BillSears
05-13-2008, 07:13 PM
https://www.diamondresorts.com/resorts.aspx
I just back from staying a week here and I had a great trip. The people were pleasant and the room was very satisfactory for me. There was a slight mix up with the wheelchair accessible room requirements but the front desk fixed it quickly and the room they gave me met my needs perfectly.
I drove to Universal, SeaWorld, and WDW from here and non of them were terribly far away. WDW was the closest and Universal the furthest. But I think it was about 15 minutes to Universal using I-4.
I never had a problem with it but some people might worry about the front desk not being open 24 hours a day. I never needed to visit the front desk during my stay and the guard shack was manned 24 hours a day.
I didn't swim at all but the pools looked nice enough. Nothing special but not bad either.
Overall I had a very nice stay. The only problem I had was the combination front loader washer/dryer. It's all one unit and it took forever to wash clothes. A typical cycle would run for over 3 hours and I couldn't find anyway to dry something without washing it first.
Here are some pictures from the resort.
I was in building 13 in room 1302.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room1.jpg
Here are some shots of the grounds and other buildings.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room2.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room3.jpg
Here are shots of the inside of the condo.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room6.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room5.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room4.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room7.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room8.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room9.jpg
I just back from staying a week here and I had a great trip. The people were pleasant and the room was very satisfactory for me. There was a slight mix up with the wheelchair accessible room requirements but the front desk fixed it quickly and the room they gave me met my needs perfectly.
I drove to Universal, SeaWorld, and WDW from here and non of them were terribly far away. WDW was the closest and Universal the furthest. But I think it was about 15 minutes to Universal using I-4.
I never had a problem with it but some people might worry about the front desk not being open 24 hours a day. I never needed to visit the front desk during my stay and the guard shack was manned 24 hours a day.
I didn't swim at all but the pools looked nice enough. Nothing special but not bad either.
Overall I had a very nice stay. The only problem I had was the combination front loader washer/dryer. It's all one unit and it took forever to wash clothes. A typical cycle would run for over 3 hours and I couldn't find anyway to dry something without washing it first.
Here are some pictures from the resort.
I was in building 13 in room 1302.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room1.jpg
Here are some shots of the grounds and other buildings.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room2.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room3.jpg
Here are shots of the inside of the condo.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room6.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room5.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room4.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room7.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room8.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/BillSears/Room9.jpg