Grand Vista Homes, are they still standing?

[sgtdisney]

Does anyone know if the Grand Vista Homes which were part of the original Villas by DTD are still standing? Or have they been demolished to make way for more of the SSR buildings? It is a shame if they have been torn down as those were the models for a community that Disney ended up never building back in the mid 70s.

 

[OKW Lover]

They are gone.

 

[lookingforward]

Does anyone have pictures? I would love to see them and those tree houses they used to have. I always wanted to try the out. Didn't they also have some sort of learning institute near there?

 

[LandChildWorldAdult]

I'll have to do some digging. I might have some old polaroids. My dear departed father brought us there in 1982 or 1983. The treehouses were quite cool. Quite.

 

[sgtdisney]

That's too bad that they are gone. I remember driving by them when we used to stay in the Townhouse complex. The Grand Vista Suites looked so nice, and at the time, they were among the most expensive accomodations on the property. I think I remember reading that they came with stocked refridgerators and a golf cart. If any one has any pictures of the inside of them that would really be nice to see.

 

[Sammie]

Grand Vista Home

 

[PrincessPaczki]

Boy do those pictures bring back good memories. I didn't know that they tore down the townhomes.

 

[simonkodousek]

I'd wish they would do something like that again and sell timeshares for it. I would much rather have my "own" house.

 

[Sammie]

I'd wish they would do something like that again and sell timeshares for it. I would much rather have my "own" house.

How would that be different than DVC if you timeshare it? Or do you just like the unattached home style versus what DVC has built?

 

[sgtdisney]

Before we bought into the DVC back in 1992, when I used to go to WDW with my family we used to stay in the villas. Stayed in the treehouses a couple of times, the townhouses a couple of times and the bungalows, twice. Never made it to the fairway villas or the Grand Vista Homes. I remember when you used to check in over in the square, glass building over there on hotel blvd, between the Grosvenor and the Lake Buena Vista Resort, back when they were the Dutch American and the Travelodge.