Well, We Did It! Booked Our Condo...Hope It's Not a Mistake!!!

[mowsluver]

We finally went ahead and booked a condo at Westgate Vacation Villas...I here there are more then one in Orlando and hope this turns out to be a 'good' one!
We will have space for the kids which is probably the most important thing. I hate when we have stayed in hotels and they whine because they are always on top of each other!
The price was right--$264 for a week. That is through some Military thing.
Now I truly feel like the trip has begun even though we are not going until Oct 1!

 

[PrincessMom98]

Don't worry! I know that Westgate gets mixed reviews here but we have stayed there a few times and loved it! It is very close to the parks and you can't beat the space. I love being able to put the kids to bed in one room and be able to relax and watch a movie in another. We have stayed there in both a 1 BR and a 2 BR. Having a kitchen and W/D helps too.
Enjoy your trip!

 

[4fordisney]

I know nothing about Westgate, but we are renting a vacation home and we are very excited. It is 4 bedroom/2.5 bath with a screened pool. We should have plenty of room for the 5 of us and it ended up costing us less than a hotel! We too feel our dream vacation is finally coming true.

 

[canwegosoon]

I know how you feel...wehn we used to rent at Cape Cod, I never knew what I was walking in to. But I hope you have a great time!

 

[Donnask8pro]

We're staying at Orange Lake Vilas and same thing. Hoping its a wise choice.

 

[Jetstorm]

Beware of their "Express Checkout" which really means "we'll feed you breakfast while we give you the sales pitch".
They are VERY pushy, but the place is beautiful.

 

[mowsluver]

Thanks to all who have made me feel better about our booking! I plan on having my husband take care of any sales pitch....he gets his point across !
We are going the first week in Oct and I am so looking forward to it!!!!

 

[mrsmom]

I have stayed at westgate lakes resort with my kids and we loved it!!
They are high pressure in the timeshare pitch but just keeping saying no!!
Have fun!!
Kim

 

[Mom2Madi]

Just want to give you a little head up... We are owners at Westgate, we actually bought in Gatlinburg (but have always traded to Orlando - hmmm.) Anyway... I booked our last vacation for the Villas - the unit they first took us too was worse than my first apartment (which was pretty bad!) I let our "resort guide", (which is really the salesman who will bug you all week) know that the unit was TOTALLY unacceptable and that I wanted another, being it was 10pm or later, he said we would take care of it in the morning. I told him under no circumstances was I staying there period ... it smelled of disinfectant, the bed looked slept on, the closet door was hanging off... the washer and dryer was in the breezeway - shared by everyone on the floor. He said that this building had not yet been renovated - I told him to take me to one that had been renovated. He hemmed and hawwed and I refused to "take care of it tomorrow". We were moved to A GREAT ROOM!! No complaints at all!! The room was gorgeous - big screen TV, etc, jacuzzi tub, etc.

My suggestion is if you are not happy - if something is wrong - not what you were told you were getting - make sure it is taken care of IMMEDIATELY, do not wait, do not pass go! Just be assertive and don't take "no" for an answer.

I think the comment that pushed him was when I asked him "How many prospective Owners coming here tomorrow morning for your spiel will see this unit"? Of course his answer was 0 - I then asked why not? He didn't have an answer.

I'm sure you will have a wonderful time there! We were basically there for a nice place to sleep between our trips to Disney and US and Sea World.

I hope I didn't scare you, just wanted to give you a heads up!

Melissa
(Mom2Madi)