Just got back from Regal Palms

[southernbella]

Hi,

We just got back from a week at the parks & stayed at the Regal Palms. It was great. We stayed in a 4 bedroom & it was more than enough room for 4 adults & 2 children. The complex is clean & nice. The pool is incredible, but if you are not staying in a condo within the first few streets of the resort, you have to drive to it( we have little ones). The restaurant had good food. We purchased gift certificates from restaurant.com & had no problems. They even let us use them on to-go orders. Hope this helps anyone looking for places to stay. Sbella

 

[FayeW]

I'm glad to hear you had a good time, we are planning to stay there in Dec, and I purchased the restaurant.com certificates as well. Can you use the certificate towards the bill total, after the tax and 18% gratuity are added, or does it only apply to the food total, and you pay the rest out of pocket? (I've never used them before!)

Also, I looked at the menu on the restaurant.com site, but I didn't see a kid's menu. Do they have kid's burgers, etc? I was thinking we could get a take out order of 4 kid's burgers, and maybe have enough "money" left for nachos or wings or something as well.

 

[dylansmom1]

What was the commute time like to the parks. Namely Epcot and MK? We are thinking of cancelling our two rooms at the POP and staying in a 3 bed. The lazy river looks cool!

Jane

 

[kilee]

DId you encounter a lot of construction? In or around the development, or hear any from right around it? There have been a lot of questions about this lately.

 

[southernbella]

Hi,

FayeW- We purchased 3 gift certificates from restaurant.com. I used one, my DH used one for a to-go order, and my MIL & FIL used one for lunch, all seperate times. As far as I could tell, only the food is covered. The rest is out of pocket. We used a 60% off code to the website, so lunch cost us $4 for the certificate + $4.13 tip for 2 adults & 2 children. The kid's menu is nice. It has burger's (the burgers are good!), PB&J, grilled cheese, even BBQ ribs, I think chicken fingers. You could get 4 kid's meals and an appetizer & probibly only be around $25- $27.

dylansmom1- The commute time was about 15-20 mins. Not bad at all. Don't take I-4 to the parks, take 192. We took I-4 the first few days, then found 192. It shaved alot of time off of our drive & the construction traffic wasn't as bad. The lazy river is great! They also have a zero gravity entrance to the pool for little ones. Basically, that means it's a not steep ramp to enter the pool instead of steps. Our brother & his family (2 adults, 2 kids) stayed at the Port Orleans & personally I think they wasted their money. They spent so much extra time taking Disney transportation that they were always later arriving than the two familys with us that stayed off-site.

kilee- we never came across major construction except on I-4. The only sign of construction in the development was a trailer near the pond. The area was nice & quiet. Sbella

 

[mbb]

I'm glad to hear you had a great experience at Regal Palms

It looks like a nice place to stay

 

[FayeW]

Thanks Southernbella, that is exactly the information I needed! We will be arriving on the last day of Nov, so I plan to use one certificate then, and then another later in the week since it will be a new month. I also got mine 60% off!

 

[JANNYANS]

Don't forget from RP you can use the Sherberth Road turnoff on 192 to get to the parks