The main draw for us at Bonnet Creek is that my parents own an RCI timeshare and have offered to let us use it to stay there.
If you plan to stay at Bonnet Creek by exchanging in, via RCI, then this is not likely to work. Wyndham very, very rarely deposits anything from this resort to RCI. Other Wyndham owners who are trading a Wyndham RCI deposit and requesting this resort would likely get any of these confirmations. And, honestly, I haven't read of anyone succeeding in doing this (on TUG and TS4M forums) in a couple years now.
Do you have specific info on the restaurant? It's the first I've heard mentioned. We're going at the end of April, and am interested to know what new amenities there will be
We walked around at Bonnet Creek when we were in Orlando last week. I'm not sure what restaurant has been referred to above. They've only just broken ground on building the new Wyndham high-end hotel at this property. When finished (in a couple years), it will have a full-service spa, several restaurants and shops and another large pool area. It will complete the walking path that circles the lake. Across the road, the designer golf course will be completed as well. But this is all a couple years off.
Currently, there's limited food service near each of the two open pool areas. The first pool area, located behind Puerto de Leon (the main recreation building and lobby), has the large zero-entry pool (24 hrs, respecting quiet hours), floating river, hot tub and children's water play area. This building has the resort's indoor activities (kids' play room, adult game room w/pool table, arcade room, computer library). Outside, under cover, there's table tennis and some table seating. And inside, there's a small shop w/a few food items available. I didn't see the hours.
The second pool area, located between Torre del Viento and Torre del Mar (2 condo buildings), offers a pool (24 hrs, respecting quiet hours) w/slide (10a-5p, w/lifeguard). The mini-golf, sand volleyball and playground are all very nearby. Next to this pool, there's a bar & grill. This is open 11am-12MN w/room delivery service 11:30am-11pm, 7 days, per the menu card that I was given. Their menu apparently changes frequently. The regular menu card included whole 14" pizzas ($12-$16 depending on toppings), caesar salad ($6, add $2 for chicken) and beverages. The changing dry erase board included a pasta nicoise salad, tomato-mozzarella salad, several wraps (tuna, italian, chicken caesar), and dessert slices (choc cake, Reeses pie, apple pie) from a refrigerated glass case. Everything looked fresh and tasty but I didn't try any. This counter service area has a bar counter with stools as well as some table seating, all under cover. There are more seating tables w/umbrellas by the pool, only a few feet away.
The whole resort is very walkable. It's nicely landscaped, with softly piped music by the pools. I saw a lot of families having a great time there - very festive feeling. To see the layout, go to the
Wyndham Resorts website, select "Explore Resorts" and click on Florida to find the Wyndham Bonnet Creek Resort. There, you'll see a link to the Resort Map for this place. You don't need to be a Wyndham owner to be able to access the resort map.
While this map lists the places I've mentioned as "future," they're actually open now. The Torre de la Luna building is mostly built on the exterior and expected to open this summer. They've just barely broken ground on the Torre del Sol building and the hotel building. Torre de la Luna, Torre del Sol and the new hotel are ALL supposed to be tall buildings, adding many new rooms. EACH of them is also supposed to add a new pool area, for a total of 5 pool areas at this resort at completion.
While there was construction, I didn't hear or see anything that I would consider disruptive to a fun, relaxed vacation while I walked the grounds. HTH!
Have a fun visit.