Looking for a Bonnet Creek Hotel

[Fuzzylogik]

I have been looking at the three hotels in the Bonnet Creek area for an early December 2016 visit: Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Waldorf-Astoria, and the Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek (we are NOT considering the Wyndham Timeshares). I'm wondering if anyone has been to more than one of these properties and compare and can contrast their experiences at these different properties. My wife and I are going to celebrate our anniversary and spending four nights at Disney before spending three nights at the Royal Pacific over at Universal (our favorite of the original three hotels). We've stayed at the Grand Floridian and Yacht Club in the past and just felt that, for what we got, it was *WAY* overpriced. I don't mind spending a little more if I'm getting my money's worth (thus why we stay at the Club Level at Royal Pacific; the front-of-line privileges at Universal trump the added expense of the hotel). We were originally going to try the Swan or Dolphin but they are almost as expensive as the regular Disney properties at the time we are going. And now that I've done more research, I'm not sure that the convenience and perks of those properties would beat what we've found off-site. I've done as much research as I can on Tripadvisor and looking for boots-on-the-ground help now! Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Fuzzylogik

 

[billnye97]

Last year my wife, daughter, and I stayed at the Hilton Bonnet Creek. It was nice but it has a convention center vibe to it. The thing to be aware of is that they do charge for parking and a resort fee. I used Hilton points so my stay and the resort fee was waived but it does add on to the overall cost. However, the lazy river was nice to relax in during the evening and when we didn't go to the park. They do offer shuttles to Disney, however, we drove and didn't utilize it.

The other part was that we stayed in one of the nicer suites so it was really awesome but there was a lot of walking from the room to the parking garage. The room that we stayed in was updated and nice so we really had no complaints.

 

[alliecat523]

We've stayed at the Hilton Bonnet Creek a few times and really enjoyed it. There is a resort fee and parking fee as the PP noted. I also agree that there is also more of a convention/business vibe to the property, but it's nice to not be surrounded by so many families and kids sometimes. We enjoy the pool and lazy river and think the breakfast buffet is awesome. We've had some great dinners there as well.

Bus service to the parks is great and very timely. They have a schedule and stick with it so you know exactly when to be at the stop. They use charter buses which are much more comfortable than the standard Disney buses. HBC is the first hotel stop, then WA. Buses were never packed full unless it was park closing. I would definitely recommend this property.