We had a tour in 2000 - my sister was swapping her Tenerife fortnight - and we went to check it out!! We were staying at the Comfort Inn in Lake Buena Vista, and they 'gave' us £160 for taking the tour - which we wanted to take anyway.
Suffice to say, we were totally taken by the whole place - 7 pools, saunas, walkways, facilities etc etc, and the accomodation - simply fantastic. OK, a wee bit of bias showing perhaps.
We took a 2 week deal in the Cascades in September 2001, 5 adults/2 kids in a 2 bed unit - and had a simply superb holiday. We then purchased 2 concurrent weeks, and will be back in September - 7 weeks today!! [Springs area I think]
The Villages are opposite Seaworld - but on a smaller scale, with only 1 pool.
Location, facilities and accomodation swayed us in the end - now we've only got to finish paying for them!!
Brian