grumpy06
Registered: November 2010
Location: maine
Posts: 3
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Review Date: Sat March 2, 2013
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Great Location,Quiet,Peacefull
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Cons:
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None
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We stayed the last week of the food and wine festival and we stayed in treehouse 7018,great spot near the boat dock, pool, pathway to SSR. Was a little worried reading earlier post about how far away from everything the treehouses are but we did not find that to be a problem. We've been staying at SSR for the past 6 years as members and always stay at Congress Park which we love being close to Downtown. But we found the walk no farther to the Springs staying at the Treehouses than staying at Congress and walking to the Carousel bus stop. Was much easier than waiting for a bus to take you to the Springs and changing there. I would say the walk to both the Springs and Carousel was less than 5 minutes.
Having a barbecue at the treehouse was wonderful also. There were 6 of us and more than enough room for all. The only complaint I would have is listening to that boat horn all day and evening when you are there on the deck. Wonder if that is really necessary all the time. Besides that, would recommend and stay again.
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ReaderReviews
Registered: November 2006
Posts: 102
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Review Date: Sun October 28, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Peaceful, lovely landscape, great space
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Cons:
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Bus transportation, no beverage station at Tree Houses
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Review submitted by Carol b:
This is our first trip as vacation club members and Saratoga is our home resort. We stayed in the Tree Houses. We loved the space and found it very quiet and tranquil. The kitchen was well equipped and we ate breakfast there everyday. The pool was never busy but there was no beverage station. The road way was under construction and this made traveling back and forth from the Tree Houses to Saratoga a long trip. It often took us an hour to get to one of the parks. The service was good and during our 9 day stay we had towel and garbage service 3 times and our supplies were refreshed once. We had a lovely deck that we often relaxed on. Maintenance and house keeping responding quickly to any requests we had. Although we will likely try a new resort on our next trip, we will also stay in the Tree Houses again.
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hello12345
Registered: June 2010
Posts: 42
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Review Date: Mon June 11, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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3 bedrooms fo price of 2
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Cons:
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Parking and bus transportation. Water temp
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Stayed 06/04/12 - 06/11/12. This was the first time staying at my home resort. We have stayed at Old Key West and Boardwalk before. First, this is a great overall place to stay for the points. Unfortunately the point price is going up in 2013. We were a party of 9 (2 families) staying in a villa that was located between the boat dock and path to Saratoga Springs Grandstand. I checked in at 7am and they originally had me close to the gate. I requested to be closer to pathway to Grandstand and they were able to help get me much closer. Our walk to the Treehouse pool was about 5 minutes. We walked to Springs pool at main resort several times and it only took 15 minutes or less. We did not use bus transportation. I was worried about the parking situation since we had 2 cars. I was told I would have to park one car at Grandstand. The Treehouse Villas were occupied to full capacity, but I was able to get two parking spots without problems. Plenty of spaces were open all around the resort. I would not have used second spot if it took a spot away from someone else. A mini-van can easily fit in a spot marked for "compact cars." The road around Treehouses is narrow so pay special attention when walking. The pool is small even for only having 60 Treehouses. One or two families in the pool can make it feel crowded. We opted to use the main pool at the Springs. The area is quiet and away from the Disney madness. Interior of Treehouse is nice. Plenty of room in master bedroom/bathroom. Living room and kitchen were adequate. Bunkbed room was able to accommodate 5 kids with the help of a inflatable mattress. The main complaint I had is with the water temperature when taking a shower. The temp would go from hot to luke warm several times during the course of a shower. The treehouses were great along with the main Saratoga Springs resort. I'm glad this is my home resort. I probably would not stay at Treehouses again only because we do not need that much room usually.
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mickeymark
Registered: May 2012
Posts: 1
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Review Date: Mon May 7, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Secluded and private Locations
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Cons:
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Poor Circulation of Air conditioning
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Stayed at the THV the First week of May. It was in the 90's most of the week. The living area was decent during the day but at night with the bedroom doors closed there was no circulation at night and the rooms became hot, even with the ceiling fans on with the doors open. Also, traveling with my Grandchildren there is no safety gate at the top of the steps on the deck. I have heard others concerns on this. One last note is if this unit sleeps 9 why is there seating for only 4 at the outside patio furniture? These are slight issues I had but I would return due to the secluded nature and the large deck.
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mommom
Registered: January 2008
Location: Refton PA
Posts: 38
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Review Date: Sat April 28, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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very peaceful
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Cons:
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stairs and getting into the resort
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Family of seven. Each had enough room for themselves. Wished they had larger pitchers and a crock pot available. Pool was nice and not crowded. Having the resort mug wasn't worth it because you needed to travel to the main resort to fill them. Was close to pool and river taxi but did not get near the water as requested. Housekeeping was very kind and did bring items that was needed right away. Check in was fast and easy and treehouse was available when we checked in at 11:00 am. The steps are hard to climb after a long day away. Resort is very quiet and very, very relaxing. Celebrating 2 birthdays, ages 12 & 13 and the boys requested this resort. Not much cabinet space to store your supplies in kitchen. Nice having a washer & dryer available. Did like the decor in the bathrooms. Having a big kitchen table was nice, big enough to sit all 7 of us.
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Ranger275
Registered: February 2009
Location: Michigan
Posts: 40
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Review Date: Wed April 18, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Quiet and lots of room
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Cons:
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parking
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We stayed April 1st thru 4th with 7 people, 2 adults and 5 kids. We used every bed in the treeshouse and cooked pretty much every meal there. It was big enough for all of us and gave us plenty of space to relax. We used the pool at the treehouses in the evening to get a quick swim and we went up to the main pools during the day. We did ride the boat from the treehouses to the main resort and to Downtown Disney. Very nice way to relax.
