"Live Life Like it's a Vacation": wyndham

We were staying in Reunion for a week, so when I noticed 2 nights pop up at Clearwater Beach at the end of that week, I booked it. We had never been to Clearwater Beach and know how hard it is to get into. I've been curious about this resort for quite some time.

We arrived about 3pm and they had our unit available. Angie and I were dropping off the luggage (the guys were in the other car looking for somewhere to park), but heard loud metalic clanking coming from above. After a couple calls, we found out they were working on the balcony above. So we were moved to another room.

The unit was small but nicely appointed.

The bed was comfy

kitchen was open.

view from our balcony.

the other room---reversed living room of the first one.

It did take some doing to find a luggage cart, but we finally did.

The pier is convenient to the resort (the resort is the light gray buildings to the right of the pier)

another view towards the Wyndham Clearwater Resort from the pier. (the 2 gray buildings. The first one is the Wyndham Grand hotel, the 2nd building is the timeshare units.

nice beach!

volleyball anyone?

back on the pier. It cost $1 to go all the way to the end, but about 2/3rds of the pier was free.

from the pier

the large boardwalk across from the resort.

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

2021 Wyndham Reunion Resort

Wyndham Reunion Resort

I had heard that Reunion was a huge resort, but I was surprised just how large it is! I didn't realize it was an actual subdivision. Worldmark and Wyndham just happen to have a fraction of the units there.

"Reunion is a World Class Resort Community located in Central Florida, less than ten miles from Disney World. It features world class amenities and many wonderful neighborhoods with real estate products ranging from Condos and Townhomes to Villas and Estate Homes.

In addition to three signature world-class golf courses, WorldMark Reunion offers a selection of outstanding amenities and is home to the Reunion Golf Academy. Enjoy the 5-acre Water Park, complete with lazy river, slides and interactive pool. There is a daily activities program with events for all ages, including bicycling and six lighted tennis courts. For those seeking relaxation, the Spa offers personalized pampering and there are three on-site restaurants with family, fine dining or tapas styles to choose from.

Located throughout six different communities within the resort, the villas at Reunion offer between one and three bedrooms. Guests can reserve one of these uniquely upscale spaces and enjoy spacious living rooms, dining rooms, fully-equipped kitchens, private balconies, and other plush condo-style comforts."

Needless to say, it was rather impressive. Apparently there are a lot of full time residents there, too. I was a little surprised that it seemed so residential. Where are the stores? Do we have to go to Irlo Bronson Blvd to get to the stores? All that I could easily find was the Publix about 1 mile down the road and a CVS across the street from it. Wasn't until Angie and Josh got there that they found the area by the entrance to I-4 (about 3 miles away) and it had several really nice looking restaurants around it.

Our timeshare units were in the Villas at Reunion. This is one of the Villas buildings. We were put in---E102 on Cabana Ct.

This is the view from our back patio looking over at the Grand section of the resort---the hotel villas of the resort.

Inside our 3 bedroom unit.

You can tell you're in a Worldmark unit if it has the complimentary spices. Such a nice touch! Too bad Wyndham doesn't do that, too.

Our large patio.

I did do some furniture rearranging. We were suppose to have a handicap accessible unit, but when they combined our WM and Wyndham reservations so we wouldn't have to move, I think they just gave us what was available with a ground level. But it was fine. No roll in shower or bars in the bathroom, but Ken was able to manage with the walker and wheelchair. I also moved the couches closer together so I could move the little table over between the chair and couch. Moved the lamp over there. That became Ken's area.

Ended up moving 3 of the chairs over to the wall so ken had room for his wheelchair at the table. Also moved the vase to the buffet.

looking towards the front door (the other 2 bedrooms were on either side of the door.

our Master bedroom (moved the chair away so I could get the wheel chair in there. Used the seat cushion on "ken's" chair so he could stand up easier.

Layla's bathroom---and guest bathroom, if there were any guests.

Layla has grown accustomed to having her own bedroom when they go anywhere now. That's one of the first things she looks for.

