We rented from a private owner last june. Our condo unit was beautiful and very spacious. The kitchen was beautiful with a breakfast bar and a full dining room. The pool area was very nice and also fairly quiet. There was a nice game room and basketball courts for my boys. There was a nice gym area as well. It was a little off the beaten path, there was not even a convenience store nearby. We got it for a good price and we needed three bedrooms. We have stayed a Vistana and Vistana Villages as well. The Vista Cay unit we rented was much, much larger. The resort itself was not as nicely landscaped as Vistana Villages, as it is still under construction. You will need to drive everywhere but getting on to I-4 was easy. Accessing International Drive was easy as well but it was near a very busy, traffic laden intersection(right by Wet and Wild). People live in Vista Cay year round so it is not the same atmosphere as VV. I would definitely stay there agin. It was new, clean and spacious. But if you need to run out for a cup of coffee or a quart of ice cream, you will be gone a while. It was not much longer to get to the parks than VV, maybe 5 more minutes. It is closer to Universal though.