I'll give an ok review.
We got there after a LONG drive (17 hours) and was told our room was ready.
they gave us keys and the room key didn't work. So back to the lobby for a new key. The staff gave us another key for the same room we then walked over there again... key still didn't work.
This is now two trips back and forth to lobby with no success. We get in the lobby a third time (by this time DH is fuming==ready to call other hotels with his cell)
We start getting a tad angry about this they find another room, it is a 3rd floor walkup near the pool. We go over there to check it out, it is so full of smoky smell it is atrocious. My eyes watered up by the doorframe it was so smoky. Our only request was non smoking-the 3rd floor wouldn't have bothered me too much. Now DH is past fuming to furious.
I tell him to calm down but bring the kids into the lobby with me. Mind you they've been cooped up for 17 hours and are ansty saying stuff like "Can we go in NOW?", "Whats taking so LONG" and such like that in the lobby... well, they were a bit LOUD. (I didn't tell them to be loud, they just were)
I go again to the lobby (4th trip if you are counting). Now not only the hotel clerks but the manager is involved. I guess to get us out of the lobby in front of guests they suddenly found a 1st floor right near the first unit that didnt open. This key worked and all was well, but it took over an hour and a half to get it all squared away.
The unit was nice and the area was fine. soem of the other occupants were obnoxious though. If the first unit key would have worked, we would have been directly under a family that had was looked like 13,353 people in the unit --they had about 7 cars there for that unit and they played salsa music until 3 am!
Our unit was in the back so there were no problems at all with noise or people.
Parking spaces were at a premium. Once or twice people were blocked in by others (the family with 7 cars). We didn't have the problem but others did. We also have a big SUV so its pretty imposing.
We got a great rate at Hotel Kingdom. It was close to restaurants, downtown disney and other things. The unit itself was nice.. loved the Jacuzzi in the bedroom. It was easy to overlook the lack of a bathroom door easily for me. That wasn't an issue. I did like the idea of a washer/dryer full kitchen. We did use the full kitchen and bought stuff at the Winn Dixie to really cook.
After the initial fiasco, (and it was a big one) the stay was pretty good. The pool was ok, but as it got darker the rowdier teenagers were around and getting a tad wild. Since there are no lifeguards around, I was nervous then.
My kids liked the slides though.
