Treehouse Villas

[kendo911]

Just returned from a magical christmas trip to Disney. Riding around the area we stumbled past tree house or tree top villas. what are these? I have never seen these places advertised. I have made several trips to disney and have never seen this place before.

Thanks

 

[kadaten]

The Treehouses are an old Disney Resort. They were their own resort originally, then were lumped in with the Disney Institute when that was operating. Much of the lodging at the DI has been leveled and is being replaced by the new DVC resort Saratoga Springs. The treehouses have not been operational for some time and are in limbo due to environmental regs, or some other type of red tape. A decision on what to do with them has not been made (or at least not announced).

They were really great places to stay. There were 2 or 3 levels, with a full living room and kitchen, 2 or 3 bedrooms, and 1 or 2 bathrooms. My DH's family stayed in them when he was young (early 80"s) and since we started going to WDW in the last 8 years, has asked to stay there when they join us. But, they've been closed since they started tagging along, so I've never seen them myself. There are lots of folks who hope they restore them and put them back to use!

Katie

 

[crazy4dizney]

My family and I had stayed in the treehouses in 1994 .and loved them.We always hoped disney would reconsider opening them again into a new resort,but dont think that will happen. We have great memories of are vacation that year.

 

[SueM in MN]

They actually renovated a number of them 3 or 4 years ago. You could see the process if you took a boat along that waterway (the boat from PO or OKW to DD). We saw them being worked on over a 2 year period - they totally gutted them down to the framing and re-built them.
I have read that they are being used as housing for people in the WDW college programs.