My husband and I along with our two daughters, one son-in-law and baby grandson had a wonderful week in this home. We came to the Orlando area to celebrate my husband’s birthday and our grandson’s 1st birthday. We spent one day at the Magic Kingdom but the remaining 5 days we just hung out at the house.
The Pros: We swam, played board games and cards that were in the home, and took advantage of the gaming room with the pool, air hockey and fuse ball tables. The seating indoor and out was very adequate for our number. We did not chose to have the pool heated and even with some rainy days the pool was still very nice to be in. The kitchen had all the dishes, pots and pans, and utensils other than a grill pan we could have wanted. Beds and bedrooms were nice and fairly comfy. Bathrooms and showers were good with plenty of towels. Plenty of drawer and closet space if you wanted to fully unpack. There was a baby pack-n-play that we could have used if needed though we did not open it up.
The Cons: The pool was dirty with gnats and other bugs and though the in house rules book said there was a skimmer, we never found one and purchased one to use and left it behind. It was still good to swim in and the water was crystal clear.
A couple of the Teflon pans in the kitchen could be replaced due to scratching on the surfaces. No flaking but definitely scratched up.
Having a baby crawl around on the floor I felt it was not cleaned well. I swept up stuff from the perimeter of the living room and under the edge of the couches and kitchen floors. There is a small square rug in the living room that needed to be vacuumed a little better as well as the bedroom floors that were all carpet. The vacuum in the house did not seem to have very good suction so the floors may have been vacuumed to vacuum but they did not look as though they had been. The lanai was lovely though it had some food crumbs on the carpet and on the pool deck, that we swept up. There was not a wet mop so I sprayed cleaner and used paper towels to get up some food splatter on the floors inside and out. Again, I was concerned about the baby and this took me maybe an hour to tidy up a bit.
All in all it was a lovely house and pool and we will definitely rent it again. It was a wonderful week.
