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Hidden Charges.... WHERE??? (by KC):
daves250 states : >> Happy to. Celebrity Resorts, Kissimmee Florida.<< ===============================================
Ahhh....,this explains quite a lot in my opinion.
Celebrity (not at all well or highly regarded in general) has taken over some Florida facilities which were in financial trouble. I'm personally well aware of one in particular, located in Gulf coastal Florida (fortunately, not a facility at which I own weeks --- I wouldn't personally touch ANY Celebrity facility, even with a long stick). So far, Celebrity seems to have made no particular headway, progress or any discernible improvements (but promptly increased maintenance fees quite a bit), so it comes as no surprise to me at all that the culprit in your experience was Celebrity. That would actually have been my very first guess (my second guess would have been a Westgate property).
Frankly, I think your experience, although unfortunate, does not really indicate any kind of growing trend. In my personal opinion, it merely reflects the inept and non-customer service nature of Celebrity itself. I'm also a bit surprised that II would actually allow ANY Celebrity property to be II affiliated at all. I'd be willing to guess (...even bet) that within a year or so, there will be NO II affiliated Celebrity properties.