OLCC River Island

[gjw007]

I just arrived at OLCC for my vacation. River Island has opened the pool and lazy river. There are some stores open but I haven't checked this out yet. The good thing is that there is another pool available to resort guests. I've just begun to snoop!:whoopie:

 

[Icc5]

Thank you, we'll be there in 5 weeks with two teenagers and were sure wishing it would open. Great information.
Bart

 

[gjw007]

I haven't spent too much time in the RI area as I have some car problems (for some reason, it has been eating rear tires lately - it did it again! Sheesh! There's always something.). The pool and the stores (those that are open) opened 2 days ago (May 17) and they are still stocking the stores. There are some stores that are completely empty. It looks like this area should be a hit with families with small children. I am a fan of the Olympic-sized pool at the West Village and it remains my favorite. I will be taking some pictures and may create a webpage so that people can look at them.

 

[suekap]

Thank you very much for the information, we can't wait to see your pictures.:whoopie:

 

[ajsmithtx]

Gary

Thanks for the update. We will be at OLCC next Friday.

 

[timetraveler]

Gary!!! Oh I wish I were there now too! My suitcases are out in one of the spare bedrooms. My packing list is made.

Have a super time. Have a frozen beverage and toast Tony and me. :whoopie: It's just too bad the 3 of us aren't there at the same time.

 

[ajsmithtx]

Hee, Hee. I thought that parts of the waterpark would be opening close to the arrival of owners on the 19th of May. We are looking forward to next week!!

 

[JLB]

And do you have your pool thermometer so you can let us know what temp the water is?

I'll let the youngins know there's another water place to play in~~~ maybe send em a link, to remind them of where they'll spend Christmas.

 

[lizard]

Thank you, we'll be there in 5 weeks with two teenagers and were sure wishing it would open. Great information.
Bart

We check in 6-24 is that your same week too.

 

[BocaBum99]

And do you have your pool thermometer so you can let us know what temp the water is?

I'll let the youngins know there's another water place to play in~~~ maybe send em a link, to remind them of where they'll spend Christmas.

I'm going there tomorrow. I'll have to pick up a thermometer on the way there since I left mine at home.

I'm also thinking about picking up a pedometer and walk from the North Village to River Island to see how practical that is to do.

 

[BocaBum99]

We check in 6-24 is that your same week too.

Maybe we should have a TUG get together for drinks somewhere.

 

[Vodo]

We picked up an inexpensive 3BR rental for Memorial Day week. I'm thrilled to hear that the new pool area is open. My 5-year-old loved the Lazy Rivers at Fairfield Ocean Walk and Bonnet Creek, so I know she'll have a blast - assuming it's not so crowded that she can't get in.

Cindy

 

[timetraveler]

I expect the entire RI complex will be very crowded. Just because everyone will want to check it out.

 

[lizard]

Maybe we should have a TUG get together for drinks somewhere.

We can do that, get me private message il give you #you can call me at when were down there.
Paul

 

[gjw007]

Here are some pictures of the River Island area. This in not a very sophisticated webpage so it might be slow to load. Here is the link.

 

[Kevin62]

Gary:

Pictures are great. Can wait to go back to OL.

Kevin

 

[JLB]

How 'Bout an Official OL Contest?

Why not make it a contest, to guess the number of paces/feet/? from the entrance to River Island to the Entry Way at Splash Lagoon? That would be fun.

The stipulation could be that participants must be planning a future trip to OL. You will send the winner your official OL Pedometer and the winner will be required to determine the distance between two yet-to-be-named points in OL. Starting with you, each winner will determine the next two distances to be measured, and will be required to send the Official OL Pedometer to that person.

Whattya think? If you wanna, let us know what your pedometer measures in, feet or steps, etc. Give us the week to guess and do your walk Friday.

I'm going there tomorrow. I'll have to pick up a thermometer on the way there since I left mine at home.

I'm also thinking about picking up a pedometer and walk from the North Village to River Island to see how practical that is to do.

