SSR Lovers and/or Owners Thread!

[mamaprincess]

We are leaving tomorrow night!!!

I am soooo jealous! Have a great time and tell us about your stay at SSR when you return.

 

[Monorail Purple&Gold]

We are leaving tomorrow night!!!

Have a wonderful trip!!!

 

[Alysa]

I am soooo jealous! Have a great time and tell us about your stay at SSR when you return.

Have a wonderful trip!!!

Thanks! I can't wait, my first time to SSR!!!!!!!! See ya real soon!

 

[mickeyfan0805]

We returned from our week at SSR last Saturday, and I've been depressed ever since - we just want to be back!

The Springs pool was wonderful (that little 6' waterslide for toddlers is great). The whole resort was beautiful and peaceful. The entire trip was a blast! I've never had this much trouble coming home from a vacation. A week just wasn't long enough.

 

[Brancaneve]

I understand what the post depression blues are like. All that time planning, waiting, dreaming and then the vacation comes, goes by quickly and the depression sets in.

The best cure for you, my SSR friend, is to start planning another vacation during your depressive state. That is always the best way for DH and I to get over it!

I am a SSR member but will be going there for the first time in February 09 and simply can't wait. Thanks for the tip on the slide!

Question::: Are the smaller pools in each area suitable for toddlers or is it best to just go to the main pool?

Thanks!

 

[Brancaneve]

I understand what the post depression blues are like. All that time planning, waiting, dreaming and then the vacation comes, goes by quickly and the depression sets in.

The best cure for you, my SSR friend, is to start planning another vacation during your depressive state. That is always the best way for DH and I to get over it!

I am a SSR member but will be going there for the first time in February 09 and simply can't wait. Thanks for the tip on the slide!

Question::: Are the smaller pools in each area suitable for toddlers or is it best to just go to the main pool?

Thanks!

 

[mickeyfan0805]

I understand what the post depression blues are like. All that time planning, waiting, dreaming and then the vacation comes, goes by quickly and the depression sets in.

The best cure for you, my SSR friend, is to start planning another vacation during your depressive state. That is always the best way for DH and I to get over it!

I am a SSR member but will be going there for the first time in February 09 and simply can't wait. Thanks for the tip on the slide!

Question::: Are the smaller pools in each area suitable for toddlers or is it best to just go to the main pool?

Thanks!

Any of the pools are fine for kids - there's a fun spray area in the Grandstand Pool. However, I think that the main pool is the only one that is barrier free - and we love that. Have the 'beach-like' entrance where there are no steps is a great place for toddlers to play in the water without you having to carry them around all the time. I enjoyed the main pool much more with our girls (2 and 3).

 

[mamaprincess]

We returned from our week at SSR last Saturday, and I've been depressed ever since - we just want to be back!

The Springs pool was wonderful (that little 6' waterslide for toddlers is great). The whole resort was beautiful and peaceful. The entire trip was a blast! I've never had this much trouble coming home from a vacation. A week just wasn't long enough.

AWWWWW. I know just how you feel. Coming back is the hardest thing. It feels like forever before you will be back and the trips are so special, you wish you could stay forever. I agree that you have to begin to plan your next trip in order to get over the depression. It's the only cure. Then the cycle repeats itself.

SSR is so gorgeous and peaceful. We bought AKV points when they first went up for sale and haven't stayed yet. We plan on doing it next trip but somehow I have a feeling we will find a way to get a few days in at SSR. It's our magical Disney home.

 

[Yen Sid]

Have always loved SSR, that is the first one we bought into. We try to stay at different resorts so we can get a feel for all of them but we love our first home the best. We had thought about getting a contract somewhere else a little down the road, we have SSR, BWV, and AKV, but now with the THV we will be adding more points to SSR in the future, very glad they made the right choice and made those ours.

 

[dizney4us]

We just returned from a lovely SSR vacation. It was as beautiful as ever! We could see some of the THV's being lifted up on the crane and then lowered for placement. I stayed in one in 1986 with my family, I look forward to being able to stay in one again. I do wonder...with only 60 of them, it seems like only SSR members will ever be able to reserve them, anyone else think that may be the case?

 

[Sheribo]

5 months until our next trip home. We do stay at other DVC resorts when we visit the parks but we always look forward to our 'no-park' vacation at SSR each spring.

 

[toocherie]

I do think booking the THVs will be akin to booking concierge at AKV. Possible, but not probable for a non-owner.

Here's a question: does anyone think that DVC management always intended to include the THVs in SSR, or do you think it was an afterthought to re-do the THVs, and since it was technically a part of the SSR land had to be included in the SSR membership?

 

[MiaSRN62]

Calle&Jacksmom says : Overall, I don't know that I'd stay there again (sorry all you SSR lovers out there). It's a great resort, but not a Disney resort(parks and all).

