What building do you prefer at Vistana Resort?

[Sprint51J]

We have decided to stay at the Sheraton Vistana Resorts. We will have 5 adults and 1 child. I will be renting a 2 bedroom. Can anyone let me know which building they have stayed in and how they liked it? Also I have heard some buildings have skylights on the upper floors. How were the shuttle services? We are thinking of maybe taking shuttle over in the morning then back for lunch and driving car back for the evening. Is that easy to do or are we better to drive ourselves back and forth each way? I need to get this room booked today for our stay. Our trip will be 11 days in June and we will be staying on property 3 days (as half our party won’t be there yet with a car and I get my on property fix this way) then moving to the resort for 5 days then back to on property for the final 3 days. All help advice on which buildings are the best at this resort would be appreciated.

 

[Keancanuk]

We just got back yesterday from Vistana. We stayed there Fri to Fri. We booked a 2 bedroom as well.
We arrived at noon and they gave us the Fountains in building 42. We were told we had a 'water view' on the second floor. Got there and it was like 9pm at night, it was so dark and our view was a mere river. We went back to front desk and asked for a room with bright and sunny light. The room in building 42 was gorgeous, but it was just so dark (not facing the sun).

They moved us over to building 34, 3rd floor facing the Fountains pool and we had a skylight. The room was so bright, it was perfect There were no elevators, but we didn't have issues climbing 3 flights, when you can spend a whole day at Disney.

We swam a lot in the pool, it went from 3 feet to 6 feet, had a waterfall. We did drive around to the other pools, but we all agreed that the Fountains pool was the best one. (on top of the rocks where the waterfall is, there are 2 hot tubs).

We never took the shuttle as it had limited times they went and came to the hotel. We rented a car for the week, so we just drove ourselves. It was really simple getting to Disney. Turn right out of the resort and then right on World Drive and you are on your way to a Magical day.
I will say traffic is horrible in this area, especially when you drive towards I-4, towards downtown Disney. For some reason, people think that not signaling is cool and u-turns and cutting people off are even cooler.

We never did any activities at the resort, as you had to pay for everything! Our dd wanted to do arts and crafts and you had to pay to do that. Mini putting was pay. There was a magic show, but you had to buy their dinner ($19.95 per adult) in order to watch the magic show.
We did have KFC express one day because our ds really wanted kfc poolside, and it cost $38 for the 4 of us! eeek !!

The resort is beautiful and our room was heavenly. Full kitchen, it was great the kids had their own bedroom with 2 queen beds and their own bathroom, we had a large king sized room with our own bathroom and jacuzzi, our deck was screened in and we would sit out there at night in the beautiful warm nights. Even ate lunch on the deck.

I will say that because the Fountains pool is open to 1am, it was a little noisy at night with people in the pool. Thur night someone had very young children in the pool after midnight, we were surprised at that. If you kept your balcony doors closed, you never heard it, but we loved to leave out doors open for the warm breezes.

We did go to their time share presentation, didn't buy, but they did give us $100 cash for going

Have a great time

 

[amorevacations]

I am an owner at the Cascades and I've stayed at Falls, Lakes, and Fountains and I agree with the previous poster re: Fountains pool. I really enjoyed staying over there. We've faced the fountain which was a very nice sound buffer. Our Cascades unit has a fountain view as well but I'm not a fan of the Cascades pool. Falls was nice but I think that unit would be a bit cramped as they have twin beds in the second bdrm. where the other units had 2 full beds in the 2nd bdrm.

 

[Sprint51J]

Thank you both. I put a request in for the foutains but not sure if I will get it. I guess I will see when I get there.

 

[bankr63]

We are thinking of maybe taking shuttle over in the morning then back for lunch and driving car back for the evening. Is that easy to do or are we better to drive ourselves back and forth each way?

I would suggest you just drive yourself then both visits. Parking at Disney is one fee per day for all parks, so you won't be saving anything on parking. Depending on how you book there may be a charge for the shuttles that is more than you would pay for parking for your party of 6. The shuttle times and pick up at the parks are not particularly convenient; why not take the car and set your own schedule?