Anybody stay at WKORV-N yet?

[wannagotoo]

NEGMA: We are in 5 and moving out this a.m. (Sunday). Would you like new ratan mats, beer? soda? paper plates, forks, stuff?????

 

[Negma]

I have left you an e-mail

 

[Negma]

Day 2 thoughts:

We really love this place- perfect day for me, watched a little of tiger win PGA, Pool, beach, tennis ,dinner tonight at Hula grill.

A lot of chairs at the pool, but you can see where it will be crowded once all the buildings are open. Both pools-Pirate ship and other pool had Caddyshack closures today-ooops( or should that be pooops?).

Fire pit was lit last night and they have gas torches surounding pool, all very nice.

Ocean view rooms at the end of our building 5 on floors 2-4 seem to have BBQ smoke from the pool restaurant floating in their direction most of the day.

No HBO warnings and I have not been able to find the HBO channel here.

WKORV parking lot has been packed.

They gave us a nice WKORV hat and visor as our welcome gift from the sales group, but no offer to see a preview, we saw one in Kierland so no points.

Hurricane still coming, we'll see, suppose to go south.

 

[ciscogizmo1]

Kitchens only have microwave ovens/oven combo-very small, dinner tables have seating for four instead of six, there are two counter chairs.....

Can you clarify by what you mean in small? I'm assuming it isn't a stovetop/oven combo unit??? Can you make chocolate chip cookies on a cookie sheet? We do that on vacation a lot...

 

[Denise L]

Can you make chocolate chip cookies on a cookie sheet? We do that on vacation a lot...

We like to make cookies on vacation, too !

The villa description does list a glass cooktop, does it have two or four burners?

 

[Negma]

We like to make cookies on vacation, too !

The villa description does list a glass cooktop, does it have two or four burners?

It's a convection microwave oven. The model is Whirpool GH6177XP. I downloaded the instructions so we could use it. Since we are not big microwave cookers we needed help. I am not sure how the cookies would work, not my area of expertise.

Denise we are in the 2br LO. 4 burner stovetop.

 

[LisaRex]

It's a convection microwave oven.

Generally speaking, using a convection oven, you lower the temperature by 25 degrees and cut the baking time by 25% (or multiply cooking time by 75%). Cookies will be crisper than normal.

 

[Fredm]

It's a convection microwave oven. The model is Whirpool GH6177XP. I downloaded the instructions so we could use it. Since we are not big microwave cookers we needed help. I am not sure how the cookies would work, not my area of expertise.

Denise we are in the 2br LO. 4 burner stovetop.

From Wikipedia:

"By moving hot air past the food, convection ovens can operate at a lower temperature than a standard conventional oven and they can cook food more quickly. The air circulation, or convection, tends to eliminate "hot spots" and thus bake more evenly.

With a convection oven there will be about a 25 to 30% reduction in cooking temperature and a 21% reduction in cooking time, compared to a conventional oven (however this comparison depends on certain factors, such as how much food is being cooked at once or if airflow is being restricted by using an oversized baking tray for example)."

FYI: a commercial grade convection over is used to make pizza at Pizza Hut and other places.

 

[TUG Talker]

Day 2 thoughts:

We really love this place- perfect day for me, watched a little of tiger win PGA, Pool, beach, tennis ,dinner tonight at Hula grill.

Were the courts still very dirty?

A couple of things disappointed us about the tennis at WKORV/WKORV-N (which share the same two courts):

1. They have placed the courts right next to what appears to be their HVAC plant, so there is a constant, very loud noise that makes (combined w/the road noise) talking on court difficult.

2. The courts were very dirty when we were there...balls, shoes, (anything that touched the ground or horizontal surfaces like the top of the net) turned reddish brown from the dirt. Didn't expect the courts to be pristine w/the work that has gone on, but they were unacceptably dirty and management was doing nothing to clean them. We asked twice about getting them hosed off and nothing ever happened...as dirty the day we left as they were when we arrived.

Between the noise and the dirt (and the wind) it was one of our least pleasant experiences on a tennis court. Even if they clean them up, the noise issue from the HVAC would continue to be an annoyance. The courts at our club at home are close to a busy street, so we're used to on-court road noise, but the combination of HVAC and road noise at the WKORV was unfortunately at a whole new level...

The courts had a pretty low level of use while we were there...so if you do want to play it doesn't look like it would be hard to get court time. That could change a bit when WKORV-N is fully loaded.

 

[wannagotoo]

The studio side has two burners. We were under the impression there was an oven, so we bought alot of "oven" items at Costco. We never did quite figure out how to "toast" things in the microwave but the microwave itself worked very well.

 

[Denise L]

It's a convection microwave oven. The model is Whirpool GH6177XP. I downloaded the instructions so we could use it. Since we are not big microwave cookers we needed help. I am not sure how the cookies would work, not my area of expertise.

Denise we are in the 2br LO. 4 burner stovetop.

Thanks for the information. Anyone staying at N should print out the instructions before checking in . I wonder if anyone staying at Thanksgiving will be disappointed to not have the option of baking a turkey. Then again, who really bakes a turkey on vacation?

 

[MON2REY]

Thanks for the information. Anyone staying at N should print out the instructions before checking in . I wonder if anyone staying at Thanksgiving will be disappointed to not have the option of baking a turkey. Then again, who really bakes a turkey on vacation?

