tlmadden73
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 9, 2014
Just wanted to share my experience.
I booked a night at the Baymont Inn and Suites right off 192 and right on Sherberth Road before a resort stay.
We decided to just do the road trip in one day, rather than staying in southern GA like we normally do so we could just wake up and go right to a park.
I was worried about the hotel due to lukewarm to bad online reviews and while the lobby was very new and fancy looking, the rest of the hotel definitely looked like an old, worn, heavily used resort hotel.
Negatives:
The hotel didnt have my reservation in their system correctly. They had it in for MAY not March. (Made via Expedia)
Breakfast is pretty lackluster. We just grabbed a few items to go and supplemented our own stuff for breakfast. Depending how crowded it is, just may not be worth the time, but is a step above a continental breakfast, but nothing like a Hampton Inn.
Room very worn.
Outside facing room (no different than a hotel like Pop Century or the All-Stars, but I wasnt expecting that for a Baymont).
Pros:
Price - got it under $90 for a Saturday night in March.
SO VERY CLOSE to the parks. No need to get back on 192 or I-4 -- just talk Sherberth Road the back way to WDW resort. Literally about 5 minutes from AK parking lot.
They handled our reservation problem by upgrading us to a Kid Suite (which felt like it was in better shape than other rooms based on reviews)
Definitely not as bad as I feared from the reviews, but again we had an upgraded room and we got up early enough the breakfast wasnt crowded.
So.. it was good for a one night stay before a true Disney resort stay. Being able to just pull out of the parking lot and go to AK was amazing. The hotel is probably closer to AK than the All-Stars.
Probably wouldnt recommend it for a longer stay unless you are on a budget. Just doesnt the cleanliness or amenities for a longer stay.
I booked a night at the Baymont Inn and Suites right off 192 and right on Sherberth Road before a resort stay.
We decided to just do the road trip in one day, rather than staying in southern GA like we normally do so we could just wake up and go right to a park.
I was worried about the hotel due to lukewarm to bad online reviews and while the lobby was very new and fancy looking, the rest of the hotel definitely looked like an old, worn, heavily used resort hotel.
Negatives:
The hotel didnt have my reservation in their system correctly. They had it in for MAY not March. (Made via Expedia)
Breakfast is pretty lackluster. We just grabbed a few items to go and supplemented our own stuff for breakfast. Depending how crowded it is, just may not be worth the time, but is a step above a continental breakfast, but nothing like a Hampton Inn.
Room very worn.
Outside facing room (no different than a hotel like Pop Century or the All-Stars, but I wasnt expecting that for a Baymont).
Pros:
Price - got it under $90 for a Saturday night in March.
SO VERY CLOSE to the parks. No need to get back on 192 or I-4 -- just talk Sherberth Road the back way to WDW resort. Literally about 5 minutes from AK parking lot.
They handled our reservation problem by upgrading us to a Kid Suite (which felt like it was in better shape than other rooms based on reviews)
Definitely not as bad as I feared from the reviews, but again we had an upgraded room and we got up early enough the breakfast wasnt crowded.
So.. it was good for a one night stay before a true Disney resort stay. Being able to just pull out of the parking lot and go to AK was amazing. The hotel is probably closer to AK than the All-Stars.
Probably wouldnt recommend it for a longer stay unless you are on a budget. Just doesnt the cleanliness or amenities for a longer stay.