SSR Pool too Small?

[Chuck S]

Could it be that the AP discount they are currentlly offering to members and future members is just a "gimmick" to entice buyers into buying this huge Saratoga aprtments?? hmmmm..beginning to wonder...(was at saratoga last month just to see it for myself why some or perhaps alot of people dislike this place).

Actually, I think the DVC AP discount came about because 1)many, many, many members wanted one and 2)with MYW passes replacing length of stay passes there would have been no park ticket discounts at all for DVC members. Don't complain, the AP discount is fabulous.

You personally may not like SSR. If you don't like it, don't stay there...there is certainly no need to bash it continuously. One great advantage to DVC is we have our choice of several locations, personally BWV and BCV are the places I'd be least likely to stay, but I don't constantly post negative views about them, I simply prefer the condo style resorts.

 

[HUFF590]

Actually, I think the DVC AP discount came about because 1)many, many, many members wanted one and 2)with MYW passes replacing length of stay passes there would have been no park ticket discounts at all for DVC members. Don't complain, the AP discount is fabulous.

You personally may not like SSR. If you don't like it, don't stay there...there is certainly no need to bash it continuously. One great advantage to DVC is we have our choice of several locations, personally BWV and BCV are the places I'd be least likely to stay, but I don't constantly post negative views about them, I simply prefer the condo style resorts.

well said

 

[seabright1]

And perhaps I should be equally offended to those who give positive reports. But I don't. I don't care if they continuosly praise it. Maybe I should count how many times a poster give positive reorts about Saratoga Springs and tell them to STOP too.

 

[Chuck S]

And perhaps I should be equally offended to those who give positive reports. But I don't. I don't care if they continuosly praise it. Maybe I should count how many times a poster give positive reorts about Saratoga Springs and tell them to STOP too.

I never said I was offended, did I? I don't own at SSR. I simply have to wonder why someone would visit forums and primarily post negative responses to threads about a resort they don't like rather than visit and post positive reviews and thoughts to threads about resorts they do like.

 

[seabright1]

If I purchase something that is perceived to be a $1.00 and the seller gives you something that is maybe appraised at the most $0.10 how would you feel? Happy?

What if you check in at a 5 star hotel and you see that the reception area is well decorated, furnished with nice architectural details and to get to your nice room( Saratoga Springs rooms are nice...this much I can say) in this 5 star hotel you have to walk thru (figuratively speaking) kitchen area ( i'm not talking about the construction area in Saratoga Springs which I can understand and I expected) and then walk out a dark monotonous alley (describing the common hallways in each building here;and you think to yourself that this does not belong here? am I lost or what?..and then finally you can get to your room.
How would you feel?
It is like checking in a 5 star hotel but you have to go thru a Day's Inn experience to get to you 5 star room.

I have not posted this much since the Saratoga experience.
I don't want Disney to build this kind of a (resort?) place again..if i can help it. Some may like this kind of a place and they can praise this kind of place all they want. Just let me voice mine too..as often as I want. I am not personally attacking any individuals.

 

[Chuck S]

If I purchase something that is perceived to be a $1.00 and the seller gives you something that is maybe appraised at the most $0.10 how would you feel? Happy?

Interesting. I am assuming from your post in the other thread....

I stayed at Saratoga Springs last month for 5 days to experience 1st hand the place before entertaining the possibility of adding more points. My experience at the place was mostly negative because i perceived a dis-connect in the whole feel/design of the place.
Perhaps some buyers saw the same thing I did and decided to sell and maybe buy next time when Disney build a better resort

..that you do not own at SSR, so how does the above statement regarding peceived value apply to you? Remember, there is no guarantee that we'll even have the right to trade to other DVC resorts in the future. They can restrict us to our home resorts only, so you'd be getting exactly what you paid for. (Though I don't see them having such a restriction until the contracts are nearly ended.)

