Ocean Walk pictures Oct 2015

Cheryl20772 · Oct 30, 2015

At Ocean Walk for 2 weeks. Checked in Thursday and no VIP desk, but only 2 people ahead of us. No parking pass/pool band tango, but after they handed these to me, they asked if we might like to attend the owners' update to learn about Dulce resorts, the new Gulf shore resort and some other news. I said no.

We had two phone calls. Hubby told them no when he answered, then it was my turn to answer the phone and parking pass woman wanted to know my birth date and could they bring us a welcome package Sunday morning at 9:30 (no that's too early and we will have company. Then they wanted to know if they could bring it 9:30 Monday morning and I said too early...so agreed to 10:30. We shall see what that is on Monday. Oh, and I asked why they needed to know my birthdate and was told it's required by registration now. Why didn't they ask at registration then?

We are in the South Tower room 813 and it's completely renovated and very nice. Our unit is 2 BR Deluxe and it was a reservation broken into 4 parts, but it was combined so we stay in one unit without us asking.

Got you some pictures:

New stainless double sink. Kitchen also now has glass top Whirlpool stove and microwave oven, and Amana dishwasher. Fridge is normal old GE.

Here's the living room:

Here's the 2nd bedroom:

Master bedroom. We slept well on the new mattress.

Here's what the tiles look like in the bathroom. The fixtures look the same.

Love the new mirror closet door and pretty drapes:

silentg · Oct 30, 2015

Nice, but you should have unplugged the phones, you have cellphones right? I hope they bring you a nice welcome basket on Monday. Then leave you alone for the rest of your stay!
Silentg

Cheryl20772 · Oct 30, 2015

Ocean Walk 2015

We saw a sign at the check in desk that the mini golf was being rebuilt and here's what's there now (I really miss it!):

The Eatery is still there and was open for breakfast/lunch:

There was a pumpkin carving contest in the lobby. The staff in various resort departments did the art work and the guests voted for their favorite:

The South pool was closed along with the slide and hot tub. There was lots of work going on to refurbish this area. The North pool and Lazy River were all open and in perfect condition.

Cheryl20772 · Oct 30, 2015

silentg said:
Nice, but you should have unplugged the phones, you have cellphones right? I hope they bring you a nice welcome basket on Monday. Then leave you alone for the rest of your stay!
Silentg

Yes, I knew what I was inviting by not unplugging, but I wanted to see what would happen. Will let you know here what comes. And we can still unplug anytime

pedro47 · Oct 31, 2015

Thanks for sharing the new look of the resort. Was every unit completely remodel?

Sandi Bo · Oct 31, 2015

Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing.

We stayed in a 4 BR Presidential and some 3 BR Deluxes the end of August in the North Tower. They are in need of a remodel. The furniture is pretty worn and stained. We joked that we didn't even have fake fruit in the 4 BR Presidential (the decorations were sparse).

But still LOVE Daytona. Have a great time.

chapjim · Oct 31, 2015

Cheryl20772 said:
Then they wanted to know if they could bring it 9:30 Monday morning and I said too early...so agreed to 10:30. We shall see what that is on Monday.

We are in the South Tower room 813 and it's completely renovated and very nice.

Can't wait to hear about the gift and visit Monday. Mostly, how long did it take to shoo the guy out the door.

Was this unit one of the flooded units?

55plus · Oct 31, 2015

Cheryl20772 said:
At Ocean Walk for 2 weeks. Checked in Thursday and no VIP desk, but only 2 people ahead of us. QUOTE]

Unless things have changed, the VIP check-in desk/counter is at the east end of the counter on the other side of a column at an angle. There is, or at least was a small brass 'VIP Check-in' sign.

Cheryl20772 · Oct 31, 2015

morrisjim said:
Unless things have changed, the VIP check-in desk/counter is at the east end of the counter on the other side of a column at an angle. There is, or at least was a small brass 'VIP Check-in' sign.

That desk is still there and I looked, but nobody was working there and there wasn't a VIP sign there. It was okay as we didn't have to wait very long. I've had to wait just as long when there was an open VIP desk.

Cheryl20772 · Oct 31, 2015

Late Saturday Late October Afternoon

Shot a few pics on the way out to walk on the sand.
This is the Lazy River today it's in the shade of the buildings late in the afternoon:

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Here's the North pool area. You can see part of the Turtle's Nest. It's open
and some people are buying beverages. You can see people are enjoying the pool area.

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This is a children's water play area which I don't even remember seeing here before. It's north of the North pool.

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Cheryl20772 · Oct 31, 2015

TV at Ocean Walk 2015

Someone might like to know that the TV in the living room now actually has free video on demand for many shows. I don't know if the bedroom boxes have this...probably not. No premium channels like Showtime and HBO are free...just the regular ones. But hey, if you have a favorite, you might not have to miss it while traveling...or give it up completely while everyone goes to the beach.

FamilyVacations8 · Oct 31, 2015

Thank you for the pictures. The kids pool area looks great.

Cheryl20772 · Nov 2, 2015

chapjim said:
Can't wait to hear about the gift and visit Monday. Mostly, how long did it take to shoo the guy out the door.

Was this unit one of the flooded units?

This very likely was a unit affected by the flooding from the fire control water pipe that broke late last year.

