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impact of more people in the new towers (by Tanya V.):

I own two units at MOC. One is a 1BR in the old part and the other is a 2BR in the first new tower to come online (I think this it's called the lahaina tower).

We stayed in the tower in August 2007 and there were no issues with crowding in the central pool at all. The new tower area pool was definitely not as popular as the central pool, but people used it daily.

We stayed in our 1BR "older" unit in June 2006 and did not experience pool overcrowding at that time either, but then again the towers were still under construction at that time.

Regarding your concern re: difficulty making a trade on the older units, I think you will not need to worry about that for quite some time - if ever. We traded our older unit last year with no problem. We received a week in Kauai in exchange. We deposited our older week this year with II and received two weeks at any other resort in exchange. This is an indication of the continued high value of the MOC weeks.

As of the time of our visit last year, the first new tower was open for business. I am not sure when the second tower will open (or perhaps it is open already??). In my opinion, the addition is a net-plus for the existing owners. The older units are still in high demand from what I can tell (keeping value up).

One nice "extra" is a new BBQ pit area that is located by the new pool. I think there will be another one like it by the 2nd tower pool area when it is complete, too. The grills are high end, very nice and with the additional capacity it was much easier to get a grill when we wanted one.

All in all, I think you should not worry too much!