I booked a 2 night stay in the beginning of February as a little getaway for my 2 boys and my husband - to celebrate his birthday. I had really high expectations having heard so much about this infamous resort. When I initially booked, I was told that the pond hockey tournament was that weekend, but when we arrived, we found out that it was cancelled due to the weather. A bit unfortunate, but these things happen... The resort is okay, we've stayed at much nicer winter resorts. The main reception area is quite nice and gives an illusion of grandeur, however when we actually drove to the one bedrom condo that we booked, we were disappointed (The Greens, Building 32). The condo had a great view - we were able to see cross country skiers, snowmobilers and people going down the snowtubing hill. The decor, however, is extremely dated (maybe the 80's?). I checked the picture on the website while we were there and while it looks quite simliar, it really doesn't show you its age. Normally, we aren't too fussy about the about the esthetics, but when you're paying over $500 for 2 nights, you expect more. That, coupled with the fact that they didn't have a lot of activities for young children meant we spent more time in the condo than we would have liked. We did spend some time in the pool, which was pretty nice but the changerooms had carpet (being a health inspector, carpets in "wet" areas are usually not recommended because it can't be thoroughly cleaned). We also had a chance to go snowtubing on our first day, but after a few runs and climbing up the hill with the snowtubes and little ones, we WERE tired. A lift, similar to Rockridge, would be appreciated.

Would we book again? Perhaps... when the boys are older and they are able to participate in more actvities, and after renos are done to give the condos a facelift. It really is disappointing considering we heard such great things about the place. We did find out that most of the activites for young kids are during Family Day and March Break.

the games room was fun

We enjoyed the spa, that was good.

We enjoyed excellent buffet dinner

Rooms were very clean. We went over Christmas 2011 and very pleased with the experience.

This year on my annual trip to Deerhurst I decided to change up the pictures a little, so I brought along my zoom lens and took advantage of a very colourful thanksgiving weekend. However when you zoom in you start to see "other" things as well. I dont need to hang the resorts dirty laundry out here for all to read but I do think they need to walk the grounds with a clipboard and clean up a little for example the scaffolding hiding behind the bushes by units 14000 and 15000.

Rooms were recently updated and spacious, although you can tell the bones/layout are all 70's. Dining room has great views, and the service and food was mostly quite good. Bar staff was inconsistent. However, you're really there for the great golf course - a fun, challenging and beautiful course. Didn't get to do much else, but looked like there was a lot to do in the area.