Offsite Universal Hotels

[diskids2]

We are going for nine nights and I want to stay at HRH for the FOTL access. But we have our family of four and my DDBF and there is NO WAY I am staying in a room with him Don't get me wrong he is a very nice person, but I don't want just anyone to see me in my pj's. And, quite honestly, I just spent 11 nights in one room at the CBR with my own family of four and by the end of the trip I needed ALONE time.

So anyway, I just can't bring myself to pay almost $3000 for the nine nights at HRH. So I was thinking of staying for two nights...getting three days of FOTL and then doing the other 7 nights in another hotel or condo type.

We will rent a car and plan on going to Seaworld, Aquatica, Wet and Wild, Busch Gardens, and one day to DHS.

I also posted this on the Universal board.....

Any other suggestions for good offsite hotels?

 

[Darcy03231]

We stayed at the Sheraton Studio City and really liked it. With the number of people in your group I would look into renting a condo or house for the week. We did that too and loved it! Plenty of room for everyone to spread out and we had our own private pool. I rented a 5 bedroom/3 bath pool home for $100/night.

 

[Talock]

We did great at Country Inns & Suites. It's just a stone throw away from Universal, and it has a great complimentary breakfast where you can even make your own waffles.

 

[Christine]

I just got back on 7/30 and I rented (again) a 4 bedroom townhouse in Terre Verde for $700 for the week. I suggest you look into renting a vacation home somewhere close to Universal and SeaWorld. They have GREAT deals and you get so much room and privacy. Much better than a hotel. The place I stayed had about a 20 minute drive to Universal. I think it's a great idea to stay one or two nights at Universal to get the FOTL pass and then move out. I wish I would have thought of that on my last trip and just did Universal for the first day, stayed at one of their resorts, and moved on to my vacation home.

Go to the Orlando Area Attractions forum on this site and you will see a subforum for hotel and vacation home reviews.

 

[Feralpeg]

Google International Drive and hotel. You'll find a ton of them.

 

[diskids2]

Thanks all!

 

[diskids2]

We stayed at the Sheraton Studio City and really liked it. With the number of people in your group I would look into renting a condo or house for the week. We did that too and loved it! Plenty of room for everyone to spread out and we had our own private pool. I rented a 5 bedroom/3 bath pool home for $100/night.

BTW where did you rent the 5 bedroom?

 

[powellrj]

We stayed at Blue Herron this year and it was really nice, It worked out well for our family of 4. We also like Cypress Point. Both have pretty good rates. Not close to Universal, but not far from Sea World.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

We stayed at Double Tree for a night. Right across the Street. It was okay.