The welcome pack lady from guest services arrived about 10 minutes late. She wanted to make sure my husband was here and greeted him too. She, of course, wanted to do her "survey". I said, "I was only expecting you to deliver a welcome pack, not a survey." She wanted to know what I had been told and I explained that I had been around the block enough times to know that "welcome pack" equals "survey". She offered me the 2015 Member Directory, and I said no thanks, I was told she had the 2016. She said no those hadn't been printed yet, and I said that was what I thought, but not what the front desk said.

So, it was relatively painless. She wanted to know if I knew about their new and improved points card and I said that I was already a member of Wyndham rewards; so she backed off that one too. She gave me the welcome pack and said good bye. 5 minutes at the most.

Ocean Walk 2015 welcome pack:
Nice cloth bag good enough to hold a pair of shoes in your suitcase, bottle of Nestle water, 4 vending machine packs of various snacks. Much more useful than a plastic poolside straw cup for us. Thanks, for the thanks Wyndham.

Cheryl20772 · Nov 3, 2015

Wups! The phone rang around 7:30 last night and guest services wanted to remind me that the Welcome gift would be delivered next morning. I said "again?!" and told the lady that she had been here already that morning.
She was "sorry". But we could have had double snacks if I'd kept my mouth shut! :ignore:

Cheryl20772 · Nov 3, 2015

Alarms

At 11:49 AM there was an announcement over the two speakers in the ceiling of our unit (speakers are in living area only) which said to ignore a fire alarm. Then a minute later there was a fire alarm sounding with voice announcement saying that there was a fire alarm in the building and to exit the building by proceeding to the stairs. This was given in both English and Spanish several times before it went silent again.

A while later we went down to the lower lobby to use the computer printer. Apparently their computers have USB disabled and we couldn't use a memory stick to print a document. Anyway, on the way there, in the hall and in the elevators was this notice that the power will be off tonight. Oh joy!

chapjim · Nov 3, 2015

Cheryl20772 said:
This very likely was a unit affected by the flooding from the fire control water pipe that broke late last year.

The welcome pack lady from guest services arrived about 10 minutes late. She wanted to make sure my husband was here and greeted him too. She, of course, wanted to do her "survey". I said, "I was only expecting you to deliver a welcome pack, not a survey." She wanted to know what I had been told and I explained that I had been around the block enough times to know that "welcome pack" equals "survey". She offered me the 2015 Member Directory, and I said no thanks, I was told she had the 2016. She said no those hadn't been printed yet, and I said that was what I thought, but not what the front desk said.

So, it was relatively painless. She wanted to know if I knew about their new and improved points card and I said that I was already a member of Wyndham rewards; so she backed off that one too. She gave me the welcome pack and said good bye. 5 minutes at the most.

Ocean Walk 2015 welcome pack:
Nice cloth bag good enough to hold a pair of shoes in your suitcase, bottle of Nestle water, 4 vending machine packs of various snacks. Much more useful than a plastic poolside straw cup for us. Thanks, for the thanks Wyndham.

Thanks! Less cheesy than most "welcome packs."

slabeaume · Nov 3, 2015

Wow, when we went there in Aug., they didn't give us a welcome pack!

Cheryl20772 · Nov 8, 2015

Internet and Toys

Wireless internet was pretty fast and reliable until the weekend. Then Saturday morning and then again all night it was gone. Sunday it was back until late afternoon it was gone again and now it is back. So it's really flakey on the weekends. The service provider is ATT.

We walked a couple miles on the beach this afternoon and coming back l saw the toy sharing box. I saw one of these at Wyndham Panama City and thought it was a wonderful idea. It's on the pool deck just to the left of the beach gate beside the Turtle's Nest.

There were some pretty handy sand playing toys in there. I watched a Mom dig out some pails, shovels and sand molds for her little girl.

I checked out the lower level indoor pool

and peeped into the gym. They both look great.

New2time · Nov 10, 2015

We are planning to go there in the summer- are all of the units remodeled? Or if not, which are so that I can request one?

TUGBrian · Nov 10, 2015

want to upload these to the ocean walk review page for all to see?

http://tug2.com/ResortImageAdd.aspx?Wyndham+Ocean+Walk&ID=12923

Cheryl20772 · Nov 10, 2015

TUGBrian said:
want to upload these to the ocean walk review page for all to see?

Brian, that will be easier to do when I get back home.

Today was a bit gray, rainy and windy. That didn't stop the work from progressing on the pool deck. It looks like they have rimmed the pool and hot tub, and covered the stairs over the lazy river. They have used wet sand to level any pool deck low areas and are paving it now with the white stone tiles. It's going to look pretty when it's done and what a job!

Cheryl20772 · Nov 11, 2015

New2time said:
We are planning to go there in the summer- are all of the units remodeled? Or if not, which are so that I can request one?

I'm sorry, but I haven't spoken with anyone here who has that information. My best guess is that there are units in this tower still being worked on. We heard a **daweful noise yesterday and they said they were drilling 2 new holes for a toilet like 6 units down the hall from us. The concrete floor carries the sound so it sounds like it's in the next room. Then today we heard some strange tapping/hammering noises in the ceiling of our unit. So, they obviously are still working on units around us.

That said, whatever report I might give today would be irrelevant next summer. Maybe you could check out your unit before you move in and if you don't like it demand another. We usually just take what we get and don't worry about it.

trueblue70 · Nov 16, 2015

Was visiting friends on November 5th. Maybe we crossed paths! Nice pics, looks like you had a great time.

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