greenclan67
Callie35
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We just returned from a two week stay in a 3 bdrm at Westgate Town Center. I wish I could say I loved it, but I can't!
Positives: I like the set up of the 3 bdrm, walking into a common entrance, and have the A and B sides. The room is very spacious and large. Everyone had their own space.
- Beds were comfortable
- More towels, shampoos, dish soap, paper towel, toilet paper, supplies then most timeshare resorts
- Price, we rented from a relative, that wasn't using it, so we couldn't complain about it.
-Tons of pools, hot tubs
Negatives:
_ we were in 5400 building, and it was tired, old, and just in general run down.
- we had numerous things that didn't work, like microwave, coffee pot, and so on.
- The pools were cold, the first few days,it was chilly in Florida, but the pools seemed cold.
- NOISE, my biggest issue. None of us slept on vacation. My kids were in the 2 dbl beds and the cleaning staff would start running their carts down the hallway and wake them up.
-we were on the 4th floor, out of 6. We could hear people running on the floor, jumping, pulling chairs, and not just a little bit, it was loud. I was awoken at 6:30 am most mornings. Which would be fine, if I wanted to be up.
- No soundproofing. I could hear people peeing in the middle of the night, like it was right on my head. Flushing was loud and felt like a waterfall was coming down on my head in bed.
- We stayed for two weeks, we booked back to back weeks two different ressies. I clairified this at the front desk numerous times. We got locked out of our room the day the first ressie ended and the 2nd one started. Took us an hour to get into our room, in soaking wet bathing suits.
- Told me I would have my room cleaned on the Friday, we checked in on a Sat and they would clean it on the Friday, perfect because I had company coming to stay Friday night. Got back from the parks on Friday evening about an hour before our company came, and the room hadn't been touched. I had to call and ask for sheets and towels, so I could change the bed. Told us we were actually booked Monday for a cleaning. We went a whole 2 weeks without our room being cleaned at all.
- Last but not least is we killed not one, but two cockroaches in our bedroom. That didn't annoy me as badly as anything else.
_ Yes they did drive me nuts at check in about timeshare pitch. I very bluntly said I had no desire and didn't make the minimum income requirment. They left me alon after that.
- Friends of ours stayed in the same building on the 2nd floor, and opened up the nightstand by their bed, and there was a box of condoms int he drawer, one of them being opened.
Bottom line, we have stayed at numerous other places in the area, and this would be my last resort for me to stay. I came back more frustrated and tired then when I left. I really tried to keep and open mind and find the positives, but after returning home, said to my Hubby, that was not a fun vacation. I forget to mention, the 2nd week was spring break, and the young spring break crowd arrived they were in the pool til all hours of the night, (pool 13) I didn't complain cause that kind of noise doesn't bother me, unless it is really loud. Most nights, they were there til 1 am or so. The 2nd last night we were there, we decided to go have a later swim and drink at the pool and hot tub. At about 9:45 just nicely got in and the security came and closed it at 10 am. I wasn't happy about it, since it was the only night they did it. Wasn't an hour after we got out, there was about 20 people back in.
Any questions, ask away, I will try to answer as honestly as I can.
Hope this helps some others
Positives: I like the set up of the 3 bdrm, walking into a common entrance, and have the A and B sides. The room is very spacious and large. Everyone had their own space.
- Beds were comfortable
- More towels, shampoos, dish soap, paper towel, toilet paper, supplies then most timeshare resorts
- Price, we rented from a relative, that wasn't using it, so we couldn't complain about it.
-Tons of pools, hot tubs
Negatives:
_ we were in 5400 building, and it was tired, old, and just in general run down.
- we had numerous things that didn't work, like microwave, coffee pot, and so on.
- The pools were cold, the first few days,it was chilly in Florida, but the pools seemed cold.
- NOISE, my biggest issue. None of us slept on vacation. My kids were in the 2 dbl beds and the cleaning staff would start running their carts down the hallway and wake them up.
-we were on the 4th floor, out of 6. We could hear people running on the floor, jumping, pulling chairs, and not just a little bit, it was loud. I was awoken at 6:30 am most mornings. Which would be fine, if I wanted to be up.
- No soundproofing. I could hear people peeing in the middle of the night, like it was right on my head. Flushing was loud and felt like a waterfall was coming down on my head in bed.
- We stayed for two weeks, we booked back to back weeks two different ressies. I clairified this at the front desk numerous times. We got locked out of our room the day the first ressie ended and the 2nd one started. Took us an hour to get into our room, in soaking wet bathing suits.
- Told me I would have my room cleaned on the Friday, we checked in on a Sat and they would clean it on the Friday, perfect because I had company coming to stay Friday night. Got back from the parks on Friday evening about an hour before our company came, and the room hadn't been touched. I had to call and ask for sheets and towels, so I could change the bed. Told us we were actually booked Monday for a cleaning. We went a whole 2 weeks without our room being cleaned at all.
- Last but not least is we killed not one, but two cockroaches in our bedroom. That didn't annoy me as badly as anything else.
_ Yes they did drive me nuts at check in about timeshare pitch. I very bluntly said I had no desire and didn't make the minimum income requirment. They left me alon after that.
- Friends of ours stayed in the same building on the 2nd floor, and opened up the nightstand by their bed, and there was a box of condoms int he drawer, one of them being opened.
Bottom line, we have stayed at numerous other places in the area, and this would be my last resort for me to stay. I came back more frustrated and tired then when I left. I really tried to keep and open mind and find the positives, but after returning home, said to my Hubby, that was not a fun vacation. I forget to mention, the 2nd week was spring break, and the young spring break crowd arrived they were in the pool til all hours of the night, (pool 13) I didn't complain cause that kind of noise doesn't bother me, unless it is really loud. Most nights, they were there til 1 am or so. The 2nd last night we were there, we decided to go have a later swim and drink at the pool and hot tub. At about 9:45 just nicely got in and the security came and closed it at 10 am. I wasn't happy about it, since it was the only night they did it. Wasn't an hour after we got out, there was about 20 people back in.
Any questions, ask away, I will try to answer as honestly as I can.
Hope this helps some others
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We stayed in a one bedroom at Westgate Town Center in late Oct/early Nov. We never heard a sound once we were inside the room. The unit was very clean, everything worked well, and we never saw a bug. Pool and hot tub were both fine. We didn't have any problems with the time share pitch. I simply told them I wasn't buying a timeshare and refused to attend. The lady at the parking desk was very nice, said it wasn't a problem, and we never heard another word from them.
