posted 03-19-2005 13:24               

First, it's on the Thousand Hills golf course. It wasn't really that easy for us to find but, once we loctated it, it's not diffucult to get to or find. It is not that close to French Quarter in the respect that you're not going to walk between the two but, I'd estimate the distance to be between 3-5 miles. It's in a similar area were a lot of the timeshares in Branson seem to be located. Essentially, it's on the back side (East side) of Surrey's Grand Crown resort.

The resort presently has only two buildings up and no office on site. The office is loctated in one of the units. There are no pools, no club house, no owners lounge as of yet. At this point I have not called the resort to verify that they have my information recoreded as an owner properly but I do have the title to the unit in hand. I will be contacting the resort soon to make sure everything is in order.

When we were there (November), I did not see any signs of construcion or pending construction. There was no one in the office (we stopped by mid week) and I saw no active on site sales presentations going on. I don't think this is to unusual for this time of year as the tourist season is slowing way down. We were staying at Marriott's Horizon resort and saw only one sales person giving any presentations during our stay.

Construction in Branson seems to be slower than other locations. Marriott has at least 5 buildings planned but only 2 built. I believe they are supposed to begin construction on a third building this spring. By comparison, Marriott's Ocean Point has hit build out this year for it's five buildings. I believe both Horizon's in Branson and Ocean Pointe started about the same time (give or take a year). We also toured Falls Village resort back in 1999. They are still building new units at this resort and they don't appear close to build out yet. Falls Village is not such a large resort that they should be continuing to build units.

posted 03-22-2005 11:46               

One of many nice timeshares tucked around town, this one with no special "resort" atmosphere. More like the fully-owned condos that line Thousand Hills golf course.

posted 03-22-2005 16:05               

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Originally posted by letsgo64:
My family and I exchanged into a 3 bedroom lock-out unit back in August. It was truly one of the more beautiful timeshares that we've stayed in. It was very spacious, very clean and accomodated our traveling party of 9, more than adequately.

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I'm glad to hear this since we purchased our unit sight unseen. The lack of amenities won't bother us since we rarely use them. It would be nice if the resort would get around to building them so it would exchange better if we ever get to that point in the futrure. For now, we purchased this unit to use and it will probably stay that way for several years.

posted 03-27-2005 06:37               

On Mar 26th a 2 Bedroom Went for $49. (eBay 4367673830)
I passed on it because of the $150 Resort Transfer Fee
Plus The $395 fee required by Holiday Transfer Services

Even with these high fees - I still feel that this is/was
a good deal. Someone really paid alot of money for these
units when they were first built - from the developer.

Q: Does anyone know:

The developers original prices for these units and
Why Branson charges so much ($150) for Transfer Fees

I know that this is Branson and they make there own rules

But did you know that:

The State Of Virginia only allows T/S resorts to charge $50.
Transfer Fee and T/S must provide a copy of resort documents

posted 03-27-2005 07:15               

$49 for an EOY even year usage? Sorry I missed that one. I thought I got a good deal at $245 for an EOY even year usage on E-bay. Later, I saw an every year usage go for over $1,000 at this resort.

When I originally made my purchase (no reserve auction), I figured it was the developer trying to unload some of their inventory to get people paying MF's. I was surprised when the title transfer listed a couple who lived in TN.

I don't know what these units are selling for from the developer but I'm sure it's over $245. Why someone would sell out that cheap is beyond me. The only thing I can figure is it's taking the deveoloper forever to build the common areas that are planned.

I've seen a lot of TS in Branson go for cheap on E-bay. I watched an auction on a 2 bedroom unit at Silverleafs Ozark Mountain resrot go through the process three times without a bid before someone bought it. I think it finally went for less than $500. It was an October week.

posted 03-27-2005 07:40               

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Originally posted by Marty Giggard:

I know that this is Branson and they make there own rules

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No. We used to make our own rules, but now Mr. Seagull does.