This hotel was fine, but for the price we paid, overpriced.
We stayed at this hotel in the summer of 2011, my husband, daughter and I. We booked a standard room, which was not very spacious. The bathrooms were in sad need of updating. For $500+/night, I guess my expections were higher. You also had to pay to park, like $20/night, which is just greedy.
The retaurants onsite left a lot to be desired. The place down by the water was like a glorified bar (munchies) and expensive. The restaurants that the concierge recommended were also duds. WE ended up buying groceries for breakfast, and there is a small fridge in the room which was nice.
The pools were always overcrowded and loud, couldn't even find chairs.
There is a little coffee place in the lobby, the people were very nice but the line was loooooong as it was the only place.
The HUGE positives of the location were the grounds. Gorgeous, tropical. The most favorite part of the day was feeding the ducks. There were hundreds of them, and when my daughter would come out there, they would all follow her. It was awesome. A life long memory for her, truly. YOu could buy duck food in the lobby store. I did get charged by a skunk one night, but mercifully not sprayed. And I got doused by a gigantic bird in a palm tree one morning. Again, life long memories for us all.
It is right across from Sea World which is a big plus also.
Overall I wouldn't go back but it was fine at the time.
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