![]() ![]() ![]() During both the day and night, those guests treat the resort as their own, walking and scooting down the middle of the road and driving (on golf buggies, often driven by kids, and adults in fast sports cars which burn through the resort day) en masse through the resort with little or no regard for the minority of guests staying on site who are not there to celebrate Passover. These involve often noisy and at times raucous celebrations in a centrally placed Marquee and at each others’ villas throughout the day and night with heavy traffic passing through day and the night until the early hours of the morning. On arrival, we discovered that each year unbeknownst to us, the resort is taken over by members of the Jewish community celebrating Passover from 4-14 April who occupy 80% of the properties on the resort and effectively take over the resort for their celebrations. We spent our second week (7-14 April 2023) at a villa on the Encore At Reunion resort in Orlando in a villa managed by property rental company, Jeeves. ![]() We are a family group of 10 who booked a holiday to Florida from the UK over a year ago for a special family holiday after my mother’s terminal cancer diagnosis through Virgin Holidays. NB- we were also there during the Passover celebrations and whilst this didn't effect us, could not believe how the Jewish Community treated the place leaving tonnes of litter everywhere! More Show less Please do not book this resort if you plan on relying on their shuttle services for transport. Luckily we didn't have lightening lanes booked that day! After the 2nd time of the bus not arriving when it was supposed to we gave up using them and shelled out a small fortune on Ubers. We tried the shuttle about 4 times and on 2 occasions it was at least half an hour late. Therefore to book us on the 8am bus, one of our party had to leave our villa circa 6.40am to get to the resort reception to booked on, then walk back to the villa, get ready to go to the park and then leave again at 7.40am to get the bus. Our villa was a good 15 min walk away across the very busy road. You had to book, in person, an hour before the bus departure. We found the whole system of booking the shuttles ridiculous. HOWEVER one Of the main reasons we booked this resort was that it offered shuttle bus services to Disney Parks and we didnt want to hire cars. The water park at the resort was also lovely. The villa was lovely and clean, comfortable, spacious and the pool was fab. We just had 2 weeks in a 5 bed villa which we booked through Virgin. NB- we were also there during the Passover celebrations and whilst. Luckily we didn't have lightening lanes booked that day!Īfter the 2nd time of the bus not arriving when it was supposed to we gave up using them and shelled out a small fortune on Ubers. ![]()
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