2026-2027 Hotel Construction & Refurbishments at Disney World
Hotel refurbishments, resort construction, and character-inspired makeovers continue at Walt Disney World from now through 2027. This resource provides info on room renovations, what to avoid, where to book, and what to expect in terms of hotel work at Walt Disney World.
Walt Disney World continues to undertake refurbishments in an effort to modernize or refresh several of its resorts, as well as finish deferred maintenance that was postponed during the phased reopening. Consequently, there’s a growing number of smaller-scale projects that take certain buildings or a portion of rooms out of commission as part of more-targeted, rolling refurbishments.
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When booking a Walt Disney World vacation, we highly recommend taking into account recently-completed and ongoing construction projects at the various resorts, as these absolutely can impact the quality of your trip. Booking a hotel with a closed pool or construction noise and cranes right outside your window is obviously going to be a worse experience than a resort that just finished its big refurbishment and still has that fresh feeling and ‘new hotel’ smell.
Note that this does not include DVC villas if they do not impact the hotel side of a resort. For those projects, see our Disney Vacation Club Resort Refurbishments & Construction Timeline. That covers all of the room reimaginings at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and beyond that we just announced at the condo association meeting. Those projects also impact Boulder Ridge, Bay Lake Tower, and both Crescent Lake DVC resorts.
Suffice to say, a lot is happening on the hotel front at Walt Disney World. Let’s take a look at all of the current and upcoming major hotel projects that have the potential to impact guests, starting with the latest updates…
Ongoing or Upcoming Hotel Refurbishments
Disney Skyliner – From January 24, 2027, through January 30, 2027, Disney Skyliner will be closed for refurbishment. Complimentary bus service will be available.
Impacted Resorts:
- Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
- Disney’s Beach Club Resort
- Disney’s Beach Club Villas
- Disney’s Boardwalk Inn
- Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
- Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
- Disney’s Pop Century Resort
- Disney’s Riviera Resort
- Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
We strongly recommend avoiding Skyliner resorts during this time, which does not include the Crescent Lake hotels. See Disney Skyliner Gondolas Closing for Quick Refurbishment in 2027 for more info and detailed advice.
All Star Movies Resort – Beginning in late May 2026, the rooms at Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort will undergo planned refurbishment through the end of January 2027. During this time, Guests may see or hear construction work in the area, and alternate paths of travel may be in place.
This will almost assuredly by a soft goods refurbishment similar to the one recently completed at Pop Century. That  means updating furnishings, including but not limited to wall coverings, flooring, linens, decor, and some furniture. The redone rooms at Pop Century look great: First Look Photo Tour of New Rooms at Disney’s Pop Century Resort.
This is also almost assuredly the start of a phased multi-year soft goods refurbishment to all of the All Stars. See Walt Disney World Gearing Up for Years-Long Value Resorts Room Refurbishment, Likely Lasting to 2028 or 2029 for more.
All Star Sports Resort – From now through late April 2026, the Surfboard Bay Pool and the kiddie pool at Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort will be closed for maintenance.
During this time, the Grand Slam Leisure Pool (pictured above) at Disney’s All-Star Sports will continue to be available. Additionally, Guests are welcome to use the other pools throughout Disney’s All-Star Resorts, including the Calypso Pool, Piano Pool and kiddie pool at Disney’s All-Star Music Resort; and the Fantasia Pool, Duck Pond Pool and kiddie pool at Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort.
We’re big fans of the Grand Slam Leisure Pool, but it’ll probably be busy as a result. Accordingly, our second-favorite All Star pool is Calypso Pool at Music. Duck Pond at Movies is also a winner.
Animal Kingdom Lodge – From now through May 2026, guest rooms at Kidani Village at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge will undergo refurbishment, followed by refurbishment work at Jambo House from May 2026 through January 2027. During these times, guests may see or hear construction work in the area. All amenities will remain available throughout the refurbishment.
We covered what to expect from this construction at length in Room Reimagining at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge through 2027. What’s still unclear about this project involves the hotel side of Animal Kingdom Lodge, or just the Animal Kingdom Villas. The latter is the DVC side of the resort, and what is overdue for a refurbishment. Even so, by the time the DVC work is done in 2027, the hotel rooms might be due for another refresh.