Our 15 year old son was made Jockey of the Day at the store at the main resort. Very funny and a nice touch to the vacation.
We moved mid week to Bay Lake Towers and found that the two bedrooms there have 3 bathrooms which is very nice with 7 people. While two was fine in the treehouse 3 would have been nice.
The master bathroom was very nice as was the kitchen.
Only complaint is that there isn't enough parking around the treehouse or they need to at least reserve one per treehouse by marking it somehow. When we first got there all the spots were full as were all the spots near by including all the handicapped as people were parking anywhere. We called and they said you were reserved a spot at the treehouses not necessarily by your treehouse. That doesn't even make sense. So unloading and loading and if you have kids could have been really hard. At that time the only open spots were at least a 1/4 mile away.
Other than that parking issue we loved the treehouse and we really wish they weren't going up in points as we would like to stay there again.
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AmyBeth
Registered: October 2011
Posts: 1
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Review Date: Sat January 21, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Quiet, nice walk
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Cons:
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nothing
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My husband and I and 2 sons stayed here with my mother-in-law, my brother & sister-in-law and their 2 daughters. I loved it.
We were in a very nice location. Bus stop right outside our door, pool right down the road, and pathway to Saratoga Springs right outside the door. We soon found out that it was quicker to walk to the main resort and take the bus to the park, other than waiting for the Treehouse bus to take us to the main resort. We also drove our van over to the main resort to use the awesome pool! The walk was about 5 minutes and a very nice walk. the kids enjoyed seeing all the geckos and frogs and toads and birds and armadillos and rabbits and the occasional snack.
After the boys would go to sleep at night, my husband and I would take a nice nightly walk all around the whole resort. Nice way to unwind after a long day. The treehouse pool is very small, but usually not crowded at all.
The treehouse itself was very nice and the rooms were pretty soundproof, and even though your surrounded by other treehouses, when we looked out our window all you could see was woods so you really did feel alone and isolated which was nice. I didn't mind sleeping with the blinds open. I think if we had had a different treehouse maybe I wouldn't have liked it so much because we wouldn't have been able to walk to the main resort as easily. But I loved it there, I'd stay there again!!!!
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Pembury19
Registered: December 2007
Location: Outside Boston
Posts: 46
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Review Date: Sat December 17, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Space, serenity, unique experience
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Cons:
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A bit inconvenient at times
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Family of 6. Stayed in unit 7058, which was a good location. 20 steps to nice, quiet pool (nothing to rave about, but we often had it all to ourselves, which is nice). Also a quick walk to boat launch and bus stop.
Unit itself was great. Lots of room, everything was new and in good order. It was great relaxing on large deck just listening to nature sounds.
Only issue was that you really cant get anywhere but DTD without hassle. We took rental car everywhere. Tried bus once, but that took forever and didnt try again.
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loveswdw
Registered: September 2008
Location: Seattle
Posts: 13
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Review Date: Wed July 20, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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space, separate rooms, laundry closet, peaceful
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Cons:
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no assigned parking
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The Tree house villas were perfect for our group of 7. Plenty of space and no noisy neighbors. Loved being able to do laundry in the room, went to Publix to stock the fridge. Bus service was decent but a bit time consuming as usual, we used our rental car most of the time. Ate at the Saratoga Springs counter service a couple of times, we decided we really prefer the counter service at Port Orleans Riverside. The gentlemen at Bell Services were great from arrival to departure, one night they saw my kids walking back towards the Treehouses at about 12:45 am, picked them up and very kindly delivered them to the door 
The only reason we don't rate this a 9 or 10 is because of the parking problems we had. The fact that hotel security does not enforce the 1 car per treehouse rule and parking spaces are not assigned, meant that we were forced to park far from our treehouse which was not pleasant on the days we got caught in downpours. It was made more difficult after I broke my toe while staying here. We started doing the drop off, pick up program with the car but it was inconvenient and should have been unneccesary.
These are beautiful units, very comfortable and roomy. We really enjoyed listening to the crickets, frogs and lizards in the evenings. If you could plant the Treehouses at Port Orleans Riverside, we wouldn't stay anywhere else!
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ReaderReviews
Registered: November 2006
Posts: 102
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Review Date: Sun June 19, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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room size, clean, love seperate rooms, quiet, loved it
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Cons:
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a little hard to find 1st time, not clear when to get off bus
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Review submitted by evilqueenT:
We had a short 2 day last minute stay with six adults and one 7 y/o child. LOVED having 3 actual separate rooms. We used the pull outs in living room not a problem, nice to have the child in the single pull out with parent separate but right there in larger pull out. No problem with all of us showering as I've read on other postings (said they ran out of hot water) and believe me, we're not great about taking short showers. The room was beautiful and we felt like we had lots of space, could easily see staying here for a longer period of time with mixed aged guests. It was super quiet, beautiful setting, like the easy boat ride to DTD (we popped over for lunch).
We did find out the hard way that with the quick assistance of the Saratoga Springs front desk getting ems to your treehouse can be done in about 5 minutes. We got the front desk to help us because I wasn't sure how to tell EMS how to find us exactly...I can't imagine saying...um I'm in a treehouse come find me. Anyway, we had a diabetic crisis that needed medical attention...sorry to the guy working the front desk early on Memorial Day Monday morning but he was a fantastic help!
I really loved this place and would stay again and I'd pay more attention to the bus stops. Loved being able to park the car right at the treehouse. We've stayed at 5 other deluxe resorts, 1 value, and too many to count stays at moderate resorts and I'd do this place again in a heartbeat especially when traveling with a larger group.
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