Yes the particular village you stay in makes a HUGE difference! Smuggs is such a hodge lodge of ownership types with some private full ownerships, some partials, some RCI, some Wyndham- you just can’t make any generalizations at all! The Owls section was built by Wyndham so it will certainly
Most resemble a typical Wyndham resort. We stayed in Mountain Laurels last Summer and really enjoyed it- but I would agree the units were a bit dated. No biggie though. I only care about the location and functionality and both were great!