Beach Club Resort – This hotel is undergoing visible exterior maintenance through late 2026, which will impact views from various locations throughout the resort, and at times, require alternate paths of travel.
As part of this work, the Tidal leisure pool will be closed for routine maintenance through early May 2026. Guests may see or hear refurbishment work in the area until the work is complete.
BoardWalk Inn – Throughout 2026, refurbishment work will take place in select areas of Disney’s BoardWalk Inn. While Guests may see or hear work during daytime hours, most Resort amenities—including dining, recreation, and merchandise locations—will remain available.
Walt Disney World still has not revealed what, exactly, this project entails. Based on what BoardWalk needs done, there’s a wide range of possibilities. At minimum, we know it’s a major project by virtue of it lasting throughout 2026. As for possibilities, see our comprehensive discussion in Big BoardWalk Mystery Construction Project in 2026.
From January 11, 2027 to April 2027, the Luna Park Pool, the Luna Park Crazy Play Area, and Leaping Horse Libations at Disney’s BoardWalk Inn & Villas will be closed for routine maintenance. Guests may see and hear construction until the work is complete. However, the Villas Pool and the Inn Pool will remain open for Guests to enjoy.
Luna Park Pool is the feature pool at Disney’s BoardWalk Inn, and it was last redone back in late 2020 to remove the “creepy clown” from the water slide. Hopefully this project is to reinstall that beloved, dead-eyed, spaghettios-haired clown!
Contemporary Resort – From now through late 2027, refurbishments will occur in select areas of Disney’s Contemporary Resort—including Bay Lake Tower and the main A-frame atrium. Please allow for extra travel time. Guests may also see and hear construction during their stay.
This multi-phased project has been underway for over a year already, and previously revolved around BLT. That’s finished now, and the description has been updated to drop the Convention Center and add the atrium. No visible work has begun in the A-frame, but is expected to start soon.
Additionally, from now through early May 2026, the Bay Cove Pool, the water play area and the whirlpool spa at Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort will temporarily be closed for maintenance. The Bay Lake Pool, the Cove Bar, the feature pool, the water play area and the whirlpool spa at Disney’s Contemporary Resort will remain open for Guests to enjoy.
From now through Late May 2026, there will also be exterior elevator landing repairs taking place at Bay Lake Tower. Consequently, the Skyway Bridge connecting Bay Lake Tower and the Contemporary Main Tower will be closed Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., reopening daily after 5 p.m. and remaining available evenings and weekends through May 1, 2026. Guests may need to use alternate paths of travel at times and may see or hear construction activity while work is underway.
Fort Wilderness Campground – Walt Disney World has introduced New DVC Cabins to Fort Wilderness Campground. More than 350 new cabins have replaced the old cabins, turning the resort side of the campground into a Disney Vacation Club property. This occurred loop by loop over the last two years and is now finished.
From now through mid-2026, construction will take place near the Meadow Swimmin’ Pool area. The Meadow Swimmin’ Pool and Wilderness Swimmin’ Pool will remain open for Guests to enjoy. During this time, seating availability around the Meadow Swimmin’ Pool may be limited and Guests may see or hear construction in the area. The nearby tennis courts, volleyball court and the Meadow Playground may be closed temporarily. Please note that Guests may see and hear construction in the area until the work is complete.
Right next door to Fort Wilderness is the construction of Disney Lakeshore Lodge (formerly Reflections), which has now reached its top height of 10 stories tall! This quite literally towers over the Settlement area, and construction has an outsized impact on Fort Wilderness guests, as cranes build that massive new resort about 100 yards from Fort Wilderness.
Grand Floridian Resort & Spa – Disney Vacation Club overhauled the Big Pine Key building of hotel rooms at Walt Disney World’s flagship resort. This building has since reopened and the new rooms have debuted–see Grand New Rooms at Walt Disney World’s Flagship Resort for a look inside. These reimagined rooms have since debuted on the regular resort side of the Grand Floridian, and all of the outlying buildings are now finished.
