kaileyscott
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Feb 8, 2006
- Messages
- 27
I want to start by saying that I am truly excited that I didn't let all the negative comments on this board change my decision about wanting to stay here! Okay where to start without bashing all negative people? Went from 3/5-3/12. Guests- me, husband,daughter-4,sister-20, my mother.
Hotel was very bright, colorful and geared towards children that are into the whole nick theme. (hint-the title of the hotel). Mentioned to front desk that this was my daughters 4th birthday trip and they gave her a birthday button and we were upgraded to the SpongeBob room. This room is usually 25 or so dollars more a night b/c of being SpongeBob and it was poolside. We were on the 5th floor, 7th bldg. room 752, a 2-bedroom kidsuite.
The room was very clean and I didn't see the old, outdated furniture people spoke of. The couch was okay for comfort and pulled out to bed. The SB room was so cute. We had both twin beds that perfectly slept my four year old and my 20 year old sister. Playstation in room--could rent games- never did. Those two aren't die hard video gamers. Our bedroom had nice bed--even bed spread was colorful and matched art on wall. Nice closet with iron and such. Bathroom with nice size roomy area with mirror, hair dryer. Shower curtain bowed out--not form fitting to side of tub. In living area-- internet cable, tv with all channels--same with all three tvs, and small two seater eating area. Had sink, mirror, counter space, mini fridge and microwave. Room service great. Always had extras of everything.
Pool area- very very nice and well worth the price. Poolside games with water like slime, water balloon toss, etc. Lagoon side and Oasis. Oasis more smaller and slides dump into pool. Lagoon with many water slides that don't dump into pool area. I went on slides and they were pretty fast for me. Pools heated. The water dumping into pool was not. The weather was warm 70-high 80's the whole time and pool area still pretty cool. The deeper areas away from kiddie stuff with cold water shooting out was slightly warmer. On lagoon side- two nice hot tubs. Also another toddler area with slides and lots of water shooting up and spraying. Many friendly lifeguards throughout. Musis playing, game time the presenters use microphones. If you were sitting in room listening for people to talk or music you could barely hear--- not like people said it was soooo loud it kept them awake.
Character discussion. For the people here who say "the character breakfast is not worth it, you will see the characters in the lobby every day anyways." That must not always be correct. We didn't schedule a breakfast hoping during the 1:30-3:30 time they would be in the lobby. Well in the lobby we saw Blue and Chuckie and Fairly Oddparents. Never SB, Dora, Patrick--none of the main attractions. My daughter reminded me that I told her we would see them so we did a breakfast and sure enought-- she saw them.
Food debate. We did the buffet a couple of times. Yes costs money-- but everything in Florida seems to cost more than home. EVEN A MCDONALDS WE STOPPED AT ON DISNEY RESORT PROPERTY WAS WAY WAY MORE THAN MCDONALDS DOWN THE STREET. Food was no where near as horrible as people described. Some people on here must be so used to high class meals and resorts. And if that is the case then don't pick an upgraded Holiday Inn and compare it to the Grand Floridian. The hotel is primarily focused on kids!!! I enjoyed the prime rib, a fresh bow tie alfredo pasta cooked in front of me, nice salad bar. Fresh cold pastas, peel shrimp, turkey, etc. For the kids it had hotdogs, hamburgers, corn dogs, mac n cheese, noodles, pudding, ice cream, cakes, etc. Also Pizza Hut, A&W and coffee place in lobby. All of these places tasted like they would if I went to on here. Only diff. like some pizzas placed in warmer, etc. Smoothies from coffee place really good.
Activities: Face painting, balloon art, name painting in mall area. Got SB balloon made for 8$. Kids spa was cute. Got daughters hair braided-- half crown which means top part for 50$. A whole lot of the little girls had braids or hair wraps in Florida. Also got her nails painted for 6$. Nick studio had nice live shows. Husband picked to play baby and games, got pie in face. Daughter picked to dance on stage. Mentioned pool side games earlier.
Well, I could go on and on. I will say that if you have any questions I will answer them HONESTLY. The hotel was well worth the price I paid. I got a very good rate by checking the website every couple of days. The prices change a lot from day to day. We Went to Disney many of the days of our stay and with my four year old we still had time to play and enjoy the hotel. I can surely say we will stay here again. We rented a car and it was very very very close to eveything. Never saw the thirty to forty-five minute traffic people spoke of into Disney from the hotel. Took us less than ten minutes every single time! Yes the hotel is pricey compared to a basic Holiday Inn or such but it was well worth it. Many people I talked to during our trip praised the facilities and said they would return. I know we will!!!
