Sunday Spotlight - Treehouse Villas at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa

The Treehouse Villas at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort® & Spa first opened at Walt Disney World® Resort on June 1, 2009.  The resort was officially added as an expansion and sub-section of Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa, replacing the former Treehouses Resort that once stood on the same spot operating from the mid- 1970's to the early 1990's.  Each villa is completely new, and are stand-alone structures elevated 10 feet off the ground on pedestals and beams.  The resort is fairly secluded within natural forested glens alongside the Sassagoula River.

The Treehouses at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort® & Spa include 60 villas.  With the exception of 2 handicap accessbile units, each Treehouse Villa  is the same, featuring 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.  Given the smaller size of the units, they are equivalent to a 2-Bedroom unit within the main parts of Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort® & Spa.  

·      Treehouse Villas are 3-Bedrooms are 1,074 square feet, and can accommodate up to 9 guests, plus 1 child under 3 in a crib. They offer most of what a 2-Bedroom has though space contraints only allow for a queen-size bed in the master bedroom, as well as a queen –size bed in the 2^nd bedroom;  the 3^rd bedroom includes  a set of bunk beds; and there is a double sleeper sofa and a sleeper chair in the living room. Each villa has a 2^nd full bathroom, a balcony, and it’s own charcoal grill at the base of the villa’s stairs.

As a DVC timeshare property, the villas are owned by members through DVC’s points-based system.  DVC maintains about 3-4% ownership of the total point allocation for each of their timeshare resorts, therefore rooms are available for rent year-round to non-members. 

The resort includes 2 feature pools and 4 leisure or “quiet” pools, a children’s pool, whirlpools, sauna, fitness center, Community Hall family recreation room, tennis courts, extensive jogging trails, arcade and recreational activities including Disney’s Lake Buena Vista Golf Course.  It also features 1 table service restaurant:  The Turf Club Bar and Grill serving lunch and dinner; 2 quick-service counter locations: The Artist’s Palette, and the High Rock Grill. 

Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort_® & Spa is a Deluxe Villas level resort located across the water from the Downtown Disney_® area.  Convenient bus transportation will take guests to all parts of Walt Disney World_® Resort, and water taxis transport guests to and from Downtown Disney_®.  The resort is also a short walk from Downtown Disney_®, and there are two different walking paths to it – one to the Marketplace area, and one to the West Side area.