 

[JLB]

Thanks for the pictures Gary. I hope the crowds are about like that Christmas week!!!

I sent them on to my niece-in-law, for our great-nieces to see.

 

[BocaBum99]

Re: How 'Bout an Official OL Contest?

Why not make it a contest, to guess the number of paces/feet/? from the entrance to River Island to the Entry Way at Splash Lagoon? That would be fun.

The stipulation could be that participants must be planning a future trip to OL. You will send the winner your official OL Pedometer and the winner will be required to determine the distance between two yet-to-be-named points in OL. Starting with you, each winner will determine the next two distances to be measured, and will be required to send the Official OL Pedometer to that person.

Whattya think? If you wanna, let us know what your pedometer measures in, feet or steps, etc. Give us the week to guess and do your walk Friday.

That sounds fun. Okay, let's do it. I'll need to go find a place that sells pedometers and I'll pick one up. I'll post a message when I get there and measure the distance.

 

[timetraveler]

Don't know about practical. Do-able certainly. Well...for us at least. But then we are very fitness oriented. That's why I question the practicality.

To a person that walks 3 miles a day at a 10 minute mile pace, (that's my mother's pace.....she's in her 70's), I try to keep up. , it would be no effort to walk from The North Village to River Island. Husband say's she's in the top tier percentile of the 60 and over age groups.

My brother, husband, mother and I usually walk a couple of times while at OL early in the morning. We drive to the West Village clubhouse. Then walk from it, to the front gate make a circle and walk thru OL to the East Village gate and back to the West Village Clubhouse.

Heck......I'm on vacation, twice is enough. I workout/exercise daily at home.....I look forward to being a loafer on vacation. So we drive around OL.

As far as taking a pool thermometer on vacation, I find my little tootsies dip method, are the most accurate at determining whether or not I'm going anywhere near the pool.

 

[JLB]

Sounds like fun BB. Wal Mart has pedometers in the sporting goods section. Let us know what unit you want us to guess in~~~feet or yards or whatever.

If you don't mind contributing it, we can see how many folks we can pass the OL' Pedometer to. It can be an ongoing award, sorta like the Golden Fleece award. Maybe it could be like a scavenger hunt~~~how far is it from such and such to the nearest such and such?

I'm ready to guess when you say what units of measure.

So that folks who have not been there understand, in walking from River Island to Splash Lagoon, it is like walking the two main thoroughfares in a major subdivision, and crossing both of them at some point. Sometimes the traffic is pretty heavy and sometimes it is pretty light.

 

[suekap]

Gary,

thank you very much for the great pictures. I am afraid that we won't want to leave there after 5 days and go sheraton vistana. The place looks great.:whoopie:

 

[timetraveler]

So that folks who have not been there understand, in walking from River Island to Splash Lagoon, it is like walking the two main thoroughfares in a major subdivision, and crossing both of them at some point. Sometimes the traffic is pretty heavy and sometimes it is pretty light.

But we wouldn't want to give those that haven't been there the impression you could get mowed down either, would we? (well ok, maybe by a group of buzzed golfers in a golf cart) :rofl:

Anyway, there are sidewalks. The only time you would cross in your journey between The North Village and East Village (where RI is located), would be at the stop sign at Orange Lake Blvd and East Orange Lake Blvd. And in over 50 visits....I've yet to see a traffic jam at that stop sign.

 

[Vodo]

I enjoyed the pictures. Thanks! In addition to enjoying the lazy river, my 5-year-old daughter is going to love the sand too. Tell me though, in the pictures, it almost looked like there was sand right up to the edge of pool. Is that true? Or is it just a light colored pool decking? I can't imagine that they'd want to be dealing with all that sand in the pool, but the pictures sure made it look that way. Also, what are they charging to rent the cabanas? There's pretty much no chance we'll be renting one, but I'm curious.

Cindy

 

[timetraveler]

Hi Cindy. It's a zero entry pool. Cool, huh? I can't wait to see the entire complex completed.