As part of the ongoing enhancements at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, refurbishment work will continue in select areas, including the porte cochere, through early 2027. Guests may see or hear refurbishment work during daytime hours or need to take alternate paths of travel. This project was recently extended from mid-2026 to early 2027 with the “including the porte cochere” line.
As part of this work, from mid-July through October 2026, Grand Floridian Cafe will temporarily close for a refresh. During this time, brunch will continue to be offered but will temporarily move to CÃtricos. All other dining locations at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa will remain available for Guests to enjoy. Guests may see or hear refurbishment work during daytime hours and may need to take alternate paths of travel.
The main fruit of this project is the lobby overhaul, which is now completed. This includes “The Perch,” or the Birdcage Bar that replaced the iconic aviary in the lobby.
Old Key West Resort – Now through late April 2026, the South Point Pool and Spa, BBQ area and playground at Disney’s Old Key West Resort will be closed for routine maintenance.
During this time, Guests may see or hear maintenance activity during daytime hours and are encouraged to use the Sandcastle Pool or one of the resort’s other two leisure pools – the Turtle Pond Pool and Miller’s Road Pool.
Speaking of which, this follows the completion of the Turtle Pond Pool, Turtle Pond Pool Spa, the BBQ area refurbishment. It seems that Old Key West might be doing a phased refurbishment to its leisure pools.
Polynesian Village Resort – The good news is that the Island Tower at Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows between the existing Polynesian longhouses and Wedding Pavilion, near the Grand Floridian, is now open. The bad news is that work at the Polynesian isn’t finished.
Through 2026, some areas of the Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort and Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows are being refurbished. This work includes the reconfiguration of the front entrance roadway and bus area. While construction activity will be noticeable during daytime hours, efforts will be made to minimize disruptions.
Walt Disney World filed permits for a new entrance to the Polynesian (which would also impact the parking lot and bus loop), and there’s major work being done to re-route and expand Floridian Way, so that’s probably what’s referenced for the construction and refurbishments through 2026. This will be a lengthy project that is very minimally impactful to both the Poly and Grand Floridian.
Additionally, some views of the theme parks and other surrounding areas may be impacted. This is now noticeable around the Great Ceremonial House, to the point that Walt Disney World is warning guests who book ‘Ohana about impaired views of Magic Kingdom. Although this impacts ‘Ohana, we recently dined at the adjacent Tambu Lounge and enjoyed unblemished views.
Finally, there’s a new construction notice that was just added: from May 11, 2026 through late June 2026, the boat dock at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort will undergo routine maintenance. The dock will be closed and boat transportation to suspended from May 11-June 5, 2026. Please allow for extra travel time when arriving at or leaving the Poly.
We’d recommend heeding this ‘allow extra travel time’ warning, especially when leaving the Poly during peak periods. We already encountered long lines more than once for the monorail at times in April 2026, and that was before the boat dock refurbishment started. Without that to help absorb some of the crowd, the monorail station will be even busier.
Pop Century – From now through late April 2026, the kiddie pool deck at Disney’s Pop Century Resort will be closed for routine maintenance. During this time, the Hippy Dippy Pool and all other amenities will remain available. Guests may see or hear maintenance activity in the area during daytime hours.
The good news is that Pop Century is otherwise in tip-top shape, with the year-long resort refurbishment having wrapped up. We stayed at Pop Century this month (April 2026) prior to the pool deck closure, and the resort is looking fantastic!
Port Orleans Riverside – Walt Disney World has started its next slate of room reimaginings at Port Orleans Riverside, from now through August 2027.
The first phase of this project, impacts the Magnolia Bend rooms, which are mostly the Royal Rooms. When Magnolia Bend is done (which should be really soon), it’ll be time for Alligator Bayou to receive its next round of room redos and crews will move to that side of the resort. Accordingly, making a room request for Magnolia Bend in Spring 2026 and beyond will mitigate exposure to the second phase of this project.
Although not officially confirmed, it’s a near-certainty that the normal rooms in Alligator Bayou receiving a hard goods refurbishment is the second phase of this project. See Disney’s Port Orleans Riverside Resort Room Reimagining Extended by Year-Plus to 2027 for more.
