Wow, just trying to remember hotels the last ten years makes me ready for June...I'll go with this Century! My trips each June are paid for via a vendor for a seminar I teach, but I always come in early and find a cheap but hoperfully good place. Fall trips are with wife, on a budget.
June '00 Opening weekend HJME -- acceptable low-end, good pool, near parks, safe. Then, a week at the Poly. There is no substitute when money is no object.
September '00 Courtyard Marriott DTD: Good location, ok hotel. Fall prices aren't to be beat
June '01 HJME again first two nights, then the Swan. I was impressed. Excellent location, awesome pool and commons, surprisingly pedestrian rooms.
October '01 Courtyard at Marriott Village: Surprise hotel from Priceline. We will stay here again. Less than a mile from Hotel Plaza Blvd., unique pool area, very safe (gated), best beds we're ever slept upon (inlcuding our own). Good restaurants right next door.
June '02 Clarion Maingate opening weekend, weird location, close but inconvenient. Clean (older, but upkept). Didn't care too much for pulling out of parking lot. Relaxing pool area. Then, a week at the Beach Club. I can't justify this for our fall trips, but boy do I wish I could. Easily the second best location next to Poly, but nicer hotel by a mile. Love the steakhouse...
September '02 Best Western Lake Buena Vista, another Priceline gem. In DTD, a location well-suited to adult couple spending lots of time at Epcot and PI. Big rooms, old and tattered but clean. Pool was nice, but I think it we were there when they were more full, the pool wouldn't be adequate. Loved the bar with couches and big screen TV. Breakfast buffet was a deal.
Upcoming, June '03 Return to Courtyard at Marriott Village!
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Pat