I'm sure I'm like many on this forum who occasionally check out the Golden Oak listings and dream a bit. Last weekend I got to stay in the Four Seasons, which is essentially in the Golden Oak neighborhood. You drive the entire length of the neighborhood to access the hotel. The individual sections of Golden Oak are behind electric gates in addition to the front entrance gate that all hotel guests and residents must go through. You can see quite a bit of the neighborhood from the hotel and road though.
The houses and neighborhood look like something out of a Hollywood set. Everything is perfect. There is light Disney theming in keeping with the high-end nature of the area.
It doesn't really come across in the marketing literature, but the homes are very close together. Given the nature of the of neighborhood, this isn't really a surprise, but there don't appear to be much in the way of yards, and most of the large trees on the actual lots appear to be cleared.
There are a lot of Golden Oak homes. On the website, you can see the listings, but not what has already been sold. This was obviously a successful venture for Disney. There is a ton of ongoing construction, so my assumption is that sales are not tailing off.
They must do a good job of routing service and construction vehicles through another entrance...I never saw any, despite the obvious construction activity and need for maintenance service across the rest of the completed neighborhood.
The most interesting part was the complete lack of observable activity in the neighborhood. It was like one of those 1950s/1960s fake towns build for nuclear testing. I saw almost no people, cars, bikes etc. At night there were very few lights on in the homes. I'm sure there are busier times, when more owners are present, but I wouldn't guess that early June is a slow season either. Bottom, line is if you ever get to be an owner, you will probably have much of the neighborhood and amenities to yourself during your visits.
Unfortunately that is all I was able to see. I believe I could have taken a walk from the hotel into the various sections without being questioned, but we didn't really have the time on this visit...maybe next time.
The houses and neighborhood look like something out of a Hollywood set. Everything is perfect. There is light Disney theming in keeping with the high-end nature of the area.
It doesn't really come across in the marketing literature, but the homes are very close together. Given the nature of the of neighborhood, this isn't really a surprise, but there don't appear to be much in the way of yards, and most of the large trees on the actual lots appear to be cleared.
There are a lot of Golden Oak homes. On the website, you can see the listings, but not what has already been sold. This was obviously a successful venture for Disney. There is a ton of ongoing construction, so my assumption is that sales are not tailing off.
They must do a good job of routing service and construction vehicles through another entrance...I never saw any, despite the obvious construction activity and need for maintenance service across the rest of the completed neighborhood.
The most interesting part was the complete lack of observable activity in the neighborhood. It was like one of those 1950s/1960s fake towns build for nuclear testing. I saw almost no people, cars, bikes etc. At night there were very few lights on in the homes. I'm sure there are busier times, when more owners are present, but I wouldn't guess that early June is a slow season either. Bottom, line is if you ever get to be an owner, you will probably have much of the neighborhood and amenities to yourself during your visits.
Unfortunately that is all I was able to see. I believe I could have taken a walk from the hotel into the various sections without being questioned, but we didn't really have the time on this visit...maybe next time.