BigredNole
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2007
We just returned from our 2-week vacation. We spent the first week at WBC and the second at OLR. It was great to experience a different resort. I have to admit that we truly loved OLR, almost better than WBC. For a "stay at the resort" vacation, OLR would definitely have WBC beat. They just have so much more to offer (at a cost). WBC is far better for a Disney vacation and you can easily make it a "stay at the resort" vacation as well, with less offered.
OLR:
Pros
Pros
OLR:
Pros
- Huge resort with plenty of things to do: golf, 4 pool locations, activities going on somewhere almost all day
- Lake beach with watercraft rentals
- Internal shuttle to get around
- Multiple restaurants with great prices
- 3 golf courses onsite
- No grills. There are a few, but they are so far away its not worth it unless you are right where they are.
- When there is room availability, HICV offers them out to anyone if they take a tour. We noticed a massive difference in class of people on our last night. So much so we had to only have towels at the pool and nothing else. We were that worried about stuff disappearing. It was not only us. People we had met the whole week were the same way. Instead of staying for the resort activities, they decided to just pack it in and go somewhere offsite for the afternoon/night.
- Most things have a fee.
- Location is long for going to Disney parks.
Pros
- Location: It is very close to all the parks.
- Grills make a huge bonus for cooking in and saving a ton. I got drooling stares at the three 1-lb ribeyes that I super seared on one grill and then finished of on another. BBQ chicken was excellent. Burgers and dogs were the choice of many larger groups there: volleyball and baseball competition at the time
- Almost everything to do at the resort is included with the stay.
- Outside of one family, everyone was excellent there.
- One family could quickly ruin a pool or organized activity. As they showed up, people left. From throwup boy in the pool and them encouraging him to finish, to the point of ruining poolside games. One of their kids was going to lose a hoola-hoop contest. One of their family members "accidentally" brushed against the other girl's hoop making it fall. The people running it even saw it happen and told the girl to pick it up and continue. This family argued with them that their child won. They didn't have it and continued. You should have heard them arguing when their kid didn't win the free $3 sundae. We did notice where this family went that a Security guard was around as well as the week went on.