I will be staying at the Lake Buena Vista Palace Hotel for 8 nights. I picked the hotel because I wanted to stay within walking distance of Downtown Disney. Has anyone stayed at this hotel? Any reviews?
I will be staying at the Lake Buena Vista Palace Hotel for 8 nights. I picked the hotel because I wanted to stay within walking distance of Downtown Disney. Has anyone stayed at this hotel? Any reviews?
It`s a beautiful hotel you will love it. We stayed here last sept in what was our first visit to the states, and had a fantastic time.
The rooms are modern, airy and very clean with very very comfortable beds. We had a room facing DTD as it was lovely seeing it all lit up at night, and you can see Illuminations if you are in, but bear in mind the balconies are VERY small. We never ventured out to sit on them as we were on the 20 something floor and it felt, well a bit dodgy!!!! No real downsides to the room, maybe could have had a little more shelf space in bathroom area but not a problem really.
Did I mention the beds were very very comfortable:sohappy:
The staff were wonderful, very helpful and always took the time to chat and any queries were dealt with immediately.
Food wise our first night we ate in Kooks sports bar on the ground floor and it was excellent, Steaks cooked perfectly and very reasonably priced. The Outback restaurant in there (not the chain) was not so good and charged more than double what we paid in Kooks. Steaks were overcooked and dry, and service wasn`t so great. Chef was not impressed when we sent our steaks back.
The watercress cafe was where we had breakfast every morning, not the cooked breakfast area but the cafe where you served yourself. We had croissants, pastries and coffee but there was a big selection of sandwiches, fresh fruit and pancakes and all the usual convenience store goods. This was open till 11pm which was handy.
Pool area was fine, think it may have been renovated since we were there but it was ok. Nice pool bar.
We had a car so don`t know about transport to the parks. There were people using the transport but can`t comment.
It is only a five minute walk to DTD so that is very handy, the road is not too busy and you can cross it easy even though there isn`t actually a crossing point.
There`s a disney shop and a store that sell clothes, hats, suncream handbags, postcards and there is the spa which looked lovely but we never used it.
Would have loved to have stayed here this year but DS wanted to try on property so going to POFQ, but we will go back there another trip as it was a fabulous hotel.
Hope you enjoy it :wave:
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