Tripadvisor Orlando Reviews II

[JLB]

Here's the other side of the coin, the positive side. This is the ranking of the percentage of reviews at each resort that gave the highest possible rating.

Orlando Tripadvisor Reviews
The Number of Top Ratings at Each Resort
4/17/06

Sunterra Polynesian Isles Resort~~~14 of 17~~~82%
Fairfield at Cypress Palms~~~27 for 39~~~69%
Oasis Lakes~~~7 of 11~~~67%
The Fountains~~~12 of 18~~~67%
HGVC on International Drive~~~38 of 59~~~65%
Fairfield Orlando at Bonnet Creek~~~7 of 11~~~64%
Disney’s Old Key West ~~~47 of 76~~~62%
Horizons by Marriott~~~29 of 47~~~62%
Disney’s Boardwalk Villas~~~21 of 35~~~60%
Marriott’s Grande Vista~~~125 of 211~~~59%
Sheraton Vistana Villages~~~150 of 254~~~59%
Lake Marion Golf Resort~~~11 of 19~~~58%
Marriott’s Cypress Harbour~~~46 of 81~~~57%
Club Sunterra Cypress Pointe~~~57 of 114~~~50%
Grand Lake Resort~~~6 of 12~~~50%
Vacation Village at Parkway~~~32 of 66~~~48%
Parkway International Resort~~~14 of 29~~~48%
Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa~~~20 of 42~~~48%
Orange Lake Resort and Country Club~~~83 of 174~~~48%
HGVC at Seaworld~~~44 of 91~~~48%
Sheraton Vistana Resort~~~167 of 383~~~44%
Westgate Palace~~~11 of 25~~~44%
Marriott’s Imperial Palm Villas~~~4 of 10~~~40%
Disney’s Beach Club Villas~~~12 of 30~~~40%
Celebration World Resort~~~17 of 43~~~40%
Summer Bay Resort~~~27 of 71~~~38%
Westgate Blue Tree Resort~~~15 of 40~~~38%
Magic Tree Resort~~~5 of 13~~~38%
Fairfield Star Island Resort~~~5 of 13~~~38%
Grand Beach Vacation Resort~~~11 of 29~~~38%
Oak Plantation~~~43 of 122~~~35%
Marriott’s Royal Palms~~~10 of 29~~~34%
Liki Tiki Village~~~37 of 124~~~30%
Silver Lake Resort~~~14 of 49~~~29%
Star Island Resort and Club~~~23 of 82~~~28%
Wyndham Palms Resort and Country Club~~~41 of 144~~~28%
Celebrity Resorts Orlando~~~12 of 50~~~24%
Westgate Lakes~~~54 of 234~~~23%
Crowne Plaza Resort~~~3 of 14~~~21%
Westgate Towers~~~5 of 24~~~21%
Celebrity Resorts Lake Buena Vista~~~2 of 10~~~20%
Marriott’s Sabal Palms~~~3 of 15~~~20%
Westgate Vacation Villas~~~27 of 166~~~16%
Orbit One Vacation Villas~~~2 of 11~~~18%
Universal Resort~~~1 of 13~~~8%

 

[JLB]

When I compiled these two lists from Tripadvisor, the % that rate each resort the highest and the % that rate each resort the lowest, I did not anticipate that there would be an evaulation to add. But in doing the work, I saw the tendencies, so here's what I said elsewhere:

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Let me indulge in an opinion.

As Tony knows, it has been a few years since I was the only fair-faced, long-haired, Midwestern white boy sitting in that class of Asians in Advanced Research Statistical Analysis at Moo U. I am not a research statistician by trade, but I did ace that course. I'm not saying that I understood everything that was going on, but since probability was covered in the course, the probability is that I may have understood some of it.

It certainly was not graded on attendance.

I also got an A, with an A++ on the term paper I used for both Statistical Research courses in the Econ and Business departments, courses I took simultaneously for the sole purposes of using the same term paper in both.

I feel enough of it stuck that I can have an opinion on this subject.

First, I don't find Tripadvisor's rating system to be confusing. Here it is:

Rate the subject of your review

O Terrible
O Okay, but some problems
O Neutral / average
O Above average
O Excellent

I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt that most anyone can complete that properly. If anything, it might be weighted against the more positive responses, since they are not the first choices. But, that's picky since it takes equal effort on a computer to select any of the five circles.

Second, it appears that both of my analyses of the responses are somewhat self-verifying. There appears to be at least a tendency for resorts, or resort companies, that were toward the top of one set of responses to be toward the bottom of the other. Those near the middle in one set tend to be near the middle in the other.

In other words (a phrase no one likes to hear because it implies speaking down to people, which I don't mean to do), resorts (or companies) that please the highest percentage of people tend the displease the fewest (and vice versa) and resorts that don't particularly please people also don't particularly displease people (and vice versa).

I would tend to rely more on an independent survey of this nature than one conducted by the resorts themselves. If the responses are tainted, they appear to be consistently tainted.

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