Royal Plaza

[The House of Mouse]

Has anyone stayed here recently? On my other post, I have answers about Bonnet Creek, but nothing for Royal Plaza - does it actually exist?

 

[happymommy]

I stayed here one night, before we moved to the Dolphin, two years ago. We could see each hotel from the other!

Liked: Got an executive suite - had a small bedroom with a king bed and tv, very comfy, living room with pull out couch (my son slept there, daughter and I shared the king. The bed was very comfortable, and my kids loved when I gave them baths in the cute whirlpool tub!

The location is good.

Free self parking (although there wasn't a lot of parking spaces, we found one).

We got room service for dinner, just sandwiches, we were tired, it was fine. I've had worse for sure - it was nice to have.

Not so good: They had told me the pool had lifeguards, but it didn't (and this was a busy time in August). The pool is a basic rectangle, but my kids had fun. It seemed dirty around it to me, but I am spoiled by places like the Disney resorts and the Swan/Dolphin for cleaning around pools constantly. So basically it's fine to jump in over and over, but it's no resort pool. Also, the snack/drink area down by the pool (bar?) wasn't open. I thought this was weird, it was a busy time in Orlando, so I wonder when exactly it IS open? I would have ordered stuff for all of us, as we've done at the Swan and Dolphin, we like to order snacks and drinks at the pool, even when it's overpriced.

The breakfast buffet was included in our price. This was good and bad. I thought the food was just okay, kind of greasy, and the restaurant seemed dirty. But it was free, so fine.

Overall, if you can get a good price, I think it's fine. I did see that for our spring break a suite was $120 a night, which is nice. I actually did consider this, but for less got a suite at the Fairfield Inn about a mile away.

 

[dogodisney]

Has anyone stayed here recently? On my other post, I have answers about Bonnet Creek, but nothing for Royal Plaza - does it actually exist?

If you decide to stay here please post about it. I have a ressie for our arrival night in December. I got a good deal on it through Book It.

 

[sdzman]

We just got back from 2 nights at The Hotel Royal Plaza. We got a rate of $75.00 per nite on priceline. I'm glad I didnt pay anymore. Its rated as a 3.5 star hotel and maybe the lobby is but the room we had seemed old and worn. The sink are was very small and cramped. We stayed in an atrium poolside room and maybe the tower rooms are nicer but I wasnt impressed.

 

[mayesq]

I've stayed in the tower twice. Nice rooms. Huge bathroom and nice sitting area by the balconey with a couch and table.

I would only stay in a tower room. I've heard some negatives about the other rooms.

 

[dennise]

We are staying ther for 2 nights in April, did you have to pay more to get the Tower room? I thought the lower floor rooms were refurbished.

 

[WINTER]

Just booked a premier tower room - anyone stay in one before? Wondering what makes them 'premier' if anything other than bigger than deluxe tower.

 

[MonorailMan]

I stayed here for a few nights in late 2006. If you're looking for a real "Disney experience" this is not the place to stay. I thought the room was really nice, but it just felt like an ordinary nice hotel to me. Being able to walk to DTD in 5 minutes was nice, but there was something about the location that made it feel far away from everything else in the resort. In the morning when I needed to catch a bus to the Magic Kingdom I wound up waiting for almost a half hour.

Having said all that, I really can't put this hotel down because I got an amazing price online for the room and it was very clean, updated and cozy. Not to mention, the employees were very friendly. I guess I've just become used to the other more Disney-esque resorts.