I'm looking for hotel suggestions and feedback on what it's like to travel to Orlando over Spring Break. We've had it with winter and a very stressful past year, and we are thinking of a last minute trip to Orlando for 5-7 nights in the next two weeks. The flights are convenient and priced well, but I'm not sure if Orlando on spring break will be too much of a rat race to feel like a relaxing vacation, so I'd like to hear from others who have done it this time of year. Specifically, I'm wondering if the traffic will be really congested near Disney and I'm hoping for suggestions for relaxing resorts that are vacation destinations tin and of themselves.
We don't plan to do the parks, but we'd like to stay close to Disney because we have some food allergies and their restaurants do such a good job with that. We just want to get some sun, take our toddler to the pool, and eat some good food--just relax! We would like to have a kitchenette fridge and microwave would do) to make our own meals about half the time, and stay at less than $200/night with all taxes and fees--$150 would be better. We only need one king or queen size bed.
This trip would be different for us--we usually stay on site at Disney and have never rented a car on our previous Orlando trips. We also don't usually travel during peak times. We will be back in late April for a work trip and do the parks then, but right now, we just need to escape winter and the stresses of daily life. I started by searching for beach condos near Tampa and they deemed pretty booked or very expensive, so I'm thinking about getting my Vitamin D and relaxation in Orlando if I can make the logistics work last minute and if it won't be too much of a zoo.
We don't plan to do the parks, but we'd like to stay close to Disney because we have some food allergies and their restaurants do such a good job with that. We just want to get some sun, take our toddler to the pool, and eat some good food--just relax! We would like to have a kitchenette fridge and microwave would do) to make our own meals about half the time, and stay at less than $200/night with all taxes and fees--$150 would be better. We only need one king or queen size bed.
This trip would be different for us--we usually stay on site at Disney and have never rented a car on our previous Orlando trips. We also don't usually travel during peak times. We will be back in late April for a work trip and do the parks then, but right now, we just need to escape winter and the stresses of daily life. I started by searching for beach condos near Tampa and they deemed pretty booked or very expensive, so I'm thinking about getting my Vitamin D and relaxation in Orlando if I can make the logistics work last minute and if it won't be too much of a zoo.
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, so we are going to extend our April trip instead and now I know where to start looking for hotels. We have 4 nights reserved at the Poly, and now I want to find a resort for 4 nights that won't cost as much for some pool time before we move over to the Poly. I'm considering Port Orleans Riverside to be near DTD by boat and the gluten free beignets 
, but that's still over $200/night which is crazy. It seems like I can find a nice condo for $150/night or less with beautiful pools and great amenities so I'll keep shopping.