What if you check in at a 5 star hotel and you see that the reception area is well decorated, furnished with nice architectural details and to get to your nice room( Saratoga Springs rooms are nice...this much I can say) in this 5 star hotel you have to walk thru (figuratively speaking) kitchen area ( i'm not talking about the construction area in Saratoga Springs which I can understand and I expected) and then walk out a dark monotonous alley (describing the common hallways in each building here;and you think to yourself that this does not belong here? am I lost or what?..and then finally you can get to your room.
How would you feel?
It is like checking in a 5 star hotel but you have to go thru a Day's Inn experience to get to you 5 star room.

I have not posted this much since the Saratoga experience.
I don't want Disney to build this kind of a (resort?) place again..if i can help it. Some may like this kind of a place and they can praise this kind of place all they want. Just let me voice mine too..as often as I want. I am not personally attacking any individuals.

Again, SSR is a condo style DVC resort, not associated with a full service hotel. In fact, I don't believe any Disney hotel is considered a 5 star hotel. Why would anyone, including myself or you, care if Disney builds a similar resort in the future, we do NOT have to stay there nor purchase an interest in it. I still find it interesting that someone is so passionate that they post primarily negative feedback to threads that are not about their home resort.

 

[seabright1]

I said it is "like" I did not say that it is a 5 star hotel.
OKW experience went about smoothly. You get what you expect and perhaps more.
If there are more SSR DVC members would that make it more diificult for you to book at your favorite resort/s?

 

[Chuck S]

If there are more SSR DVC members would that make it more diificult for you to book at your favorite resort/s?

Nope, that is what the priority window is for and the reason I own where I want to stay most often.

 

[seabright1]

Yes that is good for members who can book 11? months early. But for short 3 months notice it will be everybody's ballgame right? And this will work to my disadvantage because I have other members to compete with now right?... Let us say saratoga owners would like to book at OKW or VWL at the same month I plan to go, it will limit my chances right? Then I may probably get stuck again at saratoga springs right? PLEASE say "NO" ( of course i want a close to accurate answer)

 

[Chuck S]

DVC has always worked best for those than can plan several month out, the earlier the better. Some resorts even fully book up during the priority window, so no other resort has any effect on them. VWL has always been difficult, at best, for non-owners to book. HH is difficult, if not impossible, to book at 7 months for some seasons.

Any new resort will add to the number of members trying to book at 7 months and later. Some of them may even be BCV or VWL members that tried to book during their priority window but the ressies were already taken...should we complain about that, too? Eagle Pines may come online, it would be another large resort. At 7 months, points are points.

If you are unable to book early enough to secure your home resort, and are unable to book early enough that staying at the resort that has the most rooms, hence is the last to fill up (OKW used to be this resort, now SSR is larger), then DVC may no longer be the right choice for you. Those were the rules when you purchased, they are still the rules, DVC will continue to add members and resorts. Very late bookings will most likely continue to be available only at the largest resorts, with the largest resort filling up last, it has always been that way.

DVC affords members a great savings over rack rate, for that savings there have always been, and will continue to be, inconveniences.

This thread has strayed far from the topic of the SSR pools. I suggest if you wish to continue this type of discussion, to start your own thread, and confine these type of comments to that thread, rather than continually post in existing threads.

 

[LIFERBABE]

Based on the posting style, I think it is safe to say that we have seen this poster before. I know the join date throws off suspicion but Im having Deja vue with so many statements this poster has made, It has to be the same person.
I have no problem with a mutual dislike of SSR, but the choice of words is the link. Also the way he digs up any thread with SSR in the title and posts his dislike. I like them all some more than others, but I dont take every opportunity to spew hate of the things I do not like. Check his other posts. The majority of them are jabs at SSR.
Maybe DVC in its present format is not for him. DVC is not going to tear SSR down and we all knew that 3 month bookings ANYWHERE were a longshot when we joined so Im not understanding the argument.

As for the pool at SSR, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, always had a lounge, and my DS really liked the slide. They skip the slide at BCV so that says alot!

