Longtime 'official' Disney hotel Regal Sun adopts Wyndham brand

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-wyndham-downtown-disney-20101109,0,4499127.story

By Sara K. Clarke, Orlando Sentinel
7:15 p.m. EST, November 9, 2010

The Regal Sun Resort, a veteran of Walt Disney World's hotel plaza, is adopting the Wyndham brand today.

The hotel, at 1850 Hotel Plaza Blvd., will be renamed the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Resort.

The hotel was one of the first built on Disney World property when the resort opened in 1972. It was known then as the Dutch Inn and later known as Americana's Dutch Resort and then the Grosvenor Resort.

After a $25 million renovation in 2007, it was renamed the Regal Sun Resort.

Although not owned by Disney, the Regal Sun and the plaza's other hotels are ''official'' Disney World hotels.

The 626-room Regal Sun is the third Wyndham hotel in the Orlando market. It joins two existing properties: the Wyndham Orlando Resort on International Drive, and the Reunion Resort and Club Wyndham Grand Resort in the Reunion development south of Disney World.

Wyndham's time-share division, which is based in Orlando, also has local resorts in the area.

Sara K. Clarke can be reached at skclarke@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-5664.

 

[WDWisTheBest]

Thank you for the information.

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

You're welcome.

 

[Purseval]

The Grosvenor was probably the worst hotel I've ever stayed in when visiting Orlando.

 

[A Mickeyfan]

I read that in the Orlando paper the other day.. I wonder if they will do a complete renovation to the place.. It wasn't the Regal Sun for very long...