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[EarthyFamily]

Can anyone suggest any decent but not too expensive off-site accomodations? To give you an example of what we are not looking for, we stayed one night at the Holiday Inn West Maingate on Black Lake Road, and will never return to a Holiday Inn again. We were considering the Radisson Resort Parkway hotel, any thoughts on this location? We need a place to stay the night we arrive in Orlando, before we head off to WDW. Thanks!

[Colexis Mom]

We've been staying off site the first night at Hampton Inns. The first one was the Hampton Inn behind the Radisson Resort Parkway. I didn't like that one at all and we won't be staying there again.

In April, we stayed at the Hampton Inn right on 192 (at the corner of Sherborne Rd). Sherborne Road (I hope that's the right name or spelling) comes right out at the light right before AKL at Osceola Parkway (where we usually stay) so we just took the back road in. It was reasonable, with my AAA rate, I paid about $70, and breakfast was free (and they had a good breakfast).

We've also stayed at Hotel Royal Plaza, but it was closed in April when we were there. A little more expensive than the Hampton Inn, and no free breakfast.

[brideto_be05]

Okay, I have to put my two cents in here...I would have to say Sheraton Vistana Resort if it's not too much out of your price range. I would think you could get a pretty good rate there. It's a large resort just for one night though I guess. I don't know...Unless you were looking for a smaller hotel...but thought I might suggest it I guess. Hopefully that helps!!

[EarthyFamily]

Amanda, can you tell me why you suggest the Sheraton Vistana resort? Can you tell me a little bit about it? I'm definately not looking either way as far as size of hotel. I do however need something that is VERY clean and EXTREMELY safe.

[brideto_be05]

Oh my gosh! This resort is absolutely beautiful. We stayed there last time we went to WDW. The resort is very large and just gorgeous. Their are like 7 or 8 pools and a lake right in the middle with some fountains. Each room has a full-size kitchen with everything...stove, full-size refrigerator/freezer, microwave, everything...It also has a screened in patio and living room. I'm pretty sure you can get a one-bedroom or a two-bedroom suite. We did the 2 bedroom because it was my parents and then me (21 at the time) and my fiance (23 at the time). So, we did this resort because it was affordable for the amount of space we needed. Since ours was a 2 bedroom, it also had 2 bathrooms and it was just so nice. The whole resort was just beautiful. I loved it there and if we were staying off-site, we would definitely stay there again. But my fiance has never been there and stayed on-site, so we're staying at CBR. So, I guess I would just say, look into it and the prices but I know it was pretty affordable for the four of us to stay there in a 2 BR. I hope this helps a little bit...

[brideto_be05]

Okay, so I just checked out your timer and you leave in 310 days? What month would that be then that you're going?? I was just looking at the prices for right now and they're insane "per night" so hopefully these are not the prices for when you're going. It is a beautiful resort but maybe a little too much for one night? I don't know...When we went, we spent seven nights there and enjoyed it but I don't know for sure about one night. So, I don't know. I went to travelocity and tried to look at the price of it. But, the one thing said $156/night but of course, "how did they come up with this price?" and it was an average based on rooms right now or something. I don't know...something to look into but maybe this is much more than what you're looking for. We liked the kitchen idea because we saved so much money on food cooking in our room!

[Huntermom]

I would trust any Marriott or Hilton property. They are always very well maintained. Look at Courtyards and Fairfield Inns by Marriott if you want the lower end.

I've always stayed at Homewood Suites by Hilton-not necessarily in Orlando and found them excellent-no matter where we stayed.

I've stayed in Vistana Villages-sister resort to the Vistana-and would stay again in a heartbeat-great accomodations at a resonable price. My only caveat is that we've found that when you go drom a condo or villa to a room (or in our case 2 rooms) on site, those Disney rooms seem really small. We went from a two bedroom at Wyndham Palms-also highly recommended-to two rooms at the AKL. Both my husband and son were not that impressed by the AKL in part because the rooms seemed really small.

[EarthyFamily]

We're going to need a one night stop over of some sort for May 9th, 2006. We're wondering though if maybe we should just stay one night at the CBR instead of offsite, since we KNOW we like CBR. It'll be expensive yes, but maybe the peace of mind until then is worth it? Plus if we come early enough in the day on the 9th, maybe we can spend the day at a pool or something. The Sheraton Vistana sounds like it might be a bit much for us, with the kitchen and all, I don't know why, perhaps it's because I spend so much time in the kitchen at home and all, but I find having a kitchen in my hotel while I'm on vacation a bit stressful and overwhelming.

[schroadmol]

Nicole,
We stayed at Radisson Resort Parkway during our visit in 03-and have had friends stay there since. It is a great hotel! Very clean and we felt very safe. The rooms were big and nicely done. The pool area was great, our children are still talking about the cool slide and waterfall. They have two pools, one with a nice waterslide ( even us adults went down ) and a waterfall. The other pool was a quiet heated pool. The hot tubs were tucked away in alcoves and were very nice.
The Radisson Resort Parkway is almost right across from Celebration Hospital and a 5 minute drive to WDW- very easy to get to.

The prices are reasonable, and they usually run specials.

Let me know if you have any questions

[Fortissimo]

My sister and her family stayed at the AmeriSuites by the airport their first night. They have free transportation to and from the airport. So if you are renting a car you would be paying for a few hours less. You can either go back to the airport to pick up the car, or you can have it delivered to your resort. If you are using a towncar service, you can just have them pick you up at the hotel. They also have a free breakfast.

[Evie5253]

Hi! We've stayed at Country Inns and Suites in LBV. At the end of Hotel Blvd. (coming from DD) you make a left, and it's a few blocks down. It's very nice and reasonable, and they do have specials. We stayed there once in early Dec. for $49.00/night. Another option you have is to stay at a value resort for one night. This way you can use DME if you need to, and they will move your luggage to CB the next day for you. This is our plan for Nov. before we head to OKW & SSR.
Evie