Westgate Villas

[Duck143]

Has anyone stayed at Westgate Villas? We have a timeshare that we can trade for a week there, but I would never book before checking with all of you!!

 

[disrev]

There are several Westgate properties in the Orlando area. I'm guessing you are referring to the Westgate Vacation Villas. I've stayed at Westgate Town Center three times ('01 the first time and '11 the most recent). The Vacation Villas and Town Center are connected and at the time we last traveled you checked in to the same place. The Town Center area is the newer section. Each visit we have walked around the Villas area and one of the times we were abel to walk through a 3 BR suite. The Villas are significantly older and were showing their age even the first time we went in 2001. The Town Center rooms are significantly nicer, brighter and spacious.

Positives:
Villas are big.
Jacuzzi Tubs in villas.
Great location to get to the parks.
Lots of pools.
Washer/dryer in villa (at least in the Town Center)

Negatives:
Old/run down (Villa Section)
Lots of extra charges on activities.
Although there are lots of pools, they are very basic pools.
Very High Pressure and aggressive sales staff. STAY AWAY... we were all but forced into a presentation 2 out of the three stays... and that's even with us knowing how the game works. The third time I arrived at 2 am and I think the check in people were just too tired to try.

Every time we've stayed there it's simply because I found a price I just could not say no. Even with that, I decided after our '11 stay we are done. There are so many better options (like Sheraton Vistana, Holiday Inn Orange Lake, Wyndham Bonnet Creeek, Marriott Grande Vista), even if we have to spend more, I'll take it.

Now, things have maybe changed over the past 5 years, but that's our experience.

 

[Duck143]

Thank you VERY much for your detailed description of Westgate. We rented a home and drove past the Westgate entrance every day. The location can't be beat, so I decided to look into it for our next trip. I have stayed at Orange Lake and Sheraton Vistana and both were lovely. I haven't stayed at the other ones you mentioned. Which one do you think is the best? We need a 2 bedroom and a nice pool area would be a plus!

 

[disrev]

Sheraton Vistana is our favorite for sure. Great rooms, awesome pools and amenities, great location (we can be to the EPCOT gate in 10-15 minutes, TTC in 15-20), and so many deals available out there.
Bonnett Creek is incredible (basically on site, fantastic pool and lazy river), but we haven't been able to find an affordable way to stay there.

 

[greenclan67]

We love Orange Lake its probably our fav. I agree with disrev on Westgate. Everything they said I will agree with completely. Town centre villas were big. Buti found them bland and drab. They do have a waterpark there now though.

 

[Duck143]

We love Orange Lake its probably our fav. I agree with disrev on Westgate. Everything they said I will agree with completely. Town centre villas were big. Buti found them bland and drab. They do have a waterpark there now though.

Thank you! Can I ask about Cypress Pointe?

 

[greenclan67]

Sure we like Cypress pointe as well. But mostly the location and rooms. There isnt tons of amenities. We prefer the sister resort Grande Villas. There are no elevators in CP. GV there is. I like the pools better on GV side but u can still use CP volcano pool. If you have teens they may be bored. We still do GV for shorter stays but OL for longer. My girls are 15 & 17 now though.