this was a great place. perfect location, very quiet and clean. I would highly recommend it, so much better than a hotel. More...

This was the first time we had ever rented a vacation home. We usually go to hotels or condos, but with 8 adults (us and our adult children and their spouses) we decided to try the home rental route. We would do it again in a heartbeat. This house was very clean and had all the amenities you would want in a vacation home. It's proximity to Disney World was an added plus as we would be so tired at the end of a long day at the parks and not having a long drive back to the house was great. Being able to all eat breakfast together before we would leave for the day and then enjoying each others company at the end of the day in the great room was so appreciated. We also liked the fact that Windsor Hills is a secured gated community with 24 hour guards manning the entrance. The home is nearby grocery stores, and fast-food restaurants - just perfectly located. Prior to renting the home I had several questions for David & Fran and they responded right away to my emails. The rental process was easy and the gentleman at the rental office was extremely courteous and helpful. All-in-all, we had a wonderful experience. My kids keep complementing me on my 'find'! More...

Absolutely a flawless rental experience.
Communications were excellent, check-in was easy, directions were simple. The house is exactly as described, and the photographs were accurate/representative. The property was spotless, spacious, and everything we could have asked for. Location is < 5 minutes from the south entrance to the Disney property. Actual travel times were 45-50 minutes to the Magic Kingdom entry turnstiles (mostly spent on parking tram and monorail), 15-20 minutes to the turnstiles of of Epcot and Animal Kingdom, 10 minutes to Downtown Disney. Pool and spa were very refreshing after a long day of walking the parks. Publix and Super Target grocery stores are < 5 minutes west on Rt. 192.
We will definately return, and definately rent the same home again.
Two bits of advice for fellow travelers:
(1) We made breakfast in our rental home. For lunch, we packed sandwiches and snacks, and purchased drinks and ice cream from WDW. Although WDW claims to ban food from outside, they clearly were not enforcing this rule at the time of our visit. All bags entering WDW are searched, we weren't hiding anything, and they let us through with a "Have a Magic Day" every time. Saved at least $8 /person /day that way, and ate healthier as well.
(2) Commute times from the home are as above. These are as fast or faster than using the Disney transportation system from their resorts, with the sole exception that guests in one of the hotels on the monorail line (Polynesian, Contemporary, Grand Floridian) get to the Magic Kingdom faster b/c they bypass the Transportation and Ticket Center. Of course, we paid less than half what the guests at those hotels paid, with more space, our own pool, and not held hostage to Disney Dining.

This was a great property.
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We booked a late deal with David and Fran for a very reasonable price given what we had been spending in hotels previously. It was easy to find and the key code approach is way easier than having to keep track of keys.

It was pretty weird driving in to Windsor Hills. It really is a US style gated community with all the houses in the same style and painted beige. Driving along in our enormous mini-van with very cool automatic doors made us feel right at home.

The house has 2 garage doors if you need to park up inside. The hallway led into an open plan style kitchen, dining room and living area. 3 bedrooms downstairs (2 master, one twin) and 2 twins upstairs, all with their own bathrooms which is very nice...as well as tvs in every room (with dvds).

The kitchen is large and well equipped with dishwasher and huge fridge/freezer. Washer machine and dryer was in the garage and was very handy.

It was a lovely touch that both the kitchen and dining tables were fully laid out....very welcoming. The living area had a large sofa which could seat 7 people no problem as well as a couple of armchairs and a massive tv as well. they had some dvds and plenty of books to read including guides to Disney.

It's a great spot for accessing Disney. Took us 10mins door to door to get to the parks. Lots of shops close by but if you are looking for decent food try Whole Foods which is just of the I-4 and Sand Lake road.

We didn't use the pool area as it was way to cold to even heat the pool. Also as we were only there for 4 nights we didn't use any of the resort facilities so can't comment.

Overall a great place to stay for Disney and especially good for families.





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The paperwork with David and Fran was a breeze. Communication was easy and quick.

The house has a lot of space. There were eight of us (including six adults) and we could have easily fit two more people. Pots, pans and dishes and plentiful. Only two teenie-weenie situations were the lack of dishwasher liquid (single dose for a week's stay) and detergent (we are asked to wash any extra towels we use but are not provided any detergent... we had to buy some, as well as toilet paper, but I think that is typical of house-renting)

The house temperature programming is tricky. Manual override was possible in six-hour frames, daily, but we woke up to 65 degrees every morning. On the opposite, during the day, the heat was set to 80 degrees. We actually turned the system off for a day and the house remained at about 70 degrees, even though it was in the low 50's outdoors.

Pool heat did what it could in the cold. It's only on for eight hours a day. That was sufficient enough to heat the spa up (close to 100 degrees I believe), and we used it for three days, even though it was about 50 degrees outside. We also managed to get in the pool (in the 80's I believe) on those days.

The clubhouse is great. Pool was heated (80's), the spa was very popular, as was the water slide. The sundry store proved very useful, and the kids enjoyed the arcade.

We did not use the sports courts, but went to see them and everything looked A-1.

I highly recommend this house, and I wish we will be back one day.

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