Mystic Dunes

[dcwojo Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dcwojo]

I was just checking availability for a Florida vacation on Diamond Resorts website and Mystic Dunes now show as available in Diamonds network.

[dcwojo Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dcwojo]

THE Dunes village resort in Myrtle Beach also shows in Diamonds inventory now.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

Mystic Dunes is a very nice resort. I put a co-worker into that resort on an AC a few years back and they were impressed. We also toured that resort back in 2000 and thought it was a very nice resort, we just didn't care much for Orlando. It has a decent location close to Disney World. I believe DRI will be managing this resort. Hopefully there we will begin to see good availability in the next few years. Not that I'm all that interested but, sometimes well allow co-workers or friends to use some of our points.

The location of Myrtle Beach is also of interest to me if there is availablity. If it's an affiliated resort, sometimes there's not a lot of inventory. The problem I have with Myrtle Beach is the cost for use to get from here to there. I almost purchased a week there before I learned typical airfare for us would be in the $500 per person range. That and I just really couldn't use another week.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Nice, maybe, but with a troubled past (present?).

You can bypass the price of ownership and stay there through Hotwire for $59/night.

Just guessing? Nope.

Kinda funny, chuckling funny . . . in the old days the debate was "Developer or Resale . . . will you get the same thing?"

Now you can add Neither.

In the old days, the pitch to get you to buy was a paltry square box (motel) or a luxury condo (by buying). Now you can get the latter without buying.

Fairly common in the overbuilt locations where the powers that be are scrambling to come up with $$$ to pay the bills.

[dcwojo Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dcwojo]

I only looked at availability in May and early June but there seemed to be plenty of units available.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

I only looked at availability in May and early June but there seemed to be plenty of units available.

That would be typical of Orlando.

[dcwojo Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dcwojo]

I looked in Myertle Beach as well and availability looked plentiful

[Spence Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Spence]

I only looked at availability in May and early June but there seemed to be plenty of units available.

those dates are not indicative of general availability as they are nearly as slow as September!

[Ryne08 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ryne08]

Is this resort as nice as Cypress Pointe and Grand Beach (both of these resorts are under DRI)?

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

those dates are not indicative of general availability as they are nearly as slow as September!

I did not say the same thing, which I would have because it is accurate, but I was somewhat discouraged because my other comments herein seem to have fallen on deaf ears (not that there is a requirement to respond to my comments).

There is nothing to get excited about when it comes to a financially troubled resort in an area that has way too many resorts to susttiin value in any of them.

Golf resort opportunities are a dime a dozen in the Orlando area and better deals than timeshare deals are readily available all over the Internet. I get a dozen Orlando golf emails every day.

[dcwojo Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dcwojo]

It has been a few years since I was there. It was at least as nice as Grand Beach. It is a large resort with more available onsite than either Grand Beach or Cypress Pointe.

[dcwojo Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dcwojo]

I did not say the same thing, which I would have because it is accurate, but I was somewhat discouraged because my other comments herein seem to have fallen an deaf ears (not that there is a requirement to respond to my comments).

There is nothing to get excited about when it comes to a financially troubled resort in an area that has way too many resorts to susttiin value in any of them.

Golf resort opportunities are a dime a dozen in the Orlando area and better deals than timeshare deals are readily available all over the Internet. I get a dozen Orlando golf emails every day.

I am more excited about the Myrtle Beach resort. I love Myrtle Beach so more units in that area is great for me.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

I am more excited about the Myrtle Beach resort. I love Myrtle Beach so more units in that area is great for me.

Excited is good.

[rikkis_playpen Diamond Club Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close rikkis_playpen]

Mystic Dunes is a very nice resort.. The villas are high quality (although noise issues have been reported in a few reviews) and the onsite amenties are nice.. (Last time I was there the golf course had some yellowing- but everything still looked fine). It's an easy drive to the Disney resorts, or to the other nearby theme parks.

Since this resort has historically been sold as weeks, availability via points may be inconsistent until the majority of weeks owners are bamboozled into converting to points.

During the bankruptcy and sale to Diamond- the resort focused on rentals to fill rooms so current rental prices are likely lower now than they will be in the future.

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Mystic Dunes is a very nice resort.. The villas are high quality (although noise issues have been reported in a few reviews) and the onsite amenties are nice.. (Last time I was there the golf course had some yellowing- but everything still looked fine). It's an easy drive to the Disney resorts, or to the other nearby theme parks.

Since this resort has historically been sold as weeks, availability via points may be inconsistent until the majority of weeks owners are bamboozled into converting to points.

During the bankruptcy and sale to Diamond- the resort focused on rentals to fill rooms so current rental prices are likely lower now than they will be in the future.

As upbeat as a report could be.