Sorry title worng Feb 2007 stay
I normally shy away from the Choice Hotel chain but this was a last minute trip, I was desperate and the reviews from the DIS were good.
And it met my "hot spots": interior corridors, no pets allowed and non smoking rooms available.
This property is adjacent to Old Town. I had a two queen bed suite. The refrigerator was a nice sized dorm style fridge and the microwave appeared clean. Only issue with the microwave is that it is in a top cabinet over the counter area and being vertically challenged at under five feet tall it would have been a pain for me to use it. Bathroom was large and clean. Plenty of soap, shampoo, etc in bathroom.
The room, as promised on the DIS, was clean and in good repair. I travel with my lysol and unlike some hotels where I have felt the need to empty the whole can--I just touched on the noraml stuff (remotes, phones, etc). My only issue: The a/c unit blew the curtains away from the window when it was blowing. Tossed an extra pillow onto the ledge and that problem was solved.
Breakfast: both days: donuts, mini pastry, cereal, apples, oranges, bananas, packets of instant oatmeal and grits, regular waffles, Mickey head waffles and CHOCOLATE Mickey head waffles. On the hot buffet: Sat: scrambled eggs, sausage, grits. Sunday: hard boiled eggs, oatmeal and sausage gravy for biscuits. Only issue: cups for juice were small--about two swallows. We just took the water cups (paper) from our room to use.
Staff: Absolutely on par with Disney service!!!!!!!! From the front desk to security to the porter. Nice people, great attitudes and absolutely wonderful.
Nearby: Old Town. Saturday night was the famous car cruise. Arrived back from WDW to see cars EVERYWHERE---in the grass, on medians, anywhere there was space!!! Was concerned that the parking lot at the hotel would be full---no worries. They must patrol the lot really well, plenty of parking. No noise from Old Town crept into the room. Also--was poolside (our window looked directly to the pool) and did not hear any noise from the pool either.
Pirates Cove mini golf: Directly in front of hotel. Let DGS play both courses. They have a special play again rate of $4.00 for the second course.
I would stay here again but think the $75.00 per night I paid was the limit for price. I would not pay more for this property.
I normally shy away from the Choice Hotel chain but this was a last minute trip, I was desperate and the reviews from the DIS were good.
And it met my "hot spots": interior corridors, no pets allowed and non smoking rooms available. This property is adjacent to Old Town. I had a two queen bed suite. The refrigerator was a nice sized dorm style fridge and the microwave appeared clean. Only issue with the microwave is that it is in a top cabinet over the counter area and being vertically challenged at under five feet tall it would have been a pain for me to use it. Bathroom was large and clean. Plenty of soap, shampoo, etc in bathroom.
The room, as promised on the DIS, was clean and in good repair. I travel with my lysol and unlike some hotels where I have felt the need to empty the whole can--I just touched on the noraml stuff (remotes, phones, etc). My only issue: The a/c unit blew the curtains away from the window when it was blowing. Tossed an extra pillow onto the ledge and that problem was solved.
Breakfast: both days: donuts, mini pastry, cereal, apples, oranges, bananas, packets of instant oatmeal and grits, regular waffles, Mickey head waffles and CHOCOLATE Mickey head waffles. On the hot buffet: Sat: scrambled eggs, sausage, grits. Sunday: hard boiled eggs, oatmeal and sausage gravy for biscuits. Only issue: cups for juice were small--about two swallows. We just took the water cups (paper) from our room to use.
Staff: Absolutely on par with Disney service!!!!!!!! From the front desk to security to the porter. Nice people, great attitudes and absolutely wonderful.
Nearby: Old Town. Saturday night was the famous car cruise. Arrived back from WDW to see cars EVERYWHERE---in the grass, on medians, anywhere there was space!!! Was concerned that the parking lot at the hotel would be full---no worries. They must patrol the lot really well, plenty of parking. No noise from Old Town crept into the room. Also--was poolside (our window looked directly to the pool) and did not hear any noise from the pool either.
Pirates Cove mini golf: Directly in front of hotel. Let DGS play both courses. They have a special play again rate of $4.00 for the second course.
I would stay here again but think the $75.00 per night I paid was the limit for price. I would not pay more for this property.
