OLCC River Island

[gjw007]

Q:

How many Tuggers stayed at Orange Lake
CC in the new River Island Section in 2007?

Any suggestions on which floor
or view to request..

I have stayed at RI several times. I prefer being higher than lower and on the side of the building closest to the Animal Kingdom (away from the road). My reason for this is that the west end of the building (near the road) is located nears the sales building so the view really isn't of the pool complex. If you are in the eastern section of the building, you are overlooking the pool and the various activities. The higher floors give a better view. I will there next weekend.

 

[timetraveler]

Gary....have a wonderful time!

 

[JLB]

As long as we are revisiting the past, the crowd was no problem at Splash Lagoon Christmas week. We never saw more than a dozen there. The parking lot and part of Splash Lagoon near the parking lot was torn up. The water temp was the lowest of any pool except the OLY pool, as if it wasn't being heated at all.

Arrival day, me and my 10 did RI while we were waiting for our unit. After that we went to the nearest East Village pool and hot tub.

I'm not sure there is an answer to that. After all, there is only so much room at Splash Lagoon and only so many tubes for River Island, etc.

Christmas week will be a real test. At least we get to go to the Gulf and unwind and relax for a week before we head back home.

 

[timetraveler]

Splash Lagoon temp was very nice April 27-May 4th while we were there. Nice size crowd each day...not packed....not empty.

Lot's of children enjoying the slides. Me enjoying people watching and having frozen beverages.

 

[ajsmithtx]

I have stayed at RI several times. I prefer being higher than lower and on the side of the building closest to the Animal Kingdom (away from the road). My reason for this is that the west end of the building (near the road) is located nears the sales building so the view really isn't of the pool complex. If you are in the eastern section of the building, you are overlooking the pool and the various activities. The higher floors give a better view. I will there next weekend.

Gary

We will also be arriving next weekend.

Tony

 

[#1 Vacationer]

just got back a week ago

Well I revisited OLCC. It's been 5 years and boy...so much has changed!
Overall, we enjoyed it. First of all, upon check-in they offered us unlimited tube rental for the week for $20 and we just had to listen to a presentation. Yep, this is the presentation...and it did take 90 min, but no bigger. The thing IS: check out the river island first and see if you would be going there a lot in order for this deal to be worth it. We went there only twice. Our kids are 3,5&7, so they were not all that interested in the tubes....yet. We spent most of our time at the Splash Lagoon. So anyways, I would have wished that we would have taken the presentation and got something more useful to us....like maybe $100 or food coupons. Just a pre-caution to people who are planning to go there and might be given the same offer.
Also, someone posted a couple weeks ago that the olympic pool area would be closing soon. I asked many people when I was there and they had no clue when or what. So, please don't post things unless you are CERTAIN that the pool IS closed.

 

[gjw007]

Also, someone posted a couple weeks ago that the olympic pool area would be closing soon. I asked many people when I was there and they had no clue when or what. So, please don't post things unless you are CERTAIN that the pool IS closed.

This is always good advice and the comments on the renovations at West Village Clubhouse and pool complex is something that I am looking to see if I can get answers to when I am there next week. I'm not going to spent too much time on it as I am on vacation but I am curious. It wouldn't surprise me that people don't know what's going on as many organizations (including where I work) don't tell the staff until the work begins and they are left to listen to rumors before the work begins but I do know that there have been discussions on the need to renovate the West Village Clubhouse and the recognition that it had been heavily used although I had expected the renovations to have been started before this coming October. What is unknown is the specifics and the comment about the zero-entry pool would only happen if they replace the Olympic-size pool. I hope they don't remove the Olympic-size pool but it is the only pool at OLCC that isn't heated. As such, the one change I would make would be to heat the pool