I know Johnysharp always takes the time to respond to people who ask for help & provides them with his honest view as a seasoned Orlando visitor. Others also help. I have given up as it may appear I am biased toward certain criteria, for example my wife hates to be overlooked. We have never stayed at a villa that has pools behind it so you are overlooked from 5 sides etc, but to some thats fine as travel time is more important. Travel time to MK, Universal, Super Markets, Shops, Golf, airports etc
Facing of the pool
Game Room
TV's in bedrooms etc
They could then decide whats important to them.
Simon, thanks for bringing this up. All visitors, home owners & travel companies should want the same thing, People having wonderful vacations wanting to return again!
Is it true that in your book (I have not read it) you state that Sandy Ridge is 10-15 minutes away ?
I would also like to point out that in the past I have berated owners on these boards for what I believe to be mis-representation with regards to proximity to Disney. However unless I am missing something here all the villas on the site you mention are put there by agencies not private owners so I think your post is unreasonable at best.
Martina
It's only when enough people are aware of it that the practice might stop.
We just have to spread the word and hope enough people listen......
OK, the topic title may be a touch dramatic ( ) but we have recently come across yet another example of how some villa owners completely mis-represent their properties and try to make out they are 'close' to Disney when the opposite is usually the case.
But what has really got our blood boiling about these people who misrepresent the truth in this way (it is called lying in most cases), is this amazing claim to be in 'Lake Buena Vista.' The website is venere.com and we would urge people to steer clear of this like the plague, if this example is anything to go by. The villa they indicate as "just 10 minutes from International Drive and 15 from Disney World" (yeah, by Concorde!) is actually in the Sandy Ridge community, which we know well from friends who have two villas in the vicinity. It IS a pleasant place to be, and the villas ARE very nice, but it is approximately 10km from the Disney World boundary - not most people's definition of the word 'close.