To keep things short and to the point, I'll start by saying that if you can afford this place and you are going to be skiing/riding at Winter Park with 9+ friends, make the reservation immediately. The house is like no other and the management is even better.
For very specific details, here are a few pros/cons:
CONS:
- nothing nearby so you will spend all your time here after hours. To be fair, the Winter Park village is not terribly interesting after 5PM
- you need big cars to get there and around due to the snow
- I feel pretentious saying it, but the 4 person hot tub is quite small for the number of people generally wanting to go
- again, pretentious, but there is a significant walk to the Mary Jane lift. Not terrible and practically the best skiing experience of my life, but don't expect to ski out of the backyard (you CAN ski/ride right into the house by going down the road when there is snow on it, which is most times)
- we had heard there was a lounge in the complex that was only available to the few houses inside the gates. We found out this was not the case as it was only for owners and not renters like us. It would've been fine except the lady that was managing the lounge was extremely rude. We didn't mind not being able to go in, but this lady was a sore part to our trip. A real shame.
PROS:
- just about everything. The official winter park lodging website has more than enough detail on the house, and it's all perfectly accurate
- we had a leak directly over our bed one night in the master bedroom and the lodging company sent someone to get it fixed immediately after we called them
- service, service, service
- gorgeous and luxurious doesn't even begin to describe it
- again, if you can afford it, reserve it now!