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WRB - The Lodges At Timber Ridge Welk Resorts Branson - ANY REVIEWS?

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Are there any reviews about this resort? I would like to find out more than I can on the Interval site or the Welk site and hear from someone who has actually stayed there or seen the 2 bedroom villa and resort in person. I would love to see a floor plan of the two bedroom villa. I couldn't find this resort on the review section of TUG under the II code or the name. Am I missing something? Thanks ahead of time for your help.
 

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I just walked through the model unit this morning. WOW! All two bedroom units are lockouts. They have a back woods feel to them, a little like Big Cedar. Both sides have flat panel TV's. The master bedroom has a gas fireplace open on three sides between the bed and the jacuzzi. The shower has 3 nozzels. The salesman did give me some line about II giving extra weeks for the units cince they are "premier" units. When I asked why no TS's in Branson traded well he changed subjects. They are nice though. Down side is no amenities (pools). I assume something is planned but he did not talk about that.
 

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Thanks CMVer! Did they say whether these trade thru floating points or by week? I was surprised that they don't have a pool area yet? I thought I saw that several buildings are already built when I was trying to find it via google maps (not sure if I got the right spot)? Was a club house built or planned?

We own another TS in Branson and have had good experience with exchanges so I can't complain about owning in the Branson area. Since this one is a Premier resort, I would think it would trade as good as other Premiers. Have you had trouble with a trade? I think the hardest part in trading is that the place you want to go has to have owners that "don't want to use their units" and if it is a popular spot, they have bought their TS to use it and not exchange.

Thanks for any other info you might be able to share. I don't know where to find more info since the Welk site and II site are rather limited in what they reveal.
 

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I thought they had started the Welk timeshares a couple of years ago when we drove by. All those buildings are the hotel. There are only maybe 3 timeshare buildings and they are all 2 floor-no elevators. When I asked about an indoor pool he said something about no pool but then just kept on going.

Our Wisconsin weeks trade very well and a white week there will usually pull about the same as our gold crown/5 star Branson red week. That's ok; we only wanted it to use.

Tomorrow I want to go see Long Creek (Bluegreen).
 

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Any body else been at this resort lately? I'm interested in hearing about the new pool area in detail and anything else you can report? Thanks!
 

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I booked into this resort way last year; staying a week at Bent Creek in Gatlinburg and then on to Branson from TN. I booked with Diamond points thru II and had no trouble getting into the resort. Because I wanted a specific week (tacked on to Gatlinburg) this was open, it looked beautiful in the "site" picture so grabbed it. We are taking friends so the lockout will be great. I am surprised there are no reviews on TUG.


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Please be sure and let us know how you like it and how the pool area was. I look forward to your post.
 
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