Our family (myself, dh and dd9 and dd13) just spent 2 nights at the Nick Hotel Jan. 22-24 after our
Disney cruise (which was completely awesome by the way)!
We had stayed here for a week a few years ago before it became Nickelodeon. It is pretty much the same with some slight improvements.
We love the lay-out of the 2 bedroom kid's suites. I love having 3 tv's and privacy for Mom & Dad. I especially love the mini kitchen, big bathroom, storage space and pull-out couch too. Although, this time around, we felt the kid's room and small bunk beds were not ideal for our 13 year old. She was not happy with the small uncomfortable bed and made it known she would not like to stay in one of those rooms again.
We found the pools to be very warm and inviting. We loved the family activities, although I did think some things were a bit too "young" for my 13 year old, although she made the best of it all. My dd9 loved this place and it was one of the highlights of her trip.
We often saw employees cleaning, painting, fixing things, etc. We thought the hotel is maintained well and it seemed cleaner and "brighter" this time around. There is newer, funkier furniture in the living rooms too.
We also thought the staff there was above average. We were checked in with zero wait time by Jacqueline who went above & beyond in her friendliness and was so accommodating and helpful. She explained everything to us very well and told us our perks of being Holiday Inn Priority Club members (my favorite was the late check out at 2pm).
We checked out with Kathy, who again, was fabulous. She even went online for us and helped us pick our airline seats and printed our boarding passes for us.
In addition, one morning, dh and the kids were wandering around and a manager stopped them and asked if they could talk with her for a few minutes on their thoughts of the hotel. She was especially interested in dd13's impressions and how they can improve things to attract older kids. They talked with her for about 30 minutes and she genuinely was interested in our impressions, suggestions, etc. My dh was very impressed by this!
Our kids also loved how the Nick characters wander around in the mall area. We got several pictures with them without having to pay for the character breakfast.
The mall area and nighttime shows are really nice. We hung out at the hotel one afternoon for several hours and were not bored and spent another morning hanging out at the pool. My kids were mad when we had to leave for the airport when they started playing games at the pool. They both would have liked to stay for that as it looked really fun.
We received their pay in advance suite deal special of $125/night, which was really a good deal for all this hotel had to offer.
, since there are so many other options nearby. Thanks for the info.
