Maistre Gracey
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2002
This new board thing is sort of throwing me for a loop-de-loop. Hope I got the right place here! 
Okay, I finally have a minute or two to start reviewing my recent trip. We stayed at YC and VWL, but we visited SSR a couple times.
Quite frankly, SSR not only lived up to my expectations of a great DVC Resort, but the Resort exceeded those expectations. I found it to be absolutely beautiful, inside and out.
I have not seen it mentioned here that it truly gives the illusion of being a small town, rather than a resort. The main drag (cant remember the name), gives a true home town feel, and seems very realistic. This seems to be unique to this DVC Resort.
I was a tad shocked at the amount of visible construction. I know the construction must be accomplished, I just dont normally see the making of the sausage at Disney. Oh well, certainly not a big deal.
The interiors were awesome. Very upscale, with nice colors.
In the Grand Villa there is a fourth bathroom with full shower, just off the kitchen. I found this a bit odd, but since the master bedroom is on the bottom floor I can see where it is necessary. If the fourth bathroom werent there, the folks sleeping on the couch would have to share the master bathroom.
Of course, the GV model in the Congress Park section had the premium view of Downtown Disney.
When we looked at the two bedroom villa, my wife said she didnt see a closet in the entranceway. It may have been there somewhere, but we didnt see it. We like to use this closet for a variety of things; most importantly hiding the ugly recycle bin.
I agree with many here that the pool and Artist Palette are quite nice, but the resort will soon outgrow their capacity. The pool already seemed on the crowded side.
That brings me to the pool bar (cant think of the name at the moment).
It was way, way, way too busy for just one bartender. We waited over 20 minutes for a couple drinks (as did everyone else). They could have used at least three bartenders to handle the crowd. Not only was the bartender busy with customers, but she was running out of many supplies.
After getting primed with one of those Saratoga beers from the pool bar, we headed for the Member Update.
This is a huge improvement over the old version of the update. This was truly much more informative and interesting (and I won something!).
After the meeting, I chatted with Judi Kaufman (sp?), and one of the lead people in Member Services. I asked several questions, including occupancy rules, home resort retention when transferring points, and about housekeeping.
They responded that occupancy limits has just been raised to 5 adults in a 1br, with no additional bedding provided. Studio is still 4, and 2br still 8.
They also responded that they are aware of the home resort retention problem, and it will get fixed at some point. They did state they could do it manually.
I was also told they are aware of housekeeping issues, especially at BCV. I was told they implemented some sort of inspection system at that resort.
They said the best thing we could do is to call the front desk, and not to worry about being overly demanding.
In summary, my wife and I found SSR to be an outstanding resort. If we decide that we want more points, we would buy there in a second!
Thanx for reading
All who have bought there, did darn good!
MG
Okay, I finally have a minute or two to start reviewing my recent trip. We stayed at YC and VWL, but we visited SSR a couple times.
Quite frankly, SSR not only lived up to my expectations of a great DVC Resort, but the Resort exceeded those expectations. I found it to be absolutely beautiful, inside and out.
I have not seen it mentioned here that it truly gives the illusion of being a small town, rather than a resort. The main drag (cant remember the name), gives a true home town feel, and seems very realistic. This seems to be unique to this DVC Resort.
I was a tad shocked at the amount of visible construction. I know the construction must be accomplished, I just dont normally see the making of the sausage at Disney. Oh well, certainly not a big deal.
The interiors were awesome. Very upscale, with nice colors.
In the Grand Villa there is a fourth bathroom with full shower, just off the kitchen. I found this a bit odd, but since the master bedroom is on the bottom floor I can see where it is necessary. If the fourth bathroom werent there, the folks sleeping on the couch would have to share the master bathroom.
Of course, the GV model in the Congress Park section had the premium view of Downtown Disney.
When we looked at the two bedroom villa, my wife said she didnt see a closet in the entranceway. It may have been there somewhere, but we didnt see it. We like to use this closet for a variety of things; most importantly hiding the ugly recycle bin.
I agree with many here that the pool and Artist Palette are quite nice, but the resort will soon outgrow their capacity. The pool already seemed on the crowded side.
That brings me to the pool bar (cant think of the name at the moment).
It was way, way, way too busy for just one bartender. We waited over 20 minutes for a couple drinks (as did everyone else). They could have used at least three bartenders to handle the crowd. Not only was the bartender busy with customers, but she was running out of many supplies.
After getting primed with one of those Saratoga beers from the pool bar, we headed for the Member Update.
This is a huge improvement over the old version of the update. This was truly much more informative and interesting (and I won something!).
After the meeting, I chatted with Judi Kaufman (sp?), and one of the lead people in Member Services. I asked several questions, including occupancy rules, home resort retention when transferring points, and about housekeeping.
They responded that occupancy limits has just been raised to 5 adults in a 1br, with no additional bedding provided. Studio is still 4, and 2br still 8.
They also responded that they are aware of the home resort retention problem, and it will get fixed at some point. They did state they could do it manually.
I was also told they are aware of housekeeping issues, especially at BCV. I was told they implemented some sort of inspection system at that resort.
They said the best thing we could do is to call the front desk, and not to worry about being overly demanding.
In summary, my wife and I found SSR to be an outstanding resort. If we decide that we want more points, we would buy there in a second!
Thanx for reading
All who have bought there, did darn good!
MG
Mg, and thank you for the great review !! We are very happy with our purchase of SSR, and it`s really nice to know others feel it`s a great resort too!! We avoided staying there our first time home (Because of the ongoing construction), but when we visited, my DH was disappointed that we didn`t ( it was soo lovely)!! Now were really looking foward to our next trip!!!