 

[HUFF590]

All trip reports stated at the beginning (good report ) (bad report) then only people who liked or disliked that resort, reported there? That would be cool. Good SSR report I would post and read, bad just read. IMOP

 

[thelobstershanty]

Seabright,
You are certainly entitled to your opinion and free to express it. It is the wording you use that gets on people's nerves. Not everyone likes the same things including WDW resorts, and that is fine. But when you say things like SSR is not a true resort or that the buildings look like huge apartment complexes, that is just plain silly. SSR is a very nice resort, just as all the WDW resorts are. Just because it does not appeal to you, is no reason to write untruths about the resort.

 

[Chuck S]

Again. please return this thread to the topic of SSR pools.

 

[Ms.Mouse]

Again. please return this thread to the topic of SSR pools.

Thank you, ChuckS,

About the pool/pools at SSR..... When I first began looking into buying points and thought SSR was my only option, there were more posts (on this and other forums) about the poor bus service at SSR... not enough for the number of people using them...... Now it's the pools, restaurants etc. etc.... But, as I questioned things on forums and with my guide, they said that as needs are seen, and as the DVC owners speak out, things will be brought in, such as more bus service, etc. I would think as SSR grows, more pools will be brought in also. Maybe not as quickly as the DVC owners would like, but wouldn't you think that DVC would continue to try to keep their owners happy.... OR am I as a "new DVC owner" on thinking this way??? In all the years, my family and I have been to WDW and their hotels, we've found them to go well beyond to make people (including us) comfy... Wouldn't you think the same would be for DVC???

 

[seabright1]

I am not the 1 or the duo. So let us put that to rest. Like what I said my first experience at that mega complex was last month for 5 days.

Back to the topic: The pool is small.

Based on the posting style, I think it is safe to say that we have seen this poster before. I know the join date throws off suspicion but Im having Deja vue with so many statements this poster has made, It has to be the same person.
I have no problem with a mutual dislike of SSR, but the choice of words is the link. Also the way he digs up any thread with SSR in the title and posts his dislike. I like them all some more than others, but I dont take every opportunity to spew hate of the things I do not like. Check his other posts. The majority of them are jabs at SSR.
Maybe DVC in its present format is not for him. DVC is not going to tear SSR down and we all knew that 3 month bookings ANYWHERE were a longshot when we joined so Im not understanding the argument.

As for the pool at SSR, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, always had a lounge, and my DS really liked the slide. They skip the slide at BCV so that says alot!

 

[notdaitcher]

I am not the 1 or the duo. So let us put that to rest. Like what I said my first experience at that mega complex was last month for 5 days.

Back to the topic: The pool is small.

I have to say I cannot believe people would really think this person is one of the duo. The duo as you called them were not simply resort bashers like this poster appears to be. The duo tried to lighten the mood a little and bring a few smiles, some wit and sarcasism to the Dis. Funny thing is the duo are now banned and you guys are stuck with this poster.

People who really knew the duo should see this poster is not one of them.
SSR is coming into its own regardless of the size of the pool.

Thanks,

DAVE

 

[corinnak]

When I passed through SSR in March, the pool seemed pretty abandoned...small sample, I know, but I think there were 2 people in the pool. Of course that was in the midst of the "cooling of the resort pools" period. Ah, two evil schemes that work together....."I know! We can make the pools smaller if we keep them cold.....Exxxxcellent."

If only there were a web cam trained on the SSR pool....well, actually, I don't love that idea. The local waterpark here had a web cam last year - it was handy to be able to see how packed the place was at any given time, but fact is, it was also kind of....like being under constant swimming pool surveillance.

It will be interesting to see what they come up with for the second sorta themed pool - I wonder if the new pool will also have the zero entry - that always seems to be a big draw.

 

[Dis-best]

I called member services to inquirer about a second theme pool for SSR.
They said, "there are currently NO plans for a second theme pool at SSR."

This is direct from member services.

 

[Chuck S]

That is the standard answer you will get from Member Services until something is officially announced by DVD. This applies to any changes at any resort. It may be that there will not be a second themed pool, but there may be a nice size quiet pool in the works somewhere. However, given that pools are fluctuate a lot in use, SSR pools may currently be only occasionally crowded. I know that I thought the quiet pool at South Point (OKW) seemed very crowded one afternoon this month, 10 minutes later it was empty. And what one person considers crowded, another may not.