We're back from our great trip an i thought I would share a few closing notes. Below is the map we were given to our Villa, #7043. I marked-up the map to help illustrate the walking distances.
You'll see that The Grandstand area of SSR is included in the map. Walking time for each of the lines that I drew was as follows:
Red = 2 minutes
Blue = 3 minutes
Purple = 3-4 minutes
So the entire walking distance from The Grandstand pool to our villa was about 8-9 minutes at a leisurely pace. Guests staying in one of the villas right by the path (in the 7032 to 7036 range) would be only about 5 minutes away.
The Treehouse pool was only about 3 minutes from our room. You can see it about 3/4 of the way down that purple line near villas 7055-56.
The boat dock is on the western shore near villas 7020-7022 and was also about 3 minutes from our room. Bus stops are located at the top and bottom of the villa area.
(If the quality of this image isn't good enough. look for the red & yellow AED markers to find these landmarks.)
One more noteworthy positive thing about the villa rooms--while the bathroom fans are motion sensitive, there is also an override button on the wall. So you can turn off the fan if you don't want it running (too loud?) or turn it on if it shuts-off prematurely.
In the master bathroom we had fans both in the small room with the toilet and in the main vanity/shower/tub room. That was nice to see. I've stayed in 4 hotels in the last 4-6 weeks and this was the first that even had a fan in the bathroom.
Lest anyone thing I'm being a total homer, here are a few of the minor negatives from our stay:
1. My wife seemed to think that the master bedroom was uncomfortably warm compared to the rest of the unit. I could feel a bit of difference when walking between that bedroom and the living room, but it was a bigger deal to her than me. I don't know if might have been related to the positioning of the villa (sunlight hitting that side of the room more?), engineering problem or what.
2. As I mentioned previously the kitchen and bathrooms have some sort of natural stone floors. The stone has peaks and valleys in it and it was a little uncomfortable on the feet after a week at the parks. It's not anything that's a danger--you aren't going to be cut on the foot or anything. Just that it was a little difficult to walk over with sore feet.
3. Two minor issues with the master bathroom shower:
a) The little stop block that was catching the heavy glass shower door was already bending. Don't know if this one was just installed poorly or if the design needs to be fixed. The door was really heavy and it appeared to be just from normal banging as the door closed.
b) There wasn't enough clearance under the shower door to lay down a shower mat outside. The door was hung only a short distance from the floor (maybe 1/4") and the bath mat would invariably catch on the edge of the door.
4. No great upgrades in kitchen utensils or pots & pans. The style did fit the villas, but it was still just cheap Farberware stuff. That's probably understandable given the abuse it suffers from guests. Cheaper to replace.
5. My wife planned to take the buses on our last day and had a sub-standard experience. She just missed the THV shuttle and had to wait 10 minutes for the next one. That part was understandable. Guess it balances-out for my trip on the shuttle where I had zero wait.
But when she arrived at The Springs, things were going crazy with WDW transportation again. There was a woman at the stop with a clipboard and radio helping to route the buses. But still she waited about 20-30 minutes and no bus for DHS. The only reason she was taking the buses is because she was running a few minutes ahead of the rest of us (waiting for bell services to collect luggage.) In the end, we just picked her up at the bus stop so I couldn't tell you exactly how long it was taking for the bus.
Again, I guess this is just the law of averages coming into play. The THV shuttle runs on a 10 min loop so sometimes you'll have zero wait and other times 9-10 minutes. And theme park buses are supposed to run about every 15-20 min so sometimes you'll have a shorter wait and other times it may be longer.
Hope that helps everyone out. If you have any other questions, feel free to post and I'll see how good my memory is.
Tim
In the interest of staying on topic, I'll try to limit my comments to the treehouses. I won't force you to read about my aching feet. 
I know because we took a slew of pictures of Kidani when we were there at the beginning of this month. But Hey, Thanks for the story and thanks for all the pictures. We are salivating and wondering when we can get onto that gorgeous deck. Thanks again. Marylyn
