We stayed at this hotel for one night. The rooms are very basic and could use a little TLC. Wait to stay at this "resort" until it's fully renovated.

Pros: Most rooms have balconies which are spacious and private. There is also a complimentary beach shuttle. Take advantage of this as it will save you a few bucks in cab fares!

Cons: The fire alarms beeped and flashed throughout the night and the hotel staff could not explain why. VERY ANNOYING! There was also a small dead frog and other debris floating in the pool. VERY GROSS!

I don't see how anyone could rate this resort very highly if they've stayed anywhere else. The first room I was placed in was infested with ants. The second room had an 8ft area of soaked carpet coming from the broken air conditioner and smelled of raw sewage. Rooms are in very poor condition for a "resort" and the common areas are in desperate need of renovation. There were huge holes in the ceiling of the dining areas due to construction with bits of plaster and insulation falling onto tables. The parking lot is completely inadequate for a hotel of this size and flooded an entire row of cars during an afternoon thunderstorm. The fire alarm went off around 10:30 PM and continued to beep every 5 seconds for next 3 hours - they were inexplicably unable to turn the sirens off. A very poorly managed property. This may have been a great place to stay 15 years ago and perhaps with a large scale renovation project it will be again someday. Far better places to stay in Ft. Lauderdale - avoid the Hyatt Regency.

The renovations never bothered us or inconvenienced us in anyway whatsoever. The staff was amazing with their additude and abliity to be positive as all times. The exectutive room on the 13th floor in the Tower was absolutely beautiful as with the view as well. I was pleasantly surprised at how fast room service handle our requests and always with a smile in person and on the phone. When traveling to the Fort Lauderdale in the future my wife and I will definitely stay at this hotel again... My only regret is that our stay was not longer...

My husband and I were catching a Royal Caribbean cruise the next afternoon so we flew in and stayed on the afternoon/night of Aug. 12th, 2007. now let me tell you, they were doing renovations to several main restaraunt floors, the old lobby, and the outside, so when we pulled up in the cab, I was devastated. It looked bad considering several 40 yard dumpsters greeted us. I was told on the websight prior that renovations were going on, but when I called the woman that took my reservation directly at the hotel-- she lied and said they had been completed. so I was shocked to see that! We were a little frightened. But DON'T judge a book by its cover! The inside was beautiful and the tower balcony room we had was 5 star. The service at the hotel was excellent, they do the whole 9 yards of any other 5 star hotel--walk you to your room, ask if theres anything you need, etc. The room was large, huge granite tiled bathroom, and the balcony was excellent, It actually wrapped around to the other side of the room. We even layed out on it and got sun the next morning. The view was exstravagant, we could see all of the marina and the beach as well. We loved watching the little boats on the lagoons stream everywhere. Our RC Ship was Directly in plain sight of our room. It was so fun watching it, and also another Carnival ship was next to it. When we called the port the next day they told us we couldnt board until 2pm, well with all the luggage we had, we didnt want to walk it across the street. and hang out outside. So we called down to the front desk, and they actually let us stay in the room until 1:30 they were extremely nice. we were actually thinking it wouldnt be so bad if we missed the ship--yes the hotel was this nice! we went to the pool on the first day and it was beautiful, there were 2 or 3 olympic sized pools and several hot tubs, there were waterfalls and roman archways above them. One of the pools was a little green for my taste--it needed chlorine really bad, so we didnt swim in that one, but there were others in there that didnt mind, not me, there was a pool bar, a little high for the small dixie cups they served them in. I think my drink was 9 dollars and it was only a margarita. We were bumed that on a Sunday night they only had 1 restraunt open, that served fish and chips. when we called and asked them if they could make somethng vegetarian for me, they said all they had was salad and couldnt substitute anything that wasn't on the menu. that was surprising for a 5 star hotel! So we ordered in from an Italian restraunt named Big Louis--and they delivered it to our room, It was beyond excellent! You must try this restraunt their menu alone is like 6 pages of small script. Anything Itallian you can imagine--and get a canoli! We stayed in that night and enjoyed our room and the wonderful view. We are coming back to this hotel at some point. Im anxious to see all the new additions they added. All in all it was a fantastic stay and Ft. Lauderdale exceeded my expectations, Its a much bigger city than I had imagined, and it had views that would knock you off your feet!