A bit outdated. 2 good size bedrooms, the 3rd was very small. Carpeting was kind of dirty looking...they provided the bare minimum of essential items. Close to shopping for groceries etc. There is no management on site so if something goes wrong, it is not easy to get ahold of someone.

Avoid staying here. Obviously there has been new management since the last reviews here. I am up at 2:30am writing this review because the people that left yesterday in the unit next to us thought it would be funny to set the radio clock alarm for the middle of the night on a heavy metal station as loud as they can. That wouldn't be so bad if someone could get in the room to turn it off. There is no management on site. No telephone number connected to any office(calling the phone number listed in directory service says it is disconnected). We rented through VRBO through Global Connections. Global Connections "emergency" phone number is an answeeing service and they have a maintenance/service phone number but will not give it out because the info they have says it is only good after 8:00am. I walk the entire property and there is no phone numbers listed anywhere except the security guards station at the main entrance, which is never occupied, and that phone number goes to a voicemail box.

No onsite staff = no service = never stay here!
So here I am unable to go back to bed because there is "nothing we can do".

We stayed in one of the villas during a week long trip to the Orlando/Kissimmee area in 2004. It is the best place we have ever stayed. We liked that the villa was one story; no steps to go up and no one walking around above you, making noise. There was a washer and dryer in the garage for your use (not coin operated). You couldn't park your car in the garage, but if you stayed at a hotel or whatever, you wouldn't have a garage there either. It had a nice screened-in porch, lots of space, great beds and plenty of towels, etc. The pool area was nice and was never very crowded while we were there. They also offer tennis courts and a nice gazebo area near the grills. It was very clean and well maintained. The rate is unbelieveable! We only paid about $80 a night in the middle of July for two bedrooms/two baths and a sleeper sofa.

The management company we rented through, Sun Country Villas, could not have been nicer. We did not book very far in advance, so we had to make full payment at the time of the booking. They didn't take the credit card I wanted to use, but they held the condo for me until they received my check.

It is off the beaten path a little bit, but we enjoyed being away from all of the traffic at the end of the day. There is a grocery store about a mile away.

The only slight draw back was that you had to walk a little ways to the grill area.

Everytime we travel somewhere now, we wish we could find somewhere just as nice.

I booked a reservation for my husband, son and I for the Villages at Mango Key for the week of 26 Nov thru 4 Dec 05. When we arrived and checked-in, we were actually put in the Grand Palms resort vs. Mango Key. I was somewhat concerned when this happened, but my fear quickly subsided when we drove across the street to our condo. They put us in a 3 bedroom/2 bath (as reserved) and the place was BEAUTIFUL!!! It had recently been painted and new carpet/furnishings throughout. It had large rooms (even the 2nd and 3rd bedrooms were spacious, full kitchen, washer/dryer, nice pool, exercise room. We have visited the Orlando area every year since 1996 (sometimes twice a year) to visit Mickey, Minnie and the gang. Until last year, we had stayed on Disney property, but tried the Summer Bay resort for a change. It was nice, but nothing like Grand Palms! We LOVED it and will definately return next November!!!