Saratoga Springs – Through mid-September 2026, The Turf Club Bar & Grill and The Turf Club Lounge at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa will be under refurbishment. During portions of the refurbishment, some areas will be temporarily closed, including:
- Through early August 2026:Â The Turf Club Lounge (The Turf Club Bar & Grill will remain open with a pop-up bar serving a modified Lounge food & beverage menu)
- Early to mid-August 2026: The Turf Club patio
- Mid-August – mid-September, 2026: The Turf Club Bar & Grill (The Turf Club Lounge will remain open)
Turf Club Bar & Grill is the restaurant itself, so the notable portion of this refurbishment doesn’t start until August 2026 and should wrap up in the span of a month. Fortunately, there’s ample options a short walk away at Disney Springs.
The tennis courts at Saratoga Springs are now closed for refurbishment and are expected to reopen in June 2026. During this time, the basketball court will also be closed.
Wilderness Lodge – Disney’s Wilderness Lodge and Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge are undergoing exterior refurbishment work expected to continue through late 2026. These enhancements may impact views from various locations throughout the Resort. While most resort amenities will remain available, Guests may see and hear construction work during daytime hours.
The exterior work could actually impact Wilderness Lodge until 2027 if permits are accurate. As we discuss in greater detail in this post about Wilderness Lodge construction, that doesn’t really give us pause about staying there. With room requests, you may not notice any of the work at all.
In addition to this, there’s the above-mentioned resumption of work on Disney Lakeshore Lodge on the former River Country water park site. That will be less impactful to guests staying at Wilderness Lodge than Fort Wilderness, but there will be audible and visible construction from the Boulder Ridge side of the resort, especially.
From now through late July 2026, the boat dock at Wilderness Lodge will undergo routine maintenance. The dock will be closed and boat transportation temporarily suspended through May 1, 2026. This is the second phased closure of the boat dock this year, and bus transportation was available as an alternative during the first. We’d expect the same this go-round.
Yacht Club – Disney’s Yacht Club Resort is undergoing visible exterior maintenance through late 2026, which will impact views from various locations throughout the resort, and at times, require alternate paths of travel.
As part of this work, from now through early May 2026, the Admiral leisure pool will be closed for routine maintenance. Guests may see or hear work in the area during daytime hours until the refurbishment is complete.
In addition, Crew’s Cup Lounge is now closed, and is expected to reopen in May 2026. Following that, Yachtsman Steakhouse will temporarily close for a refresh in May 2026 and is expected to reopen by August 2026.
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Your Thoughts
Have any recent observations or experiences with hotel construction at Walt Disney World you’d be willing to share? Where at Walt Disney World are you staying this year or in 2027? Any resorts you’re intentionally avoiding? Do you agree or disagree with our assessments of these resort refurbishment or reimagining projects? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
Stayed at Boulder Ridge in March and May of this year. The newly planted shrubs and trees are fine with me since I could still see the surroundings. I was on the 5th floor though. I don’t like the bungalows at Polynesian because the resort itself is not high enough to few over these to see the lake, so I always request a garden view. There is not real lake view with the DVC rooms. It is bungalow view. The cabins at the wilderness lodge addition are at least farther away with the DVC pool area being in between the resort and the cabins. That helps the view considerably. Some of the boulder ridge rooms do need refurbished. Outlets changed out, the ice buckets are very tiny now and it took 3 days to get ice machine fixed on 5th floor, little things really. I hope they add ice machines within a shorter distance at Old Key West. That was a huge irk of mine when staying there. You had to walk to far just to get ice.
I read that the contemporary resorts main pool will undergo rehab in the fall. Any news on this?
I don’t see any mention of Animal Kingdom Lodge pool refurb – after we booked our trip for November, we received an email that the Uzima Springs Pool and Pool Bar will be closed. AK is offering a shuttle to the Kidani pool.
We were looking forward to our stay here, but ended up cancelling and booking at the Poly. We spent a lot of time researching room categories and hotels – wish Disney would have shared this information on MDE rather than waiting until after we booked.
