Dec 11, 2025
Some resorts talk about experiences — Westgate builds them at theme-park scale.
I visited Westgate Vacation Villas with Jared Saft, Chief Business and Strategy Officer, to explore how this company evolved from 16 original units into a massive, guest-focused resort with 3,000 rooms, a full waterpark, a Chuck E. Cheese–powered arcade, an in-lobby movie theater, and a $120 million reinvestment underway.
On #NoVacancyNews, Jared walks through how Westgate designs spaces for toddlers, teens, parents, and grandparents at the same time, how they turned nostalgia into a modern attraction, and how they’re expanding into more than 40 new destinations in just seven months.
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What you’ll see on this tour:
🏨: How Westgate grew from 16
units to 14,000+ across the portfolio
🎬: Why they built a full movie theater right in the check-in
lobby
🧒: How kid-first design keeps families engaged (and sane) on peak
weekends
👾: Chuck E. Cheese partnerships, retro arcades, and Mystery
Funhouse nostalgia
🍭: A candy shop with a waterslide literally running through
it
🌊: Shipwreck Island — a full waterpark wrapping around the
building
🌮: The strategy behind Los Amigos, Sid’s American Kitchen, and
Megabytes
🚀: How Westgate thinks about thoughtful, entrepreneurial
expansion
Question for you:
What’s the most impressive family-focused feature you’ve seen at a
resort?