The room was huge and the place was brilliant, we had a T.V in every room (although the kitchen was a little bit cramped) 2 fridges and 2 cookers the balcony wasnt very big but the weather made it nice. A pizza place, a resteraunt, a store and a electrical store were all just a stones throw away and so was disney and universal. The pool was nice although a little bit chilly but the jaccuzzi was very hot. we had 2 jaccuzzis in our rooms and one was HUGE! the place to stay if you go to orlando is STAR ISLAND

We had booked our stay with Fairfield Resorts & were so excited to finally get here after waiting a few months. Being a young couple, the main point of this vacation was to enjoy the parks & just relax.

Pros: Early check-in. Check-in is usually 4pm & we got to check in around 1:30pm, it was also very quickly. They invited us to a timeshare meeting (lasted 30 minutes for us) which saves you a lot of money on the parks, & dinner shows. You choose which savings options out of many. The rooms were very Florida welcoming, which was nice since our vacation spot was Florida. Basically the whole resort was very nice. We stayed in a 1 bedroom "B" lock-off suite. An amazing jacuzzi with columns next to the bed, that was great to relax & watch tv in. The main street (highway) was close by with countless amounts of restaurants. The shuttles to the parks were very fair in prices. $10 per person round trip to Disney & $14 p/p r/t to Universal. Also, there are great savings in the front Concierge desk.



Cons: The suite was for up to 4 people. There was only one toliet, which was in the bedroom. The jacuzzi obviously wasn't closed off, but the shower was glass doors so it was see-through. This we didn't mind, but if we had other people with us, that would have been a problem. Now i'm not too sure about the food topic, but when I asked earlier today if there was anything besides hot dogs, the lady said no, that's all for tonight. It was only 6:00 & the hot-dog stand next to the pool was closed for the night (when the pool stays open til 11pm.) There should always be food on site for people to eat when they get hungry. Even the hot dog price was ridiculous, from being born & raised in New York I don't expect to pay any more then $1.50 for a hot dog from a cart & they charge $3.50 (that's bananas). The prices for everything is ridiculous. I guess that's what you get for staying at a "FiVE STAR HOTEL". The game room for kids is pretty boring with no more then 7, 8 different games, nothing special AT ALL. The pool is nothing special either, it's pretty small in size & doesn't go past 5 feet. There isn't a shuttle from your villa to the main part of the resort. We had a good 10-15 minute walk each way, which was not enjoyable.



I hope I helped with your decision about staying at this resort. The basic outlook was pretty good, as it was somewhere to rest our heads when we weren't at the parks.

We've stayed here repeatedly, gotten GREAT RATES. The facility, service, and amenities are incredible. We've now stayed there in an efficiency unit, a 2 bed room, and a three bedroom... 8 weeks altogether over 3 different years, and we'll be back. We are not "owners" here, but love it, and the spa, fitness area, pools, kids activities, rooms, big tv's... we love it all!

I am an owner at Star Island, we usually go every year and have a wonderful time. However, we did not go last year, 2005, and this year was a far cry from previous years. First of all our reservation was messed up from the beginning. Which is scary to begin with, because we own our week, we do not have to make reservations, we have to deposit our week with interval intenational if we do not go to the resort. We did not get our unit, they put us in a room on the other side of the resort than where we own. I was unhappy with this room and had them move us back to our building, it is at this time they tell me that our unit is being refurbished. We had their staff move our luggage etc., so we could go to dinner. Well, the next after noon we find out that we have missed multiple calls because the front desk does not know that we have changed units. Tell me how this can be since they moved us? we later called down to the desk to ask for more towels, there was a total of six sets of towels, in the past there has always been between 10-12 sets. I have been an owner for 10 years and have never had a problem of not enough towels until this year. They tell us we can not get anymore towels, unless we want to pay a charge. I am furious. I pay 800.00 a year for tax and maitenance fees and cannot get towels for the week. Then we go to the pool, where you have to sign out pool towels. I could not believe how cheezy this place has become. I could see if I was just a renter. But I own here and why would I steal from the place, I do not want my fees going up any more. I do have to say that we attended the yearly sales pitch and was not pressured and walked away with 75.00 in Disney dollars. My husband and I took advantage of the spa and enjoyed it very much. We both got a swedish massage and it was wonderful. We went on Monday and recieved 20 percent off. There are more activities for the family, but I am not that interested in that. I am more interested in comfort and class, which Star Island is beginning to lack.