Branson Resorts

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

Which Branson resorts have indoor pools and which resorts have heated outdoor pools?

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

Why don't I just tell you the temps of all the pools at OLCC Christmas week?

That would be easier.

I will take a guess at indoor pools, RCI only:

Palace View by Spinnaker
Fairham ( )
Big Cedar Wilderness Club
The Falls Village (not personally confirmed)
Grandvista Emerald Pointe (ditto)
Grandvista Cedar Ridge (ditto and I've heard Mr. Seagull is planning a water
park)
Kimberling Inn
Pointe Royale (not sure where it is)
Roark (ditto)
Plantation at Fall Creek (ditto)
Surrey Vacation Resort & Carriage Place

II-wise, my mind's eye is saying that Horizons by Marriott has an indoor pool. If not, it is a nice outdoor pool I am remembering.

If Paradise Point is still affiliated with anything, it has an inflatable building, but I don't know if it is pool or tennis courts.

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The sports dome at Paradise Point is tennis and basketball.

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

Horizons Branson has a nice large indoor pool.

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

I can verify that both Horizon's and Fall Village have indoor pools. Although I have to say the indoor pool and hot tub at Falls Village didn't impress me much.

I am also certain that French Quarter (RCI) or Grand Regency (I.I.) do NOT have indoor pools. For that matter, Grand Regency still does not have an outdoor pool. One is supposed to be put in by the summer of 2008 but I'm not holding my breath.

Indoor pool at Falls Village

Indoor pool at Horizon's by Marriott

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How do you rate the resorts with indoor pools?

[Gil Member Find all posts View Profile Close Gil]

Palace View ....

Hummmm- how do you rate a Branson TS ....... well ......

Palace View has a nice pool - separate building sooooo you could freeeeze your boootie getting across a street if it is ZERO temps out ..... if your in your swim gear but ..... rating ????

well - I sure don't see many Palace View units for sale on ebay at a $1.00 --- in fact - seldom see a unit for sale at any price ....and I keep looking ..... cuzzz I am an owner and sometime like to 'price' my inventory .... maybe even add to ownership at that resort .... although I have never stayed there ....

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Of the two we've stayed at, Falls Village and Horizon's, I would prefer Horizon's. Both times exchanging into Falls Village we've been placed in the oldest buildings. I assume that they place owners in the newer, nicer units and exchangers into the older units. Makes sense to me as owners should have preference over exchangers.

While units at Horizon's by Marriott is sort of plain by Marriott Vacation Club standards, they are still supperior to Fall Village. Marriott quality is just a step above Bluegreen IMO. I also prefer the location of Horizon's, which is on the yellow alternative traffic route to Falls Village, which is just a little more off the beaten path.

As for indoor pools being in a seperate building, all the resorts I've stayed in that have had indoor pools have had those pools in seperate buildings no matter what part of the country we've been in. So in the winter, you're always going to have to dry off an change clothes before going back to your unit. That wouldn't be a consideration for me.

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Big Cedar Wilderness Club would be #1. The pool, health club, registration, TV/reading area, game room, and locker room are all in the clubhouse. You would definitely take a change of clothes with you. We were blessed with a February week than someone from OY could not use, and had fun with it, although we stayed at home each night.

The hot tub, however, is outside the clubhouse.

(BBQ grills are ample, near each lodge building, or on the private deck of each of the cabins. )
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Palace View has an ample restroom/changing room near the indoor pool, which is in a separate room connected to the clubhouse/registration/office/Internet Center/Activities room.

Horizon's is also part of the clubhouse complex. As others have said, it is nice and newish.

Since Roark is next to Skaggs Hospital, and, unfortunately, I have spent some time there recently because of my Great Uncle, I did notice Health Club signage on Roark last week.

I have not experienced the others, but would guess from the general superior quality of Fairham that their facility is superior, and inversely for some of the others, as others have mentioned.
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Depending on how far out you're planning, Mr. Seagull is going to add an indoor water park at Westgate/Grandvista Cedar Ridge Woods.

Oh yeah, an afterthought, I am fairly certain that that was an indoor pool room I noticed as part of the Stormy Point clubhouse, yet to be completed at our last drive-by. Now, there is a unique new resort, one worth considering.