Traded into the Marriott Canyon through my timeshare. Arrived early. Knew I had to wait until after 4 to check in. Came back a few hours later and was given a choice of 3 villas. Chose the one furthest from the construction, overlooking the golf course. A little traffic noise, but not bothersome. Never heard any construction noise, inside or out.
Clean, newer villa, spacious, tasteful. Large bathrooms and fully equipped kitchen. Bed looked more comfortable than it was. Needed to be flipped over. BBQ grills for use. Used it once. Needed matches to light gas grill, needed repair. Saw staff cleaning the grills.
Food only available around the main pool. Needed to go across the street to the JW Marriott or to the nearby shopping center. Transportation provided to both. Grocery store located at the shopping center. We also found one slightly further away at Pinnacle Peak shopping center. Great steak at the Pinnacle Peak patio off the property.
Try the Segway tour around the property, the highlight of the trip.
Great weather.
J.W. Marriott had several restaurant. Just had the $12 turkey sandwich. All restaurants were expensive. Drinks around the pools were good. We ate in the room or at the shopping center most of the time. "Slice" pizza at the mall was my sons favorite, good pizza.
All in all a fun time. All the pools were nice and would not hesitate to go again.

Spent a week here on a time share exchange the week before Xmas and enjoyed every minute of it. It was dark when we arrived, but the resort was colorfully decorated for the holidays. Check-in took less than a couple minutes and we were on our way to our 2-bedroom unit for some much needed rest.

The suite seemed very new and was spotless. Each bedroom had a king bed, comfortable bedding, and lots of storage space. The main bedroom had a large soaking tub along with a separate large shower. The suite had three flat-screen TV's each with a DVD player. Lots of channels along with a few HBO and Encore channels.

The kitchen is functional with full-size frig (there's a small one in the guest bedroom), microwave, full stove & oven, dishwasher, and washer/dryer. They give you enough dishwasher soap, but you'll need your own laundry detergent.

A nice touch was a water feature on one of the walls which added to the relaxing ambience. We were on the first floor so we were only steps from our car in the parking lot.

The property itself is quite large. To the east (which is the direction our villa faced) is a golf course and the JW Marriott is probably less than one mile away. To the north is some more of the golf course and some desert landscape. To the west over a wall are some homes, but you hardly notice them. To the south, they've begun construction on the next phase of the resort so I would imagine the villas at that end will be somewhat noisy in 2008.

The hotel provides a regular shuttle to the JW Marriott and Desert Ridge Marketplace. The small gift shop really has very little in it. There's also a nice pool area with two waterfalls, whirlpool, large scale chess set, outdoor barbecues, playground, grass volleyball court, pool table, and ping pong table. There is something scheduled at the resort every day for every age group so you can choose whatever you might be intrested in.

Being so close to the Desert Ridge Marketplace was a big plus. We ate there, shopped groceries there, saw movies there, and did a little last minute holiday shopping. The resort is close to the freeways, but still feels like it's in a very quiet area which was nice. We all really enjoyed our stay and I'd strongly recommend this place.

lbertsons are a 3min drive away. Can't think of anything the supermarket didn't sell, apart from proper baked beans, but then you can never get them in the states!

We ate at The Keg, both the steak & the salmon was delicious. We also tried The Bamboo Club - a wide variety of asian dishes on offer. Did not eat at the JW but Roy's looked superb.

Very,very hot the entire week but you know before you go so be prepared. Will not be returning - there are too many places out there still to visit, but would recommend both the MCV & Arizona.

We have just returned from a week at the Canyon Villas. We had the two bedroom villa and it was absolutely amazing! It was so big that we got lost in it! We can't say enough good things about this property! We loved the fact that it was so close to Desert Ridge Shopping Mall and soon there will be even more shopping called CIty North. We didn't mind the heat (109 degrees) because we were having so much fun. I highly recommend this property to anyone that likes a first class resort!