Encantada Resort Kissimmee

Has anyone stayed at this resort and in particular stayed at the 3 bedroom town houses there? After a look around were now going in February next year instead of October as planned and have been offered an early special on this, Iv had a look at their site and they look lovely not to far from everything and theres restaurants etc close by and they have private pool, so just looking if anyone has stayed here and what was your opinion of the place. Thanks in advance!

Encantada Resort Kissimmee

I will be staying at Encantada from the 16th tp the 29th, when I get back home I%26#39;ll post a trip report.

Bill

Encantada Resort Kissimmee

Thanks for the reply just booked it all now for there!

Hi all! Checking in to see if pgbilly returned from Encantada. My family is heading there for spring break in a few days. Any advice and input would be great! Thanks!

Hi stayed at encantada in april and going back in Aug. We loved it!! You wont be dissapointed. 2 miles from disney and lots of restaurants near you and also 2 pulix a couple of minutes away. all townhomes have there own pool and the resort itself has 2 pools overlooking a lake. very relaxing after a day out at the parks!!!

Enjoy

eva

Excellent...... i am going in 15 days time for 2 weeks with 5 adults and a 21month old girl. Is it possible you could tell me a few things?

is it a new resort. Are there still building work going on? is there any night entertainment in the complex of the resort. is there are a bar that serves beers etc. If so is it open during the day, and can you take wine/beers from there to communual pool? is it complex easy walking distance to shops bars restaurants? does the road 192 near the complex filled with restraunts bars activities etc or is it just motorway?

is it easy to get to universal and disney etc by car. will i need to hire a sat nav? whats the temps there just now?

is it busy and if so do you have any tips on what days to avoid certain parks. how long were your waiting time for the big rides i.e. kraken, hulk, duellingdragons,etc.

Oh my .... i have so many questions.....hahhaha... hope u can enlighten me

cheers

A little late in the report area, but our stay at Encantada was terrific. Great location, with ample shopping close by, about a 5-10 minute drive to the parks and a nice pool and lake view with decent fishing. We had a three bedroom unit and the private pool was a favorite amongst my kids. More than once the kids wanted to escape the parks and head back to resort to go swimming.

As far as the parks go we did all the Disney parks once and then went back to Magic Kingdom for a second and a third time, we really enjoyed all the parks. We spent a day at Blizzard Beach, a day at Aquatica and a day at Sea World and all were great and very entertaining. Spent a day at each of the Universal parks with Islands of Adventure being my favorite park we went back for another day and purchased the parks version of the ';Fast Pass'; that was expensive however well worth it as we worked through a ton of rides.

We took advantage of some great restaurants in the area for most dinners (we ate breakfast at the resort and packed lunches and snacks for the days out) we dined at Texas de Brazil, Bucca de Peppo, Outback and many restaurants on site at the parks. We prebooked the Fantasmic Dinner package that was very good and well worth it.

What else, well we spent a day at Caladesi Island lounging on the beach, collecting shells and trying my luck at some fishing from shore. The Island is beautiful and we were lucky enough to see some of the wild tortoises that inhabit the area. After we were dropped of the ferry we headed to downtown Tampa and went to a hockey game at St Petes Times Forum (Lightning and Panthers) then back to the resort. My son and I also spent a day fishing in Mosquito Lagoon with Troy Nash for giant Redfish. The day was perfect weather conditions as it was very flat in the morning and my son and I each landed a ton of very large (25-40 pound) reds, incredible. We had a couple of floater days in our schedule that got ate up very quickly, we were in central Florida for 15 days and next time we won%26#39;t think twice about planning on three weeks instead. We would have liked a couple more days just to relax around the resort, especially after some of the longer park days. All in all a great trip, with alot of memories we all will never forget.

Cheers Bill

hey bill sound like you had a ball. We too loved Encantada and its just a great location. we had the 3 roms with provate pool which was ace. We did all the parks like yourselfs and must say the fast passes at universal were terrific.. How good is spiderman and the simpson ride... by far the highlight of our holiday. Only wish disney would do the same ticketing as universal as when we went in July it was very busy and we didn%26#39;t see anything near all of what we wanted to in magic kingdom.

Wish i had taken more time to find a good beach to go to... we ended up in st petesburgh... Maderia beech which was a public beech and full of seeweed and not very nice.... nothing like the Caribean white sands palm trees look i had imagined. it was a busy holiday and thank got we could afford it ... as we went to spain to a private rent villa within 4 weeks of returning from florida......just to relax ah aha hahh

I here what your saying, we definitely felt that we needed a holiday after the holiday. We seriously were considering heading back to Orlando this March, and the kids were really pushing it, however my wife and I decided on a relaxing holiday. So we are Provo bound, sun, sand and bonefish. I think we will probably head back to Disney in 2010, we%26#39;ll have to see how much fun the family has in Turks and Caicos.

My husband and I are looking at staying here at the beginning of April. Who did you book your trip through?

Are there any little ';hidden'; fees to be aware of before hand? (like the $20 per day for pool heating if desired)....We%26#39;ve stayed before at Windsor Hills and booked through Magical Memories but not sure to go with them this time around. Thanks for any info you can give!