Sheraton Vistana Resort Reviews & Ratings

Truly a beautiful resort with all the bells & whistles. Kids too will enjoy this place. Only minutes to drive to all the big attractions. Try it, you will love it....

Our extended family just stayed in two units, each sleeping eight, the week between Christmas and New Years. The units were extremely comfortable, and we had plenty of room to spread out, which was important since we had five young children with us. It was only a short drive to the WDW parks, and there were grocery stores and restaurants very close by. One thing I want to caution about - don't even think about trying to stay at the resort without a car. They do offer minimal transportation to and from the parks, but only a few times a day, and it would be very difficult to try to adhere to their transportation schedule. You REALLY NEED YOUR OWN CAR if you are planning to go to the parks. I cannot emphasize enough, however, how comfortable the units were. Without going into detail, lets just say you'll be very happy.

We just came back from a great week at the Cascades. Great pool, wonderful location that is close to everything. We were very, very pleased. We plan on returning in March.

My family and I stayed at the Vistana Resort in May of 2004. We are owners at the Vistana Village and decided to give the resort a try. We were very pleased with the resort accomodations and found the service to be fine with the exception of housekeeping. The resort has many more amenities than the Vistana Village has to offer and with the many separate sections, we tried a different pool almost daily. The location was certainly very convenient to Disney which we enjoyed immensely. As to whether I would return there, we just booked another vacation in March to the resort in hopes of finding warm weather and an opportunity to catch a Yankee pre-season game.

We own 2 wks. at the SVR and stayed the last two weeks of Aug. Plenty of room for the 7 of us...kids from ages 11 to 19, something to do for all. Within miles of Disney Parks, close to everything. Pools are great especially the super pool. Our unit in the Fountains Section was very clean and kept up...no disappointments here. Great family resort with friendly, courteous employees. We really loved going on the "Casino Cruise!".

Wow! The Vistana is a wonderful place to stay! As a single parent I felt very safe at the Vistana, with plenty of security and wonderful amenitites for the children. We stayed on the Fountains area of the resort, with the pool at the end of the road. Our wonderful 2 bed villa was spacious, clean and very well appointed, it felt very much like home! The dive-in movies at the pool were a great hit with the kids. The staff at the Sheraton were wonderful, and although we had only a small problem with our VCR, they were there in 10 mins to collect it and replace it. What service!

As a Brit, I am thoroughly impressed with the Vistana, and cannot wait to return there next year, for me there is no where else in Orlando that I would stay!

we LOVE it here. The pools are plentiful, beautiful grounds and the BEST location. So close to both Disney and the Universal parks. Our unit was nice and roomy with 3 tvs for the kids! We also had a beautiful view of the lake and fountains. Staff very friendly and nice.

Overall, this is the place for us when we come down to Orlando

We stayed here twice, in summer 1998 for two weeks and again in fall 2002. I loved everything about this resort.

For our first stay, we were in an older 2 BR unit along the lagoons and loved the location so much that I requested it again when we returned in 2002. I much prefer a ground floor location with easy access to the street or paths along the lagoons, than to be in a high rise. We had ducks at our back door which the kids enjoyed a lot and were able to walk along the lagoons and see herons and other water birds very close up.

The resort does have everything you could want, including a store for food, sundries, souvenirs, and also has a couple of restaurants and a Pizza Hut on premises. One would not have to leave the complex if you didn't want to as everything could be found there.

The location is a great one for the parks, as well as Downtown disney. It's also a quick hop to Crossroads shopping center which has some good restaurants, a supermarket, and ice cream store (as well as other shops).

The unit itself was well maintained, decorated very nicely, is huge and very comfortable. It was well stocked with everything we could need and is a place I would love to return to the next time we go to WDW.

There are many pools to choose from, each with its own 'specialty' (ie, some type of slide, or just a big super pool, etc) and the kids enjoyed a down day at the resort just trying all the pools.

We did not take advantage of most of the resort's many amenities because we were there primarily for the parks. The unit and the resort looked as great in 1002 as it did in 1998. It's a big resort, quite sprawling, but it is easy enough to walk among various pools if you are in the right area.

I loved the Vistana!

The management co and it's employees here were very friendly and playful. The snackbar serves very good food The rooms and pools are very clean and well maintained.

We just returned from renting at the Vistana (Springs) for a week. It was fabulous! Close to the parks (we rented a car), but there is so much to do at the resort, you can simply stay there all week long if desired.

Going to the different pools for a change of scenery was great. The unit we rented was on the older side, and could have used an update, but it was clean and was plentiful with amenities. I would rent here again in a minute.

We did agree to attend the timesharing presentation for a great discount on park tickets, and I had read they could be a bit pushy. We made it clear that we weren't interested after an hour and walked away, still getting the discount. I am wondering if our room would have be inundated with calls asking us to attend the sales pitch had we not agreed to it.

We stayed here with our 4 kids in March of 2004. The Complex itself is very nice, but our unit was very old. It really needed to be updated. The beds were old, and all the decorations were too. We were on the main level in a Fountains unit. The pool is great, food at the resturant was okay. We stayed at the Marriott last year and it was much nicer than this.

Wasn't terribly impressed. It's a nice facility, but it shows it's age. The shower door woud not close, there were basic cooking items missing from the room, no room amenities other than small soaps (no shampoo, ect). The Cascades has a nice pool, but for those with toddlers - be warned that (at least when I was there) there are no bouy's separating the toddler part of the pool from the drop-off to 5-7" feet of water, we found out the hard way.

It's a great location close to the parks, and is chock-full of activites for the kids (all day, every day) but they are scattered all over this enormous resort so be prepared to either drop off your kids with radios or let them walk with radios.

The other issue I was was with security. I had oodles of stuff in my dash (parkig passes from the parks, ect) all week long - covering my Vistana parking pass, yet only once was I stopped and verified by security. Normally this is no big deal, but with having my kids needing to travel to the other side of the resort (sometimes in the dark), I'd like to know that only verified guests are there.

Other than that, I gave it 4 stars because overall the resort shows it's age.

Stayed at the Fountains, Lovely, spacious clean units. Wonderful staff, lots to do. Great Location. Maggie

Our biggest complaint is the size of the guest bedroom - twin beds with barely enough room to maneuver around them.

The master bedroom was large & beautiful, however both bathrooms were plain - the first resort that did not furnish basic shampoo, conditioner, or shower cap.

The screened-in porch with an exit door to the walkway around the lake, with several connecting bridges to cross the lake, was the most impressive item on our visit.

We were also displeased with the number of calls to "take a tour" even though we precisely informed Marketing at check-in that our week was too compressed with medical treatments and family visits in Orlando.

We stayed in the Fountains units, lovely!

Great things to do for the whole family, had a wonderful time and think it is a fantastic resort.

The staff were friendly and helpful.

Christine from St Maarten

Absolutely the best! Great staff, Great resort. Lots to do and you don't even have to leave the resort if you don't want to! Totally relaxing!