Ok, so tell me about Cypress Pointe

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You're Welcome.

Thanks for the yahoo link.

Don't forget to request the Secret Password from the Cypress Pointe Grand Pro that will let you read the Weekly Update & other insider stuff for owners only on the Cypress Pointe web site.

Click here for the Weekly Update entrance page -- where the Secret Password is needed to go any farther.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

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Don't forget to request the Secret Password from the Cypress Pointe Grand Pro that will let you read the Weekly Update & other insider stuff for owners only on the Cypress Pointe web site.

Click here for the Weekly Update entrance page -- where the Secret Password is needed to go any farther.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

Thanks again -- haven't done that.

Well, I've paid for the winning bid, sent my paperwork (they should get it tomorrow) and now I'm just waiting....

By the way, we spent the weekend camping with the other baton twirler families -- wouldn't be surprised if lots of people want to rent at CPR for the competition at WDW, probably 2011. Any idea how far in advance people should be looking into this?

 

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Time's A-Wasting !

By the way, we spent the weekend camping with the other baton twirler families -- wouldn't be surprised if lots of people want to rent at CPR for the competition at WDW, probably 2011. Any idea how far in advance people should be looking into this?

When a particular week is the only 1 that will do, the sooner you lock in the reservation the better.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

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When a particular week is the only 1 that will do, the sooner you lock in the reservation the better.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

You're right -- I'll try to get them to decide about 2011 by the time we go to the competition in 2010 (that's when we get the dates for the next year)

Would it be possible to give me a range of prices they might have to pay per unit if renting from owners? Yes, I know that's a long way off, but I would just need a general ballpark to persuade them not to stay at the Magic Castle again -- that place was We chickened out about a month before the trip and booked a room at the All Star Music resort in WDW.

 

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$500 -- $1,000 -- $1,500 . . .

Would it be possible to give me a range of prices they might have to pay per unit if renting from owners?

That varies greatly according to the popularity of the desired week & other factors such as how far ahead or how last-minute the reservation might be.

Click here for an example of a giveaway last minute Cypress Pointe rental.

High-demand weeks locked in well ahead of time, by contrast, can go -- & have gone -- for 3 times as much.

Still, $225 or so per night for an outstanding Cypress Pointe 3BR-3BA condo -- with all those amenities & in that prime location -- is not excessive, specially for an in-demand time of year.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

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Well, let's hope that WDW doesn't pick Pres. week for the competition in 2011 -- I'd rather have a 3 bdrm TS than have to rent 2 rooms in a flea-bag motel in Kissimmee. But most people just try to stay where the rest of the group is. Our group already knows that we can't stay in a place like that because of DD's asthma (they've seen her in trouble before ) so we can stay wherever we want.

 

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According to the closing company, we finally closed.

Just waiting for the paperwork to arrive in the mail.

 

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Cypress Pointe Is Outstanding.

According to the closing company, we finally closed.

Congratulations & welcome aboard.

Before long, you should be able to view (& print) your Cypress Pointe timeshare deed via the web site of the Orange County FL registrar.

Maybe we'll meet 1 day at Café Pointe, or possibly in the Volcano Pool.

Wouldn't that be something ?

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

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Congratulations & welcome aboard.

Before long, you should be able to view (& print) your Cypress Pointe timeshare deed via the web site of the Orange County FL registrar.

Maybe we'll meet 1 day at Café Pointe, or possibly in the Volcano Pool.

Wouldn't that be something ?

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

We got our paperwork yesterday.

Knowing my daughter, you'll almost always be able to find us at the pool.

BTW, we've since realized that we'll almost never need to use the whole TS at the same time -- looks like we'll want to rent the studio to friends, etc. Any advice on that?

 

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Alternative To Renting Out Your Lock-Off.

BTW, we've since realized that we'll almost never need to use the whole TS at the same time -- looks like we'll want to rent the studio to friends, etc. Any advice on that?

Or you can split your lock-off & take 2 vacation weeks instead of 1.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

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Or you can split your lock-off & take 2 vacation weeks instead of 1.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

We might be doing that -- we just made our reservation (actually the last change to our reservation, I should say) and it looks like it will be only 2 of us for the first week. We're either going to use just the studio side and rent the 2 bdrm, or use our TS for the whole 2 weeks.

I'm already loving this timesharing thing.

