall of Presidents, and Haunted Mansion and then we decided to call it a day and go check into OKW. <Again, we loved it here!>
I will break this up to separate posts.
