SSR Lovers and Owners Part 4

[CastAStone]

I won't likely be walking over to the TreeHouses - however I do have a dinner res one night at Port Orleans Riverside and was going to take the boat back to Disney Springs and walk back to my villa - I'll see if I can peek into the Treehouses to see if any look like they're being refurbed or worked on.

I’m reasonably confident they haven’t started, but if you see different let us know

 

[han22735]

This was posted today.

https://wdwnt.com/2025/12/permits-f...illas-at-disneys-saratoga-springs-resort-spa/

 

[zackiedawg]

Haven't made it by the treehouses yet - but confirmed the Paddock Pool is still closed. The deck is clear, pool has water in it but is covered, and there's lots of trim and wood not completed. There were workers present at 7pm - not doing any noisy work, but looked like they were cleaning up equipment.

All Christmas decor is up.

 

[Bozni]

Haven't made it by the treehouses yet - but confirmed the Paddock Pool is still closed. The deck is clear, pool has water in it but is covered, and there's lots of trim and wood not completed. There were workers present at 7pm - not doing any noisy work, but looked like they were cleaning up equipment.

All Christmas decor is up.

Thanks for the update! At this point it doesn’t look like they’re going to hit the “early December” date posted on the website.

 

[CastAStone]

Haven't made it by the treehouses yet - but confirmed the Paddock Pool is still closed. The deck is clear, pool has water in it but is covered, and there's lots of trim and wood not completed. There were workers present at 7pm - not doing any noisy work, but looked like they were cleaning up equipment.

All Christmas decor is up.

If water is in then they’re close.

 

[zackiedawg]

Depending on the number of workers, the woodwork and trimwork probably wouldn't take more than a few days, then paint. No way to know, but looking at it I wouldn't say it would be unreasonable to expect they could be wrapped and open in a week.

BTW - not sure if this applies to the whole resort, or if they're just doing it room by room as things get worn down, but the last few times I've stayed here, the pots, pans, and utensils were well worn and used...but my villa has very new, clean, and unscuffed pots, pans, and utensils (spatulas and the like). It was nice to make scrambled eggs with cheese and have them all slide out of the pan. Most of the time, the non-stick coatings have been so scratched and damaged that eggs and cheese stick all over the pan. And the plastic spatulas are usually melted at the edges from use and leaving in the pans too long. Everything is new or close to new.

On the room request front - I got pretty close to my request. I had asked for Congress Park and specifically requested rooms ending in 03 or 45 on the 2nd - 4th floor. They delivered on Congress Park, and even got me a room ending in 45, but only had one on the 1st floor. I prefer the views from the higher floors, but I still have a lovely end room looking at Disney Springs, close to the ice machine - so I consider that room request pretty well met.

 

[Mai Ku Tiki]

SSR is now our 2nd fave for so many reasons.
We're very happy without PREFERRED villa locations.

But if that's all that's available to book, can we still request buildings that are NOT in 'PREFERRED' locations?

We aren't concerned about using the extra pts to secure the booking, just that we still can REQUEST "STANDARD" area that we like...
(Yep- We know location is not guaranteed)

 

[muppets3d]

SSR is now our 2nd fave for so many reasons.
We're very happy without PREFERRED villa locations.

But if that's all that's available to book, can we still request buildings that are NOT in 'PREFERRED' locations?

We aren't concerned about using the extra pts to secure the booking, just that we still can REQUEST "STANDARD" area that we like...
(Yep- We know location is not guaranteed)

You can request whatever you want, but I would imagine that the likelihood of that request being fulfilled is rather low.

 

[zackiedawg]

Yes, you can definitely request Standard when booked preferred. As mentioned above, no guarantee they can fulfill - but it won't hurt to ask.