June 2016 Update

We love to keep our guests, past and future, updated about our ongoing improvements at the house.  After a week in the Florida sun we are back home and want to share our most recent updates with everyone. Without further ado here they are!

We have a brand new patio table and matching chairs.

A brand new mat to welcome you to your home away from home.

The pool deck has gotten a facelift. Are you ready for a vacation now?

New light fixture in the Queen master bathroom.

Our Alice bedroom has new bedding and some fun drapery.

Quidditch supplies have made an appearance in our Harry Potter room.


Some other minor items also include, new hallway lights, and new clothes hangers in all the bedrooms. Spring cleaning and maintenance items were taken care of as well.  We hope that all the little things make our guests vacations just a little bit more enjoyable.  We welcome all comments!

News from Mickey's Garden Villa-Updates, Updates, Updates!

The month of October brought another trip for our family to the sunny state of Florida.  Prior to our arrival plans for upgrades and improvements to the house were already in progress.  We are always looking for ways to improve things for our guests. I truly enjoy looking for the little things that add that special something to the house.

For quite awhile we've been planning on replacing the carpets in the bedrooms of the house.  It is now done! Brand new carpeting in all the bedrooms and upstairs hallway.  We hope that everyone enjoys it as much as we did.  Along with the carpets we also got some paint touch ups completed to freshen up the house.

Another big item was removing the vertical blinds in the living room.  They did their job but it was time for them to retire. In their place we have put in drapes that not only provide privacy but we think they look nice too!

One of our fun additions is pictured below:

No Harry Potter themed bedroom would be complete without some trunks. Where else would our visiting witch and wizards like to put their things while on vacation.

Here's the list of things we accomplished for our guests on our last visit:

• Main floor Queen bedroom: new TV, new bedding, new blinds
• New carpeting in all bedrooms, upstairs hallway and stairs
• Paint touch ups throughout the house
• New drapes in the living room
• King master bedroom: new lamps, robe hooks in en suite
• Some new Disney touches in the dining room
• Queen Master bedroom: new TV, new shower curtain and rod in en suite
• Bunk Bed room: new ceiling fan, TV stand and blinds
• New nightstand in Harry Potter room
• Towel/swimsuit hooks in lanai/pool bathroom
• Alice in Wonderland room: new Alice pillow cases
• Motion/temperature sensor in upstairs hallway

Well that's it for now, we hope that all of our guests enjoy our ongoing updates. We only have 3 weeks left available in 2015 and we are looking forward to welcoming more guests in 2016. If you have any questions or comments we'd love to hear from you.

Ongoing Updates at Mickey's Garden Villa

As owners we strive to continually improve our property for our guest's enjoyment. This December we continued our commitment and guests will find the following changes at Mickey's Garden Villa:

1. Queen Master Bedroom: new bedding, linens, ceiling fan and window coverings.
2. Queen Guest Room: new African decor, new blackout drapes, new mattress set
3. King Master Bedroom: New faucets in the en-suite
4. Alice in Wonderland bedroom:  New comforters
5. Harry Potter Bedroom: New picture frames, curtain rod and Hogwarts crest
6. Bunk Bedroom:  our movie themeing continues with the addition of a DVD player, movie camera lamp, popcorn pillow and 2 more movie posters (Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean and Star Wars, episodes 4, 5, 6). We also replaced linens in this room as well.
7. Kitchen: we replaced all the pots and pans, added some miscellaneous utensils and added a double Belgium waffle iron.
8. Living area: new table and floor lamps.
9. Outside:  a security camera was installed, some minor paint touch ups, new closures on the screen doors and in October we had the pool heater replaced.
10. Luggage stands in 3 bedrooms.

The Windsor Palms Clubhouse has also undergone some improvements as well.  The gamesroom has gotten new games, carpet and paint.  The Cinema has also been refreshed.

We welcome all questions and comments. Thanks

Updates at Mickey's Garden Villa and Windsor Palms

It's taken a couple of weeks to get back into the swing of things but I've finally gotten it together to write a new post on our most recent updates.

We had some great weather while we were visiting and that helped us to complete our biggest task. We painted the outside of the house and the pool deck.  You can check out the exterior in the above picture or check out our website  www.mickeysgardenvilla.com.

Our other changes are not so dramatic but fun none the less!

• New Alice in Wonderland Poster
• Pocket watch clock (shhh, don't tell the white rabbit)
• Gryffindor and Slytherin are now represented in our Harry Potter room
• New Hogwarts bedding and new linens
• Owl lamp for late night spell reading.
• Our bunk bed room now has a movie influence, some cool new movie posters.
• New drapes in the bunk room as well.
• Griddle in the kitchen
• Some new kitchen utensils 
• New stainless steel bowls
• New sink and faucet in Queen Master bathroom
• New sink in the pool bathroom
• New BBQ
• Safe in the King master bedroom closet to store your valuables.
• Outdoor clock/thermometer
• New dining room chandelier
• New phones and answering machine
• New pool lights

Windsor Palms has also been doing some upgrades. This month they have resurfaced our basketball and tennis courts. Check out the pictures below.

A stormy day when this picture was taken.

A sunnier day for the basketball courts.

So while the Orlando area has lots of attractions and shopping to keep you busy. If you decide that a day lounging by the pool or checking out the community is in order,  you are sure to find lots to do in the neighbourhood.

So What's New at Mickey's Garden Villa

It's been awhile since I put up a new post and thought why not update everyone on what's new at the house.  A quick 5 day stay at the house last month resulted in some further additions to the home. There was not a lot of distractions, since I think we managed to go when it was the coldest week in central Florida. (Although I cannot lie my Mom and I took a day to visit Universal Orlando, lots of fun that day!)  So here's a run down of what's new...

• New mattresses in both master bedrooms
• New bedding in the King master bedroom
• New shelving in the kids bunk room
• Area rug in the living room and new pillows
• Blu-ray player and Netflix in the living room
• Keurig coffee maker to compliment the existing drip coffee maker.
• Queen bedroom has some new decor!
• And this month we replaced the air handler and air conditioner (furnace and a/c for us Canadians)

While all of these things are great additions the biggest change was in one of the twin bedrooms. After some thoughtful consultation with our daughter we decided to invite Alice to visit Mickey's Garden Villa. We hope that we've managed to create a fun whimsical room for the young and young at heart to enjoy.

We hope that our guests will have fun discovering all the little details. On our next visit we will be adding more fun in all the upstairs bedrooms.