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Saratoga is very nice, a lovely resort. The rooms needed a refurb (as do all DVC rooms as they near their refurb date- read similar now about Boulder Ridge Villas for example which is next) but the new rooms are perhaps now second best on property after Riviera. Go on YouTube and have a look for Saratoga Springs Refurbished room. Particularly the 1 beds. All rooms they now have the Murphy sofa (only Riviera has them) which is a huge boon over a sofa bed.

The resort is very peaceful, we like it a lot. We like running and walking and both you can do in abundance here- the ground are lovely, Disney Springs and you can even get to Old Key West up a canal path. What we don’t like is a hotel with absolutely no walking or running ability like Animal Kingdom which literally has none. So the extensive outside grounds are not a negative, but a positive for us.

But all the hotels are a little different and different people like different things, but assuming by October 2021 you’ll be in a refurbed room you certainly won’t be finding it run down.

You could always book somewhere else with Davids, our favorite is perhaps Boardwalk, but of course it seems your main driver is Disney Springs and SSR is undoubtedly the best resort for there.