Just back from the Dolphin

[Bbgrizzle]

Hi everyone,
We stayed one night at the Dolphin before our 7-day cruise last week. The Dolphin has a very unique design. Most of it is beautiful. The grounds are wonderful, and the location can't be beat. We had a wonderful view of Epcot from the 10th floor, and loved watching the fireworks from our window (we did not have a balcony). If you have not been there before, it is very close to the other Epcot resorts. Easy walking distance, or you can take the friendship launch boats to each one.

Some negative things we noticed:
*Some of the decor is down right TACKY!
*Parts of the hotel were worn out and shabby-looking.
*We saw stains on carpet in hallways, and also room service trays are left out for very long peiods of time. (Kind of yucky to see the same smelly tray whenever you are walking to or from your room).
Self parking is too far from building.

[Bbgrizzle]

Those were pretty much all the negative things. Overall, we really enjoyed staying there, because we were just happy to be at WDW, but I don't think we'll go back. I would never pay the rack rate for the Dolphin. We got a discount because it was part of our cruise package. If you get the teacher's discount and aren't that picky, it is worth it just for the location to Epcot and the other resorts.
Bonnie

[Tinkbell]

Thanks for sharing your report. It must have been nice to see the fireworks from your window.:)