 

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so we finally used our week...

and we loooove Cypress Pointe. It was actually so much better than I had imagined -- all of the things that I had considered negatives actually weren't even true. For example, the resort looks so big in the pictures/brochure but it is quite compact so it takes no time to walk from your room to the tennis courts or pool

We only used the studio this year and we'll be renting the 2 bdrm section, but the studio was more than big enough for my daughter and I. My only 3 complaints -- there is quite a bit of noise through the connecting doors since they're not nearly as soundproof as the exterior doors, there really isn't enough parking near the units since so many people bring more than 1 car, and...

here's the biggy -- the concierge set us up with the dri breakfast, telling us we'd get a tour of the renovated units, there would be no pressure to buy since we were already owners, etc. Not only did we not get that tour, but the sales guy (Bruno) spent almost 2 hours telling us nothing but bad stuff about CPR, only took us to see the Grand Villas (trying to convince us they were a better place to stay) and if we hadn't gotten rude and cut it off to get to a tee time I think we'd have been there all day.

He should have shut up at the beginning, because the second he started trying to convince us that the place where we owned pretty much sucked, we weren't listening to him at all. Oh yeah, and he had nothing at all good to say about the CPR BOD. Like I said, he should have just stopped at hello, because every word that came out of his mouth convinced us not to listen to a thing he said.

We won't make that mistake again -- even the free tickets to Arabian Nights didn't make it worth it. Next year will know better and steer clear of the breakfast.

 

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I Resemble That Remark.

here's the biggy -- the concierge set us up with the dri breakfast, telling us we'd get a tour of the renovated units, there would be no pressure to buy since we were already owners, etc. Not only did we not get that tour, but the sales guy (Bruno) spent almost 2 hours telling us nothing but bad stuff about CPR, only took us to see the Grand Villas (trying to convince us they were a better place to stay) and if we hadn't gotten rude and cut it off to get to a tee time I think we'd have been there all day.

He should have shut up at the beginning, because the second he started trying to convince us that the place where we owned pretty much sucked, we weren't listening to him at all. Oh yeah, and he had nothing at all good to say about the CPR BOD. Like I said, he should have just stopped at hello, because every word that came out of his mouth convinced us not to listen to a thing he said.

We won't make that mistake again -- even the free tickets to Arabian Nights didn't make it worth it. Next year will know better and steer clear of the breakfast.

Now you know 1st hand -- Cypress Pointe is outstanding.

Last time we stayed at Phase One, we & friends we've known since before any of us had kids stayed in the 2BR-2BA "A" unit. At the time, a young couple with 1 toddler & 1 infant were in the adjoining 1BR "B" unit. Only once during the week did we hear anything out of the "B" unit, & then it was only some brief & minor kid noise, nothing disturbing or annoying.

During our 1st stay at Cypress Pointe as new Phase One owners (resale, 2002), we were feeling major serious pride of ownership, & so we naturally showed up for the Owner Update breakfast, having no clue it was a stealth sales presentation. Like you, we were shown Phase Two. Favorably impressed as we were with Phase One, which we bought sight unseen, we were wowed even more by Phase Two, which looked & was much newer back in 2002 than it looks today. We specially liked the elevators in all the condo buildings & the mini-kitchens in the 1BR "B" units -- so much so that when we got home we bought an eBay Floating Diamond 3BR lock-off unit at Phase 2 & resold Phase 1. Later (2006) we bought in again at Phase One when an EEY Floating Diamond 3BR lock-off unit practically fell into our laps.

During that 2002 "Owner Update," the timeshare seller did not diss Phase One, nor the Phase One HOA-BOD. Even so, having learnt our lesson about "Owner Updates," we now view invitations to attend those the same as we view any other invitation to take timeshare tours for freebies. If the freebies are acceptable, we'll sign up & go. If not, then shux upon'm. That is to say, free tickets to Arabian Nights wouldn't do it for us. We'd have to get at least $125 cash or Visa gift card -- which is how much it took to get us to take the DRI hard-sell when we were at Grand Beach Resort in January the week before we stayed at Cypress Pointe Phase Two. Both weeks were in full 3BR units, & both reservations were via RCI Instant Exchange -- 7,500 points + exchange fee apiece for the 2 week-long reservations. (Is this a great country or what?)

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​