I'm still trying to figure out what this means ????
We plan on staying there in Aug. What are good sections to request ? Congress Park ? Would like to be close to DD. Thanks.

 

[twinklebug]

I'm still trying to figure out what this means ????
We plan on staying there in Aug. What are good sections to request ? Congress Park ? Would like to be close to DD. Thanks.

Calle&Jacksmom is simply expressing her opinion. Every Disney resort offers something different than any other and there will always people that it doesn't strike a chord with - which is why Disney makes them so different. For SSR, the theme is peace and relaxation - it's just not what she's looking for. Take note that some folk think simply having a kitchen/kitchenette in your room takes away from the Disney feel (of course as DVC owners we laugh at this). Others believe that giant 50' tall icons ARE 'disney' and all the resorts that don't offer up huge Buzz Lightyears and Mickey Mouse telephones are un-disney-like.

I prefer places like VWL, FtW , POR & BW... I suspect I'll really like (perhaps love) SSR when we try it this winter as it fits in with the feel of 3 out of 4 of those resorts. However, to others FtW is as undisney like as it gets

Each to their own.

Just remember... All opinions are interesting and valued.

 

[tjkraz]

...since it was technically a part of the SSR land had to be included in the SSR membership?

I don't know whether it had to be included with SSR, but I do believe it is the only approach that made sense.

The alternative would have been to market it as a stand-alone resort. In doing that, you create a lot of additional administrative overhead: New condo association, new legal filings, new dues calculations and collections, etc. And from a sales standpoint, they would be severely limiting their market by creating a resort that ONLY has two bedroom villas. How many individuals are willing to commit to a property that only has the one size unit? (I'm guessing not as many as would buy into a resort which also has Studios, One Bedrooms and Grand Villas!)

To go one step further, what would DVC have had to gain by creating a "Treehouse Villa" standalone resort? Demand for points is going to be similar whether the new villas are part of SSR or not.

And then there's the ancillary benefit of helping SSR on the resale market. We all know there are a lot of contracts available now and that's likely to continue given the resort's large size. Certainly the addition of the treehouses will help increase demand and keep DVC out of the ROFR business.

 

[loribell]

I'm still trying to figure out what this means ????
We plan on staying there in Aug. What are good sections to request ? Congress Park ? Would like to be close to DD. Thanks.

Who knows what was meant by that. SSR is a beautiful, relaxing, laid back resort. It is my second home resort, the other is VWL of course! I love them both. SSR is not the wow factor the VWL is but is wonderful in on its own.

Congress Park is what you want to request to be near DTD. Have fun!

 

[Sheribo]

Calle&Jacksmom is simply expressing her opinion. Every Disney resort offers something different than any other and there will always people that it doesn't strike a chord with - which is why Disney makes them so different. For SSR, the theme is peace and relaxation - it's just not what she's looking for. Take note that some folk think simply having a kitchen/kitchenette in your room takes away from the Disney feel (of course as DVC owners we laugh at this). Others believe that giant 50' tall icons ARE 'disney' and all the resorts that don't offer up huge Buzz Lightyears and Mickey Mouse telephones are un-disney-like.

Agreed! For our first trip to Disney, we wanted the mouse - everywhere. We wanted it over the top exciting and were looking for the WOW factor. When we stay at SSR, we are going for the Disney quality. We go to SSR for rest and relaxation but if we decide we want the Disney experience, we hop on a bus and hit the parks.

When we want rest & relaxation, it's SSR. When we want the mouse, we stay at one of the other resorts.

 

[bellazachmom]

Others believe that giant 50' tall icons ARE 'disney' and all the resorts that don't offer up huge Buzz Lightyears and Mickey Mouse telephones are un-disney-like.

Wait just a minute ... where at WDW do they have Mickey Mouse Phones?!?!?!

I have been telling DH for YEARS that there should be Mickey Mouse phones in every single room at WDW and he just shakes his head and laughs at me!! Wait until I can tell him that they really do exist out there somewhere! Sure wish they were in the DVC rooms, but I will survive!

 

[RachelTori]

Wait just a minute ... where at WDW do they have Mickey Mouse Phones?!?!?!

I have been telling DH for YEARS that there should be Mickey Mouse phones in every single room at WDW and he just shakes his head and laughs at me!! Wait until I can tell him that they really do exist out there somewhere! Sure wish they were in the DVC rooms, but I will survive!

This is just a guess, but I think twinklebug was referring to the giant Mickey Phone icon at Pop Century!

 

[Sheribo]

Wait just a minute ... where at WDW do they have Mickey Mouse Phones?!?!?!

Do tell! With everything else shaped like Mickey, they've got to be around somewhere!