We just left Disney yesterday and stayed at SSR
Minnie Vans are not servicing the 2 Villa resorts at this time. That is, for guests that have stays originating at one of these resorts. So the stay won't trigger the Minnie Van service
In our case we had stayed at BWI last month so we got the service activated then.
Once activated it doesn't matter where you stay, you can use it
We where able to use the service while at SSR with no problems
I quizzed one of our drivers and she said the villas (SSR/OKW) would not be brought on at this time. The service is at capacity for now. The only Villas serviced now are those connected to regular resorts.