Ok... Let me start off by saying I love this site and appreciate the feedback people leave... however, I am not sure of some of the complaints regarding this hotel...
I just stayed two nights at this hotel and had no problems what-so-ever. The complaints I saw cheifly were: bad FREE breakfast, atrium noise, poor room quality. I will address these from my perspective... #1 Poor FREE breakfast... Ok I am not sure what people expect from a FREE full breakfast, but this on was ok. Sure its not a 5 star restaurant but I certainly didnt expect it to be. I would rate this area as "satisfactory". #2 Atrium Noise... ok I will admit I was very concerned about this one. When I checked in I told my room was in the atrium (what I wasnt told prior to going up was it was also DIRECTLY outside the elevator). Now normally I would say this was the kiss of death combining both. Well... I was wrong... I found the noise level acceptable (the noise rises from the atrium up trough the hotel). I also rate this area as "satisfactory". #3 poor room quality... well here is where I could see MAYBE some griping. This is certainly an older hotel, but in my opinion adequately maintained. The atrium rooms have been recently renovated so the all have new flat screen TV's. carpet, and SOME fixtures. There is obvious wear on some of the other parts such as the pull out sleep sofa, wet bar and accessories, and tables. But nothing I would consider abnormal for any hotel. So I also rate this area as "satisfactory"
Allright... so here is the deal... I booked a king suite for two nights via hotels website using the AAA rate. I had 2 adults, 2 kids. My price was $92 per night. The area surrounding the hotel is an open air mall with access to a lake front walk area. The pool and spa are were "standard quality" with renovations being done to the steam, sauna/shower areas. Within 3 miles of this hotel you have it all with great access to I-4. Its certainly not the NICEST hotel I have ever been in but WELL worth the $92 fee. I would have been happy to pay the $120 fee without AAA.
All in all this is a very nice hotel with access to all a traveller needs, courteous staff, and to boot a very reasonable rate for the Orlando area. I would recommend this hotel to anyone.










