Country Inn & Suites VS Homewood Suites by Hilton

[lucas]

Between Country Inn & Suites and Homewood Suites by Hilton for 1 night prior to cruise....

Which you choose if the AAA price is basically the same? Pros / Cons?

 

[MaleficentRN]

Homewood Suites. It is newer and got the #1 rating on Trip Advisor.

 

[MUN]

Between Country Inn & Suites and Homewood Suites by Hilton for 1 night prior to cruise....

Which you choose if the AAA price is basically the same? Pros / Cons?

Neither. Both are too far from the beach. Of course, if you are getting down to PC late and/or aren't interested in the beach, then both are fine. In that case, I would go with the Homewood Suites to get Hilton points.

 

[Bree]

We just stayed at Homewood Suites in March. We had a bedroom with two queen beds & a pull out sofa in the living room. It was great for my family of 4! All the rooms are non-smoking, the breakfast buffet area is very large and spacious with plenty of tables (they have Mickey waffle irons!). The location was perfect for us. It was just a few minutes from the port. There is a parking fee of $6 if you have your own vehicle.

 

[lucas]

Thanks, guys. I am leaning to the Hilton. They are the same AAA price, except for the $6 parking charge at the Hilton.

 

[mmouse37]

I have stayed at both of them as well as the Radisson and the Marriott Residence Inn. The MRI is my favorite but we stayed at Homewood Suites last August for a pre-cruise night. It was a very nice hotel but we did have one huge issue. We were travelling with our large group of about 20 including 3 one year olds. My niece had reserved a crib in advance (she was smart!) and my DD and my DIL each requested one at check in. We were told they would be right up. Hours later and a few phone calls later and still no cribs (they kept saying they would be right up). It is now after 9:00 pm and we had to put those babies to bed! I go down to the front desk to see what is going on. They couldn't tell me so I asked to speak to the manager who was a real tool. After I explained that we had been waiting for hours he smugly told me they had the required amount of cribs for that property and when I asked him how many was that he said one (we were out of luck at check in and didn't know it). I laughed out loud. I asked how a hotel in a tourist area and of that size could only be required to have one crib. He didn't care that we had been told all along that they would be right up. Didn't offer any type of compensation or even a sorry that happened. I asked what I was supposed to do and he said he didn't know. I knew there was a Walmart somewhere in the area so now I had to go to Walmart at 9:30 pm and buy 2 pack n plays for the babies to sleep in. I then had to return them in the am (I told Walmart the story) before we headed to the port. Walmart is a good 15 minutes away. Before I returned them I asked the hotel manager if the hotel wanted to keep the pack n plays and pay me the $100 bucks for both to save me the trouble of returning them since the hotel obviously needed more cribs. He declined again stating they had the required amount of cribs. It was surreal.

So, if you don't need a crib the hotel is great. If you do need a crib hope you get the one and only one!

MJ

 

[MUN]

Thanks, guys. I am leaning to the Hilton. They are the same AAA price, except for the $6 parking charge at the Hilton.

You're welcome! Keep us posted.

MUN

 

[lucas]

I have stayed at both of them as well as the Radisson and the Marriott Residence Inn. The MRI is my favorite but we stayed at Homewood Suites last August for a pre-cruise night. It was a very nice hotel but we did have one huge issue. We were travelling with our large group of about 20 including 3 one year olds. My niece had reserved a crib in advance (she was smart!) and my DD and my DIL each requested one at check in. We were told they would be right up. Hours later and a few phone calls later and still no cribs (they kept saying they would be right up). It is now after 9:00 pm and we had to put those babies to bed! I go down to the front desk to see what is going on. They couldn't tell me so I asked to speak to the manager who was a real tool. After I explained that we had been waiting for hours he smugly told me they had the required amount of cribs for that property and when I asked him how many was that he said one (we were out of luck at check in and didn't know it). I laughed out loud. I asked how a hotel in a tourist area and of that size could only be required to have one crib. He didn't care that we had been told all along that they would be right up. Didn't offer any type of compensation or even a sorry that happened. I asked what I was supposed to do and he said he didn't know. I knew there was a Walmart somewhere in the area so now I had to go to Walmart at 9:30 pm and buy 2 pack n plays for the babies to sleep in. I then had to return them in the am (I told Walmart the story) before we headed to the port. Walmart is a good 15 minutes away. Before I returned them I asked the hotel manager if the hotel wanted to keep the pack n plays and pay me the $100 bucks for both to save me the trouble of returning them since the hotel obviously needed more cribs. He declined again stating they had the required amount of cribs. It was surreal.

So, if you don't need a crib the hotel is great. If you do need a crib hope you get the one and only one!

MJ

Oh no! Not good.

As a side note - it's just dh and myself (we don't have kids, but are Disney freaks!).

 

[mmouse37]

Oh no! Not good.

As a side note - it's just dh and myself (we don't have kids, but are Disney freaks!).

Like I said the hotel was great, the pool area nice, the complimentary breakfast very good, the decor is nice. It just opened in 2016 so a brand new hotel. Only that crib issue caused a bad taste in my mouth. But I would give it another shot in the future!

MJ

 

[MunFam]

I knew there was a Walmart somewhere in the area so now I had to go to Walmart at 9:30 pm and buy 2 pack n plays for the babies to sleep in. I then had to return them in the am (I told Walmart the story) before we headed to the port.

MJ

Hold up...you went to Walmart, bought two pack n plays...USED THEM and then returned them in the morning? They cannot resell baby gear that is out of the package, so you just cost Walmart $200 because you needed baby beds?

 

[mmouse37]

Hold up...you went to Walmart, bought two pack n plays...USED THEM and then returned them in the morning? They cannot resell baby gear that is out of the package, so you just cost Walmart $200 because you needed baby beds?

Judge if you must but I explained the situation when I returned them and they gladly took them back. what they do with them after that is their business. I was not going to have the kids fall out of a regular bed or roll under the bed. The pack n plays were $49.99 each, not $100 each.


MJ

 

[Mitura]

We love the Country Inn and Suites. This will be our 5th time we have stayed with them. I haven't stayed at the Homewood to compare.

Country Inn has a stay and park package, shuttle to the ship, the shuttle drivers very friendly and work great with the kids. They are quick in the turnaround, will go out of their way to get you to the ship (I have seen guests forget something and the shuttle van takes them back and forth.

I wouldn't recommend staying there for business or for a week for the morning is very busy with cruisers going back and forth.

The room we get is partitioned off so the kids have their own mini-room with a bunk bed and single that is either Disney themed or NASA themed.

I have no complaints and would recommend them in a heart beat.

Joe

 

[aprincessatlast]

Wow after reading MMOUSE37 review I would skip both and head to Residence Inn. I took a look on trip advisor as I was getting the 2 confused. We stayed at the Residence Inn and I was thinking it was a hilton but was wrong. We loved the Residence Inn and especially the great staff. Unless the hotel is a dive there is nothing worse than bad customer service. Most of the bad reviews on tripadvisor include a bad manager and are fairly recent.

 

[truck1]

Havent stayed at the Homewood, but have stayed at CIS. Something I would point out also is that CIS has port view rooms,(You have to request them when you book) and I think the rooms at Homewood are blocked by CIS or are pointed in the wrong direction. Its hard to tell from google maps as the bldg. didn't exist when the last sat picture was taken. I cant speak for Homewood but CIS also has a comp breakfast with the park and cruise package.

To expand on the shuttle, you book the shuttle time to the port, and wait in the conference room for your time to depart. In all of the times weve stayed at CIS Ive never had a problem with them. I believe also that they CIS was just renovated within the last year or so.