We have visited the resort once a year for close to 20 years but as a family, this was our first winter visit. The biggest plus to staying at the resort is not getting caught up in all the commercialism of the Dells. You can go in and visit the sites for a couple hours but return to the tranquil resort where there is tremendous golfing in the summer. What we noticed on this visit was this - the accommodations are barely being kept up. I think this time we counted about 5 items worth noting to management...broken washing machine, broken out pain of glass on fireplace, a bathroom fan that could challenge the horn of a freight train, etc. Beyond our room, we found some big shortcuts too. On the resorts bunny hill was a contraption of some sort that was intended to be a tow rope. No child could use it to get up the hill (too difficult to hang onto) and we saw one adult get taken down by it. The gentleman, in his 20s and fit, thought he may have broke some ribs. Our two children learning to snowboard chose to have us carry them up the hill or walk up the hill themselves in place of using. As for the chalet, some major upgrades are needed to the press wood tables that saw their better day(s) several years ago. My husband and I commented upon leaving that we felt that the conditions at the resort also seemed to be drawing a different crowd. We aren't into social standings etc but when a majority of the skiiers etc were wearing street clothes to ski and tube, you felt like you might be a bad neighborhood. I think Christmas Mountain needs to work on their image a bit more and do some upgrades to a few of the areas that are way beyond general wear and tear.

My wife and I and our two young daughters returned again to Christmas Mountain Village using points from our Bluegreen Timeshare. This time we had a two bed, two bath Timber unit.

The unit itself is a pretty good downgrade from the "Deluxe Timber" that we had been used to, but it also was a lot lower amount of points to rent it. The unit was typically clean and well kept as we have grown used to with Bluegreen Properties.

The resort itself is largely unchanged and that is a good thing. The ski/snow tubing hill is well maintained, and the ski rental is pretty good also. The bar that overlooks the ski hill; "Mulligans" has a nice selection of local beers and a decent bar menu. Kids are welcome especially during the daytime hours.

The pool area is nice, especially for little kids, older kids might be bored. One good thing is that they lowered the age of the hottub from 16 to 6. So now the younger kids can use it. Also they have gotten rid of the towel cards that were previously in place, which is nice.

We will be back next year!

Nice layout for the 3 bedroom townhomes and the nicer 2 and 3 bedroom side by side. Althoght one year our unit have a very bad mildew smell, and they tried to remedy it but would not give us another unit. They said it was because there was no concrete for a basement floor.

Pros- Comfy beds. Mostly clean although many dead bugs in the master bath. Nice hot tub facilities. Close to town but private. We managed to fit 12 ppl into a 3 bdrm, 3 bath. Maintenance was very efficient and very friendly.

Cons - Very small kitchen. My 16 yr old son tried skiing for the first time and after 15 minutes realized it was impossible with his size 14 flat feet. He never even went up the hill. They refused to give any kind of refund or even allow him to switch to tubing. The internet is VERY slow. Do not pay the daily fee.