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  • Hello from Smuggs 3 bedroom - yeah baby!

    We moved to our regularly scheduled Sycamores 3 bedroom unit this afternoon. Despite moving six of us and two cars full of stuff in the middle of the worst of the rain today we couldn't have been happier. This unit is absolutely huge - 1574 s.f. according to the website. The master bath has a large jacuzzi, the two kids' rooms each have a tv/dvd (dvd built into side of screen, hopefully that will save at least one of you the embarrassment of calling housekeeping to borrow a dvd player ). Great room is huge and comfy, with TV, stereo, gas fireplace. New kitchen appliances. Nice terrace. One of the kids room is GIGANTIC, with FOUR separate twin beds. The other is smaller but more than fine and has a queen. Oh, washer/dryer in the unit - a common Smuggs feature.

    Smuggs was so wonderful in accommodating our moving target checkin - we ended up showing up at 4 am on Saturday without a reservation until Saturday night (we had booked Saturday as an extra night in advance of our Sunday checkin when we first started trying to get ahead of the storm) - they found us a 1 bedroom in Tamaracks (North Hill) that we were able to spend both Friday and Saturday nights in. Then today since they didn't need the 1 bedroom for anyone checking in today, they let us stay until our 3 bedroom was ready and we were able to take our time moving. I'm guessing that earlier in the season this wouldn't have been possible but things start winding down up here this week.

    I loved the Tamaracks unit (in North Hill) and wouldn't hesitate to stay there with a family of four. It actually sleeps six with a king and a twin with trundle in the master, and the pullout in the living room. Also plenty of seating when the sofa's back together - big L shaped sectional. The North Hill community is a bit closer to Village Center than Sycamores in West Hiill and has a great waterslide at the pool -- to get to West Hill by car you have to leave the main property and take the public road to another entrance, and there's no waterslide here, but there is a playground, and ping pong as well as a gym in the West Hill community center.

    Rum Runners is closed this week so we'll miss it yet again. Also the Aquashot (?) and trampoline there have been out of service due to vandals earlier in the season

    I'm looking forward to some more exploring/outdoor fun once this weather passes, but if we have to spend another day or so in this lovely space, I'll live! Definitely planning on the Pirate Dinner and a few or our group are looking forward to the new zipline/canopy tour. We had a nice dinner at Hearth and Candle last night.

  • #2
    Nice! Enjoy the rest of your trip.
    You'll need the rest for when you get home and have to clean up the mess.

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    • #3
      I need to get there I had wanted a ski week that I can use but that is not goning to happen. Is there a lot to do in the summer?
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      • #4
        Hurrah! So glad this worked out for you. We've only been to Smuggs once, and the unit we stayed in sounds a lot like what you're describing. Enjoy!

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        • #5
          Glitter, thanks for the nice positive review to date. The three BRs are wonderfully large, well set up.

          Would like to know how the zip line went... we have yet to use it.

          YES- glad to see you are doing the pirate dinner - If you're lucky, Pearl the Purple Pirate Princess will be playing along with our Pirate.

          Sycamores is a nice complex. Workout room might be enjoyed during poor weather by the older ones. Also there is a large outdoor jacuzzi if you go further up , in front of the Falcons. FABULOUS view, great sunsets from there.
          Bummer about Rum Runners, my absolute favorite thing to do on property.
          Lake Champlain has some nice beaches with decent facilities. Also Waterbury Reservoir is good for lake type swimming too. Think they both may have a runoff problem from the storm, depending on how bad it was, so see what you can find out if you want to go, before you go.

          If he is still there this week - and I"m thinking maybe not, I'd recommend seeing Marko the magician - family show for the little ones - and adult show if you can swing it. He's got a great patter. Also the hypnosis show has been hilarious. Too bad the boys aren't old enough (18)

          Enjoy your stay !

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          • #6
            Glad to hear u made it into the high rent district. There is a great difference in units there. are all the three bedroom units in the newer sections?
            Pat
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            • #7
              We're going next summer, staying in a 3br in Mountain Laurel. Are the 3brs all the same?

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              • #8
                3 BRs

                There is a building built circa '97 that has a few 3 BRs (VERY far up the mountain, totally isolated) and another built soon after (right near pool, Sharon's building) that has a few 3BRs as well. (Both buildings are small, maybe 9 units in each, total.)

                The 'older' units only have 2's.

                The West Hill section where Glitter is now has a lot of 3s, as does the newer North Hill section/
                Checkins for these are Sundays and Fridays.

                None of the Saturday checkins have 3 BRs
                All this applies to timeshare units only -- the private homes/full ownership units are another story.

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                • #9
                  It's a Sunday check-in. I'm sure it will be fine, just wondering if it will be as nice as Glitter's!

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                  • #10
                    Wacky --

                    ML is a Sunday checkin. Small building all the way up the mountain, all by itself, with a private pool that I have never seen anyone in -- so it's all yours Wacky!!
                    Once they got a design for the 3BRs they stuck with it; I 've been told basically all the layouts for them are the same.

                    WACKY -- What dates are you there next summer?

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