We stop here en route to our second home in Florida. It is worth traveling off 95 to get to Ford's Colony. We know we'll have excellent accommodations, a full kitchen, a tranquil setting (nice break from driving!) and superb customer service. A one bedroom is huge plus there are two TV's which is a bonus when there are different preferences in programming. We have never been disappointed! We try not to get a studio which is roomy but not much privacy. The walking route is excellent. Maps are provided at the front desk. The grounds alone are worth the visit...lovely, tranquil, excellently maintained.

My husband and I stayed at this Marriott property for a few days in January because of the discounted price offered. It is a very nice vacation club property but is not really centrally located to Colonial Williamsburg. It is easily 10 minutes travel time to the downtown Williamsburg area. It is also 10 minutes to the nearest restaurants, except for the country club grill located at the golf course next door (dress code after 5 p.m.).

We stayed in a regular guest room, which had 1 king bed and a sofa bed. It is a good size and the room included a microwave, toaster, small refrigerator, and a coffeemaker. Plates, cups and utensils are also included.

One of the things we disliked about this room is that there is a connecting door to the room next to ours, and we could hear everything that was going on in the kitchen/living space of the family in that room. We could easily hear a young child crying and screaming most of our first evening. This room really lacks basic sound privacy. In addition, the bathroom was not designed for easy use. You have to step to one side of the toilet to even get out the door, and the hand rail to get into the shower is against the wall nearest to the toilet and is of little use since it is nearly impossible to get into the shower from that side.

We did enjoy the wine and cheese tasting event sponsored by Marriott and Williamsburg Winery, which was free, and would have gone to some of the other activities offered if our time had allowed. All said, however, I don't think I would stay here again.

I've tried staying at Ford's Colony at least 4 times now. The first visit was great, the second a bust, the third ok and the fourth and final was a bit better. The rooms are a little small, unless you get one of the timeshare suites, which to be honest, are the only way to go. The worst of the trips you could hear the people next door making dinner, clanking plates, not in a malicious way, they were just enjoying dinner. The problem was this was at 10:00pm at night and it sounded like they were in the room with us. We called the front desk and asked for another room as it was just too noisy to sleep and were told no, and they would tell the people to be quiet. I could hear the phonecall to the neighbors, their reaction and how pissed they were to be told to be quiet. This was just not a situation I wanted to be in anymore, so we moved hotels. When we told the front desk what happened and we were leaving, their response was "good luck finding a room somwhere". There was no "sorry you did not enjoy yourself", or anything.

The grounds are lovely with many pools and the timeshare rooms really are lovely and the way to go, and in my opinion, the only way to go. The golf course is really nice and the neighborhood is beautiful. Unfortunately, I will not be back.

Even though we went in January and didn't have the best weather our stay here was very relaxing. The villas and the grounds are great, as is the staff. Hope to return in better weather when we can use the abundant trails and outdoor facilities. We stayed in 2 2-bedroom villas through an Interval getaway.