Can someone tell me about The treehouse Villas??

[kritter]

We are in the process of booking a summer 2010 trip with my parents........

Can someone tell me the proximity of the THV to the Main Pool @ SSR and how far it is to the Carriage House..

For those of you who have stayed there how did you find the walk to the pool and Main Area of SSR??

How did you like the room layout of the THV??

 

[castawayfan]

We just got back and loved the treehouses. We like the layout - nice having the two rooms on one side of the treehouse away from the master. That way, we could get up without disturbing our dd. How far a walk does depend on where your treehouse is located. We were at the "far end" about as far as you can get from ssr. It was about 15 minutes to the grandstand pool and then the main pool, carriage house would be another 5 minutes or so.

One night we planned on taking the boat back from downtown disney but there was thunder so they shut down the boats. We walked from planet hollywood all they way to our treehouse. That was a haul!!! But it was a nice walk.

On the one afternoon we wanted to use the grandstand pool, we drove over. Parking in that area is always available. On another night that we had torrential rain (are you getting the picture that it rained our entire vacation), we drove over to have dinner in the restaurant and parked in the check in parking.

Walking or not depends on your parents age and how hot it is out, where your treehouse is and what type of shape you all are in.

Hope this helps.

 

[kritter]

Thanks, do you know what treehouse to request to be closest to the Main Buildings of SSR??

 

[castawayfan]

According to the map, it looks like 7034 is right next to the path to SSR. 7033, 7032 are next door. 7059 and 7060 are across the street from 7034. 7035 and 7036 are a little bit farther down but on the golf course and directly across from the Treehouse pool. 7033 and 7032 would be slightly closer to the bus stop.

 

[kritter]

According to the map, it looks like 7034 is right next to the path to SSR. 7033, 7032 are next door. 7059 and 7060 are across the street from 7034. 7035 and 7036 are a little bit farther down but on the golf course and directly across from the Treehouse pool. 7033 and 7032 would be slightly closer to the bus stop.

Thanks, is there anywhere online I can see the map??

 

[castawayfan]

I don't think so. They gave it to us at check in. I have it scanned in but don't know how to insert it in a post

 

[tjkraz]

You can find scans of the recent maps and a collection of photos here:

http://dvcnews.com/content/view/128/114/

 

[cindy_k]

DVCNews.com has this map on their website, as well as maps of the whole resort and room layouts.

 

[dwade266]

We stayed at Treehouse Villas in mid-June. There are some pros and cons.

Cons:
1) Even though "sleeps 9", its not great for more than 2 adult couples, since the 3rd BR is bunk beds, and 3 people end up sleeping in the living room.
2) Compared to other Disney 3 BR, it is MUCH much smaller.
3) Distance/commute time - there is a THV bus that takes you to the main entrance, where you get a bus to the park. Alternately, you can walk across the golf course to get a park bus. Either way, figure this into your transit times. When we were there, it was in the upper 90's and we had 2 little ones in the group - made for a Looong walk or ride back "home" - even though there was a bus stop 2 houses down, and the boat (to DTD) just a tad away in the other direction.
4) Personal preference: the "woodsy" decor kinda reminded me of the 1970's, so I didn't get the usual Disney "wow" factor, just a mild "gosh that's groovy" vibe.
Pros:
1) Setting - we were right on the waterway, and the houses are really nested into the woods
2) Quiet
3) We love the pools and Artist's Palette at SSR
4) The master bath was awesome
5) Who hasn't wanted to stay in a treehouse? Every evening when they got tired, the little guys kept saying "can we go home to our treehouse?" Aawww!

Overall, I'm glad we had the experience, but I don't think I'd do it again. For about the same DVC points, I think we could have had 3 studios - but then we would have missed out on the "togetherness".