Courtyard by Marriott Lake Buena Vista

[beth3190]

Anyone stayed at the courtyard by marriott lake buneau vista? Looks and sounds nice.
Beth

 

[Phrank40]

See the OP wrote this several weeks ago but since I stayed at this Courtyard a week ago I'll post a few thoughts.

Good location not far from Downtown Disney. If you enjoy walking and have 30 minutes or so you could walk to DTD in that time. I would probably drive but I have also walked it. Numerous restaurants across the street and Orlando Ale House a short walk down the street.

The Courtyard is clean, I did not notice any problems. We had a double room which was a nice size. Some of the rooms, like ours , have a balcony. The employee at the front desk discussed potential room choices with me since I told him I was a light sleeper and gave me 2-3 choices of room locations. One of the best mattresses I have slept on in a hotel and nice pillows. One section of the Courtyard has interior room access, the other section has exterior room access but these rooms face into a courtyard and a room key is required to get into the courtyard through security doors.

My rate was $79 which included free buffet breakfast for two. This was a AAA rate, normal rate was $109. The normal cost of the buffet breakfast was around $10/person. Marriott rooms are all now nonsmoking so didn't have to worry about that.

Bus service from the front of hotel to the Parks, seem to run fairly regularly but not sure how often.

Nothing overly fancy about this Courtyard but a good value for the rate I paid.

Phrank

 

[wayneg]

We are currently staying here for 25 nights, got a great rate of around $45/night in UK when we arrived they offerred us a suite for an extra $20/night but we are more than happy with std room. Free coffee facilities and wireless internet in rooms. very comfy beds and pillows. 2 pools a bit small and water temp a bit too high for us but dont use enough to worry about that.
DW wants to stay here again for Xmas and next Easter but doubt I can get this rate again.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

We stayed there and it has what you need. it's nice enough and comfortable and clean. We would only stay again if we rented a car however.

 

[gpaint]

My wife, daughter and I stayed at this hotel Aug.27-Sept.3. I echo the comments of all the posters in this thread. Rooms are well kept except for our toilet seemed to work eratically. I don't know how the acoustics are, because we were on the 3rd floor. I could hear the odd banging by kids in rooms adjacent to us. I had requested a non-smoking room, which they came through with. Having pay laundry facilities were a plus. Downtown Disney is a $7-$10 cab ride or a 15-minute walk. We even got to experience a mild version of Hurricane Ernesto and could have witnessed a shuttle launch had it not been delayed by the hurricane and lightning.

We definitely plan to come back to DisneyWorld but will stay on property this time. The main reason is because of the EXTRA shuttle bus or taxi you have to take to get on to Disney property to use their transportation. There is a shuttle that comes by this Marriott and it picks up passengers at the Sheraton Safari, the Staybridge and the Doubletree. All are within a block around the Palm Parkway area. There are about 5 trips (starting @ 7:50 AM, about 1hr.30min. apart) where shuttle buses pick you up from one of these hotels and bring you to the DisneyWorld Park(s) and there are about 3 to 4 shuttles back to the hotel from each park. The last bus usually leaving the park 45-60 minutes after closing. The privately owned Bethany shuttle buses are adequate. On one instance, I thought we were struck by lightning, but in fact the front escape hatch overhead blew open from the driving wind and rain. Man, I almost got a heart attack! But nothing can beat Disney Transportation. Buses run anywhere between 5-30 minutes to each Park or Resort. Also, once you arrive at Orlando International Airport, you can board a Disney Magic Express Bus to your Disney Resort hotel. We had to pay for a round-trip Mears shuttle van service, which was adequate at best. One tip is that you have to first get on to Disney property to use their transportation and you CANNOT go directly to a Park from Downtown Disney without having to take a bus to one of the Disney Resorts.

Other than that, it was a very exciting and pleasant 1st DisneyWorld experience, Hurricane Ernesto, Shuttle Launch scrub, and all

 

[woody73]

We stayed there and found it is a very good value. We had a rental car, so we did not use the shuttle.

Woody

 

[kilee]

I'm gonna move this post over to the Orlando Hotels and Attractions Board. However, I am going to copy the actual reviews in this post to a thread on the reviews board. Thanks for sharing everyone!!