Yes I was thinking the same thing. We are going to animal kingdom lodge in July. I would love to know if there will be any construction or pool being closed at that time. Thanks
we are booked for 1st 2 weeks in December and have been advised that the pool at jambo house will be closed for 3 weeks scheduled reopen 4th december
My understanding is that the pool will not be closed until the fall, so July should be fine
We are staying at Animal Kingdom in September and had booked a pool view. When we were told about the work being done on the pool during our stay, the only perk they gave us was our same rooms for standard price. This seemed pretty lame considering there would be no pool to view from our room, and since we have a two year old (and they will be tearing up concrete), we moved our room to a standard anyway. We were given o discount. I find that rather irritating.
We were gonna stay there in October. Switched to wilderness lodge because of the construction (we also have young children)
We received the same letter after we upgraded our room from pool view to Savannah in order to get the Free Dining plan. We would have switched hotels at the time of the free dining offer if we had known. the pool was going to be closed.
We are headed to All Star Music in mid November. Do you think there will be a chance of any of the rooms there being refurbished by that time?
We have just booked to stay at Caribbean beach in October 2019……….. is this a mistake?
Depends on if you actually want to hang around the resort. If yes, then yes…the actual construction wasn’t a huge nuisance…as far as noise or anything…it was a comfortable bed and nice sleep
No, it should all be finished by then I think. We also stayed at Caribbean Beach in May 2018 and had a blast – but there were a few mitigating factors for that (it had free quick service dining for UK guests and a lower rack rate than other moderates, meaning once you factored in the free food it actually worked out cheaper for us than the value resorts). The breakfast buffet only being a QS credit helped as well, as it meant we could have a huge breakfast and survive on snack credits (especially at Flower and Garden in Epcot) until dinner.
Any updates on Pop refurbishment? We will be staying June 16th for a few nights and are really hoping for a renovated room. We stayed in December and fell in love with the rooms in the 70’s buildings. I have requested it again but have also booked a preferred room, wondering if that’s going to hurt my chances.
Yeah, I just haven’t had a chance to update this post yet. Check this out for the latest: https://www.disneytouristblog.com/photos-video-new-rooms-pop-century/
We will be staying at Port Orleans Riverside at the very end of November. I recently heard this resort is undergoing renovations as well. Do you know which buildings will be affected so I can avoid staying where the construction is going on? My son will probably need a mid day nap. Thanks!
We also planned on staying at Port Orleans Riverside at the end of November. Would love to know what will be happening and if a move to another resort would be a wise move.
We stayed at Caribbean beach resort during the dark side half marathon weekend (we did the 10k) were pretty disappointed overall with the resort as a whole. Our room, in Jamaica, was dated and definitely in need of an upgrade. While we knew that construction was ongoing and weren’t that bothered by the actual construction itself, what we were most bothered about was the lack of information in our room about what was happening and the changes that were going on. We had no idea that right around the corner from our room was a small convenience store they set up in on of the rooms. Or where the concierge desk was temporarily set up. In all my trips to Disney, the disney staff has gone above and beyond to make your stays magical, and the lack of information about what was going on and where to go for help was severely lacking in this instance. As a side note..if you do stay at this resort for a race weekend, don’t stay In Jamaica, request a room in Martinique, otherwise you will be strickened with watching full bus after full bus drive past your bus stop on race morning
If we are planning a stay at All Star Movies for end of July do you think it is safe to request building 10 since that is where they started? Do you think they will have moved on by July 28th?
Hi Angela, I am staying at the All Star Movies, but have never done so before. Why do you prefer building 10? so there are many buildings? which ones are being refurbished, do you know? thanks!!
Can anyone explain why you can not get a room at all for the Grand Floridian outer blg club level ( Sugar Loaf) for the months of mid June through end of August? Are they refurbishing them?
Will any hotels NOT be remodeled in December? I do not like the new rooms (smelly wood, hard floors, hard beds, less character) and would like to stay in the old room style if any will still exist.
Anyone have a list of buildings completed or scheduled for refurb at OKW?
I am wondering that also. we are staying there in a one bedroom in September and would like to request a new room.
Sheena kelly
1 April 2018
Could you tell me if the 2 bed apartments in OKW no 20 block have been refurbished. We are due there beginning of august 2018. We stayed in block 20 back in 2014, and would love to stay back in that block again.
