Windsor Hills vs Disney Deluxe

[5mins2disney]

Checkin is always 4pm. We will always let guests checkin early...IF and only IF...there's no one leaving the morning of their arrival. The reason is simple really..guests checkout at 10-10:30am...and then the cleaners come, and it takes them most of that window to clean the home (these homes are pretty large...the townhomes are nearly 1500 sq feet..and they have to do laundry / linens too).

When we arrived at our OWN home last Sat...we couldn't checkin until 4pm. Same reason...someone left that AM.

So...what did we do? Went to Super Walmart and went grocery shopping of course for the home. Now...we arrived about as early as you possibly could...6am flight from Chicago...got in at 9:30am...get rental car..luggage..we were at Windsor Hills by 11am. I stopped in to check on the home and the cleaners...they were just arriving. So...off to Walmart. By the time we were done shopping and back to the home (we stopped and ate lunch and stuff too)...we were back at 3:15pm and they were JUST finishing up.

Now...after the cleaning crew comes, the cleaning supervisors stop by to check on the job they did...THEN...the MC stops by to do yet another check to make sure that they're happy with the job and the home is 100% perfect before the guests arrive.

Lots of stuff happening behind the scenes you don't really realize as a guest!!

It really throws them off actually when a guest arrives early...they feel "rushed" and you may not get as good of a job.

Of course, when we can, we do allow it, since the home is always cleaned on the day the guests leave...so if they left earlier it's no problem at all.

Also, in Windsor Hills, there's no problem at all if you come early and want to spend a few hours at the pool / clubhouse...and there's a bathroom / locker room there where you can change and stuff for the pool.

Same thing on checkout...we have to leave our home Sat am at 10:30am since someone else arrives that afternoon....but our flight isn't until 6pm on Sat...so we'll just spend the day at the pool!


And no...this is not like a hotel..it's a resort type of setting, but there's no place to store luggage or anything like that in the clubhouse for you...there's nothing like bellhops here or that kind of thing, but it's better!

 

[jjnoosh]

Oh, I completely understand why we can't check-in until 4, it's just a little frustrating that our original plan of having someone pick us up from the airport was thrown off because they won't have room in their car because they can't unload their luggage anywhere. But if that's the worst inconvenience of the week, then I really can't complain. Like I said before, we'll probably just have to take a shuttle from the airport instead, and hang out at the clubhouse. Running to Walmart is a good idea, but then again, we've never stayed at WH before, so not sure exactly what we might need regarding assorted sundries until we actually get into the condo.

 

[5mins2disney]

Oh, I completely understand why we can't check-in until 4, it's just a little frustrating that our original plan of having someone pick us up from the airport was thrown off because they won't have room in their car because they can't unload their luggage anywhere. But if that's the worst inconvenience of the week, then I really can't complain. Like I said before, we'll probably just have to take a shuttle from the airport instead, and hang out at the clubhouse. Running to Walmart is a good idea, but then again, we've never stayed at WH before, so not sure exactly what we might need regarding assorted sundries until we actually get into the condo.

You can check here actually, I have a short list we put together for our guests so they know exactly what to pick up!

http://www.5mins2disney.com/faq.htm

Every home is slightly different, but it's a pretty standard list.

On another note, people just amaze me sometimes...I was just at the WHR clubhouse. Some lady was standing there screaming at the pool slide attendant that her vacation "sucks" and Windsor Hills is a lousy place because they won't break the kids 48" height requirement and let HER kids go down the slide! Amazing...I doubt Disney would do the same for roller coasters! I felt sorry for the clubhouse / pool attendant, she said she hears it all the time, she was nice enough to explain to the lady how the pool is 4 feet deep there...and she's personally pulled a few kids out because they can't swim and get to the bottom and can't touch the bottom with their feet!

 

[4eyedbuzzard]

Thanks for the link in your faq's for the grocery delivery. Yeah, it's more expensive than Publix - but it is a timesaver

 

[4eyedbuzzard]

Does anyone know far a walk it is to the clubhouse, pool, putting green etc from the pool homes? I have a street map of WH but don't have a street address yet for the rental. We are staying in a 4bdr/4bth villa(pool home) June 6 thru 13, and supposedly it is claimed to be one of the closer villas to the clubhouse area. The pool pics do show neighboring villas on all sides and in back with a short divider wall in the back if this helps locate it.

Thanks

 

[5mins2disney]

Does anyone know far a walk it is to the clubhouse, pool, putting green etc from the pool homes? I have a street map of WH but don't have a street address yet for the rental. We are staying in a 4bdr/4bth villa(pool home) June 6 thru 13, and supposedly it is claimed to be one of the closer villas to the clubhouse area. The pool pics do show neighboring villas on all sides and in back with a short divider wall in the back if this helps locate it.

Thanks

It totally depends on where your home is located, it could be anywhere from 1-4 blocks depending. No way to know where it's at from what you've told us, you need the address. If you know the owner's name you can look up their property ownership and get the address on the Osceola County Property Appraiser's website by the way! hehe