room or site map for Aruba Ocean Club

[Phillie]

I checked the members resort section but there is not a site map posted. So if there is not one available does anyone have a suggestion of which building to request. A friend is going for her honeymoon. thanks.

 

[ilene13]

I checked the members resort section but there is not a site map posted. So if there is not one available does anyone have a suggestion of which building to request. A friend is going for her honeymoon. thanks.

There is only 1 building at the Ocean Club!

 

[Luckybee]

Philie...there is only 1 building in a horseshoe shape. Find a photo of the OC or imagine that the opening of the "shoe" is on the beach side. The left portion is facing the hotel, while the right is facing the Surf Club. We find for us (always looking for peace and quiet) that a request to be inside the "shoe" on the left side , high floor, best suits our needs. It gives us a great view, and its very quiet. Most of the time(we are owners there) we get pretty close to what we request.

The priority according to the Ocean Club webiste(from which Im copying this ) is as follows :

"Aruba Marriott Ocean Club enjoys one of the highest Homeowner occupancy rates of all Marriott Vacation Club resorts. As is true at every property, we place our Owners at the very top of the priority list in terms of requests for villa locations and preferences. Because of the high number of Owners that we welcome each week, we are often challenged with villa location requests that we are unable to always grant. Nonetheless, we strive to ensure that every Owner and Guest have a wonderful vacation experience!
Villas are assigned in advance and are based on the category you own and are prioritized in the following order:

Ocean Club Homeowners using their owner week
Ocean Club Homeowners exchanging into their home resort
Other MVCI Owners exchanging into Ocean Club
Any other reservations which includes other non-Marriott Exchangers, Preview Guests and Rentals
Assignments are made on the assumption that owners prefer high to low floors and pool view to outside views. When there are more owners than there are “preferred” villa views or locations, the Room’s Controller looks at each owner’s previous villa assignments to ensure fairness in the rotation from year to year. Specific villa/floor requests are considered within the general principles noted above.
We are unable to guarantee villa preference requests but will do our best to honor your requests based on availability and utilizing the established Villa Request Blocking Priority outlined above."

They havent changed this since the new "program" came out so I cant tell you what effect if any that will have on request priorities !