Faye S.
Yelp
This review is specifically for the Villas at Margaritaville Resort. The Villas are slightly different than the Cottages as the Villas are connected to each other, while Cottages are stand alone units.
Pros:
We stayed 8 nights in 8107 Coconut Place. It was a 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath unit. It was exactly what we needed. The unit was furnished nicely and there was plenty of space. The unit had a washer/dryer, which was clutch for us during this longer stay. The full kitchen was great. The unit is advertised as 2 bedroom but there was a very small third bedroom without a door. It had a twin size bed, closet and tv.
We used the Margaritaville Resort pool a few times. It was nice and warm, there were plenty of seats, and lots of fun.
The zero entry pool is also a nice feature.
The neighborhoods are very ascetically pleasing and the hotel lobby is very nicely decorated.
We had a rental car and parking was directly in front of the unit. It was very nice to pull right into the spot and go into the villa. No lugging your stuff through a hotel lobby, into an elevator, and down long elevators.
Cons:
The stairs in the unit. I've included a photo of them. If you have any mobility issues, these stairs will be tricky for you. They are long and very steep. Please be aware and call and ask for a ADA room if you can't do stairs.
There is no house keeping service, unless you request and pay for it. We called when we arrived and asked for two house keeping visits. The first visit went fine. They emptied trash, refreshed towels, made the beds but didn't refresh anything else. We then should have had service 3 days later. And they didn't come. Typically this wouldn't be a huge problem, but we were out of many items like body wash, toilet paper, towels, dish washer detergent, etc. as they didn't refresh any of those items during their first cleaning, other than the towels. Had we known they weren't coming, we would have washed some towels so we could shower when we returned from the parks. This was pretty annoying. We called the front desk and they delivered some items, but it was close to 10 pm by the time they got there.
When driving to the parks, it typically took about 20-25 minutes, mostly due to traffic. The drive to and from Universal was 35-40 minutes (horrible traffic). There is also a bus service to the parks from the resort, but we never used it.
Overall, we had a wonderful experience and we would definitely stay again.