Simple hotel along I-4

[HeiHei2018]

I am thinking of driving in the night before our on-site stay to ropedrop TL. Does anyone have thoughts on the hotels along I-4 east of Disney? I see Hilton Garden Inn LBV, Springhill Suites LBV, Residence Inn LBV, Aloft LBV, Fairfield Inn LBV, and Hyatt Place LBV. We just need clean and quiet. Hotels.com says all have free parking and breakfast. Thinking $100 would be a good investment to avoid leaving home at 6:30 am.

 

[HopperFan]

I am thinking of driving in the night before our on-site stay to ropedrop TL. Does anyone have thoughts on the hotels along I-4 east of Disney? I see Hilton Garden Inn LBV, Springhill Suites LBV, Residence Inn LBV, Aloft LBV, Fairfield Inn LBV, and Hyatt Place LBV. We just need clean and quiet. Hotels.com says all have free parking and breakfast. Thinking $100 would be a good investment to avoid leaving home at 6:30 am.

I would go to each their websites to verify the free parking and breakfast. And verify any resort fees, some have been quietly adding both in recent years. We stayed at the HGI several times but don't anymore since they adding $27 parking fees.

 

[HeiHei2018]

I would go to each their websites to verify the free parking and breakfast. And verify any resort fees, some have been quietly adding both in recent years. We stayed at the HGI several times but don't anymore since they adding $27 parking fees.

Thanks for the heads up. I will check the individual websites.

 

[hardcorestitch]

I am thinking of driving in the night before our on-site stay to ropedrop TL. Does anyone have thoughts on the hotels along I-4 east of Disney? I see Hilton Garden Inn LBV, Springhill Suites LBV, Residence Inn LBV, Aloft LBV, Fairfield Inn LBV, and Hyatt Place LBV. We just need clean and quiet. Hotels.com says all have free parking and breakfast. Thinking $100 would be a good investment to avoid leaving home at 6:30 am.

I know there are two Holiday Inn Express locations east of I-4, close enough to Disney. One is on I-Drive, and the other is along 525 south of Vineland Ave. Both hotels are still close enough to TL despite being outside of Disney. Both offer free breakfast.

 

[PoppyJ]

We stayed one night at Hyatt House Orlando / International Drive before checking into Disney. I believe it has no resort fee, but we booked on points so double check that. Free breakfast and free parking. It was clean, and we had no issues.

 

[HeiHei2018]

We stayed one night at Hyatt House Orlando / International Drive before checking into Disney. I believe it has no resort fee, but we booked on points so double check that. Free breakfast and free parking. It was clean, and we had no issues.

Thanks for the recommendation. Did you use the sofa bed? It looks like they only have king + sofa bed, and the comfort on those can be highly variable.

 

[PoppyJ]

Thanks for the recommendation. Did you use the sofa bed? It looks like they only have king + sofa bed, and the comfort on those can be highly variable.

We didn't use the sofa bed. But we thought it was so convenient we are staying there again for one night before we check into Disney at the end of October. If you are not traveling for a while, I could check it out and report back.

 

[HeiHei2018]

Circling back in case anyone else is interested. We stayed at the Hampton Inn LBV. It was a little more than other hotels in the area but had stellar reviews. It was fine, but nothing stellar. They added a $7 per night parking fee that is not listed on their website. There were signs in the lobby stating there was a fee not listed on their website. The room was standard and quiet. There were Mickey waffles for breakfast, but we did not love the flavorings. In the future, I will try the Extended Stay America next door, which looked tidy on the outside and would have been $40 cheaper.

 

[Judique]

Circling back in case anyone else is interested. We stayed at the Hampton Inn LBV. It was a little more than other hotels in the area but had stellar reviews. It was fine, but nothing stellar. They added a $7 per night parking fee that is not listed on their website. There were signs in the lobby stating there was a fee not listed on their website. The room was standard and quiet. There were Mickey waffles for breakfast, but we did not love the flavorings. In the future, I will try the Extended Stay America next door, which looked tidy on the outside and would have been $40 cheaper.

You may want to check the reviews on that Extended Stay America. Too many one star and 'dirty' reviews.

However, the fee not listed on the website I would have a problem with even if it was only $7. Sometimes you have to search because some hotels that now charge for parking don't make it obvious, in my opinion a dishonest move. And some are charging more than $7 such as the Drury Disney Springs at $25 and on the other side at Flamingo Crossings the hotels are up to $20 now from 0$, and then $10 over a 3 (or more) year period.

Another point: I stayed at the Hyatt Lake Buena Vista which was fairly inexpensive and close to 535, but with traffic it took time to get to Disney. Further up on Palm Parkway would probably add a few more minutes although the location looks close.

I probably would drive further rather than staying at that Hyatt again, even though my stay was on points which made it pretty inexpensive for me. It was actually decent in the public areas, and it was clean in the room, but it had a dismal and dark feeling in the room. I'm pretty familiar with some close in hotels as I often book a night offsite as a 'first' night before staying onsite in a Disney hotel.