My stay at this resort was planned by my parents. Since we're used to staying with them at their various timeshares, we were expecting a nice luxurious weekend in a beautiful place.
FYI - you're not going to get that here.
We drive up to the unit and it looks decent from the outside. I was pretty excited to get our stuff inside and relax after our 6 hour drive to get there. We opened the front door and I immediately knew this was not going to be the fancy-pants type of place we were used to. The smell of the building reminded me of my college dorm days when you could smell everything people were cooking in the hall. Just gross. I hurried upstairs to our unit to get away from the smell and noticed all sorts of fraying and staining on the ugly carpet. Another sign of what was to come. We unlocked out unit door and walking in and I instantly was given the unique opportunity to do what the majority think is impossible --- I time traveled.
I suddenly found myself standing in a bad 70's movie. Everything in this place needs upgrading; the furniture, appliances, bedding, curtains, carpet. Some of the bathroom tiles were even chipping away and revealing dirty grout underneath. We stayed in an apartment unit with a full kitchen and I'd guess that nothing to cook with or eat off of was purchased after 1985. The carpet was a little gross and I was uncomfortable letting my young toddler crawl around on it. I was also really turned off by the shower/bath conditions. Even the lampshades in the unit were ugly and old, but at least not a health hazard. And with my owning my own business, I needed an opportunity to do a little work during our weekend there and found that the only place that offered wi-fi in this ghost town was at the pool building.... which brings me to.....
The pros (yeah, I found a couple): They have an indoor and outdoor pool and the building that houses those was right across from our unit, so not a long walk. And the facility itself was actually quite nice. I had tried to connect to the wi-fi from our unit, because it was so close to the pool building where the wi-fi was, but no dice. So I opted to head over to the pool area with my family and while they swam, I connected to the internet. Or I tried, at least. I tried several times on my own, and then enlisted the help of the desk person at the pool and she offered no advice but a snippy "Well, I'm on it, so it works". Really? And the fact that my laptop has worked at every coffee shop, airport, hotel and home connected wi-fi since I purchased it eludes you completely? So needless to say, I let the teenage dream think what she wanted about her supreme knowledge of the interwebz, and I didn't attempt to connect any more, and got no work done that weekend.
Oh, yeah - one more pro: luckily, our weekend was filled with wine tastings and trips to Green Bay so we didn't have to spend much time at this "resort".
I think next time the parentals offer to find a timeshare for us to join them for, we'll help them look for something better and make them accept our money help to ensure it's a better experience than this. read more