What is your ideal hotel to stay at while seeing SeaWorld and US/IOA?

[MissionMouse]

We have two preschool girls and looking for a quiet and clean (mid-upper range) hotel in the near vicinity of Sea World and US/IOA.

Do you have any recommendations and reasons we might consider a specific hotel along International Blvd?

 

[bearzabout]

The traffic on I-drive near most of the hotels can be so heavy. I like to stay at a condo on south I-drive south of Seaworld (Vistana Villages, Crown Plaza Kingstown Reef, The Fountains). I also like Cypress Point. It is an easy 10 minute drive up Turkey Lake Road to the back entrance of Universal and is only about 7 minutes from Seaworld.

Check out Skyauction.com (for weekly condo rentals) or Hotelkingdom.com (for great nightly rates for Cypress Point). A two or three bedroom condo may cost the same as a mid-priced hotel on I-drive.

Plan on eating at Bahama Breeze and Sweet Tomatoes. They are two of my favorite restaurants in the area.