Orlando hotel advice needed

Hold on... when I go to Priceline and try for this Wyndham Resort, so I select only Resorts or 3 stars?

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-Rob
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I just checked the Extended Stay around the corner from Universal for next month. $45 a night, the hotel is new and clean, and unlike Priceline, you actually know where you are staying before shelling out any money. If you're looking to save even more, there is a Wal-Mart Supercenter just up the street where you can pick up some groceries and cook in your in-room kitchen.

Believe me, a good hotel is always more important to me than price, but when you can get a good hotel at a good price, that's even better. I make my living traveling and usually stay at Holiday Inn properties to take advantage of the points program. I then use the points for freebies on my coaster trips, but sometimes, if the points don't justify the dollars saved, that's when I look elsewhere, which is how I ended up at the Extended Stay. I've stayed at a few of them now and never been disappointed.
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Jim Hansen
Number of coasters ridden: 313

Thanks for the advice... we may just have to check it out. I was reading up on the Wyndham, and the more recent reports about the place don't endorse the place nearly as much as the ones from 2000 and 2001 did. $45/night for a new hotel sounds like a good deal to me.

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-Rob
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I'd go to Royal Pacific Resort- it was $200 a night when we went (Late July-Early August) which was a steal with all the perks, and was a extremely nice hotel, and very large with nice rooms, the works. Looks like if you book through Sep. 30, rooms are $149. There is also a 4th night free, and other promotions.

http://themeparks.universalstudios.com/orlando/website/resort_hotels/rp_amenities.html

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Ok, I shouldn't have said that Royal Pacific was terrible, just that didn't have a good experience. The rooms were tiny and not very nice, and the pool was closed for no apparent reason all week. I just prefer the other two hotels, but its cool in the lobby. Don't eat at Emeril's Tchoup Chop, in the hotel, it was really really bad.
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My room was adequate, and did I mention the beer hoochies that came around to the hot tubs?

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I thought the Radison Resort Parkway was a pretty good value at about $75 a night. It's just down the street from Old Town. The rooms were newly remodeled and very nice, the grounds were nicely landscaped with lots of foliage, and I was impressed with the pool area too. There was no real "theme" but it had classy atmosphere for a hotel in that price range. I rented a car, so I didn't find out how their shuttle service was, but it is offered.

I'm definitely staying there again in November for IAAPA.

In my opinion, the only way to stay in Orlando for more than a couple of nights is to rent a house. You can find 2 BRs (400/wk) up to 7 BR (1200/wk) with private heated pools, jacuzzi baths, big screen TV's, etc.. I have found that british owners are the easiest to deal with and the most likely to negotiate a great price in the off-season.

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SJCoasternut said:

I just checked the Extended Stay around the corner from Universal for next month.

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Here's another vote for the Extended Stay properties. A little farther away than that one is a Studio Plus (in the same family) with a queen bed, a sofa sleeper, full kitchen (stove, oven, microwave, sink) and swimming pool for about $300 a week, even during spring break.

If cooking on your own, never forget that you're near the coast...seafood is cheap!

-'Playa

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The CPlaya 100--6 days, 9 parks, 47 coasters, 2037 miles and a winner.....LoCoSuMo.

My last visit, I stayed at the WDW Swan Hotel (2000). Before that, I stayed at the WDW Dolphin (1999). Both were excellent, but expensive.

I attended a conference in 1999 at the Marriott World Resort - another beauty, but expensive.

Back in the 1980's, I stayed at the Royal Plaza in Lake Buena Vista/Downtown Disney. It too was very nice.

Hey 'Playa,

Some of us are always near the coast, not landlocked like the "Land of a Thousand Lakes" :)

lata, jeremy

--who never though of crabs as 'fast food' till moving near Maryland

jeremy, crabs aren't THAT fast....unless you get 'em in the water...:)

....and yes Jeff, I think I've seen the beer hoochies mentioned before...;)

bill, takes *at least* 4-8 "mini-vacations" a year...:)
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