Best Western or Holiday Inn Niki Bird??

[mar3990]

My daughter's ball team is planning a trip to play at the Wide World of Sports and we are trying to fing a clean, cheap hotel. We would like nice pool and to be close to the sports complex and also shops and restuarants. Any opinons or reviews would be greatly appreciated as we need to make a decision fairly soon. The Grovesnor is also being looked at but even though the price is right I didn't remember anyone being too thrilled with it. I prefer to go really cheap this trip since we will be back two weeks later for a vacation and most of our time will probably be spent playing ball.

 

[DrCool]

I can't say anything about the Best Western but I have stayed at the Nikki Bird before.

It is a fairly basic hotel and is a bit outdated but should be great for what you want it for. They have 3 good sized swimming pools (the middle one is usually the least crowded and is the biggest), the staff is great, the restaurants are decent, and overall it is a good middle of the road hotel.

 

[Pat_Elliott]

I like the BW, when it's on a budget (I'd pay up to about $70 and be very happy). But for your purpose, I don't know...


The location is excellent. They have a wonderful and inexpensive breakfast buffet that's hardly ever crowded. The hotel is old and worn, but clean and safe. And the DTD views are to die for. A great view of Illuminations in the distance can be had from about floors 8 and up, and with a zoom lense you can watch the monorail run in and out of the Comtemporary.

However....we loved the pool, but when we stayed there the place was empty. The one comment that kept coming to mind was would this be "enough pool" if this place were even half full? So depends on when you're going. If you're hitting a value season (September through mid-December minus Thanksgiving, some of the Jan-Feb times), I think you'd find it a great value. But if you're talking summer? Might not be enough pool.

Pat

 

[TreeOfLife]

NIkki Bird is not a hotel, but a motel. I stayed three days there and never even saw what the heck was the Nikki Bird. The bigger Holiday Inn is a block away but as you drive in all you see is Angel's Diner. Before Mears dropped us off, the view alone made me feel like running away. Then I found out that for $10 more I could have stayed onsite at an All Stars...

 

[DrCool]

Here are a couple Pictures of Nikki Bird I found if you are curious.