Thank you Dick for your reply!! We can stay at the Cypress Harbour also. I have never been to either, so can you tell me why you prefer the Cypress Harbour? Just an fyi, we are getting a two bedroom, and it will be my Mom, my three teenage daughters and myself there!
Thank you so much!
Cypress Harbour is an all two-bedroom resort with units that are quite similar so you'd have a large master bedroom with a king size bed, a large jacuzzi and an en suite bathroom; I think that the second bedroom has a queen bed and a queen sofa bed (when the sofa bed is pulled out there's a limited walk-around space in that bedroom and that also limits access to the closet); the second bathroom has dual access from the main living area of the villa and also from the second bedroom. There's also a queen sofa bed in the livingroom. Typical Marriott dining area and kitchen with washer/dryer in the small laundry room plus a screened-in lanai.
We like the layout of the resort with easy access to all of the primary resort amenities from any of the buildings that are located around the lake. There's a walking bridge that runs across the lake from the Clubhouse Pool area (large pool, childrens' water feature area, one or two hot tubs, lots of lounge chairs and several tables around the pool area and over on the decking looking out toward the lake) to the Island Pool area (sauna, lap pool, general pool area and a waterfall off the sauna building into the general pool). The bar, the food court and the Marketplace store are located adjacent to the Clubhouse Pool and the Reservation center. The resort's Activity Center is located at one end of the lake and there's a relatively new fitness center/spa that is in front of the resort buildings next to the tennis courts.
This well maintained and frequently updated resort is older that Grande Vista but I don't think that you'd notice it other than from the more mature landscaping which makes me feel like I'm in 'old Florida' when we stay there. For us, at least, that gives this resort a more laid-back, resort feel than Grande Vista. This resort became a family favorite of our daughters while in their teens and early twenties.
There are buildings with lake views and buildings with golf course views. We like being closer to the main resort amenities so have always requested (and received) a location on the lake. [See
resort map here.] We particularly like buildings 62, 64 and 65 - that latter one is the current favorite for it's adjacency to the Island Pool and easy access across the lake to the food court and early morning coffee at the Marketplace.
Both resorts have the same activities programs and try to cater to largely the same demographic so it's a little difficult to further distinguish the two (we've enjoyed both resorts). Our general preference is for the "resort attitude" that we feel from Cypress Harbour and that we've always been accommodated with our general location requests there as opposed to never being placed where we've asked to be at Grande Vista.
Dick Taylor
But IDK about the coffee. 
We stayed there last year before we checked in @ a WDW Resort Hotel. I was impressed,we had a lovely room & enjoyed a wonderful breakfast w/ a golf course view. Marriott is my favorite over all brand, besides Disney. Marriott's Spring Hill Suites is our go to when we travel elsewhere. I can honestly say, I can rely on them to be very clean & very nice w/ great service. We'll be staying @ MGV after our CR stay & I'm looking forward to it. I know the rooms will be very nice but we didn't have time to explore the Resort. It felt very similar to the WDW moderate priced Resort hotels. If the hotel would be anywhere besides Orlando I know they would charge a ton more for it. It does have a very grand feel. 
In Florida you need ice in your drink, lol!! So that will be something we ask about @ check in. Besides that it was beautiful from what we saw. 
