ISO Hotel With Following Things...Any Suggestions

[Eaglefan9727]

My wife and I will be making our first trip to Orlando from Wednesday, October 16th through Monday, October 28th. It will be for our 5th anniversary/honeymoon.

Right now, We are looking at Floridays as they pretty much have all the things we want in a hotel/resort, But I would like to hear about some other possible hotel/resort options from people who have been down to Orlando before.

The following things we are looking for in a hotel/resort are as follows:

1) 1 or 2 bedroom suite with a full kitchen (Prefer 2 bedroom)

2) A balcony/patio where I am allowed to smoke on

3) Multiple pools and hot tubs

4) Nice and clean place and not run down or a dump

5) Pools that are open till 11 PM or later

6) Have nearby restaurants at the hotel/resort and possible a couple on site restaurants at the hotel/resort

7) Have a little store on the hotel/resort premise that we can get cold drinks and small other things like that

8) If it is a timeshare property, We want to be able to tell them no once about the timeshare offer and be done with it and not get harassed by them for the rest of our stay

9) A hotel/resort that has some scenery/charm to it

10) Shuttles from the hotel to the parks

If you can think of any hotels/resorts with those following things. Please let me know, So I can look into those hotels/resorts as my wife and I will be booking our vacation package in the next week or two.

Please note, My wife and I already looked into the Wyndham Bonnet Creek resort and couldn't find any room available for the 12 nights that we were down there.

Thanks in advance.

Eaglefan

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

Have you looked into the Sheraton Vistana Resort?

These two threads might help:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3148502

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2088957

I think the resort hits all your must-haves .

Dreams Unlimited has a special rate for Disboarders:

http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com/sheraton/vistana/svr-res.cfm

We got an even better rate through JetBlue vacations with our airfare....$120 per night, taxes included, for a two bedroom villa. We booked through their Getaways packages.

 

[sb682]

I am not sure how late the pools are open, but otherwise Mystic Dunes meets your criteria. We stayed there in February after getting a killer deal on Hotwire. We liked it a lot and would think about staying there on our next trip, except I really wanted to try WBC and it's the same price for our dates. A few minutes from 192 and 5 minutes from AK if you take the Sherberth Road entrance. They are redoing the rooms and we got one of the more dated ones, but everything was very clean and we really don't care about decor.

 

[bankr63]

Have you looked into the Sheraton Vistana Resort?

I think the resort hits all your must-haves .

SVR has everything but smoking on the balconies (banned a couple of years ago). They do provide some fairly comfortable shady DSA's though:

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

SVR has everything but smoking on the balconies (banned a couple of years ago). They do provide some fairly comfortable shady DSA's though:

Well, who knew???

That said, I know it doesn't help the OP, but our family of non-smokers is happy to learn of that little tidbit of info . Ah, fresh (hot & humid) air on the balconies....yay!

 

[Eaglefan9727]

Sheraton Vistana Resort is off my list then.....As of right now, It looks like Floridays might be the best option. I wish I was able to get Bonnet Creek for the days I am there, But there is nothing available for 4 of the 12 days I am there and we have no desire to spend a few days at one location and a few days at another.