Eight of us recently stayed 7 nights in a 3 bedroom 2 bath condo at this resort. It was truly amazing! It was very clean & very nicely decorated! The beds were super comfortable! Our master bath had a king size bed with a pillow top mattress on it. We had a garden tub/shower in our bathroom & a huge walk in closet with a safe! The bath towels were big & fluffy! The resort was centrally located near all the parks & attractions, right off Osceola Parkway! We were only 10 minutes to Disney Parks, 15 minutes to Gatorland, etc. It was close to several restaurants (Joe's Crab Shack, Chili's, Denny's, etc.) There is a Super Wal Mart literally just around the corner from the resort, which we visited several times. The fully furnished kitchen was handy & saved us some money from eating out so much! It was fully furnished with all cooking utensils, pots, pans, plates, silverware, tupperware, you name it! There was a dishwasher, a washer & a dryer in our condo. Each bedroom had it's own big tv with cable. The living room also had a pretty good sized tv & also had a dvd player, which my kids loved. The only concern I had was that the day before we left, the maid didn't bring us any clean towels & didn't come get our trash. The trash can in the kitchen was pretty small & the trash filled up rather quick. I had to do a load of towels for us to use the next day, but I didn't mind that much. After all, we had a washer & dryer right there. I didn't feel the need to call the front desk & complain. Another thing is, you have to pay a $10/day room fee up front when you check in. Both pools were very nice. The kids pool has zero depth entry, which was nice with my 2 year old son. The view from the pool was very pretty. It overlooks this big pond with a pretty fountain in the middle of it. They show a kids movie out by the pool a couple of nights a week. They also have several daytime kids activities planned on weekdays. I would definately recommend this resort! It was great! I'm all ready to go back & we've only been home 5 days now!!

I booked a 3-bedroom villa through a special deal on an airline's website, and paid $129/night + the mandatory $10/night "resort fee". The property is nice, very pretty building looks and nicely maintained grounds. We were "upgraded" to a 3-bedroom loft at check-in.

The faucet and towel rack in the main bathroom were broken and there weren't enough towels. No kitchen linens or dish soap at all. These problems were fixed pretty quickly.

The beds were hard and somewhat lumpy (but I'm used to a Tempur-pedic mattress, so I know I'm picky). One morning, we were all awakened by the grounds maintenance crew mowing at 7:30 am. Otherwise, we could only hear people in the attached villas at the bottom of the stairs, not in our villa. My son's bedroom was completely dark at night, but we had a street lamp right outside our bedroom window that did a great job of lighting the room. And blinking on and off every minute. Luckily, I was too tired every night to let that really bother me.

The full-sized washer and dryer were great to have, along with the fully-equipped kitchen. Not that I did any real cooking. :-)

My son and I enjoyed the pools a couple of times. They appeared well-maintained. Towels were available nearby.

As others have mentioned, the location of this place is excellent; about 8 minutes to WDW, 2 blocks from Bronson Highway, a Wal-Mart for supplies practically next door.

All in all, it was perfectly fine for what we paid, but I would have been sorely disappointed if I'd paid upwards of $200/night in shoulder season. I gave it a rating of 3/5 because it's OK for a villa; way better than staying in a hotel with 3 adults and one child.

We booked this hotel through southwest airlines and paid $79 a night. It made me very nervous because to me that was cheap. I had my husband our two kids and grandma and it was great. The grounds were beautiful and the staff was great. Very friendly through the whole stay. I did call ahead and request to be by the lagoon and pool area because of all the comments about the thin walls. There were nights when we heard plenty of banging around from upstairs so be careful of the noise factor. Otherwise it was great and the kids loved it. Nice big rooms with a great kitchen area and the pool area is great.

We stayed in a 3bedroom/2bath St. John villa the weekend of May 16, 2008. We had 6 girls ages 12 & 16 to celebrate our daughters' birthdays. This was the perfect place to stay for our large group without spending a fortune. Very roomy! With that many girls running around, doing each other's hair, swapping clothes, thank goodness for the space! I never felt frazzled because I was comfortable, and so were they. The 2 long couches in the living room are a great idea. The vanity areas (double sinks) in both baths are convenient. The kitchen is very well stocked, plenty of plates and glasses. I followed someone's advice and brought dishwasher detergent, dish soap & sponge & laundry detergent. They do not provide even a sample of these items, which would be very disconcerting if you were not aware of in advance. As stated there is a Super Walmart 24 hrs very close by. To my knowledge they do not provide disney transportation, althought I'm not absolutely certain of this. We drove there from Ft. Lauderdale, so we had our car. This is located right off I-535 sandwiched between Lake Buena Vista and Kissimmee. It's about a 10 min drive to downtown Disney & the waterparks, maybe 15-20 mins to the Disney theme parks. Good, safe location. Decent pool area with nightly outdoor movies, one indoor basketball court, gym/work-out room. Villas look freshly painted outside. Beachy, "Key West" style decor, comfortable beds, decent towels, good a/c, good closet space. Our unit had 2 lightbulbs out in the master bathroom and two paddles were broken off the ceiling fan in one of the bedrooms (unusual). I only notified them of this once we checked out though, but even with that, the apartment was clean, well-kept, well stocked, and pretty as a whole. We vacation in Orlando a few times each year, so many times I can't count. We have stayed in all caliber of hotels & resorts. This was a great stay for the price. FYI: AAA offered a better rate than the resort website. We were all very happy with the stay and would return and recommend!