Our experience with our first vacation villa helped us to really target the features we value the most in a vacation home when identifying our second villa. The two criteria we absolutely require to even consider a home are close proximity to Disney and a southern facing pool. We see the listings for houses in Davenport and Clermont and even Champions Gate where they all claim they are five minutes from Disney, but it simply is not true! Emerald Island is one of the four or five short-term rental communities which are less than 3 miles from the Disney property, and Emerald Island is one of the nicest. It is the only community which has the beautiful feel of a Disney resort showing in its statuary and landscaping. The southern facing pool was a must have as well. When we looked at houses in the late afternoon that did not have southern facing pools, and we saw the pool and patio draped in shadow and we knew we would not want that and neither would our guests.
Some of the less obvious necessities can be just as important, though they may be harder to recognize. This house exhibits that bright and open feeling that just makes you happy as you enter it and begin to look around. We also need our be extremely clean. Tile floors in a light color in the main living areas help keep things bright and clean. The final thing which drew us to this particular house, is the lanai which runs the full length of the back of the house. When you have a house that will fit this many people in it, you need a large pool area, and having a large covered area near the pool is so wonderful when the hot Florida sun is out! We hope you find this villa as lovely as we do!