Hotel was very bright, colorful and geared towards children that are into the whole nick theme. (hint-the title of the hotel). Mentioned to front desk that this was my daughters 4th birthday trip and they gave her a birthday button and we were upgraded to the SpongeBob room. This room is usually 25 or so dollars more a night b/c of being SpongeBob and it was poolside. We were on the 5th floor, 7th bldg. room 752, a 2-bedroom kidsuite.
The room was very clean and I didn't see the old, outdated furniture people spoke of. The couch was okay for comfort and pulled out to bed. The SB room was so cute. We had both twin beds that perfectly slept my four year old and my 20 year old sister. Playstation in room--could rent games- never did. Those two aren't die hard video gamers. Our bedroom had nice bed--even bed spread was colorful and matched art on wall. Nice closet with iron and such. Bathroom with nice size roomy area with mirror, hair dryer. Shower curtain bowed out--not form fitting to side of tub. In living area-- internet cable, tv with all channels--same with all three tvs, and small two seater eating area. Had sink, mirror, counter space, mini fridge and microwave. Room service great. Always had extras of everything.
Pool area- very very nice and well worth the price. Poolside games with water like slime, water balloon toss, etc. Lagoon side and Oasis. Oasis more smaller and slides dump into pool. Lagoon with many water slides that don't dump into pool area. I went on slides and they were pretty fast for me. Pools heated. The water dumping into pool was not. The weather was warm 70-high 80's the whole time and pool area still pretty cool. The deeper areas away from kiddie stuff with cold water shooting out was slightly warmer. On lagoon side- two nice hot tubs. Also another toddler area with slides and lots of water shooting up and spraying. Many friendly lifeguards throughout. Musis playing, game time the presenters use microphones. If you were sitting in room listening for people to talk or music you could barely hear--- not like people said it was soooo loud it kept them awake.
Character discussion. For the people here who say "the character breakfast is not worth it, you will see the characters in the lobby every day anyways." That must not always be correct. We didn't schedule a breakfast hoping during the 1:30-3:30 time they would be in the lobby. Well in the lobby we saw Blue and Chuckie and Fairly Oddparents. Never SB, Dora, Patrick--none of the main attractions. My daughter reminded me that I told her we would see them so we did a breakfast and sure enought-- she saw them.
Food debate. We did the buffet a couple of times. Yes costs money-- but everything in Florida seems to cost more than home. EVEN A MCDONALDS WE STOPPED AT ON DISNEY RESORT PROPERTY WAS WAY WAY MORE THAN MCDONALDS DOWN THE STREET. Food was no where near as horrible as people described. Some people on here must be so used to high class meals and resorts. And if that is the case then don't pick an upgraded Holiday Inn and compare it to the Grand Floridian. The hotel is primarily focused on kids!!! I enjoyed the prime rib, a fresh bow tie alfredo pasta cooked in front of me, nice salad bar. Fresh cold pastas, peel shrimp, turkey, etc. For the kids it had hotdogs, hamburgers, corn dogs, mac n cheese, noodles, pudding, ice cream, cakes, etc. Also Pizza Hut, A&W and coffee place in lobby. All of these places tasted like they would if I went to on here. Only diff. like some pizzas placed in warmer, etc. Smoothies from coffee place really good.
Activities: Face painting, balloon art, name painting in mall area. Got SB balloon made for 8$. Kids spa was cute. Got daughters hair braided-- half crown which means top part for 50$. A whole lot of the little girls had braids or hair wraps in Florida. Also got her nails painted for 6$. Nick studio had nice live shows. Husband picked to play baby and games, got pie in face. Daughter picked to dance on stage. Mentioned pool side games earlier.
Well, I could go on and on. I will say that if you have any questions I will answer them HONESTLY. The hotel was well worth the price I paid. I got a very good rate by checking the website every couple of days. The prices change a lot from day to day. We Went to Disney many of the days of our stay and with my four year old we still had time to play and enjoy the hotel. I can surely say we will stay here again. We rented a car and it was very very very close to eveything. Never saw the thirty to forty-five minute traffic people spoke of into Disney from the hotel. Took us less than ten minutes every single time! Yes the hotel is pricey compared to a basic Holiday Inn or such but it was well worth it. Many people I talked to during our trip praised the facilities and said they would return. I know we will!!!
