Qualtiy Suites or Radisson

[crazy4cruises]

I have been reading these boards for awhile now, and I appreciate all of the great information. We took our first DCL cruise in April, and I have booked my second DCL cruise for Sept. 20. I now need to make a reservation for a hotel for the night before our cruise. I am trying to decide between the Radisson at the Port and the Quality Suites. Expedia has special rates for $74 at the Radisson and $79 at Quality Suites. Both have free transfers to the terminal, and Quality Suites has a free breakfast. We will probably arrive late and depart early, so I'm not sure that we will be able to enjoy either the beach or the pool. I just want a nice clean room. Any suggestions will be appreciated!

 

[bahama97]

We stayed at the Radisson & had a very nice room. They do have a dining room for breakfast, but it wasn't free. If you are trying to save a few $, I'd stay at the Quality Suites.

 

[LisaGoeke]

When booking the "internet saver" rate through the Radison, does that automatically include the transfers to/from the ship with the free parking? Or is that something that I have to request separate?

 

[steveandtonya]

crazy4cruises. Check out the special deal that the Quality suites has on it's website- something called Aloha cruise special. Sounds like a good deal.

Steve

 

[Gigashadow]

When we did our Wonder cruise in July we booked the "Cruise Parking - 1 Bedroom Whirlpool". July's price was $129 a night booked directaly on Radission's Websight. The resort was nice but room could use a little fixing up for the price (ex.- ripped throw pillows/repaint). We only stayed the night before the cruise and had dinner at a "pasta type" resturant within 5 min walk from front of resort - food was fine. When you are to depart from the resort for the cruise, they ask you to park in the front lot (shared with Avis's station at the Radission) Avis's has reserved spots for thier customers drop off, pick up or leave your Avis rental till you return from your trip. Free parking for Radission is "limited" in the front and "off to the side" for the rest of parking spots - Your car is behind auto-gates during your actual stay. We had a National rental and grabbed a front spot the night before leaving for port - there wasn't many groups leaving Radission for our 4 day cruise - a 8 day cruise might change that. Drop-off and pick-up with Radission's van service was a breeze with zero complaints from us.

We added an 8 day stay at our VWL to the Wonder cruise so the 12 day National rental only cost us $67 more than the $200 the DCL bus transfers would have cost us. We are planning a 8 day cruise in 2005 and will probably fly in to MCO the day before the cruise again (just to have that weather factor for flight) and stay at the Hyatt at MCO then use DCL bus lines for transportation.

One thing I wasn't happy to hear about the Radisson was that "locals" seemed free to use the property which was witnessed at the pool (something went on with two teen boys and some family's kids that led to the father wanting the Police to be called) and had 5 squad cars patroling the site for over 2hrs - isolated incident, i would think so and hope.

I would like to hear about member ratings of the Quality Suites or other Hotels in the immediate area myself in case we want to extend that trip like the first one.

 

[crazy4cruises]

Thanks for all your help. We booked the Radisson because I couldn't find out very much about the Quality Suites. I will check it out while we are there if possible because we are cruising again in May. I think the $74 rate through Expedia is a good deal.