I'm looking at the 2 last posts and made me think a bit.
Typically we stayed at the Country Inn and Suites because I had a great discount from work, we had a rental car and it was thanks to the DIS and cruise meet because most of the cruise meet was staying there. On the noise level we hadn't noticed anything but the staff wanted to move us because it was a noisy area. On check out they once again apologized because it was aclose to the lobby, breakfast and pool area and it was noisy and again we said we were fine we never heard anything and our kids were still fairly young and we had an early flight out of Detroit which for us was a 2 1/2 hour drive. Basically by 10 pm we were sleeping.
Next cruise we stayed there again because we liked our first visit but because of the flight deals we had we decided to leave home a few days earlier and we ended up staying at the Embassy Suites just outside the airport. The courtesy phones in the airport listed pretty much every hotel but the Embassy and the shuttle does not run regularly especially if you get there at 1am...obviously LOL. We had the kids, teens now and with our luggage no cab could fit us because only hybrid cars can be close. One driver let me use his cell to call the hotel. I called the hotel in the afternoon before leaving and said I'd get there around 1am. We got there and they couldn't find our reservation and our room was gone but we could get a smoking room. No thanks I stopped smoking 10 years ago and I don't want that room. The girl offered us the suite instead king size bed and separate livingroom with pull out sofa. Great room but the people next door may as well have been in our room and they were just talking they were not even being loud. That would probably be a big turn off from going there again but they had a great breakfast buffet and the bed was really comfortable.
On the Hyatt, we snagged a hotwire room after our first cruise. Our friends had a room overlooking the inside of the terminal. Great but the novelty wears off after an hour and they closed the door and curtains. We had a room on the outer wing and was the nicest room and hotel we ever stayed at. The levels recess so every hallway gives you inside views to look at. There are park like seating tranquil areas, a lot of plants and trees and the room and balcony were huge. We spent a lot of time outside looking at the planes. And, the room was very quiet.
OK this is my personal opinion. Some posters say the room you get will depend on your budget. I would say do some research especially on nights when there is nothing on tv. Become your own
travel agent and look at hotels and rates. I google mapped the area outside Orlando airport and looked at every hotel, who has shuttles, breakfast, wifi, walking distance to stores, gas stations, restaurants, liquor, ect and prices. We've paid close to 300 to stay in a room before and 100. We also found a great deal a few years ago at All Star Movies that put the room at 68 dollars per night. Our next cruse we already decided on the Radisson at the port because we have never stayed there. It looks cool to us. There is no free breakfast but we can go to the golden arches across the street and not still be stuffed by the time we get on the ship and can't hardly eat anything.
