DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Orlando at SeaWorld {US-FL}
Feb 7, 2015, 2:42 am
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Hi,
I guessed it was Orlando ( and I'm from the UK).
I stayed at the hotel a few years ago ( in a tower room). The room was fine and clean, there were lots of swimming pools.
The restaurants were fine and the food quality was good.
You can walk to sea world as it is practically next door (about a 5-10min walk to the front gate at sea world.
IIRC they ran a shuttle bus up to Universal ( and probably WDW too)
Overall a nice hotel.
Regards
TBS
I guessed it was Orlando ( and I'm from the UK).
I stayed at the hotel a few years ago ( in a tower room). The room was fine and clean, there were lots of swimming pools.
The restaurants were fine and the food quality was good.
You can walk to sea world as it is practically next door (about a 5-10min walk to the front gate at sea world.
IIRC they ran a shuttle bus up to Universal ( and probably WDW too)
Overall a nice hotel.
Regards
TBS
Feb 7, 2015, 3:37 am
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Hi,
I guessed it was Orlando ( and I'm from the UK).
I stayed at the hotel a few years ago ( in a tower room). The room was fine and clean, there were lots of swimming pools.
The restaurants were fine and the food quality was good.
You can walk to sea world as it is practically next door (about a 5-10min walk to the front gate at sea world.
IIRC they ran a shuttle bus up to Universal ( and probably WDW too)
Overall a nice hotel.
Regards
TBS
I guessed it was Orlando ( and I'm from the UK).
I stayed at the hotel a few years ago ( in a tower room). The room was fine and clean, there were lots of swimming pools.
The restaurants were fine and the food quality was good.
You can walk to sea world as it is practically next door (about a 5-10min walk to the front gate at sea world.
IIRC they ran a shuttle bus up to Universal ( and probably WDW too)
Overall a nice hotel.
Regards
TBS
I've been to international drive for 3 years on the trot this will be my 4th and wanted to test out the doubletree as ive never stayed in this one. Woudk you recomened it?
Feb 7, 2015, 4:41 am
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Hi oliveredmunds,
The hotel is at the southern end of international drive so a little bit away from the bustle of the main section of I-Drive ( although if there are conventions at the convention centre it might be busy.
It is ideal for Sea World and you are a little closer to WDW than being at the north end of I-Drive.
It is not the best hotel but if you want to try it out it should be ok.
Regards
TBS
The hotel is at the southern end of international drive so a little bit away from the bustle of the main section of I-Drive ( although if there are conventions at the convention centre it might be busy.
It is ideal for Sea World and you are a little closer to WDW than being at the north end of I-Drive.
It is not the best hotel but if you want to try it out it should be ok.
Regards
TBS
Feb 7, 2015, 8:01 am
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Hi oliveredmunds,
The hotel is at the southern end of international drive so a little bit away from the bustle of the main section of I-Drive ( although if there are conventions at the convention centre it might be busy.
It is ideal for Sea World and you are a little closer to WDW than being at the north end of I-Drive.
It is not the best hotel but if you want to try it out it should be ok.
Regards
TBS
The hotel is at the southern end of international drive so a little bit away from the bustle of the main section of I-Drive ( although if there are conventions at the convention centre it might be busy.
It is ideal for Sea World and you are a little closer to WDW than being at the north end of I-Drive.
It is not the best hotel but if you want to try it out it should be ok.
Regards
TBS
Feb 7, 2015, 10:31 am
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to piggy back on this... has anyone used the Doubletree in Downtown Disney? does it compare to the one on ID? saw a 99/night rate with breakfast... cheaper deal than the onsite hotels (help im getting dragged to Disney!). They have a bus to WDW too... means no car (unless I have to get groceries and go back and forth from MCO)
Feb 7, 2015, 10:51 am
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to piggy back on this... has anyone used the Doubletree in Downtown Disney? does it compare to the one on ID? saw a 99/night rate with breakfast... cheaper deal than the onsite hotels (help im getting dragged to Disney!). They have a bus to WDW too... means no car (unless I have to get groceries and go back and forth from MCO)
Feb 7, 2015, 12:57 pm
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to piggy back on this... has anyone used the Doubletree in Downtown Disney? does it compare to the one on ID? saw a 99/night rate with breakfast... cheaper deal than the onsite hotels (help im getting dragged to Disney!). They have a bus to WDW too... means no car (unless I have to get groceries and go back and forth from MCO)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hilto...rlando-17.html
Feb 7, 2015, 3:31 pm
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to piggy back on this... has anyone used the Doubletree in Downtown Disney? does it compare to the one on ID? saw a 99/night rate with breakfast... cheaper deal than the onsite hotels (help im getting dragged to Disney!). They have a bus to WDW too... means no car (unless I have to get groceries and go back and forth from MCO)
A $99 with breakfast rate is very good for that hotel. Lately, I've been stuck at the inferior Hilton down the street because the DT rates have been around $200/night.
FYI: There's a grocery store in The Crossings shopping area on the other side of State Road 535. It's very expensive...but, it is within walking distance of the DT.
I don't know the shuttle schedule for the International Drive DT. But, the DT Downtown Disney has continuous transportation (twice per hour). So, if you get sick of Disney and the rest of your party is old enough to be on their own, you can easily get back to your hotel.
Jun 21, 2016, 11:53 am
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I'm booked at this hotel for a conference later this month. I'm trying to remember if this used to be the Sheraton World location back in the 80'S? My memory isn't what it used to be, but it sure seems like the same property to me.
Jun 21, 2016, 1:58 pm
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You're right, this property once was a Sheraton World. I even found an old website of the property http://realpages.com/sites/sheratonworldresort/
Jun 21, 2016, 3:01 pm
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You're right, this property once was a Sheraton World. I even found an old website of the property http://realpages.com/sites/sheratonworldresort/
I will be curious to see it again, as I have many fond memories of the property.
Aug 29, 2016, 3:04 am
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Stayed there for two nights as part of the Discovery Cove package. Really surprised by the property. We got a nice room pretty high up in the tower and my HH number was accepted and keyed in a checkin. To my surprise I even earned points on the package stay. ^
As gold they handed me 4 breakfast vouchers. Kids eat free, so we got real value out of those.
The location of the property is great in relation to the three seaworld parks nearby. Seaworld is walkable (10min) so you save on parking.
Parking at the property is included, during some hours the gate is activated and only opens with the room key or if you pull a ticket, at night they just keep it open.
As gold they handed me 4 breakfast vouchers. Kids eat free, so we got real value out of those.
The location of the property is great in relation to the three seaworld parks nearby. Seaworld is walkable (10min) so you save on parking.
Parking at the property is included, during some hours the gate is activated and only opens with the room key or if you pull a ticket, at night they just keep it open.