Just returned from OKW last week. It was my dh's first time at OKW...I don't think he wants to stay there again. We got Turtle Pond, which I had requested. Bldg 38, third floor. I had asked for ground level, knowing how much stuff we would have. Poor Bell Services....all our carryon bags, plus groceries and an Owners Locker. Then six large checked bags later on!!! Anyway.
The bus stop was a quick walk away. Parking was iffy for the weekend, but after Monday morning, lots of spaces opened up (Labor Day Weekend). On our first night there, dd and I headed to AK to check out the Jungle Book show, dh stayed behind. Well..he wanted to get to the HH area to grab some snacks. He took the bus there, but it took a long time to get back to the room!!! Seems he was told to take a DS bus, since they hit the HH first then did the loop. Nope, the first driver told him he was going directly to DS. So, he waited for the Internal bus...took 45 mins until one came!!! All in all, over an hour to get back to the room. Yes, he could have walked, but he had no idea where he was going!!! I told him he should have crossed the street, behind the HH, then gone to the left, and gotten on a bus at the Peninsula stop!!!! He wasn't happy that no one told him that!!!!
But, it was really quiet and peaceful. I really enjoyed our stay there! We had a wonderful dinner at Olivia's, great CMs there, really made it special for us. Dd was starting her DCP so they all made her feel so welcome and special!!
I did find bus transportation to be lacking. We had one really long wait, and of course it was when we had an ADR for BoG!!! But we were only about 15 mins late checking in...even though I left the room over an hour prior to the ADR time!!! The bus times board was always off!!! It would show a HS bus coming at 9:55, but it would arrive at 9:40!! Go figure. Happened a lot. And the usual creeping up of times happened as well. Some drivers were less than pleasant, which surprised me.
We had one instance of the bus being at the HH stop. People boarded, the driver closed the doors and put the bus in drive. Just as he did this, there was a banging on the door!!! He stopped (I didn't think they could stop once they had started to drive away!), opened the door, and told the older woman she needed to step behind the yellow line. No, she wanted to get on the bus, and why didn't he open the door when he saw her approaching!? He told her that once the door is closed, guests should stay behind the yellow line, it's a safety issue. She got on the bus, with her very embarrassed younger companion, yelling that the driver was ruder than the previous driver!!! He stated, not very pleasantly, that it was a safety issue and he was just trying to keep the guests safe! She continued muttering about 'lack of magic' and the rudeness of the employees at WDW!! I told the driver that I, for one, appreciated his attempts to keep the guests safe! He just smiled at me and rolled his eyes. Was he right in his statements? Absolutely. But, he could have been a bit less curt!!!
Oh well....it is what it is. We had a great time getting dd settled into her DCP housing. Not much time to enjoy WDW though!!!!
) it might make the area around the quiet pools a bit noisier i suppose, but we can deal with that too! I thought others might want to know this tidbit! 
