? about Orlando timeshares

[PhotobearSam]

I keep seeing a lot of condos on Skyauction that are 2 bedrooms.

I know that Vacation Village at Parkway, all the 2 bedrooms are lock-off units...really 2 seperate 1 bedroom units...

Is this the only one that is set up that way or are there more out there with the 2 bedrooms being 2 lock-off units instead of just a 2 bedroom villa?

Did that make any sense to anyone?

 

[spiceycat]

yes - I know what you mean.

there is no easy way to tell.

fairfield says they are - but I don't see how - their smaller units don't have a kitchen.

 

[Local_Girl]

We stayed in a 2 bdrm. lock off unit at the HGVC near Sea World. I *think* HGVC has different 2 bdrm configurations because a current auction on SA offers a 2 bdrm that sleeps 6 or a unit that sleeps 8...although we didn't use them, I believe our lock off had 2 sofa beds, which meant the lock off slept 8. IMHO, the lock offs would be great for extended family or friends traveling together.

 

[Lisa P.]

Spiceycat, the smaller 1BR at Fairfield Star Island has a kitchenette. At Fairfield Cypress Palms, it has a kitchen wall with all the appliances of a full kitchen - they're just smaller (except for the full size fridge/freezer). At Fairfield Bonnet Creek, the 1BRs are all deluxe, no lockoffs.

Local_Girl, if a 2BR sleeps 8/6, then there's bedding for up to 8 adults max but only up to 6 may sleep "with privacy." "With privacy" means that there are up to 2 people sleeping in each sleeping room (BR or LR) and each person counted may enter a bathroom without having to pass through another person/couple's sleeping room.

So a 2BR lockoff that separates into 2 1BRs would have 2 MBRs and 2 LRs - 4 sleeping rooms. These always sleep 8 max/8 priv - look for an 8/8. A regular 2BR only has 2 BRs and 1 LR - 3 sleeping rooms. These will sleep 8/6.

Unfortunately, resorts reserve the right to switch your room type as long as the max occupancy is retained. So even if you were to book an 8/8, they could switch it to an 8/6 at check-in, at will. I would suggest seeking resorts which have few, if any, dedicated 2BRs, and most, if not all, lockoffs.

I think there are mostly lockoff 2BRs at HGVC Sea World, at Fairfield Cypress Palms and at Sheraton Vistana Villages (vs. mostly dedicated 2BRs at S V Resort). HTH.

 

[Jamieb]

We just stayed in a 2 bedroom unit at Fairfield Cypress Palms and it was not a lock off. I would imagine that some of them are lock off units there but ours was a standard 2 bedroom unit with a king bed in the master bedroom and two doubles in the second bedroom.

 

[Local_Girl]

ooops...in rereading my post, I realized I wasn't really clear in explaining what we had at HGVC. We had a 1 bdrm connected to a studio. The studio had a queen or double plus a sofa bed, and the 1 bdrm unit had a king bed with a sofa bed in the living room. So as Lisa P. said, sleeps 8, but only 6 with privacy. It still seems as though Sky Auction was offering different configurations, though, because upon winning the auction, you could pay and additional amount for a 2 bdrm, sleeps 6, and a little more than that for a 2 bdrm that sleeps 8.

 

[Lisa P.]

A 2BR that sleeps 6 (6/6) will usually have a king or queen in the MBR, 2 twin beds in the 2nd BR and a queen sleeper sofa in the LR. There are a variety of configurations for a 2BR that sleeps 8 (8/6 or 8/8).