A purpose-built, 100% short-term-rental resort of 4–13-bedroom pool homes wrapped around a guest-exclusive 10-acre water park, about 7 miles from Disney. It's the most hotel-like way to own a vacation home in this corridor — and it comes with a mandatory club membership, roughly $975–$994 a month in combined dues, and one amenity-access rule every buyer must understand before writing an offer.
Encore Resort at Reunion (legally “Reunion West”) was purpose-built as a 100% short-term-rental resort: every home is a vacation rental, and the resort operates like a hotel — clubhouse check-in, daily dining, concierge, theme-park shuttles, and a private water park at the center. Rentyl Resorts, which runs the hospitality side, calls it the world's first single-family-home branded residential resort.
There are no full-time residents pushing back on vacation rentals — the entire community exists for STR. Rental permissibility is never in question here.
A 10-acre water park with three slides off a 60-ft tower (WaveRacer, Stormchaser, Tsunami), a kids' splash zone, and cabanas. Passes are never sold to the public — it's exclusively for registered resort guests, which is a genuine booking differentiator.
4 to 13 bedrooms and roughly 2,400–6,400+ sq ft. Encore competes in the large-group category — family reunions, multi-family trips, sports groups — where supply is thinner and nightly rates run several hundred dollars and up.
Finns Restaurant, poolside grill and bar, coffee house, food delivery to homes, in-home chef experiences, grocery packages, kids club, swim classes, and complimentary theme-park shuttles for registered guests.
963 gated acres off the Reunion corridor with a manned entrance and 24/7 security — close to the parks, with shuttle service so guests can skip parking fees.
Encore trades owner control for hospitality. Club membership is mandatory, combined dues run roughly $975–$994/mo plus a CDD, and full amenity access for your guests requires one of only two club-approved managers. ROI-first investors who want self-management often look at ChampionsGate instead.
As of August 2026, Encore Resort at Reunion owners pay $857 per month in POA dues plus mandatory club dues of $118.52–$137.20 per month — roughly $975–$994 all-in — before a CDD assessment of about $2,681–$3,314 per year on the Osceola County tax bill. Every buyer, including resale buyers, also pays a non-refundable club joining fee at closing.
Sources: Reunion West POA published dues history and club-membership FAQ (reunionwestpoa.com, Aug 2026), Reunion West CDD FY2026 adopted budget, and live listing data (Aug 2026). Broker pages describe POA coverage as cable, internet, trash, mail, pest control, pool maintenance, landscaping, and security, but quote outdated dollar figures — confirm the current inclusion list and budget with the association before buying. Compare these costs across all 15 corridor resorts in our Resort Cost Index.
One rule frames this whole list: amenities are for registered resort guests booked through the club's program. Guests booked outside it get the house only — see Know Before You Buy.
Amenity list from the resort's official fact sheet and guest FAQ (rentylresorts.com, encorereunion.com). Water park hours posted as daily 11 AM–6 PM weather permitting; hours vary seasonally. Restaurant and kids-club hours are not published — check with the resort.
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These are the original Encore Club developer plans — today's resale market spans 4 to 13 bedrooms, and many homes have been themed or reconfigured since. All plans are two-story with private pools; specs below are from the developer's plan sheets.
The entry point of the developer lineup — five bedrooms, each with a full bath.
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Six ensuite bedrooms in a compact two-story footprint.
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Six bedrooms with five full baths and a half bath.
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A larger five-bedroom — more living space per bedroom than the smaller plans.
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Six ensuite bedrooms plus a guest half bath, offered in three elevation styles.
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Eight bedrooms — the step into true large-group territory.
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The flagship: twelve ensuite bedrooms — the scale that defines Encore's large-group category.
View full plan (PDF)Floor plans courtesy of The Encore Club at Reunion via Realty in Orlando.
Straight talk: no public dataset isolates Encore itself, so everything below is Kissimmee-market or 34747-zip proxy data. Because Encore homes are 4–13 bedrooms with private pools and a resort brand, market-wide averages materially understate what Encore-class homes list for — and one more thing matters here more than anywhere else: the amenity package behind your nightly rate depends on using a club-approved manager.
