Continental breakfast at Palisades Orlando

[mlbudach]

We're staying at the Palisades Resort at Lake Austin in March. They have continental breakfast there in the mornings. Has anyone stayed there and how is the breakfast?

 

[denisenh]

we are here now....I will try to get up and dressed early enough to go check it out tomorrow.
We make our own breakfast but I was wondering what they have down there too....maybe I can grab a blueberry muffin, if they have them. YUM.

 

[4havingfun]

Hi Denise,

Would you mind giving us a quick overall review. We will be staying there in April. While there are a few reviews out there, there is nothing I would trust as much as a review on these boards. Have a couple of kids who love to swim, is the pool descent size?

Thanks for any advice and information you can provide.

 

[denisenh]

Hi Denise,

Would you mind giving us a quick overall review. We will be staying there in April. While there are a few reviews out there, there is nothing I would trust as much as a review on these boards. Have a couple of kids who love to swim, is the pool descent size?

Thanks for any advice and information you can provide.

Sure. The pool is good sized zigzag shape....plenty of room for fun. We used it today. It is 3 feet deep at each end and 5 feet deep in the center. The deck is nice and is furnished with lounge chairs and side chairs as well as cement round tables with umbrellas.
The music is nice.... classical and new age which I like but kids may not (mine, like most, have ipods for poolside). The water was comfortably warm.
The spa is a good size and I estimate that 10 to 12 adults could use it at a time. We are pool view and I see 3 or 4 people in it at once. The pool hasn't been crowded and there are plenty of places to sit. Groups of a 2-4 come and go.

We have a 3 bedroom 2 bath "platinum" corner unit, so we have a large screened balcony which faces the pool plus a regular sized screened balcony which faces greenery and also the turret style sun room/dining room.
The lobby and elevators are center and the units are on either side. Parking is underneath and then 3 floors of units. We are at the very end so it is a long walk to the elevator (thinking of little kids) but the stairway is right outside our door, which makes the parking and pool very handy, as they are accessible by the stairs. Getting into the parking area is kind of tight, just by design but I saw minivans parked in there.

There is a publix not to far up on 192 and a super target opening March 8. Nothing is walking distance.

It is nice enough here, not high end, but comfy.

The cons:
Our beds have no blankets, just sheets and bedspreads (not duvet, not comforter...bedspread with fitted corners). Not sure if every unit is like this and to be fair I have not asked for blankets but just keep the temperature moderate.
No dish cloths, dish towels or sponge. If I really were desperate I would ask for them. I just rinse the dishes with water and throw them in the dishwasher. I use a (unused) bath cloth for wiping the counter/ table. We are not messy so its ok. There was a singe use of dishwasher detergent (which I expected) and I bought a small container here. No hand wash dish soap. Stocked with the basics, dishes, glassware,flatware, pots and pans (all teflon... ick) and glass baking dishes. No garbage disposal.

Tub is not jetted, which I knew prior to reserving.

It is quite noisy. In the twin bedded room (and queen bedded room occupied by dd16) the sound of trucks is so loud I thought that the window must be open.
dd13 was uncomfortable sleeping alone so I took the second twin bed, near the window and I counted to myself, "one one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand...." and every 45 to 60 seconds a big dump truck would drive by. I could hear them and see them, and this was at 2:00 am.... and it goes on all day and night.
We checked out further down the road today and there is a sand and gravel pit a ways down.
In the second bathroom the toilet paper holder is mounted close to the toilet seat. An extra wide bum or sideways landing would be painful.

There is a uniformed security guard overnight (could be one all day but I met the third shift one). The property is not secured. There is an attractive fence around the pool with latched closure, but anyone can drive into the parking area and wander around... inside and out.
(I don't feel vulnerable at all, but some people like secured properties when traveling.)

The pros:
Plenty of room, plenty of bath towels. Lots of light. Big bathrooms. Big master bath shower. Washer/dryer and full kitchen.
Nice helpful staff. Our requests for internet (need to pick up a cable at the front desk), hairdryer (ours was missing) and use of the theatre room were met rapidly and with "want to please" attitudes.
Love the screened balcony's. Love the arched doorways. The furnishings are ok, not high end but not the even worse basic furniture seen in the lower end villa rentals.

Anyway, kind of long but hope it helps.
We check out on saturday and head to Naples then we come back up and we will stay one night at Mike Ditkas Runaway Beach (curious about it)
Glad to answer questions.

 

[denisenh]

I made it to see the continental breakfast today.

There is a toaster and a loaf of bread.
A basket of 4 medium apples and 3 small oranges.
2 baskets of palm sized pastries, individually wrapped (muffins and danishes) 4 kinds of cereal in self serve bins , Fruit Loops, Raisin Bran, Cornflakes and I forget the last....maybe frosted flakes?
Self serve milk, oj and cold tea.
Cream cheese, butter and jelly in single serve packages
Coffee in vacuum pump with cream and sugars (available all day)

The seating area is nice with tables for 4 and a flat screen TV mounted on the wall with the news channel on.

I guess it would be sufficient. We picked up one pastry for each of us and went up to the unit and made our own breakfast.
We tend to eat a larger breakfast while on vacation as we eat a late lunch.

 

[4havingfun]

Thanks for the great review, just the information I was looking for. I had read reviews about it being loud, and was thinking "that road can not be that busy at night", but thanks for the research into the sand pit. I guess we will request a room in the back (we have a 2bed/2bath). We are pretty low maintenance so I think we will be fine with accomodations, we were just looking for something with plenty of room, a little out of the way and a pool area the kids can enjoy.

By the way don't hurry home, assuming you are from NH with your screen name. I am a northeast neighbor (up in Maine) and we have snow, rain and wind forecasted tonight and more to come on Sunday.

 

[denisenh]

Thanks for the great review, just the information I was looking for. I had read reviews about it being loud, and was thinking "that road can not be that busy at night", but thanks for the research into the sand pit. I guess we will request a room in the back (we have a 2bed/2bath). We are pretty low maintenance so I think we will be fine with accomodations, we were just looking for something with plenty of room, a little out of the way and a pool area the kids can enjoy.

By the way don't hurry home, assuming you are from NH with your screen name. I am a northeast neighbor (up in Maine) and we have snow, rain and wind forecasted tonight and more to come on Sunday.

yeah, for the price it is great. We need the room with two teen girls ........ me and DH have to have someplace to get away from them.

I think that a room in back would be quieter. I hadn't read the reviews about noise, and it takes a lot to bother me, but it really is noisy.

And I won't hurry going home! I'll be dragging my heels all the way.
At least we can look forward to spring.