Balmoral Resort Private Pool Homes & Townhomes in Haines City, FL

Our vacation at Balmoral was amazing with the beautiful house, in ground backyard pool and their little water park. We had plenty of time to spend with family and enjoy all the resort amenities. We added a grill to our rental which made our outdoor experience even better. There were a few hiccups- the washer only washed in hot, the dryer wouldn't shut off unless set to a time dry. Very scary after we returned and the dryer had been running all day. We had wasps at our front door and called a few times to get them removed. My father got stung a few times. There are alligators! The house comes stocked with towels, dishes and a few extras to get you started. The house is not cleaned on a regular basis so you need to wash all your towels and linens your self. With that said you need to bring your own laundry soap and dishwasher detergent because the house comes with one use of each. Same goes with trash bags, toilet paper and paper towels. These are all things we didn't realize and wasn't a problem when we ran to the store. It was actually nice to be left alone unless we needed something. The home was beautiful, relaxing and so much fun to have breakfast then hop in the pool. The resort was in a good location to both Disney and Lego Land. We will defiantly come back again!

The house at Balmoral was perfect, light, spacious and airy. The staff we very helpful at all time would recommend a stay here. The surrounding amenities looked great although we didn’t use them this time.

We booked a 3 bedroom club house villa for 2 weeks for our honeymoon and we have never wanted to leave a holiday so little before in our life. The house was perfect, clean and had amazing facilities. The house was huge, so much space for myself, wife and our daughter. The aircon worked amazing, the pool was perfect, the laundry facilities, wifi, everything, I literally could not fault this villa and company one bit. The welcome pack we had was such a nice touch so we didn't have to worry about the shops when we arrived. Check in was simple and straight forward. The mid stay clean was impeccable and there was no worries about items being stolen, everyone and everything about this resort is professional and perfect. Its a 30 min drive to Disney which is actually very easy and simple, its a nice break from the Disney madness. 15 minute to Legoland, the outlets are 30 mins and within a 10 min drive so many restaurants if you don't want to eat at the resort (we did and it was great) or cook for yourself. The activities at the resort as brilliant too, Putt Putt golf, cinema night, DJ's and also the water park they have there. Its all calm, pleasant and an amazing place to relax.

I stayed here with my family of 5 , we had a 3 bed Villa 169 claffey court ,we arrived and we were over the when we went in, it was spotless, we had 1 mid week clean each week and they done a fantastic spotless, great location not to far from the main complex you can use , kids pool , main pool and jacuzzi was really nice, food is all so nice , all staff were very friendly, it is 24 mile to Disney and 29 mile to universal, 77 mile to Kennedy space center, we went to Sonny's bbq that's near and recommend this place, lovely food, would love to go back here 1 day

This was our 8th time visiting Florida but our 1st visit to balmoral at waters edge. The villa was beautiful, there were 10 of us sharing a 6 bedroom villa and there was plenty of space that we never felt ‘on top’ of each other. Unfortunately the communal pool area really let it down for us. The pool hygiene was not of the best with a ‘scum’ on the tiles all around, during our 2 weeks we never saw anyone clean or maintain it. The hot tub was even worse, after a couple of days the water was actually green! We did take this up with our ‘virgin rep’ and the next day chemicals were put in, but the strong chemical smell afterwards put us off going in at all. The most disappointing aspect was that there was no cushions on the sun beds or any of the outdoor furniture. This may sound really petty but the sunbeds were solid and uncomfortable. In the virgin brochure and on the Balmoral website it clearly shows luxurious cushions on all the outdoor furniture! We did bring this up with the staff and were told that ‘the cushions had all gone mouldy and had to be thrown away’ and they were not being replaced until next year! Seriously!!! It’s only August!! To me this is appalling management. Unfortunately for us, on the days when we weren’t going to a park we planned to have lazy days at the pool, because the sun beds were so uncomfortable we could manage about 1 hour! The brochure and website also advertised ‘the fire pit area’ to ‘toast marshmallows and meet other guests’, this area didn’t look like it had been used in a while, and the fire pit was never lit in our 2 week stay. This resort is only a couple of years old and still growing, it is further away from the parks, so they really need to improve on the communal areas to make people want to visit, not just rely on the large villas. We always book with virgin holidays and have never been disappointed with the accommodation, but for us, we won’t be going back to balmoral at waters edge.