Sources: AirROI Kissimmee market report (Aug 2025–Jul 2026), Airbtics Kissimmee data (2025–26), FunStay Florida, and broker-published illustrations (Elevate FL). All figures are market proxies — no provider publishes Encore-only comps. Results vary by bedroom count, theming, reviews, and management.
Market averages badly misrepresent a resort of 4–13-bedroom homes. Our free community guide includes real numbers from owners and property managers who run homes inside Encore.
Encore sits in unincorporated Osceola County, inside an established STR resort — renting short-term is fully legal. The tax stack totals 13.5%, and one piece of it catches owners off guard: Osceola's tourist tax is never collected by the booking platforms. Our sister company handles all of this for owners.
Encore is a genuinely impressive resort — and it has the most consequential fine print of any community we cover. These are the things to price in before you write an offer.
Per the Reunion West POA, the only property managers approved by the Encore Reunion West Club are Jeeves and Rentyl/LRR. If you self-manage or use any other manager, your rental guests get access to your house only — no water park, no resort pool, no fitness center — and no fee, at any price, can buy that access back. The POA itself says it has repeatedly asked the Club to open access to other managers' guests and the Club has refused; it also notes Jeeves and LRR serve less than half the homes at Reunion West. Since Encore's nightly rates are substantially amenity-driven, buying here with a self-management plan means competing without the product the resort brand sells.
The recorded Declaration of Club Covenants requires every owner, including every resale buyer, to join the Encore Reunion West Club and pay a non-refundable joining fee on or before closing — $1,422.24 as last published (March 2023), and the club can change it at any time (verify the current amount with the membership office). Club dues then run $118.52–$137.20/mo in 2026, with the higher rate for homes not enrolled with a preferred manager.
POA dues jumped from $725/mo in 2023 to $943.67 in 2024 — roughly a 30% increase in one year — before easing to $857 in 2026. The CDD's O&M assessment also rose 15% from FY2025 to FY2026. Combined POA + club dues of roughly $975–$994/mo plus $2,681–$3,314/yr of CDD is real carry; underwrite it with room for another jump.
Owner houseguests not booked through the rental program pay a per-night houseguest reservation fee — $40 or $50/night in 2025 depending on the home's rental-program status. On the guest side, pets are $40 + tax per day and pool heat runs $40/night (May–Oct) to $60/night (Nov–Apr). Fine as revenue when guests pay them; a surprise when your in-laws do.
Encore (Reunion West) is legally distinct from neighboring Reunion Resort — separate POAs, separate clubs, separate CDDs, and no cross-access between amenity programs. Encore owners get no Reunion golf or club privileges, and comps, dues, and rules from one don't transfer to the other. Aggregator sites regularly blend the two — check which community a listing actually sits in.
Neither approved manager publishes commission rates or revenue projections — get real net-to-owner statements before you underwrite. Investor forums report some owners found early resale values soft, and recent sold medians come from very thin samples (a 3-sale month). The resort's BBB profile shows guest complaints over damage charges and service disputes. None of this is disqualifying — it just means demanding actual numbers, not brochure math.
Compiled from the Reunion West POA's published FAQs and dues history, the Reunion West CDD FY2026 budget, resort guest policies, public complaint records, and investor-forum discussions. Always verify current club terms, budgets, and disclosures during your inspection period — we can help you request them.
The clubhouse, AquaPark, dining, and sports courts sit at the resort core at 7635 Fairfax Drive, with the home neighborhoods arranged around them across the 963-acre property. Program guests check in at the clubhouse.
Community map courtesy of Exclusive Private Villas.
Buying, not selling?
This guide covers what Encore at Reunion is — the amenities, the floor plans, what it is like inside the gates. If what you need is whether the purchase works, John keeps a buyer’s breakdown on his agent site: HOA and CDD with their sources, the leasing rule, what to verify before you offer, and the calculator preloaded with this community’s figures.
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