We just returned from WDW, stayed at Caribbean Beach, Aruba section, (played in a baseball tourney) the construction seemed to be everywhere around us. We were not there during the day so can’t comment on the noise. The main complaint I had was the bus time to get anywhere and the food situation. There were a couple of nights after the parks when it would have been nice to eat at the resort. There is the tent buffet but it didn’t have any appeal, especially considering the price. The best thing we had was a bacon cheeseburger but no fries are offered. The sides available were not very good. We usually eat breakfast at the resort but it wasn’t an option this time so we grabbed breakfast sandwiches from Starbucks at the parks. All in all the trip was good but we decided we would really never want to stay there again. The rooms are remodeled but they felt a little old. Maybe once the construction is over it will be better but if we go again would prefer to stay at Port Orleans. Hope these comments help.
Can you tell me a little bit more about the bus situation? Was it just that it takes ages or are they all full? Which area did you stay in?
Im going in August and want to plan accordingly.
Which Port Orleans? French or Riverside. I am planning a trip to stay at Caribbean Beach resort in December, do they have any idea when construction will be finished and will it be finished by December. We have been to Disney several times, but have never stayed at the resort and I don’t want to first time to be a bad experience.
Thanks for your help.
Robin Mahler
For sure French Quarter has construction going on. I believe Riverside was completed already. We booked at French Quarter for the RunDisney Star Wars weekend April 19-22 and were offered to be moved to the Animal Kingdom Lodge due to many noise complaints. We didn’t hesitate on the upgrade. Not sure when FQ will be done though. But they’re working on it this year.
We are staying at Riverside during Thanksgiving and I received an email yesterday informing me that construction will be going on during my stay. I’m not happy about it, I tried to choose a resort that was not undergoing refurbishment time time…ugh!
Looking forward to our Aug stay at WL. We waited for construction to be over. Are they starting room refurbs in the north side? The only remaining rooms not DVC?
I’m sad they’ve made WL practically all DVC.
It seems with each new refurb they’re making all the rooms vanilla, taking out resort specific Disney theming. And the ceiling fans. I love the ceiling fans. And they save on AC. I keep AC at 68-70 and use fan, keeps room temp comfy for me. I hate AC on freeze!
Me too! I’m so sad about fan removal. I like minimum AC and rely on fan. Having fans prob saves them a lot on AC, I don’t understand that move. Hate that now WL is practically all DVC.
Has anyone heard when they are starting Room refurb? We’ll be there late August.
Any news on Courtyard view refurbish? Going end of September and would hate for construction to be going around us or get an old room vs updated one. I just heard of this now. Thx
Any info on if the All Star Movies room renovations have actually started? If so, any info on what section is undergoing refurb first?
I don’t like the new CSR. Based off the concept pictures they are turning the relaxing, rustic, and tropical hotel into a snobby upper-class and ugly business market hotel. Let’s put a gigantic building smack in the middle of beautiful views. Then you have the restaurant in the middle also ruining the lagoon experience. I just don’t think I will be staying at CSR after this year. Why is Disney making everything upper-class now? If Walt was still alive he wouldn’t be destroying his dreams with these petty additions.
Do you know if all the room refurbishments will be complete at Coronado Springs by March 2019? Wondering if there is a certain block to request a refurbished room? Thanks
Do you have any insight into which buildings at OKW have been / will be the next to go through the referb? We are staying in Oct and would like to try to request one of buildings.
Thanks!
30-33 reopened in Dec. I believe 34 &35 are currently being refurbished
I just stayed at Boulder Ridge last week and it was fantastic. The vegetation is grown enough for me to enjoy the wilderness feel and the view of the lake from my DVC villa was amazing. I don’t like the bungalows at Polynesian blocking the water view of the rooms on the 1st and 2nd floors there and the hotel is not tall enough to view over the bungalows. At the Wilderness Lodge it is. Not sure about the lower rooms as I was on the 5th floor, but I would imagine 3rd and 4th would be safe for a view as well. Just request a higher floor. OKW needs to add ice machines at least to each set of buildings so you don’t have to walk to the closest pool or main building. This is just ridiculous to make guests go out of their way for a bucket of ice each day. That was the uncomfortable part about staying there.