Per the Starwood site for WKORV-N (and my recollection when I was there), the one bedroom side of the lockoff does have a full oven/range.

 

[Denise L]

Per the Starwood site for WKORV-N (and my recollection when I was there), the one bedroom side of the lockoff does have a full oven/range.

I was looking at the N website yesterday. It lists the micro/convection combo,

Fully equipped kitchen with glass cooktop, microwave/convection oven, full-size refrigerator with icemaker, dishwasher, coffee maker, toaster, blender and dinnerware

http://www.starwoodvacationownershi...an_resort_villas_north/onebedroom_premium.jsp

Does the studio side have a blender?

 

[ciscogizmo1]

Thanks for the information. Anyone staying at N should print out the instructions before checking in . I wonder if anyone staying at Thanksgiving will be disappointed to not have the option of baking a turkey. Then again, who really bakes a turkey on vacation?

I'm really surprised that it is not a full oven. Doubt we'll ever stay on that side. I love making scones for breakfast, casseroles, roasted veggies (you can never count on enough grill space or the tools to roast on a BBQ), etc...

I have convection/microwave at home and it works great but it is much larger than the one I saw on the studio side at WKORV. I can fit a round pizza tray in the oven. I love cooking with my convection oven which is huge as my 6 burner stove sits right above it.

 

[DavidnRobin]

Thanks for the information. Anyone staying at N should print out the instructions before checking in . I wonder if anyone staying at Thanksgiving will be disappointed to not have the option of baking a turkey. Then again, who really bakes a turkey on vacation?

We had T-Day dinner last year (10 people) at WKORV - However, we bought our turkey (partially cooked) from FoodLand (Safeway was sold out) - our unit did have an oven - don't recall if it was convection or not, but we cooked the rest of the turkey.

 

[Denise L]

I'm really surprised that it is not a full oven. Doubt we'll ever stay on that side. I love making scones for breakfast, casseroles, roasted veggies (you can never count on enough grill space or the tools to roast on a BBQ), etc...

I am a full oven person too. I can make do without a washer and dryer if necessary (CA resorts, it seems, don't always have them), but I like to bake cookies or chicken (if the BBQs are busy or too far away) or pizza, etc. In Orlando, we heated up turkey dinner for 13. Definitely needed the oven!

Does anyone know if WPORV has micro/convections or full ovens? I will have to look up their description next, because we are thinking of checking out that property in 2009.

 

[Denise L]

Does anyone know if WPORV has micro/convections or full ovens?

Okay, I'm answering my own question!

WPORV claims to have the micro/convection combo also!!

http://www.starwoodvacationownershi...le_ocean_resort_villas/twobedroom_lockoff.jsp

 

[MON2REY]

https://www.mystarcentral.com/CMS/en_US/svo_media/CMSMedia/PDF/villas/inventory_25_69.pdf

This may not work, but above is a .pdf of the inventory list for the unit. It shows that the large side has range/oven and a microwave oven. The small side has a microwave/convection oven and a glass cooktop. Both units have blenders.

 

[ciscogizmo1]

This is the one on the studio side at WKORV.

If you read the fine print on the bottom of the microwave it says microwave-convection

 

[ciscogizmo1]

Okay, I'm answering my own question!

WPORV claims to have the micro/convection combo also!!

http://www.starwoodvacationownershi...le_ocean_resort_villas/twobedroom_lockoff.jsp

Bummer... we hope to trade there next summer. I have week at Waiohai and then, I wanted to go there the week before...

Oh, I guess we'll live without a FULL size oven. I'm sure they have researched and found that people don't really use the ovens very often anyways.

 

[Denise L]

https://www.mystarcentral.com/CMS/en_US/svo_media/CMSMedia/PDF/villas/inventory_25_69.pdf

This may not work, but above is a .pdf of the inventory list for the unit. It shows that the large side has range/oven and a microwave oven. The small side has a microwave/convection oven and a glass cooktop. Both units have blenders.

Thanks for the list. When did you get that list?

OT, I am now making chocolate chip cookies , 4 dozen!

 

[MON2REY]

Thanks for the list. When did you get that list?

OT, I am now making chocolate chip cookies , 4 dozen!

Denise, about 45 minutes ago. When you blow up the floorplan of the unit the link to the inventory is in the lower right.

 

[aeroflygirl]

Microwave Oven Instructions for WKORV-N

Here's the link to the Use and Care Guide for the "Speedcook Appliance" a.k.a. Microwave Oven.
http://www.whirlpool.com/assets/pdfs/product/ZUSECARE/8205977.pdf

 

[Denise L]

Looks like Cancun will have the same micro/convection combo, too. I'd be curious what those of you staying at WKORV-N are cooking in there (besides the obvious microwave-type things).

 

[nell]

Looks like Cancun will have the same micro/convection combo, too. I'd be curious what those of you staying at WKORV-N are cooking in there (besides the obvious microwave-type things).

I don't mind the combo except for the size. They have those at Harborside too even in the larger one bedroom. I had to cook mostly stove top dinners or casseroles. We were six in a 2br l/o. We usually have six to eight of us (mostly teenagers and adults) so I tend to cook in at least 3-4 times during the week. At WKORV I like to do things like bake a ham for sandwiches or breakfast meat. It seems that all the newer resorts are getting the combos.