And she was happy again with her room

Mom and Dad's room---2nd master bedroom, with on suite

back to the real master bedroom bathroom. We were suppose to have a handicap accessible room. Somehow, I don't think this is one! But Ken was able to manage with his walker. No accessible shower in this bathroom. Plus the toilette in a little closet wasn't too accessible. No handle bars, either. I had even asked if this was an accessible room when they called the next day to see how everything was. They said it's on the ground level so it's accessible. I don't think he knew what he was talking about, but since they aren't making us move mid-week, I didn't complain.

The children's play area of the water park. Looked like a lot of fun for a kid, but it looked like it was closed. I presume because of Covid?

I was really impressed with the lazy river pool and looking forward to taking Layla there. Unfortunately she ended up being pretty sick, so we didn't take her.

Didn't really like that there was no parking by it, either. Just a drop off zone, then a parking lot a couple blocks away.

Surprised it wasn't more crowded.

little green courtyard next to the building we were in. The grounds were really nice.

The little pool across from our building. I did make it here a couple times.

looking out from our pool.

At first I wasn't too thrilled with the location of this resort and the size of it. But by the time we spent 8 nights here, I'd gotten use to it. I hope to go back some day.

Thursday, February 25, 2021

2021-2-27 Wyndham Lake Marion

Another drive to resort from the Atlanta area. Took us about 6 hours to drive there. We had never been here before, so was excited to check it out. Apparently this time of year, it's not very crowded. We were able to book a 3 bedroom accessible unit. I don't know how many units Wyndham has, but there are a lot of residents living here, too.

It was sunset when we arrived. The check in building was by the pool. So I ducked out to catch the last rays of the sun before heading to our room.

Check in was really nice---no timeshare sales meeting to try and get out of. They even gave us a bag of goodies.

Nice touch!

I'm afraid I've been slacking off lately with getting pictures of the units we're staying in. But we were traveling with our daughter and her family, so I didn't want to intrude on them. But this was the bedroom our 3 year old Granddaughter got. She loved it. Mommy and Daddy got the 2nd master suite. All 3 rooms had bathrooms---although the 2nd master suite's bathroom was actually in a hallway to the bedroom so it was available for guests. But the hallway was private enough that they had it all to themselves.

The master bedroom. Nice having a desk by the bed.

the living room and dining room area was big.

looking from the patio door through the living area (only picture i got of the nice kitchen), and the 3rd bedroom in the far back. The 2nd master and bathroom (and laundry area) was to the right through the doorway on the side (thus the private hallway), master bedroom was directly to my right (out of the picture)

not sure what my intention was with this picture.

We had a 3rd floor unit. The walkway from the elevator had this view of the check in building and pool.

another view of the pool/bar b q area. We did grill one day (the office had the grilling utensils to borrow). It was great, except for the thousands of mosquitos. Even though it was Feb., the pool was open. Someone even got in. We soaked our feet, but the water was chilly. Surprisingly though, the air temps got up in the low 80s!

We were there during the COVID restrictions, so there were stickers on the elevator floor that was suppose to represent social distancing.

View of the buildings from one of the many piers.

tried to fish here, as well as other places around the lake---not even a bite.

another view of the condos

Our hope was for Grandpa to teach Layla how to fish. Thought the largest lake in SC would be a good place for that. Unfortunately, after 4 days of trying, we concluded there are no fish in Lake Marion. But we still had a good time.

Friday, February 10, 2023

Resorts we've stayed in: Wyndham, Worldmark, Orange Lake, and RCI & Interval International exchanges

Missouri

LOTO (Lake of the Ozarks)

Florida

Orlando:

Orange Lake Resort:

Pompano:

Wyndham Sea Gardens:

Wyndham Royal Vista:

Wyndham Palm Aire:

Panhandle:

Wyoming

The Carolinas

South Carolina

Ocean Ridge, Edisto, SC:

Lake Marion:

N. Myrtle Beach, SC:

North Carolina

Fairfield Mountain resort, Lake Lure, NC

Sapphire Valley

Tennessee

Hawaii

Maui

Kauai

Oahu

Oregon

Worldmark

Depoe bay: 2014 --- 2 bedroom

RCI

Washington:

Olympic Peninsula

Caribbean

St. Thomas:

Monday, May 24, 2021

2021 Wyndham Clearwater Beach Resort

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

2021 Wyndham Reunion Resort

Wyndham Reunion Resort

Thursday, February 25, 2021

2021-2-27 Wyndham Lake Marion